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False front removal from Whitechurch Hardware

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
Aug. 1974
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Peter Otten (left) and Gysberton (right) standing in the doorway of the old Whitechurch Hardware building located at 7685 Sixth Street in Burnaby. The building was being prepared to be moved to the Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) and the false front was removed. The Whitech…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Bell's Dry Goods exhibit series
Subseries
Bell's building photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Peter Otten (left) and Gysberton (right) standing in the doorway of the old Whitechurch Hardware building located at 7685 Sixth Street in Burnaby. The building was being prepared to be moved to the Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) and the false front was removed. The Whitechurch Hardware business operated out of this building between 1937 and 1973 and Bell's Dry Goods operated out of this building between 1925 and 1937. A two storey building is visible in the background with a grocery convenience store on the ground level with sign "7-Up / U-1 / Mart" hanging above the entrance way. The two storey building was built in 1938 and operated as Bell's Dry Goods between 1937 and 1941.
Subjects
Buildings - Civic - Museums
Buildings - Commercial - Hardware Stores
Buildings - Heritage
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Whitechurch Hardware
Geographic Access
6th Street
Street Address
7695 6th Street
7685 6th Street
Accession Code
BV020.5.1856
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
Aug. 1974
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Second Street Area
Scan Resolution
2400
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on slide frame reads: "(FRONT) / VIEW FROM THIS SIDE / WRONG SIDE / Whitechurch Hardware / FalseFront Removal / Peter Otten (l) + co. / Gysbertson(r) in front"
1 col. copy print accompanying
Images
Less detail

postcard; greeting card

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46657
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.6095.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.6095.1
Description
Postcard, vertical, white ground; coloured illustration of bouquet of flowers in red heart vase, smaller hearts scattered around; in black at bottom, "A Valentine Greeting"; on reverse in grey, "POST CARD", eagle at left with scroll "MADE IN USA" in its talons; line across card, line down centre, "L Co." at top; at left, "FOR CORRESPONDENCE"; at right, "FOR ADDRESS ONLY"; at lower left, "SERIES-900 B"; double-line outline of rectangle at upper right; handwritten address in pencil to "Miss Gertrude" "Enderby, B.C."; 'Gertrude' is written larger and heavier, over something which was erased; soiled, spots, creases, corners are worn
Category
06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
Classification
Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
Object Term
Postcard
Marks/Labels
A Valentine Greeting Miss Gertrude Enderby, B.C.
Maker
L Company
Country Made
United States of America
Title
A Valentine Greeting Series 900 B
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Images
Less detail