"Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)" found 227 records

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of child…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1936 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (8 min., 37 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the annual Sports Day events held at Burnaby Central Park. The film opens with an unidentified dedication ceremony and tree planting in an unknown location and switches to students marching into Central Park. Hundreds of children and Youth are showcased in sporting field events and competitions such as track and field sports, acrobatics, gymnastics, dancing, leap frog, skipping, rugby.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Occupations; Occupations - Labourers; Organizations - Mens' Societies and Clubs; Organizations - Womens' Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'May Day Events'

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Central Park

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Video

Burnaby Sports Day, [between 1936 and 1939]

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Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise b…

1 image 1 video

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (5 min., 21 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized film segment identified as Reel 6. The film segment opens with colour footage of people lawn bowling at Burnaby's Central Park. Dot Digney, Sid and Connie Swan can be seen bowling. This footage is followed with Andy Digney and Charles E. Jones at the Bird's of Paradise bird sanctuary followed by footage of Stanley Park. The footage continues and interchanges between black and white and colour as the Digney's take a ferry ride to North Vancouver where they visit the Capilano Suspension Bridge and Fishermen's Cove. The reel closes with footage of skiers on Grouse Mountain and a fire at Pier D in 1938.

Subjects: Animals - Birds; Sports - Lawn Bowling; Sports - Skiing

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Jones, Charles E.; Digney, Dorothy

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Images

Video

Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore, [between 1937 and 1938]

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Campend

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35144

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Campend," the Shankie family home. Janet Shankie is standing in the gateway. The house was formerly numbered 3718 Barker Avenue and later renumbered 5155 Barker Avenue. An annotation at the bottom front of the photograph reads, "Campend 1938."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Campend," the Shankie family home. Janet Shankie is standing in the gateway. The house was formerly numbered 3718 Barker Avenue and later renumbered 5155 Barker Avenue. An annotation at the bottom front of the photograph reads, "Campend 1938."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Bower, Janet Shankie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption on photograph

Geographic Access: Barker Avenue

Street Address: 5155 Barker Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

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Campend, 1938 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Car bumpers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1150

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two examples of Wagner car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two examples of Wagner car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).

Names: Wagner, Frank

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV992.45.41

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1920 and 1938]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Car bumpers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1159

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1920 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of examples of Wagner Triple Spring car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of examples of Wagner Triple Spring car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).

Names: Wagner, Frank

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Accession Code: BV992.45.52

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1920 and 1938]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Catherine Rees

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37179

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 14, 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Rees talking to a man inside the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 14, 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 330-002

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Rees talking to a man inside the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Libraries

Names: Rees, Catherine "Cathy"; Burnaby Public Library

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Pel, Vera Rose Jackson

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 6100 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Catherine Rees and Gwen Pitman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37181

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 14, 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Rees standing with her hand resting on Gwen Pitman's chair, as she sits, with both hands resting on her cane at the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 14, 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 330-004

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Rees standing with her hand resting on Gwen Pitman's chair, as she sits, with both hands resting on her cane at the Metrotown Branch of the Burnaby Public Library.

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Libraries

Names: Burnaby Public Library; Rees, Catherine "Cathy"; Pitman, Gwendolyn "Gwen"

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Pel, Vera Rose Jackson

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 6100 Willingdon Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Cats at 3424 Olive Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37811

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1937] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two cats sitting on a windowsill at the side of 3424 Olive Avenue (later renumbered 5827 Olive Avenue).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [ca. 1937] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-399

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of two cats sitting on a windowsill at the side of 3424 Olive Avenue (later renumbered 5827 Olive Avenue).

Subjects: Animals - Cats

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Olive Avenue

Street Address: 5827 Olive Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Cats at 3424 Olive Avenue, [ca. 1937] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Central Park Interurban trams

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35512

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Central Park Interurban trams at Royal Oak Station. Jimmy Strachan, the motorman, is not visible.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-370

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Central Park Interurban trams at Royal Oak Station. Jimmy Strachan, the motorman, is not visible.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park Interurban line

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Images

Central Park Interurban trams, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Chamberlain Nurseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35030

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1939] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chamberlain Nurseries, 6389 Elgin Avenue, and surrounding land.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1939] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Chamberlain family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 179-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-27

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chamberlain Nurseries, 6389 Elgin Avenue, and surrounding land.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Nurseries

Names: Chamberlain Nurseries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Elgin Avenue

Street Address: 6389 Elgin Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Chamberlain Nurseries, [1939] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Chamberlain's Greenhouses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35036

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chamberlain's greenhouses. A man is standing outside. This may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Chamberlain family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 179-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-27

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chamberlain's greenhouses. A man is standing outside. This may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Names: Chamberlain Nurseries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Street Address: 6389 Elgin Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Images

Chamberlain's Greenhouses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35037

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of Chamberlain's greenhouses at what may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Chamberlain family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 179-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-27

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of Chamberlain's greenhouses at what may be 6389 Elgin Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural - Greenhouses

Names: Chamberlain Nurseries

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Street Address: 6389 Elgin Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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Chicken Hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37335

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the remnants of a burned building that was a chicken hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bernard Bellinger subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 354-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of the remnants of a burned building that was a chicken hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Chicken hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37336

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the remnants of a burned building that was a chicken hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bernard Bellinger subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 354-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of the remnants of a burned building that was a chicken hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway.

Subjects: Buildings - Agricultural

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Children's birthday party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37740

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a children's birthday party at the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue. The photograph was taken looking down Nelson Avenue. The children are wearing party hats and standing on a fence.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-328

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a children's birthday party at the Ellis home at 6926 Nelson Avenue. The photograph was taken looking down Nelson Avenue. The children are wearing party hats and standing on a fence.

Subjects: Clothing; Events - Parties

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue

Street Address: 6926 Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Burnaby Sports Day

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Burnaby, Vancouver and the north shore

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Video

Campend

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Car bumpers

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Car bumpers

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Catherine Rees

Catherine Rees and Gwen Pitman

Cats at 3424 Olive Avenue

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Central Park Interurban trams

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Chamberlain Nurseries

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Chamberlain's Greenhouses

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Chamberlain's Greenhouses

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Chicken Hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway

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Chicken hatchery at Royal Oak and Kingsway

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Children's birthday party

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