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Annie Sara Hill

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col.; 5.5 x 6.8 cm oval

Scope and Content: Photograph is a hand-coloured, head and shoulders portrait of Annie Sara Hill. Mrs. Hill was the wife of early Burnaby resident, L. Claude Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col.; 5.5 x 6.8 cm oval

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a hand-coloured, head and shoulders portrait of Annie Sara Hill. Mrs. Hill was the wife of early Burnaby resident, L. Claude Hill.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Edna Maggs

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December, 1942 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 11.9 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a portrait proof of Edna Mayhew shortly after her marriage to Bill Maggs. They were married October 19, 1942.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December, 1942 (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 ; 8.2 x 11.9 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-548

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a portrait proof of Edna Mayhew shortly after her marriage to Bill Maggs. They were married October 19, 1942.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Trehearne, Edna Jean Mayhew Maggs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Edna Maggs, December, 1942 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Nurse Elizabeth Smellie

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 1940

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm, matted in frame 35 x 28 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of VON nurse Elizabeth Smellie in uniform. She was Chief Superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses from 1924 to May 1947, except during World War II, when she was called back into the Canadian army as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps from 1940 …

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: December 1940

Collection/Fonds: Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm, matted in frame 35 x 28 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 153-074

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of VON nurse Elizabeth Smellie in uniform. She was Chief Superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses from 1924 to May 1947, except during World War II, when she was called back into the Canadian army as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps from 1940 until 1944. She was the first woman to achieve the rank of colonel in the Canadian army.

Subjects: Occupations - Nurses; Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Victorian Order of Nurses; Smellie, Elizabeth

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Karsh, Yousuf

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer’s name "Karsh" signed on recto of card mount at bottom left, “Elizabeth Smellie” signed on card mount at bottom right.; Sticker on verso of frame reads: “Framed by The Stride Studios / Chas. E. Stride / 657 Columbia St. New Westminster B.C. / We carry an exclusive line of framed pictures”

Robert, Anne and Barbara Peers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15 cm on mat 25 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (l to r): Barbara, Robert and Anne Peers, the children of William John "Bob" Peers and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill Peers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1946

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15 cm on mat 25 x 20.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of (l to r): Barbara, Robert and Anne Peers, the children of William John "Bob" Peers and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill Peers.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Jeffrey, Barbara Peers "Babs"; Latham, Anne Peers; Peers, Robert C.K.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Robert, Anne and Barbara Peers, 1946 thumbnail

Robert C.K. Peers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm on mat 25.5 x 36.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of Robert C.K. Peers at his high school graduation in 1944. Robert was the son of William John "Bob" and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill Peers.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm on mat 25.5 x 36.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-012

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a studio portrait of Robert C.K. Peers at his high school graduation in 1944. Robert was the son of William John "Bob" and Katherine Maude "Kitty" Hill Peers.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Portraits

Names: Peers, Robert C.K.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Holmes, Leonard

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Better homes and gardens cook book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. ed., de luxe ed.

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 641.5 MER

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.14.168

Call Number: 641.5 MER

Edition: Rev. ed., de luxe ed.

Place of Publication: Des Moines, Iowa

Publisher: Meredith Pub. Co.

Publication Date: 1947

Physical Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Cooking; Cookbooks--United States; Cookbooks--1940-1949

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books; Documentary Artifacts - Cook Books

Notes: "Every recipe tested in Better Homes & Gardens' tasting-test kitchen" -- cover.

Decorated truck pumping gas

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of truck decorated for May Day parade pumping gas Frank "Stan" Stanley's service station in Port Moody. Group of men standing around automobile are dressed in costumes. The truck is decorated with flags and signage. Sign above automobile reads "Greetings to Moody and stuff".

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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 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of truck decorated for May Day parade pumping gas Frank "Stan" Stanley's service station in Port Moody. Group of men standing around automobile are dressed in costumes. The truck is decorated with flags and signage. Sign above automobile reads "Greetings to Moody and stuff".

Subjects: Events - May Day; Events - Parades; Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations

Accession Code: BV022.32.628

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "ESSO / STAN'S GAS / STATION / PORT MOODY"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "STAN'S ESSO / STATION"

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Decorated truck pumping gas, [194-] thumbnail

Jack Nichols at the parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-752

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.

Subjects: Clothing - Costumes; Persons - Crowds; Events - May Day; Events - Parades; Transportation - Wagons

Names: Nichols, Jack

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue; Royal Oak Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

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Jack Nichols at the parade, May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Joyce Stanley with May Day float

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Joyce (Stanley) Warner standing in front of car decorated for a float in the Port Moody May Day parade.

