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Group at Gai Paree Super Club

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 25, 1950

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 25, 1950

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Richard Hardy family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm (sight), in card 12.5 x 35.5 cm folded to 15.5 x 17.5 cm

Material Details: Photograph is housed inside a souvenir card

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 312-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1993-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large group of people at the Gai Paree Supper Club. George Grant and his wife are identified as the second and third from the right in the first row; all other individuals are unidentified.

Subjects: Events - Parties

Names: Gai Paree Supper Club; Grant, George Jr.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hoyer Studios

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Front cover of souvenir card reads: "Souvenir Photo / Gai Paree Supper Club / on Kingsway / Your Friendly Inter City Rendezvous / DEx. 4505 / Between Vancouver & New Westminster, B.C. Canada / Featuring Rudy Morin & His Orchestra / Canada's Liveliest Band"; Inside front cover of souvenir card reads: "Hoyer Studios / 2321 Kingsway (Burnaby, B.C.) Canada / Photographers / Gai Paree Provides Free Personal Table Cards For Birthdays & Anneversaries [sp] / To reorder No. Scouts / Have this Photo Enlarged to any size / Phone Particulars DEx. 4504"; Photographers name on recto of mat reads: "Hoyer Studios"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 6669 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

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Hamilton Road School site

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 27, 1915

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Survey plan of "Hamilton Road School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being the westerly 2 acres of Block 2 of the subd. of a portion of Lot 8, Group 1"; "New Westminster District”.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm

Material Details: Scale 40 feet = 1 inch

Scope and Content: Survey plan of "Hamilton Road School Site / Burnaby Municipality" "Being the westerly 2 acres of Block 2 of the subd. of a portion of Lot 8, Group 1"; "New Westminster District”.

Creator: Burnett, Geoffrey K.

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Hamilton Road School

Responsibility: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Geographic Access: Lyndhurst Street

Accession Code: BV003.83.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: April 27, 1915

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sperling-Broadway Area

Scan Resolution: 440

Scan Date: 22-Dec-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of plan; handwritten on back, "1752" and mathematical calculations; Oath on plan reads: "I, Geoffrey K. Burnett...and did person- ally superintend the survey..." "...completed on the 27th day of April 1915"; signed by Geoffrey K. Burnett, notary illegible, sworn "...27th day of April 1915" "Burnett and McGugan" "B.C. Land Surveyors Etc. New Westminster, B.C."

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Haskell and Moore on opening day

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 5 May 1954

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Al Moore (left) Assistant Manager of Simpsons-Sears standing with T. Boyd Haskell (right), Manager of Simpsons-Sears inside the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby on opening day. An unidentified woman is standing behind them.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Al Moore (left) Assistant Manager of Simpsons-Sears standing with T. Boyd Haskell (right), Manager of Simpsons-Sears inside the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby on opening day. An unidentified woman is standing behind them.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores; Events - Openings

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited; Haskell, T. Boyd; Moore, A.G. "Al"

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.173

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 5 May 1954

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Photographer: On-The-Spot Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "ON-THE-SPOT PHOTOGRAPHERS / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "77"; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

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Haskell with man at Simpsons-Sears opening

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 5 May 1954

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell (left), Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing with an unidentified man inside the Simpsons-Sears store on opening day.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell (left), Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby standing with an unidentified man inside the Simpsons-Sears store on opening day.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores; Events - Openings

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited; Haskell, T. Boyd

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.174

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 5 May 1954

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Photographer: On-The-Spot Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "ON-THE-SPOT PHOTOGRAPHERS / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "25"; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera

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Hotel Burnaby Ltd.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Burnaby Hotel located at 1385 Kingsway (old street numbering system). Printed at the bottom of the postcard is the following: Hotel Burnaby Ltd. / 1385 Kingsway at 14th Avenue / Burnaby 3, New Westminster, B.C., Telephone LA 1-8891. On the reverse is written: "Hotel Burna…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 474-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2005-6

