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Douglas Road Interurban station
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription164
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920 or 1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pearl Cowan and her son, Walter sitting on a bench at Douglas Road Interurban Station. The back of the bench appears to be used as an advertisement space and the waiting area is made of wood plank board, with tall weeds and grass growing around the station.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pearl Cowan and her son, Walter sitting on a bench at Douglas Road Interurban Station. The back of the bench appears to be used as an advertisement space and the waiting area is made of wood plank board, with tall weeds and grass growing around the station.
- History
- Margaret Pearl Naismith (1887-1970) married Alexander "Allie" MacPherson Cowan (1881-1963) in 1910 in Kamloops BC. Alexander was the son of Walter Scott Cowan (1843-1930) and Annie McPherson (1859-1935), who lived in Burnaby on Douglas Road. Pearl and Allie had three children from their family home at Spruce and Fitzgerald where they lived from 1918 to 1922: Amy, Clara, Thomas Walter Cowan (1918-?) who is seated on his mother's lap in this photo.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Interurban line
- Accession Code
- BV985.31.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1920 or 1921]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Douglas Road Station c. 1920/21 / Shown are Pearl Cowan and son Walter Cowan. They lived [at] Spruce & Fitzgerald c. 1918-1922."
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employee badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact82305
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.27.1
- Description
- Employee badge, "B.C.E.RY.CO. / 3154 / TRANSIT PERSONNEL". Raised oval shape with a flat back. Plastic or similar material. Obverse is yellow with black lettering, reverse is finished with a silvery plating. There is a punched hole on the left side of the badge. Badge is dirty and yellow is faded. The obverse is split from the hole on the left towards the middle of the bottom edge. Reverse is coroded.
- Object History
- Badge was the property of donor's father who was a conductor on interurban 1223.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear
- Object Term
- Badge, Identification
- Marks/Labels
- "B.C.E.RY.CO. / 3154 / TRANSIT PERSONNEL" printed on obverse. "$500 / REWARD IF RETURNED / TO HEAD OFFICE / B.C. ELECTRIC RY." embossed on reverse.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
Images
uniform button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact82306
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.27.2
- Description
- Conductor's uniform jacket button, made of brass. Secured by a loop at the back sewn to jacket. "B.C.E.R." embossed on obverse of button."C. A. BROPHY / AURORA / ILL." stamped on back of button. Button is tarnished and has remains of polish in recessed areas. Button is from the uniform of Norman Thomas Carson, BCER conductor on interurban 1223.
- Object History
- Badge was the property of donor's father who was a conductor on interurban 1223.
- Marks/Labels
- "B.C.E.R." embossed on obverse of button. "C. A. BROPHY / AURORA / ILL." stamped on back of button.
- Maker
- C. A. Brophy Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Illinois
- Site/City Made
- Aurora
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
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