"Gilpin Street" found 183 records

Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

in Holy Trinity Cathedral in New Westminster. The property, bounded by Deer Lake and what is now Gilpin Street and situated west of Claude Hill's land, was bought by George Every-Clayton. Later, this tract of land was owned by Mr. and Mrs. H.T. Ceperley who built there a magnificent mansion "Fairacres

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Century Park Museum Association

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History

Notes: 4 copies held: copy 4.

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Pioneer tales of Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1987

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 096928280x

Call Number: 971.133 SON COPY 4

Contributor: Sone, Michael

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Corporation of the District of Burnaby

Publication Date: c1987

Physical Description: 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Inscription: "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page

Library Subject (LOC): Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby; Frontier and pioneer life; Biography

Object History: Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.

Notes: "Editor Michael Sone".; Includes index.; 4 copies held: copy 4

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Pontifex family home

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35343

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (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 Robert Pontifex family home on Douglas Road. Robert and his wife, Beatrix Pontifex, had seven children: Vivien, Helen, Bob, Audrey, Barbara, Basil, and Hugh. Robert built this house with the help of Bernard Hill. The site of this house is now bounded by Century Park Way, Gilpin …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913 (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.: 204-200

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Robert Pontifex family home on Douglas Road. Robert and his wife, Beatrix Pontifex, had seven children: Vivien, Helen, Bob, Audrey, Barbara, Basil, and Hugh. Robert built this house with the help of Bernard Hill. The site of this house is now bounded by Century Park Way, Gilpin Street and Canada Way, and became the site of City Hall.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Pontifex family home, 1913 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Street Light Installation on Gilpin Street and Rowan Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72064

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 79432

Meeting Date: 1-Jun-1914

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 79432

Meeting Date: 1-Jun-1914

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 79432

1-Jun-1914 Meeting Minutes

Pontifex family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37929

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Pontifex family mother and children at their house at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. Left to right: Bob, Helen, Vivien, and (standing behind) Beatrix Pontifex (mother).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (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 ; 4.5 x 2.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-517

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Pontifex family mother and children at their house at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. Left to right: Bob, Helen, Vivien, and (standing behind) Beatrix Pontifex (mother).

Names: Pontifex, Beatrix Bond; Pontifex, Bob; Pontifex, Helen; Pontifex, Vivien

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Pontifex family, [1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37933

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of siblings Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex standing outside of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (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 ; 4.3 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-520

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of siblings Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex standing outside of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.

Names: Pontifex, Bob; Pontifex, Helen; Pontifex, Vivien

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex, [1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Pontifex children

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37934

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1919] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Pontifex children standing outside of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. Left to right: Helen, Vivien, Audrey, and Bob Pontifex.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1919] (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 ; 2.7 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-521

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Pontifex children standing outside of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. Left to right: Helen, Vivien, Audrey, and Bob Pontifex.

Names: Devereux, Audrey Pontifex; Pontifex, Bob; Pontifex, Helen; Pontifex, Vivien

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Pontifex children, [1919] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Douglas Road back lane

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37938

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back lane of the 4000 block of Douglas Road (old numbering) at Gilpin Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-] (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 ; 4.1 x 2.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-525

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the back lane of the 4000 block of Douglas Road (old numbering) at Gilpin Street.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lanes

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Douglas Road back lane, [192-] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Approval of Drawing No. A 6297 Covering Pole Location on Royal Oak Avenue and Gilpin Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69222

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72641

Meeting Date: 19-Feb-1923

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 72641

Meeting Date: 19-Feb-1923

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 72641

19-Feb-1923 Meeting Minutes

Petition re Gilpin Street Sidewalk

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 73463

Meeting Date: 13-Nov-1923

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 73463

Meeting Date: 13-Nov-1923

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 73463

13-Nov-1923 Meeting Minutes

Basil Pontifex

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.2 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. An unidentified boy is in the background on the left.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1924 (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 ; 4.2 x 2.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-522

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Basil Pontifex at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. An unidentified boy is in the background on the left.

Names: Pontifex, Basil

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Basil Pontifex, 1924 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Interview with Jim and Linda Champion by Eric Damer October 21, 2012 - Track 1

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory315

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1924-1951

Length: 0:09:28

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Jim Champion's memories of first coming to Burnaby with his wife Ethel. He mentions the neighbouring creek near their property, along with a number of neighbours. Jim also tells the story of cutting down cottonwood trees growing on nearby crown land.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Jim Champion's memories of first coming to Burnaby with his wife Ethel. He mentions the neighbouring creek near their property, along with a number of neighbours. Jim also tells the story of cutting down cottonwood trees growing on nearby crown land.

