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![Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0076_001.jpg?width=280)
Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15257
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Henry Irwin standing at the bottom of a ladder holding his daughter Eleanor and Louise Irwin and his neice Dorothy Irwin. Young Louise Irwin is standing near the top of the ladder, Dorothy Irwin is in the middle and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) is near the bottom. The girls are picking …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Henry Irwin standing at the bottom of a ladder holding his daughter Eleanor and Louise Irwin and his neice Dorothy Irwin. Young Louise Irwin is standing near the top of the ladder, Dorothy Irwin is in the middle and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) is near the bottom. The girls are picking cherries. The ladder is leaning against a cherry tree in the yard of the Irwin family home at Barnet mill.
- History
- Henry Stanley Irwin (1890-1966) started work at Barnet mill in 1924. Henry and his wife Elsie May Irwin (Taylor) Irwin (1894-1985) first lived with thier two daughters, Eleanor (Nelson) (1924-2005) and Louise (1927-) in a worker's cabin before moving to the Barnet Mill's managers' residence. The household included Elsie's mother, Elizabeth (Shephard) Taylor (1868-1950). The family resided at Barnet until they moved to Vancouver in September 1939. Louise and her older sister Eleanor attended Barnet School like other children in the Barnet area. After the mill closed in 1931, Henry was unemployed for two years, during this time, he hired a horse and driver and cut logs from the slopes of Burnaby Mountain to support his family.
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.76
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- see page 47 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Picking cherries at Barnet. Top to Bottom: Louise Irwin, Cousin Dorothy Irwin, Eleanor Irwin and Mr. Irwin, 1929"
- Date of photograph based on birth date for Louise Irwin (July 1927)
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![Mr. Irwin with Eleanor, Louise and Dorothy on ladder, [1930] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2019/2019_0032_0076_001.jpg)
Royal Anne cherry tree
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35559
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920 (date of original), copied 1986
- 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 a Royal Anne cherry tree in the backyard of the Cram orchard at 6515 Denbigh Avenue, on the northwest corner of Kingsway and Denbigh. The garage can be seen on the left. William Cram (father) would pick the cherries, and Mary Cram and Viola Cram (sisters) would load them in a wagon …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1920 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-417
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Royal Anne cherry tree in the backyard of the Cram orchard at 6515 Denbigh Avenue, on the northwest corner of Kingsway and Denbigh. The garage can be seen on the left. William Cram (father) would pick the cherries, and Mary Cram and Viola Cram (sisters) would load them in a wagon and sell them, a chore which they did not like.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Denbigh Avenue
- Street Address
- 6515 Denbigh Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
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