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Scope and Content: Photograph of military officer identified as "MacPherson" trying to light his cigarette from a coal oil lantern at Canadian Forces Base military training camp at Sarcee, Alberta. MacPherson is standing in front of a white canvas tent.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of military officer identified as "MacPherson" trying to light his cigarette from a coal oil lantern at Canadian Forces Base military training camp at Sarcee, Alberta. MacPherson is standing in front of a white canvas tent.

Subjects: Public Services - Military Services

Names: Canadian Armed Forces

Accession Code: BV996.6.81

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1936

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "High but oh so cool"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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MacPherson lighting a cigarette from lantern, 1936 thumbnail

Ornamental Street Lighting Standard No. 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55366

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 71477

Meeting Date: 27-Feb-1935

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 71477

Meeting Date: 27-Feb-1935

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Report 71477

27-Feb-1935 Meeting Minutes

Payment to A.C. Bell for Installation of Ornamental Lighting

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64277

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 55455

Meeting Date: 10-Feb-1930

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 55455

Meeting Date: 10-Feb-1930

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Report 55455

10-Feb-1930 Meeting Minutes

Interview with Elsie Hughes May 1, 1989 - Track 4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1925] (interview content), interviewed May 1, 1989

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (0:14:44 min)

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the interview takes place in the Love farmhouse kitchen. Elsie recalls the layout and uses of the room’s furnishings and fixtures. She and Jim also discuss the garden. Elsie relates an anecdote about a bullet being accidentally fired into the ceiling, making a hole which ha…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love farmhouse oral history project subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette (0:14:44 min)

Material Details: Interviewer: Jim Wolf Interviewee: Elsie Hughes Location of Interview: Love Farmhouse Interview Date: May 1, 1989 Total Number of Tracks: 4 Total length of all Tracks: 45:03

Scope and Content: Track 4: This portion of the interview takes place in the Love farmhouse kitchen. Elsie recalls the layout and uses of the room’s furnishings and fixtures. She and Jim also discuss the garden. Elsie relates an anecdote about a bullet being accidentally fired into the ceiling, making a hole which had to be patched. They talk about the use of the sink, which was the only one in the house for many years, and the lighting. Jim asks Elsie about the bathroom and the pantry. This track ends abruptly.

History: Recording of an interview with Elsie Hughes (nee Parker) that was conducted by Jim Wolf in the Love farmhouse on site at the Burnaby Village Museum on May 1, 1989. Jim Wolf walks through the Love Farmhouse with Elsie Hughes after it was moved onto the site of the Burnaby Village Museum in 1988. Elsie Hughes who was the daughter of William and Sarah Parker and granddaughter of Jesse and Martha Love. Elsie married John Malcolm Hughes at St. Alban's Church in Burnaby on April 9, 1942. Elsie and Jim discuss the furnishings, decoration and amenities of the house at the time she moved into it in 1925 with her family. Elsie’s recollections were to be used as a resource for redecorating and refurnishing the house as it was in 1925 for its use as an exhibit at the Burnaby Village Museum. An unidentified man is also present, and sometimes contributes to the conversation.

Creator: Wolf, Jim

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Hughes, Elsie Roberta Parker; Wolf, Jim; Love, Jesse, 1849-1928; Hughes, John Malcolm; Parker, William Michael; Parker, Sarah Maria Love

Accession Code: BV018.41.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1925] (interview content), interviewed May 1, 1989

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on content of file

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Interview with Elsie Hughes May 1, 1989 - Track 4, [1925] (interview content), interviewed May 1, 1989

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2018_0041_0049_004.mp3

Oak Theatre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Oak Theatre at 3506 Kingsway at night. This was the first commercial use of neon lighting in Burnaby. This photograph may have been taken opening night, August 4, 1937.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1937 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-051

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Oak Theatre at 3506 Kingsway at night. This was the first commercial use of neon lighting in Burnaby. This photograph may have been taken opening night, August 4, 1937.

Subjects: Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Buildings - Commercial - Theatres

Names: Oak Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bellinger, Bernard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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Oak Theatre, 1937 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Couple in front of tall hedges

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1515

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1935 and 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified couple standing in front of tall hedges. The woman is in light coloured dress with a jacket over the top, light shoes, and a hat. The man is wearing a light coloured double breasted suit with a hat. The location is not identifieid.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.r. "A18"

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified couple standing in front of tall hedges. The woman is in light coloured dress with a jacket over the top, light shoes, and a hat. The man is wearing a light coloured double breasted suit with a hat. The location is not identifieid.

Accession Code: BV985.5890.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1935 and 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Couple in front of tall hedges, [between 1935 and 1940] thumbnail

Two couples sitting on a bench

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1528

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two couples sitting on a bench together. The couple on the left; the man is in light coloured double breasted suit with a hat, and the woman in light coloured dress with a jacket on top and a hat. The couple on the right; the man is wearing a dark coloured suit with his vest and blaze…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.r. "B2"

Scope and Content: Photograph of two couples sitting on a bench together. The couple on the left; the man is in light coloured double breasted suit with a hat, and the woman in light coloured dress with a jacket on top and a hat. The couple on the right; the man is wearing a dark coloured suit with his vest and blazer opened at the chest, and a hat and is holding a cigarette in his hand. The woman is wearing a long overcoat over her blouse and skirt, with glasses and a hat.

Accession Code: BV985.5900.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the group, see BV985.5900.2 For another photograph of the men in the group, see BV985.5900.3

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Two couples sitting on a bench, [193-?] thumbnail

Two men and a woman on a bench

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1529

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman and two men sitting together on a bench. The woman is sitting on the left in light coloured dress with a jacket on top and a hat and the men (one in light coloured double breasted suit with a hat and the other in a dark coloured suit and a hat with his vest and blazer opened a…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: stamped on verso, l.r. "B2"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman and two men sitting together on a bench. The woman is sitting on the left in light coloured dress with a jacket on top and a hat and the men (one in light coloured double breasted suit with a hat and the other in a dark coloured suit and a hat with his vest and blazer opened at the chest) sit to the right.

Accession Code: BV985.5900.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of the group, see BV985.5900.1 For another photograph of the men in the group, see BV985.5900.3

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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MacPherson lighting a cigarette from lantern

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Ornamental Street Lighting Standard No. 4

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Payment to A.C. Bell for Installation of Ornamental Lighting

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Interview with Elsie Hughes May 1, 1989 - Track 4

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Oak Theatre

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Couple in front of tall hedges

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Two couples sitting on a bench

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Two men and a woman on a bench

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