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Burnaby Hotel located at 1385 Kingsway (old street numbering system). Printed at the bottom of the postcard is the following: Hotel Burnaby Ltd. / 1385 Kingsway at 14th Avenue / Burnaby 3, New Westminster, B.C., Telephone LA 1-8891. On the reverse is written: "Hotel Burnaby: Located between new Simpson-Sears and new Woodwards shopping centres. You will remember Hotel Burnaby for the rest of your life."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Advertising Medium

Names: Hotel Burnaby Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Grant-Mann Lithographers Limited

Notes: Title based on caption of postcard; Made by Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd. "Colour Card" Division, Vancouver British Columbia

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Inman Avenue School site

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 3, 1915

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Survey plan of "Inman Avenue School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" "Being Lots 3 -12 inc. Blk. C. of Subd. of Blks.5" "13-19 inc. & 21-28 inc. of Subd. of Westerly 80 Acres of, and portion of D.L. 34, Group One. New Westminster District".

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Ronald G. Scobbie collection

Series: School and church plans series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm

Material Details: Scale: 40 feet = 1 inch

Scope and Content: Survey plan of "Inman Avenue School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" "Being Lots 3 -12 inc. Blk. C. of Subd. of Blks.5" "13-19 inc. & 21-28 inc. of Subd. of Westerly 80 Acres of, and portion of D.L. 34, Group One. New Westminster District".

Creator: McGugan, Donald Johnston

Subjects: Buildings - Schools

Names: Inman Avenue School

Responsibility: Burnett & McGugan, Engineers and Surveyors

Geographic Access: Brandon Street

Street Address: 3963 Brandon Street

Accession Code: BV003.83.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: May 3, 1915

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Scan Resolution: 440

Scan Date: 22-Dec-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of plan; Oath in bottom left corner reads: "I, D.J. McGugan...did...superintend the survey...", "...completed on the 3rd day of May 1915"; signed "D.J. McGugan", notariz- ed by "Walter Edmonds" "sworn...22nd Day of May 1915"; "Burnett and McGugan. B.C. Land Surveyors. Etc. New Westminster. B.C.";; handwritten note reads: "Note: Before using this Mon. see plan / of resubdivision of Lots 5 & 6 / of Block 'B' D.L. 34 / June 1945"; handwritten twice on back, "1776"

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John A. Hackett

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of John A. Hackett, then manager of a Bank of Nova Scotia branch in New Westminster. During his career, he was also elected chairman of United Community Services, Burnaby division.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1960]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-144

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of John A. Hackett, then manager of a Bank of Nova Scotia branch in New Westminster. During his career, he was also elected chairman of United Community Services, Burnaby division.

Subjects: Occupations

Names: Hackett, John A.; Bank of Nova Scotia

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Burlin, Mauritz

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "FIRST STREET & 8th AVE BRANCH/ 2-896 New Westminster, B.C."; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: " Mauritz Burlin of Burlin Studios"

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Livestock Parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a livestock parade at the Provincial Exhibition. People are standing with animals, including goats, horses and cattle, in a field in front of a building.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.6 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 053-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a livestock parade at the Provincial Exhibition. People are standing with animals, including goats, horses and cattle, in a field in front of a building.

Subjects: Animals - Cows; Exhibitions - Agricultural; Animals - Goats; Animals - Horses; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption underneath the photograph reads, "Live stock [sic] parade at the Provincial Exhibition, 1920. New Westminster, B.C."

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Louis Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1909]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother and sister. It was the first post office at 'Burnaby Lake' and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss Harriet Woodward. It later became the United Church. / The open field in the distance above the horse's head and people in the field is the field in front of the 'Manor House' which was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the right of and beyond the white house partly hidden by the trees can be seen some of the buildings associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. which by the date (1909) of this photo had been sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)." An annotation on the back of the other photograph reads, "Formerly belonging to Malcom Nicolson / App. 1908." Annotations at the bottom front of the photograph read, "L. Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC."

