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Members of the Peers and Hill families
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39382
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.6 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group gathered on the steps of the C.F. Sprott house on Norland Avenue. Bernard Hill is standing at the top left (looking away from camera) and Francis Peers is standing third from the left (with pipe). Kitty Hill is seated second from the left (wearing a hat and a ribbon tied…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.6 x 10 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-701
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large group gathered on the steps of the C.F. Sprott house on Norland Avenue. Bernard Hill is standing at the top left (looking away from camera) and Francis Peers is standing third from the left (with pipe). Kitty Hill is seated second from the left (wearing a hat and a ribbon tied at her neck) and beside her is her mother Annie Hill (holding a baby). Bob Peers is seated in front of Annie Hill on the bottom step. The rest are unknown.
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Peers, Francis J.
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Miscellaneous papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64429
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various miscellaneous papers including a map of Jasper National Park published in 1941, a Pacific National Exhibition prize list from 1968, a price list of acreage for sale in Burnaby (unknown date) and notebook filled with Rose Bancroft's notations appearing to pertain to ships do…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1968
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Bancroft family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS110-017
- Accession Number
- BHS2004-06
- Scope and Content
- File consists of various miscellaneous papers including a map of Jasper National Park published in 1941, a Pacific National Exhibition prize list from 1968, a price list of acreage for sale in Burnaby (unknown date) and notebook filled with Rose Bancroft's notations appearing to pertain to ships docking in Vancouver. Inside the notebook are a number of newspaper clippings as well as a member card for Local 38-52 (Vancouver) of the International Longshoreman Association (ILA) Auxiliary.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Nelson Avenue Public School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35622
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (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 Nelson Avenue Public School, Grade four class. From top, left to right; Teacher, Mrs. McGuffin, John Reid, George Goddard, Eddie Hitchens, Jackie Norman, Roy Franklin, [first name unknown] Flemming, [first name unknown] Flemming, Bobby [Davis]. Third row; [unidentified], Joey Davis, M…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-480
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nelson Avenue Public School, Grade four class. From top, left to right; Teacher, Mrs. McGuffin, John Reid, George Goddard, Eddie Hitchens, Jackie Norman, Roy Franklin, [first name unknown] Flemming, [first name unknown] Flemming, Bobby [Davis]. Third row; [unidentified], Joey Davis, Mirrim Harper, Ernie Carpenter, [unidentified], [unidentified], Joy [Wynn], Dagmar Anderson, [unidentified], [unidentified], Betty Smith. Second row; Pearl Hutton, "twin" Phyllis [last name unknown], Betty Porter, [unidentified], Ina Dearing, Mary Beech, Muriel Davis (later Jean Skelhorne), Dot Lockwood, [unidentified "twin"], Kay Bates, Vera Keig, Marg Herd. Front row; [unidentified], Sam Hughes, Clarence Wesley, George Robertson, Art Butchart, Sandy Stewart, [unidentified], [unidentified], [first name unknown] Harrison, Harvey Smith.
- Names
- Nelson Avenue School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Irmin Street
- Street Address
- 4850 Irmin Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
Images
On the deck
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39370
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 9.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people on the deck of a boat - the woman in the middle has been identified as Betty Peers, the others are unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 9.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-689
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three people on the deck of a boat - the woman in the middle has been identified as Betty Peers, the others are unknown.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Boats
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
On the tennis court
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39220
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group on the tennis court a the home of Bob and Kitty Peers on Deer Lake Avenue. Identified are Francis J. Peers (back row third from the left, with pipe) and then next to him to the right, his sons, William John "Bob" Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick" Peers, and Geoffrey Hugh Peers. T…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 11 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-539
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group on the tennis court a the home of Bob and Kitty Peers on Deer Lake Avenue. Identified are Francis J. Peers (back row third from the left, with pipe) and then next to him to the right, his sons, William John "Bob" Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick" Peers, and Geoffrey Hugh Peers. The rest are unknown.
- Subjects
- Sports - Tennis
- Names
- Peers, Francis J.
