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Scope and Content: Photograph of George Pearson's crew, including future Reeve Charles "Charlie" MacSorley, laying cement sidewalk in Burnaby. A note on back of the photograph indicates that the back left two are Jack Elliot and Charles MacSorley.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.4 x 11.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of George Pearson's crew, including future Reeve Charles "Charlie" MacSorley, laying cement sidewalk in Burnaby. A note on back of the photograph indicates that the back left two are Jack Elliot and Charles MacSorley.

Subjects: Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers; Construction - Road Construction

Names: Elliot, Jack; MacSorley, Charles W.

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Pearson, George

Notes: Title based on caption on back of photograph

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Lettering Guide

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90811

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.40.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.40.2

Description: Wooden box with a hinged lid and base with slats for rules and holes for lettering tips. The box contains lettering materials, including white rulers,ink pens in green cardboard cylindrical tubes, guiding stencils for lettering in different fonts, metal tool to hold ink nibs.

Object History: This lettering guide was used in the City of Burnaby's Planning Department, in the late 1950s. A lettering guide template is a special type of template used to write uniform characters. It consists of a sheet of plastic or other material with cut-outs of letters, numbers, and other shapes used especially for creating technical drawings. For decades they have been essential for lettering a drawing nameplate so text and other designs could be made quickly and uniformly. Although they have been superseded by the use of computers, during the greater part of the last century they were used to relatively ease the lettering process in the creation of technical drawings. They were an indispensable tool for architects and technical illustrators.

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Written Communication T&E - - Writing Devices

Object Term: Guide, Lettering

Marks/Labels: WRICO LETTERING PEN

Maker: WRICO

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings; Government - Local Government; Land - Land Surveying; Occupations - Civic Workers

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Brick Houses under Construction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64654

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1899 and 1910]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w cabinet card ; 10 x 14.5 cm, mounted on card 10.5 x 16.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photograph of two brick houses under construction on High Street at Epping, Essex, England. These buildings were constructed by Ernest E. Winch.

Subjects: Construction; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Challoner-Courtenay, E.J.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Brick Houses under Construction, [between 1899 and 1910] thumbnail

Construction workers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription59066

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of construction workers erecting steel frames next to railway tracks. Cranes and other construction vehicles are in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: ca.1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1472

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2009-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of construction workers erecting steel frames next to railway tracks. Cranes and other construction vehicles are in the background.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Construction; Construction Tools and Equipment

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso; Note on verso reads: "PMT 100% / Page 4 / Burnaby / Today"

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Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34682

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 25, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of a Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. building. Three men are working on a large pipe. Two signs read, "Danger / X-Ray Operating / Keep Out."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: January 25, 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 092-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the interior of a Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. building. Three men are working on a large pipe. Two signs read, "Danger / X-Ray Operating / Keep Out."

Subjects: Industries - Construction; Construction Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Printed on bottom of photo, "Dominion Bridge Co., Limited / Pacific Division"; Stamps on back of photograph read, "Dominion Bridge Company, Limited" and "Jan 25 1957"

Geographic Access: Henning Drive

Street Address: 3880 Henning Drive

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd., January 25, 1957 thumbnail

London mixer and contractors

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34138

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road including a London mixer and contractors invovled in house construction. The man standing in the center has been identified as Mr. Marcowitz. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 16, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-054

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road including a London mixer and contractors invovled in house construction. The man standing in the center has been identified as Mr. Marcowitz. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Industries - Construction; Construction Tools and Equipment; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue; Douglas Road

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London mixer and contractors, April 16, 1947 thumbnail

New building under construction

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45519

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1964 or 1965]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 36.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a new building at Simon Fraser University under construction.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1964 or 1965]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 36.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-414

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of a new building at Simon Fraser University under construction.

