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Parkers home on Newcombe Street

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1913 and 1915] (date of original), copied 1998
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four men sitting on the steps and porch of a small wood house with land cleared around it. The house is sitting on posts above the ground with the left side filled in with wood siding. William Parker is seated on the left and holding a dog. William Michael Parker and Sarah Maria Love…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Jesse Love farmhouse series
Subseries
Love family photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four men sitting on the steps and porch of a small wood house with land cleared around it. The house is sitting on posts above the ground with the left side filled in with wood siding. William Parker is seated on the left and holding a dog. William Michael Parker and Sarah Maria Love were married in 1913 and built this house located at 1390 Newcombe Road. The couple lived there until 1927 when they moved into the Love farmhouse at 1390 Cumberland Road. Albert Parker was born in this house in 1915.
Names
Parker, William Michael
Parker, Albert "Bert"
Geographic Access
Newcombe Street
Street Address
1390 Newcombe Street
Accession Code
BV018.41.173
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[between 1913 and 1915] (date of original), copied 1998
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Second Street Area
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
4-Mar-2019
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy print accompanying
Images
Less detail

Rock crusher in operation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39573
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 1910
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a rock crusher in operation. From a wall of rocks, a team of men puts the rock into the rock crusher. The crushed gravel is loaded up in a horse drawn cart, with a driver ready to transport it away. There are two men in suits to the right of the photograph watching the operation.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
August 1910
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-892
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a rock crusher in operation. From a wall of rocks, a team of men puts the rock into the rock crusher. The crushed gravel is loaded up in a horse drawn cart, with a driver ready to transport it away. There are two men in suits to the right of the photograph watching the operation.
Subjects
Transportation - Horses
Land Clearing
Occupations - Labourers
Names
Oakalla Prison Farm
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Oakmount Crescent
Street Address
5220 Oakmount Crescent
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Oakalla Area
Images
Less detail

Setting the blast

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65898
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910 or 1911]
Collection/Fonds
J.W. Phillips fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.5 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified man (likely John William "Jack" Holmes) helping to clear land near the Phillips home on Ellsemere Avenue. Holding a fuse in his hands with dynamite resting in front of him, he is crouched in front of a large stump, setting the blast.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910 or 1911]
Collection/Fonds
J.W. Phillips fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 15.5 x 11 cm
Material Details
Emulsion measures 15.5 x 11 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 16 x 12 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
487-036
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2008-18
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified man (likely John William "Jack" Holmes) helping to clear land near the Phillips home on Ellsemere Avenue. Holding a fuse in his hands with dynamite resting in front of him, he is crouched in front of a large stump, setting the blast.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Phillips, James William "Jim"
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Ellesmere Avenue
Street Address
200 Ellesmere Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
Images
Less detail

Tired Tim and Weary Willie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38855
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Claude Hill (left) and E.B. Wentenhall (right) standing on fallen trees in the Curtis Road area of North Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1911
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-174
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Claude Hill (left) and E.B. Wentenhall (right) standing on fallen trees in the Curtis Road area of North Burnaby.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Plants - Trees
Names
Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
Wentenhall, E.B.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Geographic Access
Curtis Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Lochdale Area
Images
Less detail

William Walker and his crew

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35368
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 William Walker, a member of a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby The land was cleared by blasting. The tree in this picture measured 24 feet in circumference.
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.
204-225
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of William Walker, a member of a crew contracted by the municipality to clear the area between Colborne Avenue, Brantford Avenue and Imperial Street in South Burnaby The land was cleared by blasting. The tree in this picture measured 24 feet in circumference.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Plants - Trees
Names
Walker, William
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Less detail

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