"Documentary Artifacts" found 73 records

Mary Buxton

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton, the daughter of Burnaby pioneers George and Mary Buxton. George Searby 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 (191…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Buxton Family collection

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 513-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-05

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Mary Isabel Buxton, the daughter of Burnaby pioneers George and Mary Buxton. George Searby 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.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Buxton, Mary Isabel

Media Type: Photograph

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McGeachie family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (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 McGeachie family. Standing: John McGeachie (father). On right: Helen McGeachie (mother). Left to right: Thomas McGeachie, Florence Mary McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie (wearing tie), and Roderick Noel McGeachie.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1925 (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.: 204-464

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the McGeachie family. Standing: John McGeachie (father). On right: Helen McGeachie (mother). Left to right: Thomas McGeachie, Florence Mary McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie (wearing tie), and Roderick Noel McGeachie.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: McGeachie, Florence Mary; McGeachie, Helen; McGeachie, John; McGeachie, John Aloysius "Jack"; McGeachie, Roderick Noel; McGeachie, Thomas

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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McGeachie family, 1925 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

North Pacific Lumber Co. Barnet, B.C.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Alan Fish fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Company mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [before 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Alan Fish fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 539-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the North Pacific Lumber Company mill at Barnet Village in Burnaby.

Subjects: Industries - Forestry; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Barnet Mill

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Timms Photographic Co.

Notes: Title on recto of photograph in red reads: "438. North Pacific Lumber Co. Barnet, B.C."; Stamped in red on verso: "Timms Photographic Co., Vancouver, Canada."; Stamped in black on verso of photograph: "Post Card / Correspondence / Name and Address / Place Postage Stamp Here"; Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "Alan Fish / 604 733 0459"

Geographic Access: Barnet Village; Texaco Drive

Street Address: 8059 Texaco Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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North Pacific Lumber Co. Barnet, B.C., [before 1929] thumbnail

The Oasis Suburban Café

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of "'THE OASIS,' SUBURBAN CAFE" on Kingsway.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Patterson family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 9.5 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 326-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-11

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of "'THE OASIS,' SUBURBAN CAFE" on Kingsway.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Buildings - Commercial - Restaurants

Names: Oasis

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Annotation on recto of postcard reads: "'THE OASIS, SUBURBAN CAFE / A place of Refinement and Good Food. - On the Highway between New Westminster and Vancouver"; Typed on verso of postcard reads: " Vancouver, B.C. / Dear ___________/ We just had Chicken Dinner at "The Oasis" Suburban Cafe, and I must say it was a real treat, everything was so tasty. If ever you motor up to Vancouver be sure and stop there. It is right on the Pacific Highway at 2675 Kingsway East, about three miles from New Westminster, and 20 minutes run from the Hotel Vancouver."

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6105 Kingsway

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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The Oasis Suburban Café, [192-] thumbnail

Patience family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (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 Patience family children. Back, left to right: Una Patience and Wallace Patience. Front, left to right: Herbert Patience, Velda Patience and Beaton Patience. Una was the eldest, and the youngest, Lorraine, was not yet born. This photograph was probably taken by a Saskatoon, Saskat…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (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.: 204-431

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Patience family children. Back, left to right: Una Patience and Wallace Patience. Front, left to right: Herbert Patience, Velda Patience and Beaton Patience. Una was the eldest, and the youngest, Lorraine, was not yet born. This photograph was probably taken by a Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, photographer in barter for farm produce, machinery or animals. John Patience (father) had just sold their Floral, Saskatchewan, farm.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Carlson, Una Patience; Patience, Beaton; Patience, Herbert; Patience, Velda; Patience, Wallace

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Patience family, 1920 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Robert Peers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant, most likely Robert Peers, son of Kitty and Bob Peers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-021

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant, most likely Robert Peers, son of Kitty and Bob Peers.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifed as "Bridgman"

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Robert Peers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 21 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant, most likely Robert Peers, son of Kitty and Bob Peers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 21 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of an infant, most likely Robert Peers, son of Kitty and Bob Peers.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Royle brothers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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 (left to right) Harry Royle, Fred Royle, and an unidentified Royle brother. Harry Royle was the owner of Harry's store at Ellesmere Avenue and Hastings, a confectionery and general hangout in the Capitol Hill district.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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.: 204-267

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Harry Royle, Fred Royle, and an unidentified Royle brother. Harry Royle was the owner of Harry's store at Ellesmere Avenue and Hastings, a confectionery and general hangout in the Capitol Hill district.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Royle, Fred; Royle, Harry

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Royle brothers, [192-] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

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

World War One Memorial

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the World War One memorial in front of the Municipal Hall at Edmonds and Kingsway. The memorial is inscribed "In memory of our fellow workers who fell in the war 1914-1918 / Erected by the Civic Employees Union - Burnaby - 1923." In 1974, this memorial was relocated from …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the World War One memorial in front of the Municipal Hall at Edmonds and Kingsway. The memorial is inscribed "In memory of our fellow workers who fell in the war 1914-1918 / Erected by the Civic Employees Union - Burnaby - 1923." In 1974, this memorial was relocated from its original setting to the site of the Burnaby Village Museum on Deer Lake Avenue.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Monuments - War Memorials; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Fountains

Names: Burnaby Civic Employees Union; Burnaby City Hall

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Edmonds Street

Street Address: 7282 Kingsway; 6501 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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An English grammar for secondary schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Cowperthwaite, W. A.; Marshall, E. K. Jr. (Eli Kennerly), 1889-1966

Publication Date: 1927

Call Number: 428.2 COW

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.21.29

Call Number: 428.2 COW

Author: Cowperthwaite, W. A.; Marshall, E. K. Jr. (Eli Kennerly), 1889-1966

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Copp Clark Co.

Publication Date: 1927

Physical Description: iii, 244 p. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: Faded stamp on front cover. Unreadable "97" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown] "00047" [stamped in black ink on front pastedown] "Langley Jr.-Sr. High School Library" [stamped in purple ink on front pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): English language--Textbooks

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Aprons and caps

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences; Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

Publication Date: c1922

Call Number: 646 PIC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.14

Call Number: 646 PIC

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences; Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1922

Physical Description: 51 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Millinery; Sewing

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

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

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Care of clothing : home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodeling, the upkeep of clothes, the budget

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1926; c1925

Call Number: 646.4 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.6

Call Number: 646.4 WOM

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1926; c1925

Series: Woman's Institute library of dressmaking, v. 3

Physical Description: vi, xxiv, 262 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Clothing and dress; Laundry

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

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

Notes: Includes index.

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Catherine Mary Corner

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1928 or 1929]

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Mary Corner (later becoming Mrs. Levins), as a baby. She is wearing a white smock, socks and strapped shoes. Her mother was Edna Bateman Corner, eldest daughter of Edwin W. Bateman, the builder of the Elworth house at the Burnaby Village Museum.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 13.8 x 8.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine Mary Corner (later becoming Mrs. Levins), as a baby. She is wearing a white smock, socks and strapped shoes. Her mother was Edna Bateman Corner, eldest daughter of Edwin W. Bateman, the builder of the Elworth house at the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards

Names: Levins, Catherine Mary Corner

Accession Code: HV975.120.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1928 or 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-13

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Notes on verso of postcard read: "18 months" and "Cartherine M. Corner"

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Catherine Mary Corner, [1928 or 1929] thumbnail

Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Oct. 1966

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Quon Lip Lee fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a Certificate of Canadian Citizenship issued to Quon Lip Lee on October 6, 1966. The back of the certificate includes vitial information including date of birth, marital status and date of issue.