Subjects: Agriculture - Crops; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Animals - Horses; Occupations - Farmers; Agriculture - Farms

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue; Sperling Avenue

Accession Code: HV973.40.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1909]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w duplicate photograph accompanying; Text on first image "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "app 1909" pencilled in following above on the bottom edge of the image "L. Claude / Hill / Broadview", pencilled on the matt below the image. "The foreground farm property stood at the / Corner of Sperling Ave. (formerly known as Pole Line Road) / and Buckingham. The white house in the left / centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother / and sister. It was the first post ofice at "Burnaby Lake" / and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss / Harriet Woodward. It later became the United / Church. / The open field in the distance above / the horses head and people in the field is / the field in front of the "Manse House" which / was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the / right of and beyond the white house partly hidden / by the trees can be seen some of the buildings / associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. / which by the date (1909) of this photo had been / sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of / the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)", hand written in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. It is not indicated who wrote the note. "OR MASTER / 973.40.4", pencilled in the lower right corner of reverse side of matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph Text on second image. "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "Claude surveying the haying", pencilled on the reverse side of the matt. "Formerly belonging to Malcolm Nicholson / app 1908", hand writen in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. "H.V.973.40.4. OR. MASTER", hand printed on the bottom left corner of the reverse side of the matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph

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Louis Claude Hill's Strawberry Farm, Burnaby BC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1902

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.7 cm mounted on grey card 15.0 x 20.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of immigrant workers in the field picking strawberries on the farm belonging to Claude Hill. On the left, the Hill family home, Brookfield, can be seen. Claude Hill's daughter, Kitty Hill, is sitting on the steps of the house. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Muse…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.7 cm mounted on grey card 15.0 x 20.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of immigrant workers in the field picking strawberries on the farm belonging to Claude Hill. On the left, the Hill family home, Brookfield, can be seen. Claude Hill's daughter, Kitty Hill, is sitting on the steps of the house. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.

Subjects: Agriculture - Farms; Occupations - Agricultural Labourers; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Accession Code: HV973.40.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1902

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Cooksley, William Thomas

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Inscribed on the negative and (therefore) printed on recto of photograph reads: "L.C. Hill's Strawberry Farm, Burnaby, B.C." and "W.T. Cooksley, New Westminster, B.C."; Note written in red pencil on the card reads: "1902 - Grandview H.WAY"

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Love family correspondence

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1880-1911

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a series of personal letters from family members in England to Jesse and Martha Love., including; Sept 22, 1880- to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's mother Elizabeth Love; June 7th, 1880- to Jesse from his mother Elizabeth Love; June 9th, 1880- Letter to Jesse Love from his moth…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family vital events and correspondence series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a series of personal letters from family members in England to Jesse and Martha Love., including; Sept 22, 1880- to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's mother Elizabeth Love; June 7th, 1880- to Jesse from his mother Elizabeth Love; June 9th, 1880- Letter to Jesse Love from his mother Elizabeth Love; April 26, 1880 - to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's mother Elizabeth Love; May 21, 1881 -To Jesse Love from one of his sisters regarding his mother's death; Jan 18, 1892 - Swindon - to Jesse from his sister, informing him of his father's death; 8th Jan 1906 - to Jesse from his sister,Torie Love; 28 Oct 1910 - to Martha Love from Jesse's sister Torie Love; 27th, (month?) 1910 - to Jesse Love and one of his sisters from Jesse's sister Torie; 14th July 1911 - Letter to Jesse and Martha Love from Jesse's sister Torie; an envelope - addressed to "Mr. Jesse Love / East Burnaby, New Westminster / B.C." postmarked "Jan __ 05 / SWINDON STATION" (does not appear to relate to any of the dates of the letters) and a small evelope addressed to : "Mrs Love / Burnaby".

History: See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.

Accession Code: BV012.31.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1880-1911

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: Feb-02-2012

Scale: 96

Notes: Title based on content of file

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Love family correspondence, 1880-1911 thumbnail

Map of proposed provincial exhibition site at Burnaby Lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1929 and 1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : photostat print ; 3 parts 45 x 33.7 cm totalling 45 x 101 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of a tri-part folding map of a proposed Provincial Exhibition site located along the southern and western shore of Burnaby Lake. Exhibtion site on map identifies proposed locations for a golf course, pier, hydroplane landing ramp, sports ground, one-mile horse racing track and various…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : photostat print ; 3 parts 45 x 33.7 cm totalling 45 x 101 cm

Material Details: Scale [1:1800]

Scope and Content: Item consists of a tri-part folding map of a proposed Provincial Exhibition site located along the southern and western shore of Burnaby Lake. Exhibtion site on map identifies proposed locations for a golf course, pier, hydroplane landing ramp, sports ground, one-mile horse racing track and various buildings for mechanical, agricultural and botanical displays.

