"Documentary Artifacts" found 79 records

Inscription: "Answered" [Handwritten and underlined in pencil on front cover] "Netting Needle" [Handwritten, starred, and underlined in pencil on front cover] Some notes throughout.

Library Subject (LOC): Dressmaking; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: Part 2 of 2; "Department of dressmaking" -- cover; "Instruction paper with examination questions" -- Cover

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Tight linings and boning

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1923; c1915

Call Number: 646 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.10

Call Number: 646 WOM

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Education Corp. General

Publication Date: 1923; c1915

Physical Description: 43 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Inscription: "This instruction book is not included in your course of study, but is sent to show you just how to prepare your dress form for use. You will not be asked to report on this book." [Typed in purple ink and pasted to first page]

Library Subject (LOC): Dressmaking; Sewing; Linings (Sewing); Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: "Department of sewing" -- cover; "Instruction paper with examination questions ; 5-2" -- Cover; "This lesson is optional. You are not required to report on it unless you so desire. However, you are urged to study it diligently, to apply the instruction contained in it, and to answer the Examination Questions for your own satisfaction." -- Cover

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Embroidery stitches, part 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1921; c1916

Call Number: 746.5 PIC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.20

Call Number: 746.5 PIC

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1921; c1916

Series: Instruction paper with examination questions

Physical Description: 44 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Embroidery--Study and teaching; Stitches (Sewing)

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: Part 1 of 2

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Clark family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1919] (date of original), copied 1992

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 the Clark family children. Left to right: Mary, Robert and Bessie.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1919] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-287

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Clark family children. Left to right: Mary, Robert and Bessie.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Clark, Mary; Clark, Robert Jr.; Homewood, Bessie Annie Clark

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Clark family, [1919] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

The gold stripe no. 2 : a tribute to the British Columbia men who have been killed, crippled and wounded in the Great War

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1919

Call Number: 940.46771 GOL

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.136.6

Call Number: 940.46771 GOL

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1919

Printer: Pacific Printers

Physical Description: 160, xxviii : ill. ; 30 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): World War, 1914-1918--Literary collections; World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Canadian; World War, 1914-1918--Registers of dead--British Columbia; Veterans, Disabled--British Columbia; World War, 1914-1918--Canada--Registers

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Notes: "A book of war, peace, and reconstruction" -- Title page; "Published for the benefit of The Amputation Club of B.C. in May 1919, the centenary of 'Victoria the Good'" -- Title page; "A souvenir of the centenary of 'Victoria the Good' 1819-1919" -- Cover; "The net profits of this publication will go to the Amputation Club of B.C., Vancouver for men who have been maimed and wounded in the Great War" -- Cover; Includes index.

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Municipal Hall, Edmonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.6 x 13.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior of Burnaby's Municipal Hall at Edmonds Street and Kingsway. This was the second Municipal Hall built. Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Municipal Hall, Edmonds / Hurndall Photo"

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.6 x 13.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 019-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior of Burnaby's Municipal Hall at Edmonds Street and Kingsway. This was the second Municipal Hall built. Annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Municipal Hall, Edmonds / Hurndall Photo"

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - City Halls; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hurndall, F.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

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Municipal Hall, Edmonds, [1918] thumbnail

Sophie A. Long

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.7 x 8.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Sophie A. Long writing a letter at a table. There is drapery in the back and velvet covered upholstery in the background. Written on the back of the postcard: "For Reg & [Lolo?], with much love from their aged Mother Sophie A. Long / July 21st. 1918. / Rock Mount: / Miss R…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.7 x 8.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Sophie A. Long writing a letter at a table. There is drapery in the back and velvet covered upholstery in the background. Written on the back of the postcard: "For Reg & [Lolo?], with much love from their aged Mother Sophie A. Long / July 21st. 1918. / Rock Mount: / Miss Rolls made me a present of these before I left [Caterhaur?]. Taken without my knowing at the moment. / Germans retreating across the Marne [in northeast France] today. We had a nice hot dinner 7.30 PM. It was cooked in the Hay box."

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Long, Sophie A.

Accession Code: HV976.36.34

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1918]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-13

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Beniston sisters

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (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 the Beniston sisters. Left to right: Gladys Beniston (later Gladys Moore) and Edna Beniston.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (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.: 204-111

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Beniston sisters. Left to right: Gladys Beniston (later Gladys Moore) and Edna Beniston.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Beniston, Edna; Moore, Gladys Beniston

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Beniston sisters, [1917] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Grant family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916 or 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 20 cm, mounted on heavyweight paper 13 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Grant family taken in a photographer's studio. In the back is Bill, the two parents are George A. in his army uniform, and Alice. The front row of children are; Heriot, Millie, Alastair, and George.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916 or 1917]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 20 cm, mounted on heavyweight paper 13 x 20.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Grant family taken in a photographer's studio. In the back is Bill, the two parents are George A. in his army uniform, and Alice. The front row of children are; Heriot, Millie, Alastair, and George.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Grant, Alastair; Grant, George Jr.; Grant, Heriot "Harry"; Grant, Millie; Grant, William "Bill"; Grant, George Alford; Grant, Alice Taylor

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Wiggin, Agnes

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographers mark embossed on the left corner of the image reads: "Portrait by Agnes Wiggins New Westminster BC"; Some individuals have been identified with blue ink on the front of the photograph

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Gilmore Avenue School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the Gilmore Avenue School building with a few children standing on the front step (all unidentified). Written on the bottom right of the postcard is; "Gilmore Avenue School, Vancouver Heights, Vancouver BC." At the bottom left, the photographer is identified as J.M. Henton…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1916]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the Gilmore Avenue School building with a few children standing on the front step (all unidentified). Written on the bottom right of the postcard is; "Gilmore Avenue School, Vancouver Heights, Vancouver BC." At the bottom left, the photographer is identified as J.M. Henton, Vancouver.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Buildings - Schools

Names: Gilmore Avenue School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Henton, J.M.

