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The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3221
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Para…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Material Details
inscribed in the original negative, printed on recto, c. r. "The Birds' Paradise,/ Vancouver, B.C./ No. 2.", l.l. "[copyright c with circle]" printed on verso, t. "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN, SUTTON CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B. C."
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Paradise / Vancouver, B.C. / No. 2.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Animals - Fowl
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.6012.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Photographer
Gowen Sutton Company Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of postcard
Images
Less detail

Class on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2989
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1915]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.8 x 13.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of students from about age eight to ten lined up on the front steps of a school in three rows. The school in the background appears to be the Gilmore Avenue School There are eighteen girls, mostly in knee length dresses or skirts with dark stockings or knee high socks, and se…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.8 x 13.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of students from about age eight to ten lined up on the front steps of a school in three rows. The school in the background appears to be the Gilmore Avenue School There are eighteen girls, mostly in knee length dresses or skirts with dark stockings or knee high socks, and seventeen boys, in either button up shirts or sailor suits. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "c. 1915" and "Mr. Smith."
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.100.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1915]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Gilmore Avenue School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2990
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1915]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 13.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the front of the Gilmore Avenue School ca. 1915. Children are visible in and around the school. Annotations on the back of the postcard reads: :"Mr. Geoge Smith" and "Gilmore School. / 1915." Stamped on the back of the postcard: "Gilmore Avenue School / 50 Gilmore Avenue /…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 13.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of the front of the Gilmore Avenue School ca. 1915. Children are visible in and around the school. Annotations on the back of the postcard reads: :"Mr. Geoge Smith" and "Gilmore School. / 1915." Stamped on the back of the postcard: "Gilmore Avenue School / 50 Gilmore Avenue / Burnaby 2. B.C."
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Buildings - Schools
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.100.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1915]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Miss Muir's class

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2991
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1912]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of students about age seven sitting and standing in three rows in front of the doors of a school. There are sixteen girls and eleven boys. Their female teacher stands by them to the right side of the photograph. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Miss Muir?" and "G…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of students about age seven sitting and standing in three rows in front of the doors of a school. There are sixteen girls and eleven boys. Their female teacher stands by them to the right side of the photograph. Annotations on the back of the postcard read: "Miss Muir?" and "Gilmore School / 1912?"
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Occupations - Teachers
Persons - Black Canadians
Names
Gilmore Avenue School
Muir, Miss
Geographic Access
Gilmore Avenue
Street Address
50 Gilmore Avenue
Accession Code
BV985.100.3
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1912]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-01-09
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail