"Sports - Swimming" found 30 records

Scope and Content: Photograph of the backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue, facing the back of McKay Avenue. Two people are in a wading pool and houses are in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1954 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-245

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue, facing the back of McKay Avenue. Two people are in a wading pool and houses are in the background.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Buildings - Recreational - Outdoor Swimming Pools

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Silver Avenue

Street Address: 6131 Silver Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue, August 1954 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Burnaby and Digney recreational events

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (B…

1 image 1 video

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1938]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 30 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized colour and black and white film segment identified as Reel 3. The film segment opens with footage of Digney family automobile travels and of Pelican Lake, Alberta where the family spent their summer, the footage switches to footage of a parade somewhere in the Rockies (Banff) which begins in black and white and changes to colour format. This is followed by colour footage of car racing at the Digney Speedway located on 10 acres of property on MacPherson Ave. Jelopy stock car racing is seen taking place with crowds of people looking on.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Events - Parades; Persons - Children; Persons - Crowds; Sports - Automobile Racing

Names: Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Digney Speedway

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Geographic Access: MacPherson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Images

Video

Burnaby and Digney recreational events, [between 1934 and 1938]

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Capitol Hill neighborhood children

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936 (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 Capitol Hill neighbourhood children after swimming in Burrard Inlet at Confederation Park. Front row, left to right: Eleanor Hoag, Harold Runnings, Charlie Hoag, and George Newsham. 2nd row, left to right: Millie Westerback, Lloyd Runnings, an unidentified child, and Alberta Runnings.…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936 (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.: 204-649

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Capitol Hill neighbourhood children after swimming in Burrard Inlet at Confederation Park. Front row, left to right: Eleanor Hoag, Harold Runnings, Charlie Hoag, and George Newsham. 2nd row, left to right: Millie Westerback, Lloyd Runnings, an unidentified child, and Alberta Runnings. 3rd row, left to right: Margaret Neilson, Vera McLean and Edith Allanson. Back row, left to right: an unidentified child, Grace Eshelby and Winnifred Eshelby. They are standing on Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) railway tracks.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming

Names: Allanson, Edith; Eshelby, Grace; Eshelby, Winnifred; Hoag, Charlie; Hoag, Eleanor; McLean, Vera; Neilson, Margaret; Newsham, George; Runnings, Alberta; Runnings, Harold; Runnings, Lloyd; Westerback, Millie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet; Warwick Avenue; Confederation Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Images

Capitol Hill neighborhood children, 1936 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Climbing onto a diving platform

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1925 and 1939]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a tank-style swimsuit climbing onto a wooden diving platform in Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified woman in a tank-style swimsuit climbing onto a wooden diving platform in Deer Lake.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Accession Code: BV004.22.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1925 and 1939]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Climbing onto a diving platform, [between 1925 and 1939] thumbnail

Colin and Wilma

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: July 1937

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Colin and Wilma standing in swimsuits at the water's edge at Deer Lake.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Colin and Wilma standing in swimsuits at the water's edge at Deer Lake.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Accession Code: BV996.6.155

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: July 1937

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/9/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption for photograph reads: "Colin, Wilma"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

Images

Crichton Hawkshaw and Jack Knechtle

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1935

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw standing at the end of a pier with his arm around his friend Jack Knechtle near Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary. Both men are wearing swimsuits.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw standing at the end of a pier with his arm around his friend Jack Knechtle near Sarcee Barracks, Canadian Forces Base, Calgary. Both men are wearing swimsuits.

Subjects: Sports - Swimming; Structures - Piers and Wharfs

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"; Knechtle, Jack Leslie

Accession Code: BV996.6.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1935

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/9/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption for photograph reads: " 'I' + Jack / 'Hump-a-dish' "; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Hawkshaw / Knechtl / 1935"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

Images

Crichton Hawkshaw and Jack Knechtle, 1935 thumbnail

Crichton Hawkshaw and Ruby at Cultus Lake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936]

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw and a woman identified as Ruby standing on a dock at Cultus Lake. Crichton Hawkshaw and man seated on the dock are wearing bathing suits and the woman is fully dressed in a shirt and pants.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw and a woman identified as Ruby standing on a dock at Cultus Lake. Crichton Hawkshaw and man seated on the dock are wearing bathing suits and the woman is fully dressed in a shirt and pants.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming

Names: Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"

Accession Code: BV996.6.123

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-02-06

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "ME/ AND / RUBY / CULTUS / LAKE"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

Images

Crichton Hawkshaw and Ruby at Cultus Lake, [1936] thumbnail

David and Ray McManus at Burrard Inlet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1932