Subjects: Exhibitions

Accession Code: BV017.2.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1929 and 1931]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

Scan Resolution: 400

Scan Date: 2021-11-18

Notes: Title based on contents of map; Scale on map reads: "150 feet to 1 inch"; Overall measurements when fully opened: L: 98.0 cm x H: 45.3 cm ; Individual map parts: L: 32.7 cm x H: 45.0 cm; Commercially printed label on front of portfolio card reads "PLOWRIGHT PRINTING COMPANY / TELEPHONE N.W. 1942 / 39 McKENZIE STREET NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. / TO: [illegible writing in pencil]" in blue ink. Red typewritten text reads: "PHOTOSTAT OF BURNABY LAKE".

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May Day celebration in New Westminster

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 12, 1933

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the May Queen and her suite lined up on the front steps of a building with men in suits and uniforms standing behind them. The girls in the suite are wearing fur lined hoods over their dresses, and holding flower baskets in one hand. The men (except the ones in uniforms) are wearing r…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the May Queen and her suite lined up on the front steps of a building with men in suits and uniforms standing behind them. The girls in the suite are wearing fur lined hoods over their dresses, and holding flower baskets in one hand. The men (except the ones in uniforms) are wearing ribbons on their lapels. This photograph was taken on the occasion of New Westminster's celebration of May Day 1933. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "May Day Celebration / New Westminster, B.C./ May 12th 1933 / #2."

Subjects: Events - May Day; Clothing - Uniforms

Accession Code: HV976.143.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: May 12, 1933

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: The photographs in the accession HV976.143 are thought to be by the Stride studio, as the donor indicated in her letter that the Stride family were personal friends of her great-aunt and her husband, who resided in Edmonds. She wrote that she received a picture of the New Westminster or Burnaby May Day celebrations each year.

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May Queen and her suite

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 23 cm (sight), mounted in folder 43 x 31 folded to 27 x 31 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite seated with flowers at a photographic studio.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 23 cm (sight), mounted in folder 43 x 31 folded to 27 x 31 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite seated with flowers at a photographic studio.

Subjects: Events - May Day

Accession Code: HV974.29.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/8/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Window mat (at interior of folder) has decorative embossing; Window mat and folder backing (provided by photographic studio) are glued together; Photographer's mark on recto of card mount reads: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, B.C."

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May Queen and her suite

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 23 cm (sight), mounted in folder 43 x 31 folded to 27 x 31 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite seated with flowers at a photographic studio.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 23 cm (sight), mounted in folder 43 x 31 folded to 27 x 31 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite seated with flowers at a photographic studio.

Subjects: Events - May Day

Accession Code: HV974.29.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/8/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Window mat (at interior of folder) has decorative embossing; Window mat and folder backing (provided by photographic studio) are glued together; Photographer's mark on recto of card mount reads: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, B.C."

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May Queen and her suite

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1931]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 23 cm (sight), mounted in folder 72 x 31 folded to 27 x 31 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite surrounded by flowers at a photographic studio.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 23 cm (sight), mounted in folder 72 x 31 folded to 27 x 31 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby's May Queen and her suite surrounded by flowers at a photographic studio.

Subjects: Events - May Day

Accession Code: HV974.29.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1931]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/8/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Window mat (at interior of folder) has decorative embossing; Window mat and folder backing (provided by photographic studio) are glued together; Photographer's mark on recto of card mount reads: "The Stride Studios, New Westminster, B.C."

