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Copper Queen celebration at Britannia Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19575
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large crowd of photographers gathered together during the "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large crowd of photographers gathered together during the "Copper Queen" May Day ceremony at Britannia Beach.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Persons - Crowds
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.282
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 2023-02-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption beneath photograph reads: "Photographers"
- Caption on previous page in album reads: "Copper Queen Celebrations / Britannia Beach BC / 1939"
- Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
![Maypole Dance, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1976/1976_0143_0008_001.jpg?width=280)
Maypole Dance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription828
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.3 x 17.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Maypole Dance at a May Day celebration (location and year unidentified). In the photograph, groups of children can be seen around two maypoles. One is a group of all girls, the other group composed of boys and girls, alternating. The girls are wearing blouses and frill skirts wit…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.3 x 17.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Maypole Dance at a May Day celebration (location and year unidentified). In the photograph, groups of children can be seen around two maypoles. One is a group of all girls, the other group composed of boys and girls, alternating. The girls are wearing blouses and frill skirts with flowers in their hair. The boys are in shirts and shorts. There is a large crowd of people gathered to watch the dance. Automobiles can be seen parked behind the crowd. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "A."
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Accession Code
- HV976.143.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [193-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-27
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 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.
Images
![Maypole Dance, [193-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1976/1976_0143_0008_001.jpg)