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B.C. Electric Railway trams at station

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1951
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w print ; 9 x 12.5 cm mounted on card 17.5 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of three interurban trams at station on the Vancouver-Marpole-Westminster-Steveston Lines.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w print ; 9 x 12.5 cm mounted on card 17.5 x 14 cm
Material Details
This photograph is mounted on the back half of a greeting card, the front of the card has been torn away. It is a black and white image of 3 trams face on.
Scope and Content
Photograph of three interurban trams at station on the Vancouver-Marpole-Westminster-Steveston Lines.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Accession Code
BV012.36.1
Date
1951
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-07-26
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Printed on the reverse side of the card, "Renaissance / No 651-09 Made in U.S.A.".
Typed text below the image reads: "With White Flags up #1219 prepares to leave B.C.E.R. / Kits Shops with a "Race Extra" Train while / partners #1212 and #1201 await assignment on the / Vancouver-Marpole-Westminster-Steveston Line. / 1951".
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Deer Lake BC

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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 photogravure on paper ; 10.0 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the north side of Deer Lake, including the Hart family's "Avalon" estate (which later became Hart House restaurant). The photograph was likely taken from a hill on Sperling Avenue. The photogravure has been made into a greeting card. Printed on the bottom front of the card: "Deer Lak…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w photogravure on paper ; 10.0 x 12.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the north side of Deer Lake, including the Hart family's "Avalon" estate (which later became Hart House restaurant). The photograph was likely taken from a hill on Sperling Avenue. The photogravure has been made into a greeting card. Printed on the bottom front of the card: "Deer Lake B.C. / May your Christmas be a Merry One / And the New Year full of Happiness." An annotation on the back of the back of the card reads, "Looking NNE. / probably from hill on Sperling Ave."
Subjects
Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
Holidays - Christmas
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Avenue
Deer Lake
Street Address
6664 Deer Lake Avenue
Accession Code
HV976.139.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[190-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-20
Notes
Transcribed title
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Eva Anderson's retirement scrapbook

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1962-1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 album (ca. 40 photographs and textual records) : 26 x 32 cm + 1 letter
Scope and Content
Item is a scrapbook (photograph album) presented to Eva Anderson on her retirement in 1967 after nineteen years of employment in the Treasury Department of the Municipality of Burnaby. Enclosed in the scrapbook are forty-two photographs accompanied by handwritten notes, typed poems and greeting car…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1962-1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Eva Anderson subseries
Physical Description
1 album (ca. 40 photographs and textual records) : 26 x 32 cm + 1 letter
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS123-001
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS2007-02
Scope and Content
Item is a scrapbook (photograph album) presented to Eva Anderson on her retirement in 1967 after nineteen years of employment in the Treasury Department of the Municipality of Burnaby. Enclosed in the scrapbook are forty-two photographs accompanied by handwritten notes, typed poems and greeting cards.
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Letter accompanying scrapbook provides a few details of the event and of Eva Anderson's career
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Eva Anderson subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1962-1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
1 scrapbook
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of the scrapbook presented to Eva Anderson on her retirement in 1967 after 19 years of employment in the Treasury Department of the Municipality of Burnaby. Enclosed in the scrapbook are forty-two photographs accompanied by handwritten notes, typed poems and greeting cards.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1962-1967
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Eva Anderson subseries
Physical Description
1 scrapbook
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS2007-02
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of the scrapbook presented to Eva Anderson on her retirement in 1967 after 19 years of employment in the Treasury Department of the Municipality of Burnaby. Enclosed in the scrapbook are forty-two photographs accompanied by handwritten notes, typed poems and greeting cards.
History
Eva Anderson joined the Treasury Department (now the Finance Department) of Burnaby Municipal Hall in 1949, located on Kingsway near Edmonds at that time. She was well-liked in the department, often complimented for her "soft, Scottish smile." She retired in 1967 following the move to the new hall located on Grandview-Douglas Highway (now Canada Way). Eva passed away in Burnaby on April 22, 2006, at the age of 87.
Media Type
Photograph
Textual Record
Creator
Anderson, Eva
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
MSS123
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Kenneth M. Hoffman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45179
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957, published April 24, 1957
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm, printed on card 11 x 14 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenneth M. Hoffman, a school teacher in Burnaby and a Burnaby Social Credit candidate in the 1957 federal election. He went to New Guinea as a Missionary Inspector and school teacher for the American Lutheran church from 1957 to 1959.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1957, published April 24, 1957
Collection/Fonds
Columbian Newspaper collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm, printed on card 11 x 14 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
480-075
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2003-02
Scope and Content
Photograph of Kenneth M. Hoffman, a school teacher in Burnaby and a Burnaby Social Credit candidate in the 1957 federal election. He went to New Guinea as a Missionary Inspector and school teacher for the American Lutheran church from 1957 to 1959.
Subjects
Occupations - Teachers
Names
Hoffman, Kenneth M.
American Lutheran Church
Social Credit Party of Canada
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was printed on a greeting card which reads: "Joyous Greetings"
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