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Eleanor and Louise Irwin with rabbit

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1937] (date of original), copied 2004
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Elenanor Irwin (Nelson) (left) with her sister Louise Irwin seated on the lawn in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill. Louise is holding a white rabbit. The screened in side porch of the Irwin house and flower garden are visible behind them
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
In the Shadow by the Sea collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
Scope and Content
Photograph of Elenanor Irwin (Nelson) (left) with her sister Louise Irwin seated on the lawn in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill. Louise is holding a white rabbit. The screened in side porch of the Irwin house and flower garden are visible behind them
History
Henry Stanley Irwin (1890-1966) started work at Barnet mill in 1924. Henry and his wife Elsie May Irwin (Taylor) Irwin (1894-1985) first lived with thier two daughters, Eleanor (Nelson) (1924-2005) and Louise (1927-) in a worker's cabin before moving to the Barnet Mill's managers' residence. The household included Elsie's mother, Elizabeth (Shephard) Taylor (1868-1950). The family resided at Barnet until they moved to Vancouver in September 1939. Louise and her older sister Eleanor attended Barnet School like other children in the Barnet area. After the mill closed in 1931, Henry was unemployed for two years, during this time, he hired a horse and driver and cut logs from the slopes of Burnaby Mountain to support his family.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Animals
Names
Barnet Mill
Barnet Lumber Company
Irwin, Louise
Nelson, Eleanor Irwin
Geographic Access
Burrard Inlet
Accession Code
BV019.32.105
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1937] (date of original), copied 2004
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Mountain Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail