J.W. Phillips fonds
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 74 photographs : b&w glass negative ; 15.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs taken by photographer J. W. Phillips. The photographs depict members of the J.W. Phillips family, who lived in the Capitol Hill area, along with images of North Burnaby scenes and neighbourhoods.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910-1914
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Physical Description
- 74 photographs : b&w glass negative ; 15.5 x 11 cm
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2008-18
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs taken by photographer J. W. Phillips. The photographs depict members of the J.W. Phillips family, who lived in the Capitol Hill area, along with images of North Burnaby scenes and neighbourhoods.
- History
- Emily Brew married William James Phillips in Douglas on the Isle of Man, in 1884. Their first child, James William Phillips “Jim” was born in Douglas on the Isle of Man, on November 18, 1886. His brother, John George "George" was born July 27, 1890, and their sister Emily Brew "Amy" was born ca. 1892. The family of five arrived in the Capitol Hill area of North Burnaby in 1910, and built their first home on Ellesmere Avenue. They were the second family to move to the area. Jim Phillips was a carpenter by trade, but was better known as an avid amateur photographer and painter, his photographs serving as an important record of early Burnaby. He and his brother both served in World War I, but only George returned. Their sister married John William "Jack" Holmes on November 25, 1914, and had two sons, Douglas and Fred in 1926. George also married and had a son, James Brew Phillips. Emily (Brew) Phillips died January 20, 1915, at the age of 53. Her husband William James Phillips died December 2 of that same year at the age of 55. James William "Jim" Phillips served as a Private in the Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), and died overseas on August 15, 1917, at the age of 30. His sister, Emily Brew "Amy" (Phillips) Holmes died July 22, 1976, at the age of 84.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Phillips, James William "Jim"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
- Photo catalogue 192