- Peers, Geoffrey Hugh
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 6588 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Parked for the weekend
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34386
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam shovel sitting in a small clearing in the woods. The location is unknown. 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.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 11.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.3 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-093
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a steam shovel sitting in a small clearing in the woods. The location is unknown. 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
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Pat Byrne's Threshing Machine, [1892] (date of original) copied 1980 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/459-002.jpg?width=280)
Pat Byrne's Threshing Machine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38542
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1892] (date of original) copied 1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 14.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five men standing on a flat-bottom vessel on the Fraser River. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "1st threshing outfit in Burnaby, about 1892. Owned by Pat Byrne, brother of Peter. Sold to Peter when Pat returned to Ireland to live. On Fraser River. L. to R.: Pat Byrne, C…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1892] (date of original) copied 1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- New Westminster Public Library subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 14.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 459-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2003-19
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five men standing on a flat-bottom vessel on the Fraser River. A label accompanying the photograph reads: "1st threshing outfit in Burnaby, about 1892. Owned by Pat Byrne, brother of Peter. Sold to Peter when Pat returned to Ireland to live. On Fraser River. L. to R.: Pat Byrne, Capt. Stewart of "Alice", Peter Byrne and another (unknown)." Peter Byrne was a member of Burnaby's municipal council from 1894-1895, 1898-1906 and served as Reeve from 1906-1910. The threshing machine (visible behind the side paddle of the scow) was loaded onto this scow for transport from New Westminster to the Byrne farm in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Transportation - Boats
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Geographic Features - Rivers
- Names
- Byrne, Pat
- Byrne, Peter
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
Images
![Pat Byrne's Threshing Machine, [1892] (date of original) copied 1980 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/459-002.jpg)
![Peers and Travers family, [1921] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-724.jpg?width=280)
Peers and Travers family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39405
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 10.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men and two women standing in front of a baby carriage. Identified (l to r): unknown, Betty Peers, Robert Travers, Bob Peers, Charlotte Hill holding David Hill, and M.G. Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 10.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-724
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men and two women standing in front of a baby carriage. Identified (l to r): unknown, Betty Peers, Robert Travers, Bob Peers, Charlotte Hill holding David Hill, and M.G. Hill.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Carriages
- Names
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Peers, William John "Bob"
- Travers, Robert
- Hill, Minard Gerald "Gerry"
- Hill, Charlotte
- Hill, David
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Peers and Travers family, [1921] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-724.jpg)
![Peers family, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-632.jpg?width=280)
Peers family
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39313
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Peers family on the lawn of an unknown property. Identified (l to r): Dick Peers, Betty Peers, Mike Peers, unidentified, Thomas Freebairn-Smith and Francis Peers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-632
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Peers family on the lawn of an unknown property. Identified (l to r): Dick Peers, Betty Peers, Mike Peers, unidentified, Thomas Freebairn-Smith and Francis Peers.
- Names
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Peers, Francis J.
- Freebairn-Smith, Thomas
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Peers family, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-632.jpg)
![Pyramid Camp, [1926] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-170.jpg?width=280)
Pyramid Camp
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34463
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two tents erected beside a railway track. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Pyramid Camp" but the exact location is unknown. Snow can be seen covering the ground and a pile of logs are visible next to the tents. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, w…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-170
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two tents erected beside a railway track. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Pyramid Camp" but the exact location is unknown. Snow can be seen covering the ground and a pile of logs are visible next to the tents. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley, British Columbia and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Structures - Tents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![Pyramid Camp, [1926] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-170.jpg)
![R.B., R.B.G. and the Car, [1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-069.jpg?width=280)
R.B., R.B.G. and the Car
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34362
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.4 x 6.6 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows two men standing to the left of an automobile parked beneath some trees. The photograph is captioned "RB, RBG and the car" but the identities of the men are unknown. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and work…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.4 x 6.6 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-069
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows two men standing to the left of an automobile parked beneath some trees. The photograph is captioned "RB, RBG and the car" but the identities of the men are unknown. 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
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![R.B., R.B.G. and the Car, [1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-069.jpg)
![Riverway East School students, [1922] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/198100020001.jpg?width=280)
Riverway East School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1922]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students of Riverway East School located in South Burnaby. The children, aged about 7 to 10, are outside in front of the school building. A note in the accession file identify the students as follows: Back row (l to r): Ed Palanski, unidentified boy wearing a tie, Carla Smith, Hillm…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students of Riverway East School located in South Burnaby. The children, aged about 7 to 10, are outside in front of the school building. A note in the accession file identify the students as follows: Back row (l to r): Ed Palanski, unidentified boy wearing a tie, Carla Smith, Hillman, Patricia Murphy, Pegg Gould, Hilda Murphy, unidentified girl, Pearl Young, Cyril Harcourt, Ed Parslow, and Frank Harcourt; Middle row (l to r): Pauline Whitaker, Nora Lackalau, Ellen Peterson, May Wong, unidentified girl, Dorothy Parslow, Gladys Yates, Sybil Yates, Phyllis Lloyd, unidentified girl, Evelyn Smith, and an unidentified girl; Front row (l to r): Barnard Clissold, Ronald T. Lerriault, Kennedy (last name unknown), Ted Towson, Arthur Yalis, unidentified boy, Sydney Harcourt, unidentified boy, and Jack Towson. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Riverway East 1922."
