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map

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91126
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV011.44.10
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV011.44.10
Description
map brochure; cover on one side reads "VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / CANADA / VISITORS / GUIDE / AND MAP" and the other side reads: "GREATER VANCOUVER / CANADA / MOTEL / HOTEL / GUIDE / TRAVEL BY THE DOGOOD'" and includes the logo for "British Columbia / Motels & Resorts / Trailer Parks / Association" with dogwood in centre. One side of fold-out includes map titled "Guide Map of Greater Vancouver / Woodwards" and includes inset map of Downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park and inset map of Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley Vancouver and Vicinity along with a list of Greater Vanouver Area Motels and Hotels. The other side of the fold-out includes colour adds for tourist sites and amenities in Greater Vancouver including Capilano Suspension bridge; Heritage Village, Burnaby, B.C.; MacMillan Planetarium; Bloedel Conservatory; Grouse Mountain; Gastown; The Ship of the Seven Seas restaurant and Woodwards stores and shopping centres. Map was published in the public interest by Woodward's (Lower Mainland) department stores; B.C. Motels and Resorts Association Branch "C" whose members appear on the map inside.
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Documentary Artifacts - - Graphic Documents
Object Term
Cartograph, Map
Measurements
45.5 x 70 cm folded to 22.5 x 10 cm
Country Made
Canada
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Maps
Advertising Medium
Geographic Access
Vancouver
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B.C. Electric Railway Co. Observation Car

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3711
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1925
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 23.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic postcard of an open sightseeing car operated by the BC Electric Railway Company. The car is full of people and travelling down in a street in Vancouver with B.C. Electric conductor Teddy Lyons at the controls at the head of the car and another conductor standing next to the …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Harold Edward Winch collection
Series
Harold E. Winch photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 9.6 x 23.6 cm
Scope and Content
Item is a photographic postcard of an open sightseeing car operated by the BC Electric Railway Company. The car is full of people and travelling down in a street in Vancouver with B.C. Electric conductor Teddy Lyons at the controls at the head of the car and another conductor standing next to the car.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV013.12.68
Date
1925
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bullen, Harry Elder
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11
Inscription below photograph reads: "B.C. Electric Rly. Co. Observation Car, Vancouver, 1925, "Teddy" Lyons Conductor_Bullen Photo Co. 626 W. Pender."
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CN 7378 at Vancouver

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3307
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1930 and 1949]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Canadian National Railway locomotive no. 7378 travelling along track in Vancouver.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Canadian National Railway locomotive no. 7378 travelling along track in Vancouver.
Subjects
Transportation - Locomotives
Transportation - Rail
Names
Canadian National Railway
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.6114.80
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1930 and 1949]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-03-26
Notes
Title based on note written on verso of photograph
Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "CN 7378 at/ Van"
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "694"
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Dr. Sun Yat-Sen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3054
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1910 and 1911]
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 23 x 18 cm, mounted on card 35 x 30 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dr. Sun Yat-sen taken in Yucho Chow's photographic studio in Vancouver. While traveling the world to raise awareness of, and funding for, the Chinese nationalist movement, Sun Yat-sen stayed in Vancouver on three different occasions for extended periods. This framed photograph hung o…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 23 x 18 cm, mounted on card 35 x 30 cm
Material Details
Photographer's mark on recto of card mount reads: "Yucho Chow Studio, Vancouver"
Scope and Content
Photograph of Dr. Sun Yat-sen taken in Yucho Chow's photographic studio in Vancouver. While traveling the world to raise awareness of, and funding for, the Chinese nationalist movement, Sun Yat-sen stayed in Vancouver on three different occasions for extended periods. This framed photograph hung on the wall inside the original Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company shop in Victoria.
Names
Sun, Yat-sen
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
HV975.5.60
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1910 and 1911]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
1/6/2010
15-Jun-2018
Scale
100
Photographer
Yucho Chow Studio
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Jimmy Robertson leaning against a palm tree

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18101
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jimmy Robertson leaning against the trunk of a palm tree on a boulevard in California. Jimmy Robertson was the supervisor of amusement rides for Happyland. Photograph was taken while Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel t…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
Subseries
Carousel photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Jimmy Robertson leaning against the trunk of a palm tree on a boulevard in California. Jimmy Robertson was the supervisor of amusement rides for Happyland. Photograph was taken while Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Names
Robertson, James W. "Jimmy"
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV022.2.31
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
2021-08-17
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #4
Photograph copied from Robertson family album
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Lions Gate

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19538
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.
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
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Our gracious King and Queen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19577
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
30 May 1939
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth seated in the back of an automobile while travelling in a motorcade procession down Main Street in Vancouver on May 30, 1939.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth seated in the back of an automobile while travelling in a motorcade procession down Main Street in Vancouver on May 30, 1939.
Subjects
Events - Royal Visits
Names
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV996.6.284
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
30 May 1939
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
2023-02-21
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption on photograph album page reads: "Our Gracious King & Queen / On Main Street Vancouver / May 30 1939"
Handwritten initials on verso of photograph
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Passenger train leaving Vancouver

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3280
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1930 and 1949]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Canadian Pacific passenger train as it leaves Vancouver, traveling eastbound.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Canadian Pacific passenger train as it leaves Vancouver, traveling eastbound.
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Names
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.6114.52
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1930 and 1949]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-03-19
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "C.P. Eastbound Passenger/ leaving Van"
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "203 F"
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