Falling Trees at Burnaby, BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription27
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 8.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men standing in front of a very large tree stump. The man in the centre of the picture is holding an axe. Two axes are in the tree. A large two-man saw lies on the ground in front of the tree. An caption in blue ink on a separate label below the photograph reads…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.3 x 8.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men standing in front of a very large tree stump. The man in the centre of the picture is holding an axe. Two axes are in the tree. A large two-man saw lies on the ground in front of the tree. An caption in blue ink on a separate label below the photograph reads, "Falling Trees at / Burnaby, B.C."
- Accession Code
- HV971.81.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-28
Images
Gilley Brothers Logging Camp
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38559
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 28 x 35.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of workmen posing for a picture outside the Gilley Bros. logging camp at Imperial and Colborne. All are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w : 28 x 35.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 461-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group of workmen posing for a picture outside the Gilley Bros. logging camp at Imperial and Colborne. All are unidentified.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Industries - Forestry
- Occupations - Lumberjacks
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Colborne Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Logging camp
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription637
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 24 cm, mounted on card 25 x 30 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of lumberjacks gathered together at the 'Second Camp East of Sperling' with residences visible in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 20 x 24 cm, mounted on card 25 x 30 cm
- Material Details
- Brush strokes (from application of emulsion) are visible
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of lumberjacks gathered together at the 'Second Camp East of Sperling' with residences visible in the background.
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV977.140.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1900]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/7/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "Second Camp East of Sperling" Index card found at BVM describes this image as "Logging camp, Gilley operations, east of Sperling" and dates it as 1904.
Images
Logging Camp
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1903]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm mounted on card 18.5 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crew of loggers sitting and standing in front of their cabins at a logging camp at Broadway, west of Sperling Avenue. Robert Pontifex is standing fourth from the right.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm mounted on card 18.5 x 23 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crew of loggers sitting and standing in front of their cabins at a logging camp at Broadway, west of Sperling Avenue. Robert Pontifex is standing fourth from the right.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Lumberjacks
- Names
- Pontifex, Robert
- Geographic Access
- Broadway
- Sperling Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV977.140.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1903]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sperling-Broadway Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Handwritten notes on verso of card mount read: "Broadway West of Sperling Ave / 1903" and "Mr. Doug Lorky."
Images
Lumber Camp and Mill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38267
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.8 x 17 cm on 17.7 x 22.7 cm backing
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Nicholson lumber camp and mill in the Broadview area of Burnaby. Approximately 12 men and women can be seen standing in front of the cabins and piles of planks (all are unidentified).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1906 and 1908]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Margaret McCallum subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.8 x 17 cm on 17.7 x 22.7 cm backing
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 375-029
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1986-42
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Nicholson lumber camp and mill in the Broadview area of Burnaby. Approximately 12 men and women can be seen standing in front of the cabins and piles of planks (all are unidentified).
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Industries - Forestry
- Occupations - Lumberjacks
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- A note on the back of the photograph reads: "Lumber camp and mill at Boundary Road and Great Northern Railway 1906-1908 (before railway existed)."
- Geographic Access
- Boundary Road
- Street Address
- 2550 Boundary Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
Images
Men sawing a tree
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39430
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 10.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men standing in front of a tree with axes in their hands.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 10.6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-749
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men standing in front of a tree with axes in their hands.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Pengelly's logging shack
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36082
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pengelly's logging shack, believed to be at Union Street and Duthie Avenue. One lumberjack is standing just outside the shack with an axe in his hand, while another is wiping his face with a cloth and a third is standing with one foot bracing a felled log with a saw in his hand.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Columbian Newspaper subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 222-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1989-19
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pengelly's logging shack, believed to be at Union Street and Duthie Avenue. One lumberjack is standing just outside the shack with an axe in his hand, while another is wiping his face with a cloth and a third is standing with one foot bracing a felled log with a saw in his hand.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 2 b&w copy negatives accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Duthie Avenue
- Union Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
Images
Timber near Deer Lake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.3 x 9.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a tree, holding an axe.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.3 x 9.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-748
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a tree, holding an axe.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Images
Topping a tree near Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37280
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 21 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man "topping" a large tree in the area near Central Park and Boundary Road.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1904
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Norah Code subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia toned ; 21 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 345-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1997-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man "topping" a large tree in the area near Central Park and Boundary Road.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Code, Norah
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographs in this collection were taken and compiled by Norah Code, former editor of the "Burnaby Courier" newspaper during the course of her work for the newspaper. A note with the file indicates that the man in the tree may be Ms. Code's father but his name is not provided.
- Geographic Access
- Boundary Road
- Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area