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers David and Ray McManus playing near the Burrard Inlet in their swimsuits. A house is visible in the background. The photograph was taken at the foot of Willingdon Avenue looking up the inlet towards Dollarton.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of brothers David and Ray McManus playing near the Burrard Inlet in their swimsuits. A house is visible in the background. The photograph was taken at the foot of Willingdon Avenue looking up the inlet towards Dollarton.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Sports - Swimming

Names: McManus, David; McManus, Ray

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV989.19.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1932

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "Burrard Inlet/ 1932/ David + RAY/ McMANUS/ Foot of Willingdon looking/ up inlet toward Dollarton"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Vancouver Drug Co./ Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"

Images

David and Ray McManus at Burrard Inlet, 1932 thumbnail

Deer Lake

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of swimmers at Deer Lake, some of whom are are standing on a wharf and some of whom are in the water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bernard Bellinger subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 160-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of swimmers at Deer Lake, some of whom are are standing on a wharf and some of whom are in the water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Sports - Swimming; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake; Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

Images

Deer Lake, [1930] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Digney film 1 - Bruce Digney and Tawny

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1958 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2019

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 13 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Bruce Digney playing with family dog named Tawny in a pool of water in the front yard of Digney home located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue. Bruce Digney is using a hose to spray water on the dog.

1 image 1 video

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 13 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.

Scope and Content: Film clip of Bruce Digney playing with family dog named Tawny in a pool of water in the front yard of Digney home located at 6521 Bonsor Avenue. Bruce Digney is using a hose to spray water on the dog.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Sports - Swimming; Persons - Children

Names: Digney, Bruce

Geographic Access: Bonsor Avenue

Street Address: 6521 Bonsor Avenue

Accession Code: BV019.18.3.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1958 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2019

Media Type: Moving Images

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Notes: Title based on contents of film segment; Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.3)

Images

Video

Digney film 1 - Bruce Digney and Tawny, [between 1958 and 1959] (date of original), copied 2019

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Eleanor and Louise Irwin and Maureen and Bobby Johnston in swimsuits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1934] (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 (left to right) Maureen Johnston, Louise Irwin, Bobby Johnston and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) dressed in swimsuits and standing in the water of Burrard Inlet. Log booms are and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visible behind them.

1 image

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 (left to right) Maureen Johnston, Louise Irwin, Bobby Johnston and Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) dressed in swimsuits and standing in the water of Burrard Inlet. Log booms are and the north shore of Burrard Inlet are visible behind them.

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.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Sports - Swimming

Names: Barnet Mill; Barnet Lumber Company; Irwin, Louise; Nelson, Eleanor Irwin; Johnston, Bob; Johnston, Maureen

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1934] (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

Images

Eleanor and Louise Irwin and Maureen and Bobby Johnston in swimsuits, [1934] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Interview with Shanaz Khan

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her fi…

1 document 1 audio

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum Oral Histories series

Subseries: Many Voices Project Interviews subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (wav) (65 min., 54 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (63 min., 54 sec.)

Material Details: Interviewer: Rajdeep Interviewee: Shanaz Khan Location of Interview: Love farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: September 24, 2023 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all Tracks: 01:05:54 Digital master recording (wav) was converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Shanaz Khan conducted by Burnaby Village Museum registrar Rajdeep on September 24, 2023. 00:00:00- 00:09:59 Shanaz Khan shares information about herself, her family and life in Fiji before she immigrated to Vancouver in 1972 and her first experiences after immigrating to Vancouver including where her family lived, her work as an accountant for major banks in Vancouver, training and working as a chef and living in Surrey and Vancouver. 00:10:00 - 00:14:59 Shanaz shares experiences in her career as an accountant working in Vancouver and Tumbler Ridge and her experiences of racism that she faced in her workplace. Shanaz talks about her life after retirement and her volunteer work. 00:015:00 - 00:22:53 Shanaz talks about her life in Burnaby for the last 19 years and what she likes about living here. Shanaz recollects locations of stores in Vancouver where her family shopped to find traditional foods and where her family lived after immigrating. Shanaz shares some of her favourite traditional foods. 00:22:54 - 00:37:41 Shanaz recollects some of her childhood experiences growing up in Fiji and her experiences of swimming in Fiji, Hawaii and in Vancouver. Shanaz talks about her fitness regime and places that she likes to exercise in Burnaby including trails and green spaces and reflects on the changes to Burnaby with increased development, the cost of housing and the crime rate. 00:37:42 - 00:52:41 Shanaz talks about the traditional clothing and western clothing that she’s worn and accessed while living in Burnaby and Vancouver. Shanaz describes some traditional Islamic religious practices including the nikah (marriage), funerals, prayers, Eid, Hajj and her own personal practices as well as locations of mosques and cemeteries available to Muslims in the lower mainland. 00:52:42 - 01:05:54 Shanaz talks about her parent’s religious and ancestral background, her religious upbringing and the demographics of Fiji.

