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Excavating the basement

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription76899
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1946 (date of original), digitally copied 2012
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
Scope and Content
Photograph of the hand-dug excavation at Willingdon Avenue where Cice and Dennis Brown first erected their home.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1946 (date of original), digitally copied 2012
Collection/Fonds
Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds
Series
Burna-Boom Oral History project series
Physical Description
1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi
Description Level
Item
Record No.
549-019
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2012-30
Scope and Content
Photograph of the hand-dug excavation at Willingdon Avenue where Cice and Dennis Brown first erected their home.
Subjects
Land Clearing
Transportation - Wheelbarrows
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Willingdon Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
Less detail

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…
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
Images
Less detail

Johnson's gang on the first mile west of Yale

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34425
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.7 x 9.6 cm on page 17.3 x 26.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a work crew of eight men resting alongside a newly cleared roadway in Yale, BC. Two wheelbarrows and numerous wooden planks can be seen laying on the road. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the con…
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 ; 5.7 x 9.6 cm on page 17.3 x 26.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-132
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a work crew of eight men resting alongside a newly cleared roadway in Yale, BC. Two wheelbarrows and numerous wooden planks can be seen laying on the road. 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
Construction - Road Construction
Occupations - Labourers
Transportation - Wheelbarrows
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail