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The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC

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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

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Three women

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3020

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [October 1925 or 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.2 x 8.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of three unidentified women taken in a photographic studio. The older woman is sitting on a chair in the front, and is wearing light coloured top with beads around her neck, and a long dark skirt that goes down past her calves. The two younger women who appear to be the older …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.2 x 8.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of three unidentified women taken in a photographic studio. The older woman is sitting on a chair in the front, and is wearing light coloured top with beads around her neck, and a long dark skirt that goes down past her calves. The two younger women who appear to be the older woman's daughters are in knee length dresses of polka dot patterns and mary jane shoes and are standing by the woman.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Accession Code: HV984.51.50

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [October 1925 or 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-10-31

Photographer: Gale's Studios

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Printed on the back of the postcard paper: "Gale's Studios, / Branches in all Towns."; Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Oct 1929 [or 1925]."

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