West Burnaby School class
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19.5 x 24 cm, mounted on board 25 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the West Burnaby School class, including teachers, lined up in rows on the porch steps, with the first row seated on the ground with their feet crossed in front of them. Individuals that have been identified, in pencil, directly on the photograph include; Teacher Lili Lawson (far left…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Patterson family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19.5 x 24 cm, mounted on board 25 x 30 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 213-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the West Burnaby School class, including teachers, lined up in rows on the porch steps, with the first row seated on the ground with their feet crossed in front of them. Individuals that have been identified, in pencil, directly on the photograph include; Teacher Lili Lawson (far left), Lily Main (two over from Lawson), Ethel Smith (far left in the back row), and Headmaster Samuel Shepard (far right in the back row). Members of the Patterson family are also in this photograph; William (Bill) is sitting in the front row, third from the left, Bruce is sitting two to the right of Bill, with Alice two rows directly behind Bruce (her hair is shorter than the other girls and she is wearing a dark shirt), with their older sister Mary standing two rows directly behind Alice. The school was later renamed Kingsway West School and remained in operations until 1952.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identified as "Thompson"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area