"Furniture" found 129 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers, aged thirteen months (to the left) standing with Brian Collins, next to a wheeled wicker chair. The photograph may have been taken at the home of Bob and Kitty Peers, on Deer Lake Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-281

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers, aged thirteen months (to the left) standing with Brian Collins, next to a wheeled wicker chair. The photograph may have been taken at the home of Bob and Kitty Peers, on Deer Lake Avenue.

Subjects: Transportation - Carts; Furniture

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.; Collins, Brian

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6588 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Robert Peers and Brian Collins

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers, aged thirteen months seated in a wheeled wicker chair. Brian Collins is standing next to the cart. The location of the photograph may be the home of Bob and Kitty Peers, on Deer Lake Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 8.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-282

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Robert Peers, aged thirteen months seated in a wheeled wicker chair. Brian Collins is standing next to the cart. The location of the photograph may be the home of Bob and Kitty Peers, on Deer Lake Avenue.

Subjects: Transportation - Carts; Furniture

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.; Collins, Brian

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6588 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Rolie Moore, Grandmother Moore and Hazel Moore

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Rolie Moore, Grandmother Moore and Hazel Moore outside of Hart House. Grandmother Moore is seated in an ornate chair.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-584

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Rolie Moore, Grandmother Moore and Hazel Moore outside of Hart House. Grandmother Moore is seated in an ornate chair.

Subjects: Furniture

Names: Gordon, Hazel May Moore; Pierce, Rosalie "Rolie" Moore Barrett

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Rolie Moore, Grandmother Moore and Hazel Moore, 1927 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Seated at the table

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1910 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men, four women and three children, sitting around a table in a room. The men are in dark suits with ties, and the women are in dark coloured dresses. Children are sitting on adult's laps; with two of the children depicted blurry as they were moving around. There are plates arra…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Material Details: The photograph is mounted on a brown card, and l.l. corner of the photograph is ripped.

Scope and Content: Photograph of seven men, four women and three children, sitting around a table in a room. The men are in dark suits with ties, and the women are in dark coloured dresses. Children are sitting on adult's laps; with two of the children depicted blurry as they were moving around. There are plates arranged on the table, with what appears to be a three tiered cake.The ceiling in the room is low, and on the back wall hang two portraits; one of King George V and another of Queen Mary.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: HV983.42.158

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1910 and 1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Seated at the table, [between 1910 and 1936] thumbnail

Seated in the living room

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1900 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of five men, and six women in a living room. An elderly couple is seated on chairs in the middle, with two men sitting on either side of them. The rest are standing behind them. There are two pictures hanging on the wall with floral print wallpapers, thick drapes…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified group of five men, and six women in a living room. An elderly couple is seated on chairs in the middle, with two men sitting on either side of them. The rest are standing behind them. There are two pictures hanging on the wall with floral print wallpapers, thick drapes by the windows, an organ, and rugs or carpets in the room. The men are in suits and the women are in dresses of the early 1900s style.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: BV985.5796.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1900 and 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Seated in the living room, [between 1900 and 1910] thumbnail

Standing in the kitchen

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman standing with the aid of a cane in an unidentified kitchen.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [196-]

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 12 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 153-058

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman standing with the aid of a cane in an unidentified kitchen.

Subjects: Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Standing in the kitchen, [196-] thumbnail

Table by the window

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table by a window, with an arrangement of teapot, sugar bowl, mug, paper bag and other items on it. The location is not identified.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.l. [sideways] "2700"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a table by a window, with an arrangement of teapot, sugar bowl, mug, paper bag and other items on it. The location is not identified.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: BV985.5789.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tables set for a special occasion

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables set for a special occasion. This may be at 4055 Union Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (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 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-279

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables set for a special occasion. This may be at 4055 Union Street.

Subjects: Events; Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph;

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4055 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Tables set for a special occasion, [191-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Tables set for wedding

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables at 4055 Union Street set for a wedding.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [191-] (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 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-281

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of tables at 4055 Union Street set for a wedding.