Date Range: 1924-1951

Length: 0:09:28

Subjects: Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 21, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Jim Champion and his daughter Linda Champion conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 21, 2012. Major themes discussed are: raising a family in Burnaby as well as the experience of growing up in the area as it developed from farmland to suburbia.

Biographical Notes: Although Jim Champion was born in Burnaby in 1924, he grew up and attended school in White Rock. After serving in the navy during the war, Jim Champion came back to Vancouver, met and married Ethel (Danielson) Champion and began working for the Vancouver Fire Department. Jim and Ethel Champion's eldest daughter, Linda Champion, was born in 1948. In 1949, the Champions bought 1.8 undeveloped acres on Gilpin Street and began to build. By the time their house was built, they had become a family of six, so Jim and Ethel worked to built a larger house adjacent to the first. The Champions had chickens and a horse as their neighbourhood changed from farmland to suburbia. Jim has retired from the Vancouver Fire Department and his daughter Linda Champion is currently a City of Burnaby employee.

Total Tracks: 4

Total Length: 0:41:09

Interviewee Name: Champion, Jim; Champion, Linda

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

Audio Tracks

Track one of recording of interview with Jim and Linda Champion

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-007/MSS171-007_Track_1.mp3

Mrs. Cowan and daughter

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: February 24, 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 10.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman and a girl standing by a chickenwire fence, looking at the geese and chicks. Vegetable gardens and a log building can be seen as well. According to the note in the accession file, the woman is Mrs. Sylvia Cowan, the second wife of Mr. James Cowan since they were married in 1…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 10.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman and a girl standing by a chickenwire fence, looking at the geese and chicks. Vegetable gardens and a log building can be seen as well. According to the note in the accession file, the woman is Mrs. Sylvia Cowan, the second wife of Mr. James Cowan since they were married in 1922, and the girl is one of Mr. Cowan's two daughters from his first marriage. The property depicted in the photograph was at 2930 Gilpin Street (later renumbered 5926 Gilpin Street), where Mr. Cowan purchased two acres of land to build a home in 1919. After settling in Burnaby in 1923 at that property, Mr. Cowan became active in serving the community, eventually earning the honour of having a memorial hall named after him, which later changed to the James Cowan Theatre. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "2930 Gilpin in 1923/24 / 2 acres, vegetable gardens, chickens, a cow, geese / more info in files / Cowan Property." Stamped on the back of the photo: "0110."

Subjects: Animals - Fowl; Agriculture - Farms

Names: Cowan, Sylvia

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Street Address: 5926 Gilpin Street

Accession Code: BV985.31.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: February 24, 1923

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-19

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Mrs. Cowan and daughter, February 24, 1923 thumbnail

Pontifex family

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37936

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pontifex family members and a friend at Gilpin Street and Grandview-Douglas. Left to right: Helen Pontifex, Audrey Pontifex, Helen Campbell, Basil Pontifex, Beatrix Pontifex, and Bob Pontifex.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926 (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 ; 2.8 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-523

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pontifex family members and a friend at Gilpin Street and Grandview-Douglas. Left to right: Helen Pontifex, Audrey Pontifex, Helen Campbell, Basil Pontifex, Beatrix Pontifex, and Bob Pontifex.

Names: Campbell, Helen; Devereux, Audrey Pontifex; Pontifex, Basil; Pontifex, Beatrix Bond; Pontifex, Bob; Pontifex, Helen

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street; Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Pontifex family, 1926 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Pontifex children

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37939

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pontifex family siblings at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. Clockwise from top left: Audrey, Helen, Barbara, and Basil Pontifex.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1928 (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 ; 2.8 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-526

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Pontifex family siblings at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street. Clockwise from top left: Audrey, Helen, Barbara, and Basil Pontifex.

Names: Devereux, Audrey Pontifex; Pontifex, Barbara; Pontifex, Basil; Pontifex, Helen

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Pontifex children, 1928 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Audrey, Barbara and Basil Pontifex

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37937

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of siblings (back to front) Audrey, Barbara and Basil Pontifex at their house at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (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 ; 4.3 x 2.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-524

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of siblings (back to front) Audrey, Barbara and Basil Pontifex at their house at 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.