- Names
- Clissold, Barnard
- Gould, Pegg
- Harcourt, Cyril
- Harcourt, Frank
- Harcourt, Sydney
- Lackalau
- Lerriault, Ronald T.
- Lloyd, Phyllis
- Murphy, Hilda
- Murphy, Patricia
- Palanski, Ed
- Parslow, Dorothy
- Parslow, Ed
- Peterson, Ellen
- Riverway East School
- Smith, Carla
- Smith, Evelyn
- Towson, Jack
- Towson, Ted
- Whitaker, Pauline
- Wong, May
- Yates, Gladys
- Yates, Sybil
- Yalis, Arthur
- Young, Pearl
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 5787 Marine Drive
- Accession Code
- HV981.2.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1922]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Riverway East School students, [1922] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/198100020001.jpg)
![Robert Peers at the Beach, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-313.jpg?width=280)
Robert Peers at the Beach
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38994
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers standing in the sand at an unknown beach.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1928]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-313
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers standing in the sand at an unknown beach.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Names
- Peers, Robert C.K.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Robert Peers at the Beach, [1928] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-313.jpg)
Scouts campsite
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34322
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 8.7 cm on page 17.5 x 22.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five Boy Scouts setting up a campsite at an unknown location. Two tents can be seen as well as flag flying on a small flagpole.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.2 x 8.7 cm on page 17.5 x 22.4 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-029
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five Boy Scouts setting up a campsite at an unknown location. Two tents can be seen as well as flag flying on a small flagpole.
- Names
- Boy Scouts of Canada
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ship on the water, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-590.jpg?width=280)
Ship on the water
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39271
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship on the water. The ship and location are both unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 12.7 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-590
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship on the water. The ship and location are both unknown.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ship on the water, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-590.jpg)
![Ship on the water, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-591.jpg?width=280)
Ship on the water
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39272
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 2.7 x 6.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship on the water. A smaller vessel can be seen to the far left. The ship and location are both unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 2.7 x 6.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-591
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship on the water. A smaller vessel can be seen to the far left. The ship and location are both unknown.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ship on the water, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-591.jpg)
![Ship on the water, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-592.jpg?width=280)
Ship on the water
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39273
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 5.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship sailing in the water at an unknown location.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.5 x 5.4 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-592
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship sailing in the water at an unknown location.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Ship on the water, [1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-592.jpg)
![The Skeena, [1929] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-150.jpg?width=280)
The Skeena
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34443
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm n page 17.4 x 26 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boat pulled alongside a pier, with two men seen carrying boxes up the walkway. A caption under the photograph identifies the boat as the "Skeena." The location is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm n page 17.4 x 26 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-150
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boat pulled alongside a pier, with two men seen carrying boxes up the walkway. A caption under the photograph identifies the boat as the "Skeena." The location is unknown.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![The Skeena, [1929] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-150.jpg)
Small family fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91819
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922-2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quad…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922-2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Physical Description
- 75 photographs : b&w & col. + 1 plan
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2017-01
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of photographs documenting the transformation of the Burnaby Lake area of Burnaby, B.C. from semi-rural in the 1920s to urbanized in 2016. Photographs depict the land and houses located on the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street as the property was rezoned and its density quadrupled. Fonds also includes photographs of the Small family house being moved to 5496 Dominion Street and the original landscape plan for 5118 Douglas Road.
