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Driving over a log bridge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.7 x 10.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Patterson's car driving over a log bridge, believed to be the Cariboo Road Bridge over the Brunette river. A man in a trilby hat is in the driver's side of the car, with his hand on the steering wheel, facing the camera.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Patterson family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.7 x 10.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 213-008

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of Patterson's car driving over a log bridge, believed to be the Cariboo Road Bridge over the Brunette river. A man in a trilby hat is in the driver's side of the car, with his hand on the steering wheel, facing the camera.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Transportation - Automobiles; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Cariboo Road

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Fraser Arm District

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Fraser Arm District, taken from Marine Drive.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1911 and 1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Disney family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 325-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1996-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Fraser Arm District, taken from Marine Drive.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Agriculture - Farms

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Disney, John Harold "Jack"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Big Bend Area

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Government Docks, New Westminster

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.8 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-895

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat (the "Vite") pulled up to the Government docks at the foot of 8th Street in New Westminster. Queensborough can be seen in the background. The three men in the boat are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Structures - Piers and Wharves; Geographic Features - Rivers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Government Docks, New Westminster, 1910 thumbnail

Irrigation flume

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card ; 23 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an irrigation flume (or logging flume) believed to be built by Tom Irvine in the interior plateau of British Columbia. The flume is in the middle of construction as the pile driver is visible in the distance pounding in its verticals. As well, the flume's walkway has been started.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card ; 23 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an irrigation flume (or logging flume) believed to be built by Tom Irvine in the interior plateau of British Columbia. The flume is in the middle of construction as the pile driver is visible in the distance pounding in its verticals. As well, the flume's walkway has been started.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Geographic Features - Rivers; Structures - Flumes

Accession Code: HV975.33.3ba

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Picnics 1919

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women and one man standing on rocks next to a river at an unknown location. The woman standing to the far right is Kitty Hill, the rest are unidentified. A caption written above the photograph reads: "Picnics 1919."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-572

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of three women and one man standing on rocks next to a river at an unknown location. The woman standing to the far right is Kitty Hill, the rest are unidentified. A caption written above the photograph reads: "Picnics 1919."

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics; Geographic Features - Rivers

Names: Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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River bridge

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bridge constructed over an unidentified river. Tom Irvine was one of the pile drivers who helped to build this bridge.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bridge constructed over an unidentified river. Tom Irvine was one of the pile drivers who helped to build this bridge.

History: Bloedel Stewart and Welch built a trestle over the Campbell River in Spring 1925. BS&W acquired a timber lease on the south side of the Campbell River in order to access operations at Sayward. This is now the site of the John Hart Hydro Dam.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: HV975.33.3a

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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River bridge

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bridge constructed over an unidentified river. Tom Irvine was one of the pile drivers who helped to build this bridge.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bridge constructed over an unidentified river. Tom Irvine was one of the pile drivers who helped to build this bridge.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: HV975.33.3i

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Steam powered pile driver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam powered pile driver taking piles and laying them up on the tower. The pile driver then hammers the piles one by one into the riverbed. A mooring dolphin is visible in the foreground.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam powered pile driver taking piles and laying them up on the tower. The pile driver then hammers the piles one by one into the riverbed. A mooring dolphin is visible in the foreground.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: HV975.33.3b

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Steam powered pile driver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam powered pile driver taking piles and laying them up on the tower. The pile driver then hammers the piles one by one into the riverbed.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a steam powered pile driver taking piles and laying them up on the tower. The pile driver then hammers the piles one by one into the riverbed.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Geographic Features - Rivers

Accession Code: HV975.33.3z

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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The Lions

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Shore mountains, including the Lions, taken through a grove of trees.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1910 and 1914]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details: Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 487-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Shore mountains, including the Lions, taken through a grove of trees.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Douglas Road, Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard taken looking northwest along Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Stanley Street. Two unidentified people are standing next to a wooden fence running alongside the road (above Lubbock's Creek) and a number of houses (including the Sprott house) are visible in the background. To…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-009

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard taken looking northwest along Douglas Road (now Canada Way) near Stanley Street. Two unidentified people are standing next to a wooden fence running alongside the road (above Lubbock's Creek) and a number of houses (including the Sprott house) are visible in the background. To the right is Burnaby Lake. Stamped at the top of the postcard is "Douglas Road, Burnaby / New Westminster BC."

