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Scope and Content: Photograph of Standard Oil staff, office and refinery at the foot of Queen's Avenue (later renamed Willingdon Avenue). Manager, Mr. Donaldson, is to left; his son, Tommy, is second left. This later became the site of Chevron's Stanovan plant at 4403 Eton Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936 (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.: 204-046

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Standard Oil staff, office and refinery at the foot of Queen's Avenue (later renamed Willingdon Avenue). Manager, Mr. Donaldson, is to left; his son, Tommy, is second left. This later became the site of Chevron's Stanovan plant at 4403 Eton Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Donaldson, Tommy; Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street

Street Address: 4403 Eton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Standard Oil, 1936 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Standard Oil Company

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.2 x 35.0 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, at the Burrard Inlet.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.2 x 35.0 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 052-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, at the Burrard Inlet.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street

Street Address: 4403 Eton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Standard Oil Stanovan Refinery

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, Burrard Inlet. The area is lit up at night. Photograph of the Standard Oil Refinery at night. After the government broke up Standard Oil in 1911, its West Coast operations became the Standard Oil of California (SoCal), owning t…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 27.8 x 35.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 052-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Standard Oil Company Stanovan Refinery process area, Burrard Inlet. The area is lit up at night. Photograph of the Standard Oil Refinery at night. After the government broke up Standard Oil in 1911, its West Coast operations became the Standard Oil of California (SoCal), owning the Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Ltd, and adopting the name Chevron in the 1970's.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited; Chevron Corporation

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Industrial Photographers

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street

Street Address: 4403 Eton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Standard Oil Stanovan Refinery, 1958 thumbnail

Stanovan Plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (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 two men taken at the foot of Queens Avenue (now Willingdon Avenue) of a Standard Oil refinery commonly called Stanovan. This later became the site of Chevron's Stanovan plant at 4403 Eton Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (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.: 204-044

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men taken at the foot of Queens Avenue (now Willingdon Avenue) of a Standard Oil refinery commonly called Stanovan. This later became the site of Chevron's Stanovan plant at 4403 Eton Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street

Street Address: 4403 Eton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Stanovan Plant

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (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 two men taken at the foot of Queens Avenue (now Willingdon Avenue) of a Standard Oil refinery commonly called Stanovan. This later became the site of Chevron's Stanovan plant at 4403 Eton Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1936] (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.: 204-045

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men taken at the foot of Queens Avenue (now Willingdon Avenue) of a Standard Oil refinery commonly called Stanovan. This later became the site of Chevron's Stanovan plant at 4403 Eton Street.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial - Refineries

Names: Standard Oil Company of British Columbia Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Eton Street

Street Address: 4403 Eton Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Images

Aerial photograph of Burnaby General Hospital

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 18, 1961

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Burnaby General Hospital and surrounding area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 18, 1961

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-241

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Burnaby General Hospital and surrounding area.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Civic - Hospitals

Names: Burnaby General Hospital

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: George Allen Aerial Photos Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer identifies photograph as no. 3872

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

Images

Aerial photograph of Burnaby General Hospital, March 18, 1961 thumbnail

Aerial photograph of the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of what appears to be the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp at Vernon, B.C.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of what appears to be the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp at Vernon, B.C.

Subjects: Public Services - Military Services; Buildings - Military; Aerial Photographs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Kermod, Douglas

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso

Images

Aerial photograph of the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp, [1941] thumbnail

Alpha Secondary School

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950 or 1951]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Alpha Secondary School.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1950 or 1951]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-813

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Alpha Secondary School.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Schools

Names: Alpha Secondary School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Pride, A.H. "Harry"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w original photograph accompanying

Geographic Access: Parker Street

Street Address: 4600 Parker Street

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Images

Alpha Secondary School, [1950 or 1951] thumbnail

Burnaby Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 27, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an aerial view of Burnaby Centre looking east from Central Park Place. Kingsway is on the right and Grange Street is on the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 27, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-512