- History
- In 1915, John W. Roberts and his wife Mary Allen Roberts moved from the United States to Canada along with their daughter, Lauretta. On first moving to Canada, the family lived in a rented house in Vancouver and John worked as a movie projectionist in the city. The couple had three more children, all sons: John A., Edward, and Roland. Circa 1921, John purchased a large parcel of land at the corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street in Burnaby. This parcel encompassed the equivalent of at least six 66-foot lots along the south side of Dominion Street and the same along the north side of Norfolk Street. On their property, a barn and small living quarters were built. The family moved in, raising goats and growing potatoes to supplement their income. They also planted cherry, apple, and pear trees; hazelnut and walnut trees; raspberries; and a large vegetable garden, the fruits of which Mary preserved for year-round use. At this time, agricultural activities were common for families in the area: the Roberts' neighbours kept chickens for personal use and for selling eggs; grew mushrooms for commercial sale; and sold manure from an old buckboard drawn by Clydesdale horses. John built a new house in the middle of the Roberts’ lots on the southwest corner of Douglas Road and Dominion Street. The house faced Douglas Road and overlooked a large, well-landscaped front yard to the east and a full-sized, clay tennis court to the north. The family moved into this new house in 1925. When the Roberts ceased raising goats, the barn and original living quarters were reduced to a double-car garage with storage space plus a sawdust-insulated “root cellar”. John also built a house on the northwest corner of the lot at Douglas Road and Dominion Street (3093 Douglas Road), which was purchased by the Hardy family. In 1957, part of this property (3071 Douglas Road) was sold to the Brocklebanks who built a house and lived there. In addition, John built a house at the northwest corner of Douglas Road and Norfolk Street (5106 Douglas Road). The original purchaser of this house is unknown, but in 1949, it was bought by the Meyers family. In 1952 or 1953, the Meyers sold part of this property and the Manahans built a house on it, facing Douglas Road. Several other lots that John owned were also sold off over the years. By the 1950s, John owned only five 66-foot lots from Douglas Road west, along the south side Dominion Street. In 1954, John sold the lot furthest from Douglas Road (5486 Dominion Street) to a builder who built a “ranch-style” house and put it up for sale. John retired from his career as a movie projectionist in the 1950s. He, Mary, and Lauretta retained their US citizenship all their lives, although they never returned to the USA except for brief visits. John A., Edward, and Roland who, as children of US citizens, also had US citizenship, eventually moved to the US, where they remained for the rest of their lives. In 1945, Lauretta married Frederick Small. The couple lived in a rented house in Vancouver for a few years before moving in with John and Mary in Burnaby. The couple had four children: Elizabeth, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin. In 1955, Frederick purchased the rancher at 5486 Dominion Street and the family moved in. The Small children grew up enjoying the freedom of having their grandparent’s large property in addition to their parent’s yard to play in. The back lane that ran between Dominion Street and Norfolk Street was filled with trees and bushes, creating a narrow bit of “forest” to explore. In 1957, John died. Mary died in 1969, as did Frederick. Lauretta was executor for her mother’s and husband’s estates. After much consideration, she decided to sell the house at 5486 Dominion Street and move back into her childhood home. By doing so, she was able to settle her mother’s estate to the satisfaction of her brothers. Elizabeth married and moved away. Over the next few years, the “Roberts” house was home to Lauretta, Kathryn, Charles, and Martin, with the three grown children moving in and out several times during the 1970s. In 1981, Lauretta died. Her children discussed at length how to divide up the property, which consisted of four 66-foot lots, according to her will. None of her children wanted to see the old family house destroyed but the house straddled two lots. They finally decided that if one of them wanted to pay to move the house to sit on one of the lots, the “value” of the house would not enter into the settlement of the estate. Kathryn chose to do this. In 1982, the old house was moved to 5496 Dominion Street and Kathryn continued to live in it. Martin died in 1982. Elizabeth and Charles each inherited one lot and the last lot, which would have gone to Martin, was sold, the funds divided equally between Elizabeth, Kathryn, and Charles. The three lots between 5496 Dominion Street and Douglas Road were subdivided into 33-foot lots and six new houses were built. In 1993, the Meyers property and the Manahan property were subdivided into 33-foot lots facing Norfolk Street and the old houses were torn down and four new houses were built.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Technical Drawing
- Creator
- Small family
![Sod-turning outside an unidentified church, [1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-161.jpg?width=280)
Sod-turning outside an unidentified church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34454
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.3 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of five men outside an unidentified church. One of the men is bent over, turning sod with a shovel. All are unidentified and the location is unknown.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.3 cm on page 17.5 x 25.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-161
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of five men outside an unidentified church. One of the men is bent over, turning sod with a shovel. All are unidentified and the location is unknown.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Sod-turning outside an unidentified church, [1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/001/020-161.jpg)