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postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48616
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.41.10
- Description
- Postcard: colour photo; vertical; "Astor Hotel" neon sign against blue sky; red grid with coloured aboriginal animal logo, yellow-on-blue "Astor" horizontally across top, white-on-red "HOTEL" vertically down right side; brick base with angled left side has two yellow stripes which follow slant then change to horizontal, becoming supports for sign; blue-bordered white message sign at lower part, white "BARBER SHOP" "BEAUTY SALON"; black message lettering "RESERVE NOW FOR FALL AND WINTER BANQUETS AND RECEPTIONS"; black arrow suspended from bottom, points left, white "PARKING"; sidewalk, buildings behind, electrical wire support pole, other signs; on reverse in light blue "ASTOR HOTEL - 3985 Kingsway Ave., Burnaby, B.C." "Deluxe guest rooms with T.V. -- Haida Dining Room -- Coffee Lounge -- Banquet Facilities -- Member Diners Club." "Phone: HE. 3-0551"; up centre, "MADE IN CANADA BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD. COLOR CARD DIVISION, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA."; at bottom, "C-135"; at top, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS"; outline of rectangle at upper right, "STAMP"; pencilled "$7" at upper left; lightly soiled, corners worn; unused
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Astor / Hotel / Reserve Now for Fall and.. / Astor Hotel. 3985 Kingsway Ave., / Burnaby, B.C. / Deluxe guest rooms
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Astor Hotel C-135
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Buildings
- Buildings - Commercial
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Images
![Dow, Fraser and Company Limited, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0077_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Dow, Fraser and Company Limited
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm photogravure
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Eric Warrington Howard Bennett standing on the doorway to a store with large signs for a branch of Dow, Fraser & Co. Limited for real estate, loans, and fire insurance. The trust company is advertised on the sign as having been established in 1900. There is another store in the bu…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 21.5 cm photogravure
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Eric Warrington Howard Bennett standing on the doorway to a store with large signs for a branch of Dow, Fraser & Co. Limited for real estate, loans, and fire insurance. The trust company is advertised on the sign as having been established in 1900. There is another store in the building that is unidentified. Eric Warrington Howard Bennett was the branch manager of the Dow, Fraser company which started in Burnaby circa 1915. The store was located on the corner of McKay Avenue and the BC Electric Railway tracks. Later, a top storey was added to the building. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Burnaby Branch Office. / E.W.H. Bennett / Manager."
- Geographic Access
- McKay Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV977.77.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1915]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-11
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Dow, Fraser and Company Limited, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/1977_0077_0001_001.jpg)