8 records – page 1 of 1.

First Airship at New Westminster

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39566
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 7.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of an airship flying above New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 7.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-885
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of an airship flying above New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
Subjects
Transportation - Air
Advertising Medium
Names
Ginter, Harry
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
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Airship at New Westminster

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39568
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large crowd gathering around an airship in a clearing in New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1909
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 10.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-887
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large crowd gathering around an airship in a clearing in New Westminster. The craft bears a banner reading "Motor Boats Built by Hinton Electric Ltd. At Victoria." The airship was piloted by Harry Ginter and made twice daily flights over the 1909 exhibition.
Subjects
Persons - Crowds
Transportation - Air
Advertising Medium
Names
Ginter, Harry
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
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St. Nicholas Dramatic Society

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35435
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1913] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the curtain of the St. Nicholas Dramatic Society which staged plays in the hall of St. Nicholas Anglican Church at 3883 Triumph Street. A man with a moustache is standing beside the lowered curtain.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1913] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-293
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the curtain of the St. Nicholas Dramatic Society which staged plays in the hall of St. Nicholas Anglican Church at 3883 Triumph Street. A man with a moustache is standing beside the lowered curtain.
Subjects
Advertising Medium
Names
St. Nicholas Dramatic Society
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Geographic Access
Triumph Street
Street Address
3883 Triumph Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Images
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CPR Engine after falling over an embankment

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34364
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Frase…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1925
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Peers family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
020-071
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. 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
Accidents - Train Accidents
Transportation - Rail
Names
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
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Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74184
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
542-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2012-23
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Names
Canadian National Railway
Great Northern Railway
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "Head-On Collision - Between - "
Images
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Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74185
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
542-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2012-23
Scope and Content
Photograph of the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Names
Canadian National Railway
Great Northern Railway
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "CNR + GNR - July [?]4, 41"
Images
Less detail

Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74186
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people viewing the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
542-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2012-23
Scope and Content
Photograph of a group of people viewing the aftermath of a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut due to a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Names
Canadian National Railway
Great Northern Railway
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pen on border (recto) of photograph reads: "In - North - Road Cut."
Images
Less detail

Train wreck

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription74187
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train-car damaged from a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut. This was a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1941
Collection/Fonds
Gordon McDonald collection
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
542-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2012-23
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Great Northern Railway train-car damaged from a train wreck that took place in the North Road cut. This was a head-on collision between Canadian National Railway (CNR) and Great Northern Railway (GNR) trains.
Subjects
Accidents - Train Accidents
Names
Canadian National Railway
Great Northern Railway
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

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