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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 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of young Joyce (Stanley) Warner standing in front of car decorated for a float in the Port Moody May Day parade.

Subjects: Events - May Day; Events - Parades

Names: Warner, Joyce Stanley

Accession Code: BV022.32.626

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "JOYCE / PORT MOODY"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "PORT MOODY PARADE"

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Joyce Stanley with May Day float, [194-] thumbnail

May Day Parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a decorated car float in a May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue at a railway crossing. The automobile has "Rose Dress Shop" spelled along its side.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Davies family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 190-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1986-41

Scope and Content: Photograph of a decorated car float in a May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue at a railway crossing. The automobile has "Rose Dress Shop" spelled along its side.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Parade Floats; Events - May Day; Events - Parades

Names: Rose Dress Shop

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Patterson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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May Day Parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue with a line of cars and floats driving down the street (the lead car is a Hudson). They may be passing by the Jubilee Grove Arch at Central Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Davies family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 190-011

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1986-41

Scope and Content: Photograph of May Day Parade on Patterson Avenue with a line of cars and floats driving down the street (the lead car is a Hudson). They may be passing by the Jubilee Grove Arch at Central Park.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Events - May Day; Events - Parades

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Patterson Avenue; Imperial Street; Central Park

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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May Day Parade

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (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 Lubbock farm one-seater buggy in a May Day Parade, on Columbia Street, in New Westminster.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [194-] (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.: 204-727

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Lubbock farm one-seater buggy in a May Day Parade, on Columbia Street, in New Westminster.

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Events - May Day; Events - Parades; Transportation - Wagons

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Port Moody band in May Day parade

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Port Moody Bank seated in the back of a trunk in the Port Moody May Day parade. Band members appear to be adolescent aged children. Cedar boughs and hanging off the sides of the truck bed.

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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 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Port Moody Bank seated in the back of a trunk in the Port Moody May Day parade. Band members appear to be adolescent aged children. Cedar boughs and hanging off the sides of the truck bed.

Subjects: Events - Parades; Events - May Day

Accession Code: BV022.32.625

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "PORT MOODY"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "PORT MOODY PARADE"

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Port Moody band in May Day parade, [194-] thumbnail

Through the Lens of Andy Digney

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (12 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo

Scope and Content: Item consists of a short film featuring a compilation of film footage created by Andy Digney that was edited and narrated by the Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby resident Andy Digney captured footage of Burnaby and beyond from 1934 to 1964. Highlights within this film compilaton include the constru…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Museum film collection series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (12 min., 17 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., sd., stereo

Material Details: Research and Narration: Lisa Codd; Editing and Audio Recording: Matthew Ball; Special thanks to Paul Digney

Scope and Content: Item consists of a short film featuring a compilation of film footage created by Andy Digney that was edited and narrated by the Burnaby Village Museum. Burnaby resident Andy Digney captured footage of Burnaby and beyond from 1934 to 1964. Highlights within this film compilaton include the construction and events held at the Oak Theatre; Royal visit motorcade of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth; Sports Day at Central Park; Gymcana event at Burnaby Lake Riding Stables; lawn bowling at Central Park; a Depression-era May Day workers’ parade in 1936; May Day celebrations in Burnaby; visits to locations throughout the Lower Mainland, including Stanley Park, Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain and boat trip up Burrard Inlet; the Digney Speedway; the Digney family at their home on Bonsor Avenue and the Digney Bowling Alley.

Creator: Digney, Andy

Subjects: Events - Parades; Events - May Day; Sports - Bowling

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney Bowling Alley; Digney Speedway; Codd, Lisa; Oak Theatre; Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Central Park

Street Address: 6521 Bonsor Avenue

Accession Code: BV019.18.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016

Media Type: Moving Images

Related Material: See also the City of Burnaby Archives "Digney Family fonds" MI catalogue 562.003 for film masters

Notes: Title based on contents; City of Burnaby Archives holds the original Digney film masters (562.003) that this narrated segment was disseminated from. See Digney family fonds

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Through the Lens of Andy Digney, [between 1934 and 1964] (date of original film), edited and narrated in 2016

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Two men on road during May Day parade

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing on the road next to automobiles lined up for Port Moody May Day parade.

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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 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified men standing on the road next to automobiles lined up for Port Moody May Day parade.

Subjects: Events - May Day; Events - Parades

Accession Code: BV022.32.627

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-22

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431); Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "PORT MOODY / PARADE"; Note in white ink on album page reads: "PORT MOODY PARADE"