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postcard

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV002.61.3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV002.61.3
Description
Postcard: colour photo, glossy; horizontal; row of single-storey white bungalows with red trim, cars, people sitting in folding chairs, driveway, stone wall and coloured flower planters mounted on wall with metal supports; on reverse in blue "Open all Year" "De VALL'S AUTO VILLAS & MOTEL" "4361, Kingsway, S.B.1" "VANCOUVER, B.C., CANADA" "Phone HE-3-0033" and promotional copy; at bottom left, "Photo Stamp Distributors, 809 21st. St. New Westminster, B.C."; up centre is "Published by Alex Wilson Publications Ltd., Dryden, Ontario"; at bottom, "Spectrome COLOR" "WILSON DRYDEN ONT." "MADE IN CANADA", lion logo, 'Spectrome' has 'R' in circle beside it; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS ONLY", outline of rectangle with "This Card is a 100% Canadian Product"; at bottom right, "3421R"; pencilled at top centre, "2-"; slight peeling of upper left corner; unused
Category
06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
Classification
Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
Object Term
Postcard
Maker
Alex Wilson Publications Limited
Country Made
Canada
Province Made
Ontario
Site/City Made
Dryden
Title
De Vall's Auto Villas & Motel 3421R
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
Buildings
Buildings - Commercial
Buildings - Commercial - Hotels and Motels
Images
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Forster Family

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.6 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Forster and likely her two oldest children, Vera and Mary, sitting on the running board of a car which looks to be a Hudson Phantom. They are in front of the Wilson Forster plumbing and electrical business and Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6038 McKay …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1924 (date of original), copied 1992
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.6 x 12.6 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
315-245
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1994-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mrs. Forster and likely her two oldest children, Vera and Mary, sitting on the running board of a car which looks to be a Hudson Phantom. They are in front of the Wilson Forster plumbing and electrical business and Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue (later renumbered 6038 McKay Avenue). A sign on the building reads, "Wilson-Forster / Plumber & Electrician."
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Buildings
Names
Bruce, Vera Forster
Robinson, Audrey Mary "Mary"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
McKay Avenue
Street Address
6208 McKay Avenue
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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