"Shovel" found 22 records | Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left) Bert Hoodspith and (right) George Donovan, friends. Bert Hoodspith's father was Rev. Hoodspith of St. Nicholas Anglican Church. His brother was colourful B.C. weekly publisher, Cloudesley Shovell Quentin Hoodspith.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original), copied 1986

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.: 204-454

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left) Bert Hoodspith and (right) George Donovan, friends. Bert Hoodspith's father was Rev. Hoodspith of St. Nicholas Anglican Church. His brother was colourful B.C. weekly publisher, Cloudesley Shovell Quentin Hoodspith.

Names: Donovan, George; Hoodspith, Bert

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bert Hoodspith and George Donovan, 1927 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Bill Speirs

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35318

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (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 Bill Speirs operating a steam shovel for the municipality of Burnaby. Here he is working on the roads around Gilley Avenue and Imperial Street (formerly Windsor Street).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of original), copied 1986

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.: 204-175

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bill Speirs operating a steam shovel for the municipality of Burnaby. Here he is working on the roads around Gilley Avenue and Imperial Street (formerly Windsor Street).

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Construction - Road Construction; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Speirs, Bill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Gilley Avenue; Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Bill Speirs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (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 Bill Speirs operating a steam shovel. Bill and his wife, Dell Speirs, moved to Burnaby from Edmonton in 1929.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1929 (date of original), copied 1986

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.: 204-176

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bill Speirs operating a steam shovel. Bill and his wife, Dell Speirs, moved to Burnaby from Edmonton in 1929.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Construction - Road Construction; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Speirs, Bill

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Bob Peers shovelling snow

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38999

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers shovelling snow outside of house. His son Robert is standing to the right, wearing winter coat and hat. This photograph was likely taken at the home of Claude and Annie Hill, parents of Bob's wife Kitty.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1929]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-318

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers shovelling snow outside of house. His son Robert is standing to the right, wearing winter coat and hat. This photograph was likely taken at the home of Claude and Annie Hill, parents of Bob's wife Kitty.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Natural Phenomena - Snow

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.; Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6570 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Bob Peers shovelling snow, [1929] thumbnail

Copies of photographs from George Love and Albert Parker albums

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1893-1960] (date of originals), copied 1998

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 38 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs copied from George Love and Albert Parker photograph albums. Content includes: Portraits of Richard and Elizabeth (Prince) Love; Leonard Love in uniform; south side of Love farmhouse; portrait of Love children- Esther, Leonard and Hanna; portraits of Jesse and Martha Love; studio portra…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love family photographs subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 38 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs copied from George Love and Albert Parker photograph albums. Content includes: Portraits of Richard and Elizabeth (Prince) Love; Leonard Love in uniform; south side of Love farmhouse; portrait of Love children- Esther, Leonard and Hanna; portraits of Jesse and Martha Love; studio portrait of Love children - Robert, Sarah, Phoebe, Martha (Dot) and Henry; men sitting outside Parkers home on Newcombe Road; portrait of Sarah, William and Albert Parker; front of Love house in winter; Jesse, Martha and two girls in front of house; side of Love farmhouse with kitchen porch and car outside; Parkers at tennis court; baby in walker in Love farmhouse kitchen; baby on chair/couch in Love farmhouse kitchen; exterior of Love farmhouse before kitchen was added; Jesse Love spraying trees; William Parker with shovel in front of barn; Parkers building a pond; Love farmhouse in winter with icicles; Sarah Parker (nee Love); William Parker outside; a woman feeding chickens.

Names: Love Family

Accession Code: BV018.41.167

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1893-1960] (date of originals), copied 1998

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photographs; 32 b&w copy prints accompanying; Some photographs from this file are described at item level: BV018.41.171:BV018.41.183

Digging In

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam shovel digging into a hill. A horse team pulling a dump wagon stand next to it. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway dur…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-094

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam shovel digging into a hill. A horse team pulling a dump wagon stand next to it. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons; Construction Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Dropping the load

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34388

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 6.3 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam shovel working in a cleared path through the woods. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : 6.3 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-095

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam shovel working in a cleared path through the woods. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Hiring Out of Speeder Shovel

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 57195

Meeting Date: 4-Jun-1929

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 57195

Meeting Date: 4-Jun-1929

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Invitation of Tenders for Sale of Speeder Shovel

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 58286

Meeting Date: 7-Aug-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 58286

Meeting Date: 7-Aug-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 58286

7-Aug-1928 Meeting Minutes

Johnson and two of his gang

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34423

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.9 x 12.7 cm on page 16.2 x 17.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men, two standing and one sitting, with a wheelbarrow loaded with rocks resting front of them. One of the standing men holds a sledgehammer and the other has a shovel. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Johnson and two of his gang." This photograph appears to have be…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.9 x 12.7 cm on page 16.2 x 17.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-130

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men, two standing and one sitting, with a wheelbarrow loaded with rocks resting front of them. One of the standing men holds a sledgehammer and the other has a shovel. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Johnson and two of his gang." This photograph appears to have been taken in Hope, BC by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Construction - Road Construction; Occupations - Labourers; Transportation - Wheelbarrows

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Johnson and two of his gang, [1925] thumbnail

Loading a dump wagon

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34383

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 10.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man using a steam shovel to load a dump wagon which is being pulled by a team of horses. Another man can be seen sitting on the wagon. Both are unidentified. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the c…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 10.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-090

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man using a steam shovel to load a dump wagon which is being pulled by a team of horses. Another man can be seen sitting on the wagon. Both are unidentified. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Wagons; Construction Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Parked for the weekend

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34386

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam shovel sitting in a small clearing in the woods. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-093

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam shovel sitting in a small clearing in the woods. The location is unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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Rate for Operation of Speeder Shovel

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65230

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 57367

Meeting Date: 15-Jul-1929

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 57367

Meeting Date: 15-Jul-1929

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 57367

15-Jul-1929 Meeting Minutes

Rental of Speeder Shovel to F. Hughes

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67752

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 58631

Meeting Date: 1-Oct-1928

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 58631

Meeting Date: 1-Oct-1928

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 58631

1-Oct-1928 Meeting Minutes

Rent of Speeder Shovel

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64402

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56530

Meeting Date: 26-Nov-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56530

Meeting Date: 26-Nov-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Sod-turning outside an unidentified church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34454

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.3 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of five men outside an unidentified church. One of the men is bent over, turning sod with a shovel. All are unidentified and the location is unknown.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1925]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.3 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-161

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of five men outside an unidentified church. One of the men is bent over, turning sod with a shovel. All are unidentified and the location is unknown.