Subjects: Furniture; Ceremonies - Weddings

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation reads, "4055 Union"

Geographic Access: Union Street

Street Address: 4055 Union Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Tables set for wedding, [191-] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Tinkerbell Kindergarten classroom

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960 or 1961]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Tinkerbell Kindergarten classroom that was housed in the Ellesmere United Church. The kindergarten students are sitting in three rows on a large throw rug in front of a series of bulletin boards. Each of the children in the front row has either a book or else some sort of toy in t…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960 or 1961]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 246-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1990-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Tinkerbell Kindergarten classroom that was housed in the Ellesmere United Church. The kindergarten students are sitting in three rows on a large throw rug in front of a series of bulletin boards. Each of the children in the front row has either a book or else some sort of toy in their hands. Their teacher is standing behind them.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools; Furniture

Names: Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten; Ellesmere United Church

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto of photograph reads: "Fall - 60 - 61"

Geographic Access: Ellesmere Avenue; Hastings Street

Street Address: 300 Ellesmere Avenue North

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

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Tinkerbell Kindergarten classroom, [1960 or 1961] thumbnail

Watching television

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1953] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Beth Le Grove, an unidentified neighbour, and Ida Le Grove, watching television at 1007 Gilley Avenue (later renumbered 8416 Gilley Avenue).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1953] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.6 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-628

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Beth Le Grove, an unidentified neighbour, and Ida Le Grove, watching television at 1007 Gilley Avenue (later renumbered 8416 Gilley Avenue).

Subjects: Furniture; Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions

Names: Le Grove, Beth; Le Grove, Ida

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Gilley Avenue

Street Address: 8416 Gilley Avenue

Planning Study Area: Stride Hill Area

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Watching television, [1953] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Woman and child

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman, seated, holding a baby. Both are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1922]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 6 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-664

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman, seated, holding a baby. Both are unidentified.

Subjects: Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman in a wicker chair

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman seated in a wicker chair on a lawn. There is a round cushion on the grass beside her chair, and there is another wicker chair at left. There are shrubs and climbing plants growing behind her around what appears to be a chicken coop with a chicken wire fence aroun…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, "500"

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman seated in a wicker chair on a lawn. There is a round cushion on the grass beside her chair, and there is another wicker chair at left. There are shrubs and climbing plants growing behind her around what appears to be a chicken coop with a chicken wire fence around to the top. Over the wooden fence in the background, a brick building can be seen.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: BV985.5811.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman in a wicker chair, [191-] thumbnail

Woman seated on chair

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1903]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 12.7 cm oval

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman seated on a chair at a photographic studio. She has curly hair that is put up at the back, and is wearing a dress with extensive lace work around the neck and down the chest, and pleated sleeves.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.89 x 12.7 cm oval

Material Details: inscribed in pencil on the card board, verso, t. "c. 1903."; Photograph is cut into an oval shape and mounted on a card board. The card board is ripped at the back

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman seated on a chair at a photographic studio. She has curly hair that is put up at the back, and is wearing a dress with extensive lace work around the neck and down the chest, and pleated sleeves.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: HV983.42.165

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1903]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman standing behind a chair

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman taken in a photographic studio. She is in a long light coloured pleated dress, and is standing behind a chair. She has her elbows resting on the back of the chair, and leans her face onto her hands.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14 cm

Material Details: Photograph is mounted on card

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman taken in a photographic studio. She is in a long light coloured pleated dress, and is standing behind a chair. She has her elbows resting on the back of the chair, and leans her face onto her hands.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Furniture

Accession Code: HV983.42.153

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-28

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Woman standing behind a chair, [190-] thumbnail

Women in the living room

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on a chair with a book on her lap in a living room. The living room is decorated with chairs, tables, house plants and lamps. Another woman who appears older than the seated woman is standing by a piano to the left of the photograph. There is a furnace b…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 9.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting on a chair with a book on her lap in a living room. The living room is decorated with chairs, tables, house plants and lamps. Another woman who appears older than the seated woman is standing by a piano to the left of the photograph. There is a furnace behind the woman, and area rugs on the floor. The woman's clothing style date this photograph to mid 1900s, as she is wearing a skirt that goes down to her knees.

