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Woman wearing jewelry

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1880 and 1895]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
Material Details
printed on the card mount, recto, l.r. "Steele & Co./ LTD/ Winnipeg & Calgary"
The photograph is printed in an oval shape, and mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. There are scribbles on verso of cardboard.
Scope and Content
Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
Subjects
Adornment - Jewelry
Clothing
Accession Code
BV985.5886.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1880 and 1895]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Photographer
Steele & Co.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Selected illustrations typical of the use of the Kahn System in Canadian structures from coast to coast : illustrating maximum fireproofness, permanence, economy, efficiency, light and beauty

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
n.d.
Call Number
691 TRU
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Accession Code
BV018.11.27
Call Number
691 TRU
Place of Publication
Walkerville, Ont.
Publisher
Trussed Concrete Steel Company of Canada, Limited
Publication Date
n.d.
Physical Description
1 vol. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Inscription
"D"XXX"6-D" [handwritten in blue pencil on cover] "Vancouver Branch TRUSSED CONCRETE STEEL CO. OF CANADA LIMITED. 52 Hutchinson Building PHONE SEYMOUR 3535 Vancouver,B.C. O.E. Harman. BRANCH MANAGER" [stamped in purple ink near bottom of the title page]
Library Subject (LOC)
Concrete
Concrete constrcution
Notes
Pictures of bridges, tunnels, and buildings that had applied the Kahn System in construction across Canada.
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Telegram to manager of Simpsons-Sears

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[May 1954]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to manager of Simpsons-Sears from Steel Co. of DCA Limited D.A. Leedaleexpressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greet…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page telegram to manager of Simpsons-Sears from Steel Co. of DCA Limited D.A. Leedaleexpressing congratulations on the opening of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby. Typewritten telegraph is adhered to page, colourful letterhead at top with illustrations and the words "Greetings", bottom of telegram reads "Canadian National Telegraphs". Handwritten note in red pencil on telegram reads: "Helga Placknowledge".
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Department Stores
Events - Openings
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.80
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[May 1954]
Media Type
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-07-08
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
Images
Less detail

Water tank and pump house

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 14, 1920
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 27.7 x 22.7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the water tank and pump house at Central Park. A sign on the pump house reads, "Corporation of Burnaby / Water Works Department." A sign on the water tank reads, "This tank is painted with Wales Doves Bitumastic Solution / High Class Anti-Corrosive / Sales agents R. Thompson and Co. …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
February 14, 1920
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 27.7 x 22.7 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
047-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of the water tank and pump house at Central Park. A sign on the pump house reads, "Corporation of Burnaby / Water Works Department." A sign on the water tank reads, "This tank is painted with Wales Doves Bitumastic Solution / High Class Anti-Corrosive / Sales agents R. Thompson and Co. / Tel. Sey. 5343, 847 Beatty St. / Ralph Smith Mgr." In the background, the Central Park Theatre is visible.
Subjects
Public Services - Utilities
Structures - Water Tanks and Towers
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Feb. 14, 1920 / [illegible] Steel Co. Ltd."
Geographic Access
Central Park
Imperial Street
Street Address
3883 Imperial Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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