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Ethel Farrington

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Ethel Farrington, one of the earliest BC Telephone switchboard operators on the Fairmont exchange in Vancouver.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1910]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-080
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Ethel Farrington, one of the earliest BC Telephone switchboard operators on the Fairmont exchange in Vancouver.
Subjects
Occupations - Telephone Operators
Names
Farrington, Ethel
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Man replacing a telephone pole

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription78587
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 4, 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified man replacing a telephone pole.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
October 4, 1995
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 24 x 16 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
535-0010
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No reproduction permitted
Accession Number
2012-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of an unidentified man replacing a telephone pole.
Subjects
Occupations - Telephone Operators
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Langdeau, Brian
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby p. 3 79% / 2762 Bby Brian"
Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
Images
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Switchboard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34710
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1943
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a switchboard, probably the Dexter exchange at Boundary Road and Kingsway. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "A Manual Switchboard, typical of about 25 years ago. / Dexter, 1943. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1943
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 25.5 cm
Material Details
Printed on photo paper: "selo"
Description Level
Item
Record No.
114-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a switchboard, probably the Dexter exchange at Boundary Road and Kingsway. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "A Manual Switchboard, typical of about 25 years ago. / Dexter, 1943. / B.C. Telephone Company."
Subjects
Telecommunication Tools and Equipment
Buildings - Commercial
Occupations - Telephone Operators
Names
British Columbia Telephone Company
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Dominion Photo Company
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Printed in bottom left corner of photograph, "27038 Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver B.C."
Geographic Access
Boundary Road
Kingsway
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Garden Village Area
Images
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