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Logging camp

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1900]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 24 cm, mounted on card 25 x 30 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of lumberjacks gathered together at the 'Second Camp East of Sperling' with residences visible in the background.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 24 cm, mounted on card 25 x 30 cm
Material Details
Brush strokes (from application of emulsion) are visible
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of lumberjacks gathered together at the 'Second Camp East of Sperling' with residences visible in the background.
Subjects
Occupations - Lumberjacks
Industries - Forestry
Animals - Dogs
Geographic Access
Sperling Avenue
Accession Code
HV977.140.2
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1900]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
1/7/2010
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "Second Camp East of Sperling" Index card found at BVM describes this image as "Logging camp, Gilley operations, east of Sperling" and dates it as 1904.
Images
Less detail

Looking down north Poleline Hill

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1908]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph looking north along the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue). To the far left is Deer Lake and at the top right is Burnaby Lake. The smoke and debris from land clearing is a result of logging operations being carried out by the Doran Brothers logging company, the Deer Lake Mill Company…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.32 x 25.4 cm print
Material Details
inscribed in pencil, verso, l.l. "Looking down north Poleline Hill (now Sperling) Deer Lake at left. "
Scope and Content
Photograph looking north along the Pole Line Road (later Sperling Avenue). To the far left is Deer Lake and at the top right is Burnaby Lake. The smoke and debris from land clearing is a result of logging operations being carried out by the Doran Brothers logging company, the Deer Lake Mill Company. Above Deer Lake, Douglas Road is visible with Claude Hill's Brookfield property (later 6501 Deer Lake Avenue) on the south side of the road and Bernard Hill's home on the north side (later 4990 Canada Way). Just northeast of Brookfield is the George Every-Clayton farm (amongst the trees) on what would later become the Henry and Grace Ceperley estate grounds known as Fairacres. The house in the centre of the picture is the Walker house (later 5255 Sperling Avenue). Mountains can be seen to the north.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Geographic Features - Roads
Industries - Forestry
Industries - Logging/lumber
Geographic Access
Sperling Avenue
Deer Lake
Douglas Road
Canada Way
Accession Code
HV976.139.47
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1908]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Old Curly at South Surrey

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1905] (date of original), copied 2016
Collection/Fonds
Robinson-Surgenor collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chi…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Robinson-Surgenor collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of the steam locomotive known as "Old Curly" at rest in front of a treed lot in South Surrey. There are four men in the picture. William Surgenor is the man holding an oil can, standing second to the left. The other three men are unidentified. Smoke is pouring out of the locomotive's chimney.
Other Title Information
Title based on contents of photograph
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Transportation - Locomotives
Geographic Features - Forests
Industries - Forestry
Names
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Surgenor, William F.
Accession Code
BV016.52.4
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1905] (date of original), copied 2016
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
10-Mar-15
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Scan of photograph negative
Images
Less detail