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an aerial view of Burnaby Centre looking east from Central Park Place. Kingsway is on the right and Grange Street is on the left.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Residential - Apartments

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Norton, Paul

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Kingsway; Grange Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Images

Burnaby Centre, September 27, 1976 thumbnail

Cascades Drive-In Theatre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1952 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.3 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Cascade Drive-In Theatre at 4050 Grandview Highway.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1952 (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 ; 3.3 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-465

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Cascade Drive-In Theatre at 4050 Grandview Highway.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Commercial - Drive-in Theatres

Names: Cascade Drive-In Theatre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cunningham, W.

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

Geographic Access: Grandview Highway

Street Address: 4050 Grandview Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Images

Cascades Drive-In Theatre, July 1952 (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Construction on Acorn Avenue

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 20, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a view from Hall Towers of houses and a high-rise under construction on Acorn Avenue.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 20, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-108

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a view from Hall Towers of houses and a high-rise under construction on Acorn Avenue.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Residential - Apartments

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Ross, Martha

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Acorn Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

Images

Construction on Acorn Avenue, October 20, 1976 thumbnail

The Fair Haven

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photographic postcard of "the Fair Haven," a group of United Church homes for Senior Citizens. The road in the foreground is Rumble Street, and the long road to the right is Sussex Avenue. The small forest behind "the Fair Haven" is the David Gary Park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Vera Jackson Pel subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 305-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1992-46

Scope and Content: Aerial photographic postcard of "the Fair Haven," a group of United Church homes for Senior Citizens. The road in the foreground is Rumble Street, and the long road to the right is Sussex Avenue. The small forest behind "the Fair Haven" is the David Gary Park.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

Names: Fair Haven

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Typewritten note on verso of postcard reads: "AERIAL VIEW/ 'The Fairhaven', Burnaby BC / United Church Homes for Senior Citizens / 4341 Rumble St., Burnaby, BC"; Handwritten note on verso of postcard reads: ""The road in the foreground is Rumble Street. The long road to the right is Sussex Avenue. The road, going up, on the left, barely visible is McKay Avenue = lower corner. Behind Fair Haven is the future David Gary Park cleared in the late 1950's - then more trees were felled in October 1962 with Hurricane Freda (blown over, uprooted trees) that left the park as it is today in 1993. The top row of little (5) white cottages were moved from the N.W. corner of Willingdon and Kingsway where Old Orchard Mall is now - they were part of Old Orchard Auto Villas, the first Fair Havens. Note: All cottages on right side of Lodge have been moved to Vancouver Island in 1991 for Motel units - by barge."; Printed on verso of postcard: "Traveltime product, made in Vancouver, Canada, by Grant-Mann Lithographers Ltd."

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Street Address: 4341 Rumble Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Images

The Fair Haven, [between 1950 and 1957] thumbnail

George Derby Health Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.4 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the George Derby Health Centre, copied from a postcard.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1950 and 1954] (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 ; 3.4 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-127

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the George Derby Health Centre, copied from a postcard.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Buildings - Civic - Hospitals

Names: George Derby Health Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption on photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Caption on photograph reads, "George Derby Health Centre, Burnaby B.C."

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 7550 Cumberland Street

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Images

George Derby Health Centre, [between 1950 and 1954] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Lougheed Highway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 27, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an aerial view of Lougheed Highway looking southeast from Salish Court Tower west.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 27, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-510

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an aerial view of Lougheed Highway looking southeast from Salish Court Tower west.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Residential - Apartments

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Campbell, Peg

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying

Geographic Access: Lougheed Highway

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cameron Area

Images

Lougheed Highway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an aerial view looking east along Lougheed Highway at Salish Court Towers with the Cariboo Shopping Centre in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-511

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows an aerial view looking east along Lougheed Highway at Salish Court Towers with the Cariboo Shopping Centre in the background.