"Documentary Artifacts" found 58 records

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

Images

Municipal Hall, Edmonds, [1918] thumbnail

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

Gilmore Avenue School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38509

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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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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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)

Images

Stride family home, [between 1915 and 1920] thumbnail

North Road drawing

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34542

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

Images

Ward family, [between 1915 and 1918] thumbnail

Central Park Entrance

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38507

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the entrance arch at Central Park. The postcard was sent to R.M. Harding of Everett, Washington and bears a New Westminster postmark and is dated August 6, 1922. The note written on the reverse of the card reads: " Dear Ross, This is were [sic] we made camp tonight. Wish…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the entrance arch at Central Park. The postcard was sent to R.M. Harding of Everett, Washington and bears a New Westminster postmark and is dated August 6, 1922. The note written on the reverse of the card reads: " Dear Ross, This is were [sic] we made camp tonight. Wish you were with us. We have had a dandy trip so far - but awfully dusty for about 14 miles from this side of the border line. Love, Eva."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Structures - Arches; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Harding, Ross M.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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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

Images

George and Mary Buxton with Mary, Clissie, and Leopold, [1914] thumbnail

Albert Vincent Lindburg

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37209

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 22, 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm (oval), mounted on board 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Albert Vincent Lindburg, born March 26, 1913. He is 4 months and 27 days old in this photograph.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 22, 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Andrew Johnson subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : albumen ; 10.5 x 7.5 cm (oval), mounted on board 18 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 335-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of Albert Vincent Lindburg, born March 26, 1913. He is 4 months and 27 days old in this photograph.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Lindburg, Albert Vincent

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's emblem on recto of mount reads: "Tennyson/ LITCHFIELD, / ILL."

Images

Albert Vincent Lindburg, August 22, 1913 thumbnail

Whyte family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913 or 1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. George Whyte and their daughter Irving Amy Whyte when she was an infant. The photograph appears to be taken in a photographic studio.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913 or 1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Whyte family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 224-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-21

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. George Whyte and their daughter Irving Amy Whyte when she was an infant. The photograph appears to be taken in a photographic studio.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Whyte, George; Whyte, Irving Amy

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Mary Anne, Ethel, and Fred

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36481

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm oval, print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Anne, Ethel, and Frederick T., three of Frederick and Harriett Thrussell's children, taken in a photographic studio in New Westminster.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Thrussell family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7.5 cm oval, print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 275-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-05

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Anne, Ethel, and Frederick T., three of Frederick and Harriett Thrussell's children, taken in a photographic studio in New Westminster.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Welsh, Mary Anne "Annie" Thrussell Phillips; Thrussell, Ethel; Thrussell, Fredrick Thomas (1901-1977)

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Original photograph was housed in an oval mat; Original mat had a stamp on its recto which read: "Ritchie / New Westminister"

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

Images

Mary Anne, Ethel, and Fred, 1913 thumbnail

St. Albans the Martyr Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38517

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the St. Albans the Martyr Church at Canada Way and 19th Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the St. Albans the Martyr Church at Canada Way and 19th Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Churches; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: St. Alban's Anglican Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way; 19th Avenue

Street Address: 7717 19th Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Images

St. Albans the Martyr Church, [1912] thumbnail

Some of Our Homes, Barnet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39782

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 13.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph on a postcard shows row of houses along a street at Barnet Village. The postcard is postmarked July 30, 1912, Barnet, from Evelyn, who had travelled to Barnet, to her mother, Mrs. John Laity in Port Hammond, BC.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 13.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 015-014

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph on a postcard shows row of houses along a street at Barnet Village. The postcard is postmarked July 30, 1912, Barnet, from Evelyn, who had travelled to Barnet, to her mother, Mrs. John Laity in Port Hammond, BC.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Caption at bottom of photograph reads, "Some of our homes, Barnet, B.C."

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Some of Our Homes, Barnet, [1912] thumbnail

Greyfriars

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34294

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of "Greyfriars," the F.J. Peers House in the Burnaby Lake area. Standing in front of the home are two children and a man who may be Francis J. Peers. The children are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.8 x 13.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of "Greyfriars," the F.J. Peers House in the Burnaby Lake area. Standing in front of the home are two children and a man who may be Francis J. Peers. The children are unidentified.

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

Names: Peers, Francis J.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Rugby Street

Street Address: 5289 Rugby Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Inauguration of the water system at Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 16, 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Reeve Weart addressing a crowd gathered around the bandstand in Central Park for the inauguration of Burnaby Water Works. The Reeve is standing as he looks towards the crowd. Other men are seated in a semi-circle inside the bandstand. This was known as "Splash Day."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 16, 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-798

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Reeve Weart addressing a crowd gathered around the bandstand in Central Park for the inauguration of Burnaby Water Works. The Reeve is standing as he looks towards the crowd. Other men are seated in a semi-circle inside the bandstand. This was known as "Splash Day."

Subjects: Buildings - Recreational - Bandstands; Persons - Crowds; Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Public Services - Utilities; Public Services - Public Works; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Weart, R.W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Annotation of back of postcard reads, "July 16 - 1912 / Inauguration of the water system at Burnaby"

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Inauguration of the water system at Burnaby, July 16, 1912 thumbnail

Crowd at Edmonds and Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35939

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a crowd gathered near a tram car at Edmonds and Kingsway during Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught's visit to Burnaby. A Union Jack is hanging from one of the windows of the triangular Edmonds Block, which is visible in the background. The Duke of Connaught was Governor G…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-799

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a crowd gathered near a tram car at Edmonds and Kingsway during Prince Arthur, the Duke of Connaught's visit to Burnaby. A Union Jack is hanging from one of the windows of the triangular Edmonds Block, which is visible in the background. The Duke of Connaught was Governor General of Canada at this time.

Subjects: Persons - Crowds; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Events - Royal Visits; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Events - Visits of State

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

Images

Crowd at Edmonds and Kingsway, 1912 thumbnail

Burnaby Welcomes You

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35940

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the welcome arch erected at Edmonds and Kingsway to welcome Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught during his visit to Burnaby. A large crowd is milling around the decorated arch which reads, "Burnaby Welcomes You." Prince Arthur was Governor General of Canada at this time.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-800

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the welcome arch erected at Edmonds and Kingsway to welcome Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught during his visit to Burnaby. A large crowd is milling around the decorated arch which reads, "Burnaby Welcomes You." Prince Arthur was Governor General of Canada at this time.