Subjects: Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Stanley Street; Canada Way; Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lakeview-Mayfield Area

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Edith Clayton Outside Burnaby Lake Store

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 12.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edith Clayton standing on the boarded sidewalk outside the Burnaby Lake Store. The photograph was taken looking along Douglas Road (later, Canada Way), towards New Westminster. Edith is dressed in a winter coat with scarf, mittens and hat.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 12.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-201

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edith Clayton standing on the boarded sidewalk outside the Burnaby Lake Store. The photograph was taken looking along Douglas Road (later, Canada Way), towards New Westminster. Edith is dressed in a winter coat with scarf, mittens and hat.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Sidewalks; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Burnaby Lake Store; Clayton, Edith

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue; Douglas Road; Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Edith Clayton Outside Burnaby Lake Store, [1913] thumbnail

Government Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (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 looking east on Government Road from the Haddon family house. One of the men in the photo is Robert Haddon. The other two people are unidentified. Note the loose gravel roadway and the bridge over Eagle Creek.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (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.: 204-425

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph looking east on Government Road from the Haddon family house. One of the men in the photo is Robert Haddon. The other two people are unidentified. Note the loose gravel roadway and the bridge over Eagle Creek.

Subjects: Structures - Bridges; Geographic Features - Streams; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Haddon, Robert

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eagle Creek; Government Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Government Road Area

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Love family on rock at White Rock beach

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [c. 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of six unidentified members of the Love family seated on top of a giant boulder located on White Rock beach. Members of the family are wearing hats, dress coats and dresses. A wooden plank is visible in the bottom right of the photograph which provided access to the top of the rock.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Material Details: Photograph is over exposed, washing out some of the detail

Scope and Content: Photograph of six unidentified members of the Love family seated on top of a giant boulder located on White Rock beach. Members of the family are wearing hats, dress coats and dresses. A wooden plank is visible in the bottom right of the photograph which provided access to the top of the rock.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rocks; Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Love Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [c. 1910]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Love family on rock at White Rock beach, [c. 1910] thumbnail

Men riding bicycles

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a paved road lined with electric poles on both sides and a wood plank sidewalk on one side of the road. There are two men in suits and bowler hats riding bicycles and another man in suit and bowler hat standing on the sidewalk. The sun is casting long shadows from the left side of the…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.4 x 21.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a paved road lined with electric poles on both sides and a wood plank sidewalk on one side of the road. There are two men in suits and bowler hats riding bicycles and another man in suit and bowler hat standing on the sidewalk. The sun is casting long shadows from the left side of the photograph. An earlier catalogue record from 1988 conjectures that the photograph may be of Kingsway in Burnaby, possibly near Gilley looking east towards Griffiths Avenue. The record also dates the negative, ca. 1914.

Subjects: Transportation - Bicycles; Geographic Features - Roads; Geographic Features - Sidewalks

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Griffiths Avenue

Accession Code: HV972.11.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

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Sunnyside

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the embankment of a body of water lined with houses and trees in Toronto, Ontario.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-078

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows the embankment of a body of water lined with houses and trees in Toronto, Ontario.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Sunnyside"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Sunnyside"

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Sunnyside, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

Trail to Shell installation

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

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 trail to the powder magazine wharf at the Shell installation. Fred Holmes and his friends would catch crabs from the wharf, where dynamite was stored at end of the pier in a shack (thus its name).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

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.: 204-711

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the trail to the powder magazine wharf at the Shell installation. Fred Holmes and his friends would catch crabs from the wharf, where dynamite was stored at end of the pier in a shack (thus its name).

Subjects: Geographic Features - Trails; Geographic Features - Forests

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7790 Barnet Road

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

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Trail to Shell installation, [1911] thumbnail

Alexander E. E. "Bill" Vidal

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1907 and 1913]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a boy identified as Alexander E. E. "Bill" Vidal standing on a beach.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1907 and 1913]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-039

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a boy identified as Alexander E. E. "Bill" Vidal standing on a beach.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches

Names: Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page photograph reads: "Alexander Vidal"; Note in black pen on verso reads: "Uncle Bill"

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Alfred Bingham's writings - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1865-1919

Length: 0:10:18

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.

Date Range: 1865-1919

Photo Info: Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066

Length: 0:10:18

Subjects: Geographic Features - Parks; Officials - Aldermen and Councillors; Land Clearing

Scope and Content: Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Total Tracks: 12

Total Length: 1:38:06

Interviewee Name: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: MSS142-001 contains transcripts for each of the short stories

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.