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Burnaby's First May Day 1925

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1925
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the procession of May Queen Suite and other attendants at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. Each girl in the suite is holding a flower basket and escorted by a man in a suit and matching hats. A flag flying in the back and a water tower can be seen from behind the pr…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Burnaby events photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the procession of May Queen Suite and other attendants at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. Each girl in the suite is holding a flower basket and escorted by a man in a suit and matching hats. A flag flying in the back and a water tower can be seen from behind the procession. Guards and crowds are also visible.
Subjects
Events - Parades
Events - May Day
Names
Whittaker, Ruth Lavinia Bearn
Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean
Jeffers, Eileen Mary Jacques
McLean, Alexander K.
McCulloch, Margaret
Geographic Access
Central Park
Imperial Street
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Accession Code
HV977.17.11
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1925
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-04
Scale
100
Photographer
Stride, Charles Edgar
Notes
Annotation on the back of the photograph read: "Ruth Byrne [sic] [the first May Queen in Burnaby, leading the procession], Jessie, Margaret McCulloch, Eileen Jacques"
Second annotation reads: "Reeve A.K. McLean, Mrs. John Hawkshaw in white turban."
Inscribed in the original negative, and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "#11 / Burnaby's First May Day 1925 / Stride Photo."
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Lady Byng's visit to Burnaby Well Babies Clinic

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
24 Jul. 1922
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lady Byng (second from right-holding flowers) and Lady Margaret Boscawen (second from left) with members of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), women and mother's with babies gathered together on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds. The event took place during Lady Byng's …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lady Byng (second from right-holding flowers) and Lady Margaret Boscawen (second from left) with members of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), women and mother's with babies gathered together on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds. The event took place during Lady Byng's inspection of Victorian Order Centres where she visited ""Well Babies Clinics"" in Burnaby and South Vancouver. There are two men, including Reeve Alexander McLean, standing among the women, to the right side of the photograph.
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Byng, Lady Marie Evelyn Moreton
Boscawen, Lady Margaret Florence Lucy Byng
McLean, Alexander K.
Street Address
7282 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV995.8.55
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
24 Jul. 1922
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Related Material
See also: BV985.3137.10
Scan Resolution
600
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 19
Note in white ink on album page reads: "LADY BYNG VISITS BABIES CLINIC / AT / MUNICIPAL HALL BURNABY"
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