History: Interviewee biography: Shanaz Khan was born and raised in Suva, Fiji in the 1950's. In the early 1970's, Shanaz immigrated to Vancouver with her parents and younger brother. Shanaz attended John Oliver High School and took one year of accounting courses at Langara College. Over the years Shanaz worked as an accountant in major banks and for a mining company in Tumbler Ridge. Shanaz also worked as a chef at various restaurants and bakeries after completing training at a Vancouver Culinary School. Shanaz has made her home in Burnaby for the past 19 years. Following her retirement, Shanaz has volunteered for different organizations including the YWCA. Interviewer biography: Rajdeep was born and raised in the Lower Mainland and is of Punjabi (South Asian) descent. She has an Associate of Arts degree in Asian Studies from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Anthropology from the University of British Columbia. She is a student in the Restoration of Natural Systems program at the University of Victoria. Rajdeep works at Simon Fraser University as a Program Assistant and as a researcher with the City of Burnaby. At Burnaby Village Museum, Rajdeep contributed to the exhibit “Truths Not Often Told: Being South Asian in Burnaby”.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Buildings - Religious - Mosques; Cemeteries; Ceremonies - Funerals; Ceremonies - Weddings; Education; Housing; Migration; Occupations; Persons - South Asian Canadians; Religions - Islam; Religions - Christianity; Social Issues; Social Issues - Racism; Sports - Swimming

Names: Khan, Shanaz

Responsibility: Rajdeep

Accession Code: BV023.16.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

Media Type: Sound Recording

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Transcription available

Documents

2023_0016_0018_003

Audio Tracks

Interview with Shanaz Khan, [1956-2023] (interview content), interviewed 24 Sep. 2023

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Kitty helping Robert swim

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Peers holding her son, Robert, in the water and helping him swim. Her husband, Bob, can be seen standing next to a raft in the background. A diving board has been built on the raft and can be seen to the right.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-353

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Kitty Peers holding her son, Robert, in the water and helping him swim. Her husband, Bob, can be seen standing next to a raft in the background. A diving board has been built on the raft and can be seen to the right.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"; Peers, Robert C.K.; Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Kitty helping Robert swim, [1930] thumbnail

Lions Gate

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of people swimming at a beach in Stanley Park, Vancouver with a view of The Lions Gate Bridge (First Narrows Bridge) in the background. The Stanley Park seawall is visible along the shore and a ship is visible travelling through Burrard Inlet.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of people swimming at a beach in Stanley Park, Vancouver with a view of The Lions Gate Bridge (First Narrows Bridge) in the background. The Stanley Park seawall is visible along the shore and a ship is visible travelling through Burrard Inlet.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Sports - Swimming; Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Inlets

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV996.6.245

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1938

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "LIONS GATE"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

Images

McManus family at Burrard Inlet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1932

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of David and Bob and Ray McManus sitting on the rocks at the shore of the Burrard Inlet in their swimsuits with Jessie McManus who is wearing a light coloured jacket and hat. A house is visible in the background. The photograph was taken at the foot of Willingdon Avenue looking up the in…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of David and Bob and Ray McManus sitting on the rocks at the shore of the Burrard Inlet in their swimsuits with Jessie McManus who is wearing a light coloured jacket and hat. A house is visible in the background. The photograph was taken at the foot of Willingdon Avenue looking up the inlet towards Dollarton.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Sports - Swimming

Names: McManus, Ray; McManus, David; McManus, Bob; McManus, Jessie

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV989.19.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1932

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "Burrard Inlet 1932/ Bob + Jessie David Ray/ McMANUS/ Ft Willingdon Ave"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Vancouver Drug Co./ Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"

Images

McManus family at Burrard Inlet, 1932 thumbnail

Outdoor Pool at Mcpherson Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1934

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 27.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of children in the Mcpherson Park outdoor swimming pool. A sign beside the pool reads, "Warning Dogs Forbidden / By Order / Health [Officer]."

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1934

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.0 x 27.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 055-004

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of children in the Mcpherson Park outdoor swimming pool. A sign beside the pool reads, "Warning Dogs Forbidden / By Order / Health [Officer]."