Subjects: Furniture

Accession Code: HV983.42.95

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph taken in the same house, see HV983.42.94

Scan Resolution: 800

Scan Date: 2023-10-31

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Women in the living room, [193-] thumbnail

Zoe Luyendiyk

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Zoe Luyendiyk posing with Tibetan and Nepalese rugs she designs and sells.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Zoe Luyendiyk posing with Tibetan and Nepalese rugs she designs and sells.

Subjects: Crafts - Weaving; Furniture

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a November 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Zoe Luyendiyk designs and sells Tibetan and Nepalese rugs from her Burnaby studio. The rugs are certified as manufactured without the use of child labour."

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Baldwin House

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains of photographs of Baldwin House on Deer Lake, the home designed for the Baldwins by Arthur Erickson, prior to its heritage designation by the City of Burnaby. Photographs depict Ruth Baldwin posing on the house's deck by Deer Lake; an exterior view of the home; the home's dock; and a …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2830

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains of photographs of Baldwin House on Deer Lake, the home designed for the Baldwins by Arthur Erickson, prior to its heritage designation by the City of Burnaby. Photographs depict Ruth Baldwin posing on the house's deck by Deer Lake; an exterior view of the home; the home's dock; and a view of the interior living room with its original drapes and Scandinavian furniture.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Names: Baldwin, Ruth

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an October 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2830-1: "Ruth Baldwin enjoys the view of Deer Lake from the lower level of the house designed for her and her husband by Arthur Erickson, an old school chum. The house is now owned by the City of Burnaby, which wants to give it a heritage designation."; Caption from metadata for 535-2830-2: "Architect Arthur Erickson designed Baldwin House to complement its surroundings, on the southern shore of Deer Lake. But there were technical challenges, like supporting the house in the swampy soil."; Caption from metadata for 535-2830-4: "The living room of Baldwin House is like a time capsule to the 1960's, with the original drapes and contemporary Scandanavian furniture that was in style at the time."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive; Deer Lake

Street Address: 6543 Deer Lake Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Ed Brown family fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1920

Collection/Fonds: Ed Brown Family fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-1920

Collection/Fonds: Ed Brown Family fonds

Physical Description: 12 photographs: 7 b&w jpgs.; 4 sepia jpgs., 1 med. b&w print.

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2008-03

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of photographs that belonged to the Brown family. Photographs depict Ed Brown, his wife Jennie, and their children at their homes on Royal Oak Avenue and McKay Avenue; Brown's trucking company; and other Burnaby locations and events.