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May Queen and her suite

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 23.5 cm in matt 23 x 27.5 cm on top of matt 35.5 40.5 cm in frame 45.5 x 50 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of May Queen and her suite. Four young women are dressed in white May Day costumes with white dresses and capes with fur collars. Two of the girls are seated on either side of two girls that are standing. Three baskets of flowers are displayed on the floor in front.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 23.5 cm in matt 23 x 27.5 cm on top of matt 35.5 40.5 cm in frame 45.5 x 50 cm

Material Details: Photograph matted within oak frame with glass; backing ripped diagonally from upper left corner to lower right; inner cardboard card showing; gold border; photo mounted on black card, grey mat

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of May Queen and her suite. Four young women are dressed in white May Day costumes with white dresses and capes with fur collars. Two of the girls are seated on either side of two girls that are standing. Three baskets of flowers are displayed on the floor in front.

Subjects: Events - May Day

Accession Code: BV985.5406.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten signature [illegible] in black ink on bottom right corner of matt; Stamp on verso of frame reads: "Framed by The Stride Studios / 657 Columbia St., New Westminster, B.C."

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May Queen and her suite, [between 1926 and 1929] thumbnail

May Queen Miss Winifred Jeffery

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1929

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm in matt 43 x 33 cm in frame 43.5 x 54 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Burnaby May Queen, Winnifred Jeffery. Miss Jeffery is dressed in a May Queen costume with a basket of flowers on each side.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 19.5 cm in matt 43 x 33 cm in frame 43.5 x 54 cm

Material Details: Photograph mounted on ecru cardboard, then onto taupe cardboard; gold border between oak frame and glass; small tears and marks on paper backing; wire for hanging;

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Burnaby May Queen, Winnifred Jeffery. Miss Jeffery is dressed in a May Queen costume with a basket of flowers on each side.

Subjects: Events - May Day

Names: Jeffery, Winnifred

Accession Code: BV985.5402.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: May 1929

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Title on matt in black ink below photograph reads: ". Miss:Winnifred.Jeffery . / . May Queen. / .1929."; Printing on navy blue photographer's label on verso of frame reads: "Framed By / The Stride Studios / Chas E. Stride / 657 Columbia St. / New Westminster, B.C. / We Carry an Exclusive Line of Framed Pictures"

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May Queen Miss Winifred Jeffery, May 1929 thumbnail

Memorial cards for Martha Love

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1920

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a three memorial cards for Martha Love which read: "In Loving Memory / OF / Martha Love / BELOVED WIFE OF JESSE LOVE / CUMBERLAND ROAD, BURNABY, B.C. / Died August 24RD. 1920 / AGED 62 YEARS / INTERRED IN I.O.O.F. CEMETERY, SAPPERTON / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., AUGUST 26TH, 1920". A s…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Love family fonds

Series: Love family vital events and correspondence series

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 1 folder of textual records

Scope and Content: File consists of a three memorial cards for Martha Love which read: "In Loving Memory / OF / Martha Love / BELOVED WIFE OF JESSE LOVE / CUMBERLAND ROAD, BURNABY, B.C. / Died August 24RD. 1920 / AGED 62 YEARS / INTERRED IN I.O.O.F. CEMETERY, SAPPERTON / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., AUGUST 26TH, 1920". A short, religious poem is printed on the inside face of the card. "IN LOVING / MEMORY" with an image of a rose is printed on the front face of the card.

History: See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.

Accession Code: BV012.31.25

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1920

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 7-May-20

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on content of file

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Memorial cards for Martha Love, 1920 thumbnail

Men with fishing rods in Simpsons-Sears

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 5 May 1954

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of three unidentified men looking at fishing rods inside the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby on opening day, May 5, 1954. Two of the men are holding fishing rods and a display of fishing rods is visible on the wall behind them.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds

Series: Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of three unidentified men looking at fishing rods inside the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby on opening day, May 5, 1954. Two of the men are holding fishing rods and a display of fishing rods is visible on the wall behind them.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores; Recreational Activities - Fishing; Events - Openings

Names: Simpsons-Sears Limited

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4750 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV021.26.164

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 5 May 1954

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-08

Photographer: On-The-Spot Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "ON-THE-SPOT PHOTOGRAPHERS / NEW WESTMINSTER B.C."

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