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Golden Anniversary 1947

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1947
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 15 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a family photograph taken on the steps of the Peers family home in Burnaby on the occasion of the Golden Anniversary of Francis Peers and his wife Annie Elizabeth (nee Frisby). The photograph was taken on November 16, 1947 although the actual anniversary date was November 14. The da…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1947
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 15 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-913
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph is a family photograph taken on the steps of the Peers family home in Burnaby on the occasion of the Golden Anniversary of Francis Peers and his wife Annie Elizabeth (nee Frisby). The photograph was taken on November 16, 1947 although the actual anniversary date was November 14. The date also coincided with the 18th birthday of Anne Peers, daughter of Kitty and Bob Peers. Pictured in the photograph are: Front row (l to r) - Lawrence Peers (son of Geoffrey), Veronica Peers (daugher of Mike), Tommy Freebairn-Smith (husband of Betty), Michael Peers (son of Geoff), Ian Freebairn-Smith (son of Tommy and Betty). Middle row (l to r) - Rod Freebairn-Smith (son of Betty and Tommy), Francis J. Peers, Annie Elizabeth Peers, Babs Peers (between Francis and Annie, daughter of Bob and Kitty Peers), Betty Freebairn-Smith (daughter of Francis and Annie, wife of Tommy), John Peers (son of Mike Peers). Back row (l to r) - Enid Peers (wife of Geoff), Kitty Peers (wife of Bob), Bob Peers (son of Francis and Annie and husband to Kitty), Anne Peers (daughter of Kitty and Bob), Geoff Peers (son to Francis and Annie and husband to Enid), and Dick Peers (son of Francis and Annie).
Subjects
Celebrations
Names
Peers, Lawrence
Peers, Veronica
Freebairn-Smith, Thomas
Peers, Michael
Freebairn-Smith, Ian
Freebairn-Smith, Rod
Peers, Francis J.
Peers, Annie Elizabeth Frisby
Jeffrey, Barbara Peers "Babs"
Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
Peers, John
Peers, Enid
Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
Peers, William John "Bob"
Latham, Anne Peers
Peers, Geoffrey Hugh
Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "Golden Anniversary - 1947 Nov. 16th / Anne's 18th birthday / Actual anniv. date Nov. 14th"
Geographic Access
Rugby Street
Street Address
5289 Rugby Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Less detail

Haying at Broadview

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1906
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of farmers in the field gathering hay with horse and wagons. In the middle of the photograph three men pose with a horse and hay wagon. The man on the right (with white shirt) is Bernard Hill. The bearded man may be Malcolm Nicholson (from whom Claude Hill bought the land to build his h…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1906
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-870
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of farmers in the field gathering hay with horse and wagons. In the middle of the photograph three men pose with a horse and hay wagon. The man on the right (with white shirt) is Bernard Hill. The bearded man may be Malcolm Nicholson (from whom Claude Hill bought the land to build his home, Broadview). The other man is unidentified. This photograph was taken on the Broadview site, looking south, roughly at the corner of Sperling Avenue and Rugby Avenue, towards Buckingham Avenue.
Subjects
Agriculture - Crops
Transportation - Horses
Transportation - Wagons
Occupations - Farmers
Names
Hill, Bernard R.
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Buckingham Avenue
Sperling Avenue
Rugby Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
Less detail