History: The following is copied from an article written by Brown's grandson, Jim Ervin, for "Old Autos" in 2003, in an article entitled "Grandfather was a trucker...": The roots of my family run deep in Burnaby, especially on my mother’s side. It was her father, my grandfather, who started one of Burnaby’s first trucking businesses, E.S. Brown’s Transfer. I could find no record of when he actually began operations but I have pictures to show that he was using horses before he had trucks. One of my enclosed pictures dates from about 1910 since I know the birth dates of his two oldest daughters and they are in the picture as very small children. He met and married my grandmother, whose maiden name was Jennie Birtch, from Ontario, and I still have relatives back east from both branches of the family. They were married on Sept. 27, 1905. But where, I can’t say. They had their first child, Hazel, born April 2, 1908. Then came seven more daughters but no sons to help with the family business. The business was located at the family home at 3131 Royal Oak Ave. in South Burnaby. That was close to the top of one of the steepest hills in Burnaby and must have made for a real test of man and machine to drive it, especially in winter. The children loved it for sleigh riding but probably not father. My mother, Inez, was the second oldest daughter, born Oct. 9, 1909. She would have been born, along with her sister Hazel, in the big house shown in the picture and built by my grandfather. But this house was to later burn down. That’s when Edward Sadler Brown decided to move his family from the side of the hill to the top and much closer to the main road, Kingsway. Most of the area was forest at that time and one of Ed’s first jobs was to haul shingle bolts out of the forest, with a team of horses. Please don’t ask me what a shingle bolt is but my mother knew and used to have to grease the skids placed on the logging trails for the loaded sleds to be pulled out on. One time, as she told me, there was a huge forest fire and my grandfather barely escaped with his life and one last load. Later, when the area had been cleared, he helped to build the Oakalla Prison Farm, now replaced by town-houses on Royal Oak Ave. This job led to him becoming the first contractor to haul the license plates made by the prisoners. Some of these plates would be worn by Ed’s own trucks. The trucks, which he eventually acquired, included some pretty obscure makes such as Hufman, Garford, Stewart (which my mother often said was no good), Gotfredson and the more common names of Chevrolet and GMC. A Ford Model T would probably have been too light for the kind of hauling Ed was doing in the 1920s. I always thought that his main cargo was coal and coke, but I received quite a surprise with some recently discovered information. It started when I was removing boxes of general junk from the house to the garage to make more space. One of those boxes broke open and one item which came out wasn’t junk by any means. It was a copy of a business card for Brown’s Transfer, a company which hauled coal, coke, wood and did furniture moving as well. My mother often described my grandfather as a “go-getter” for business. I believe I see what she meant. Never was I so glad to have a cardboard box break open and to retrieve such an important item. My mother was a saver like you wouldn’t believe, a habit which the Great Depression drilled into her. In another box containing old receipts, I found a copy of one from Brown’s Transfer which offered even more insight into the company. The receipt isn’t dated but only the last number of the year required filling in on the form. And this dates it as issued sometime during the 1920s. The surprising thing is the amount of items sold by my grandfather. Not just coal, wood and coke anymore. Now he was into sand, gravel, cement, brick lime, tile and sewer pipe. Furniture moving seemed to be sort of a sideline, mentioned in smaller letters at the bottom. But notice some of the other items on the hand written receipt. There’s lumber, grass seed, paint, glass, a loan (spelled lone) on painting a house. I’m not sure that I understand that one or the payment on house or the one about the toilet. But it’s obvious that this was a man who knew how to make a buck in many ways. He was almost his own building supply store, it would seem. Also mentioned on the form is an office location at 4009 Kingsway. The building is no longer there but it did survive into my life time. Often, my mother would point out to me where the office once was on the north side of Kingsway, near McKay Ave. Still standing, though, ist he old family home at the former address (now changed) of 3131 Royal Oak Ave. That’s where my mother and all seven of her sisters were born. These were the “swampers” on dad’s trucks, a job hard enough for a man. Ed did hire men as well to work as drivers and even employed his own mechanic. But for the girls, it wasn’t really a paying kind of job. “Some times he would buy us an ice-cream cone,” my mother would say. In those days, parents wanted large families to help with all the work which needed doing. Payment in dollars and cents just wasn’t usually part of the deal. I never knew my grandmother, Jennie, who died in 1946 at age 61, an early age to go but likely reflective of a lifetime of hard work and too many children. However, I did know my grandfather who lived into his 70s.His company came to a rather sad end, as related by my mother, in the dirty 30s. Apparently a certain sister of my grandmother, great aunt to myself, reported to the local school board that grandfather was supplying them with an inferior grade of coal for the schools. Then the school board cancelled his contract and that put him into bankruptcy. Whether the story is true or not doesn’t seem to matter much any more since no one who could have known is still among the living. Ed Brown, the industrious, rugged individualist did make a small come-back in the early 1950s with his own plumbing business. The details of that enterprise, I don’t know. But I do remember his old International panel truck he used. People such as my grandfather made a great contribution to Burnaby.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds; BHS298

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