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 50 Gilmore Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Stride family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the Stride family home located at Kingsway and 18th Avenue. Two people are traveling in a Model T Ford (with the top down) along the street in front of the house.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Stride family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 001-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the Stride family home located at Kingsway and 18th Avenue. Two people are traveling in a Model T Ford (with the top down) along the street in front of the house.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kingsway; 18th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Stride family home, [between 1915 and 1920] thumbnail

North Road drawing

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy-stand of paper original ; 13.4 x 20.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pen and ink wash drawing of the proposed overpass on North Road. Written on drawing: "Inter Municipal Highway. Burnaby-Coquitlam. North Road. VV&ER&NCo [Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co.]. View of proposed tunnel, looking east." In the bottom right corne…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w copy-stand of paper original ; 13.4 x 20.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 044-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pen and ink wash drawing of the proposed overpass on North Road. Written on drawing: "Inter Municipal Highway. Burnaby-Coquitlam. North Road. VV&ER&NCo [Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Co.]. View of proposed tunnel, looking east." In the bottom right corner is written: "Corporation of Burnaby Engineering Department / Nov. 1915 / [signed] [illegible] Mayhenson [?], M. Can. Soc. C.E. [Member of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineers?] / Engineer." Above the road, at left of photograph with the arrow pointing left, is, "Moody." Above the road, at right of photograph with the arrow pointing right is, "to New Westminster." At the centre of the road, by the bushes, is, "Brunette St." The drawing at the bottom of the photograph is captioned, "Section Through Road."

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings

Names: Vancouver, Victoria and Eastern Railway and Navigation Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: North Road

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Ward family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alvera and Eveline Ward with their daughter Lillian taken in a photographic studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1918]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Ward family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 280-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of Alvera and Eveline Ward with their daughter Lillian taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Ward, Alvera "Al"; Ward, Eveline Chesters

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ward family, [between 1915 and 1918] thumbnail

Home of Arthur Lobley and his wife

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1915]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9.0 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a large three storey house with brick chimney and front balcony, with steps leading up to it. There are vegetable gardens around the house and a small tool shed on the left. There is an "x" marked on the left side of the photograph, with an annotation on the back reading: "…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9.0 x 13.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a large three storey house with brick chimney and front balcony, with steps leading up to it. There are vegetable gardens around the house and a small tool shed on the left. There is an "x" marked on the left side of the photograph, with an annotation on the back reading: "This is one side of house; x where front baclony is." Another annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lobley on Marlborough Ave. S. Burnaby (just off Kingsway). Lobley Park named after Mr. Lobley." Arthur Lobley is credited for opening the Royal Oak Road to the tram station at Royal Oak in 1897, in George Green's book, "History of Burnaby," pg. 134.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Lobley, Arthur; Lobley, Mrs. Arthur "Dolly"

Geographic Access: Marlborough Avenue; Kingsway

Accession Code: HV976.236.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1915]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Home of Arthur Lobley and his wife, [1915] thumbnail

Class on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School

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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…

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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

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Gilmore Avenue School

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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 /…

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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

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Hurlbut's teacher-training lessons for the Sunday school

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930

Publication Date: 1915

Call Number: 268 HUR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.21.21

Call Number: 268 HUR

Author: Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman, 1843-1930

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The Methodist Book Concern

Publication Date: 1915

Physical Description: 144 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Mrs. W Ford" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): Sunday school teachers; Sunday schools--Management

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Notes: "Approved as a First Standard Course by the Committee on Education International Sunday School Association" --t.p.

George and Mary Buxton with Mary, Clissie, and Leopold

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton with his wife Mary and three of their children - Mary, Clissie and Leopold. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children:…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph shows Burnaby pioneer George Searby Buxton with his wife Mary and three of their children - Mary, Clissie and Leopold. George Buxton was born in England and was a carpenter by trade. He and his wife Mary Isabel (nee Nattriss) moved to Canada between 1911 and 1913 and had five children: Clara Violet (1910-1913), Mary (1900-?), Alice Clarissa (Clissie) (1902-?), Bernard (1897-1972) and Leopold (1893-1951). The Buxton house remains a heritage landmark in Burnaby to this day. Leopold enlisted in the Canadian Infantry BC Regiment 7th Battlion during World War One. He died on April 24, 1915 and is buried at the Menin Gates (Ypres) memorial Belgium.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Buxton, George Searby; Buxton, Alice Clarissa "Clissie"; Buxton, Leopold George; Buxton, Mary Isabel; Buxton, Mary Isabel Nattriss

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Buxton Street

Street Address: 4807 Buxton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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Tissue-paper patterns, part 1

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Tissue-paper patterns, part 2

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Tight linings and boning

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Embroidery stitches, part 1

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Clark family

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The gold stripe no. 2 : a tribute to the British Columbia men who have been killed, crippled and wounded in the Great War

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Municipal Hall, Edmonds

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Sophie A. Long

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Beniston sisters

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Grant family

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Gilmore Avenue School

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Stride family home

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North Road drawing

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Ward family

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Home of Arthur Lobley and his wife

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Class on the front steps of Gilmore Avenue School

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Gilmore Avenue School

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Hurlbut's teacher-training lessons for the Sunday school

George and Mary Buxton with Mary, Clissie, and Leopold

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