Subjects: Construction; Occupations - Labourers; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Simon Fraser University

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Donnelly, David

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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New building under construction, [1964 or 1965] thumbnail

Clearing land with a team of oxen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39524

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1890

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.6 x 23.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a team of oxen being used to clear land and haul logs on skid road. Five unidentified lumberjacks can be seen standing alongside the animals.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1890

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.6 x 23.8 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-843

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a team of oxen being used to clear land and haul logs on skid road. Five unidentified lumberjacks can be seen standing alongside the animals.

Subjects: Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery; Industries - Forestry; Animals - Oxen; Occupations - Lumberjacks; Land Clearing; Industries - Logging/lumber

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Clearing land with a team of oxen, 1890 thumbnail

Logging in Central Park

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38510

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men logging in Central Park. The man on the left is Evan Baker but the other man is unidentified.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1911]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 449-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men logging in Central Park. The man on the left is Evan Baker but the other man is unidentified.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Names: Baker, Evan

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Imperial Street

Street Address: 3883 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Logging in Central Park, [1911] thumbnail

Rock crusher engine

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34522

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 17.1 cm mounted on 20.2 x 25.3 cm cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph of a rock crusher engine and crew at Edmonds. Identified: foreman Pete Watt (3rd from left) and Jack McMurray (fourth from left). Annotations on back of photograph reads: "engineer George Harden [or Harder] at the wheel with Harry [or Harvey] Harrison beside him" and "others are Bob Ell…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1910

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.1 x 17.1 cm mounted on 20.2 x 25.3 cm cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 035-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a rock crusher engine and crew at Edmonds. Identified: foreman Pete Watt (3rd from left) and Jack McMurray (fourth from left). Annotations on back of photograph reads: "engineer George Harden [or Harder] at the wheel with Harry [or Harvey] Harrison beside him" and "others are Bob Ellis, Sandy Scott, and Billy Waller [or Walter?]."

Subjects: Occupations - Labourers; Occupations - Engineers; Construction Tools and Equipment

Names: Ellis, Robert "Bob"; Harder, George; Harrison, Harry; McMurray, Jack; Scott, Sandy; Waller, Billy; Watt, Pete

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Moore, W.J.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on back reads, "W.J. Moore, Photographer, Vancouver, B.C. / Walden Block or 25 & Main"

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37049

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927 (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 ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-512

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37050

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land. In the background another man is standing beside a pile of stumps.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192-?] (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 ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-513

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man standing beside an Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller used for clearing land. In the background another man is standing beside a pile of stumps.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Easthope Gasoline Stump Puller, [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Land clearing crew

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38191

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a land clearing crew, with horses and tools, in the Metrotown area near McKay Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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 ; 3.2 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-778

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a land clearing crew, with horses and tools, in the Metrotown area near McKay Avenue.

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: McKay Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Land clearing crew, [1912] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Ready to blast

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34158

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 25, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph(s) restricted for commercial use under FOIPPA. Review for the amount of personal information depicted in the photograph(s) in relation to the researcher's intended use.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 25, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-075

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph(s) restricted for commercial use under FOIPPA. Review for the amount of personal information depicted in the photograph(s) in relation to the researcher's intended use.; Permission of the estate of Alfred "Alf" Bingham required to reproduce for purposes other than fair dealing. Copyright expires in 2050. Contact information (if available) located in accession record.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees; Occupations - Labourers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Ready to blast, April 25, 1947 thumbnail

Rock crusher in operation

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39573

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a rock crusher in operation. From a wall of rocks, a team of men puts the rock into the rock crusher. The crushed gravel is loaded up in a horse drawn cart, with a driver ready to transport it away. There are two men in suits to the right of the photograph watching the operation.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: August 1910

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-892

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a rock crusher in operation. From a wall of rocks, a team of men puts the rock into the rock crusher. The crushed gravel is loaded up in a horse drawn cart, with a driver ready to transport it away. There are two men in suits to the right of the photograph watching the operation.

Subjects: Transportation - Horses; Land Clearing; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

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Rock crusher in operation, August 1910 thumbnail

Bulldozer

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34152

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a small John Deere bulldozer described as the "supply machine" at the Willingdon Heights subdivision site. Piles of lumber can be seen in the background.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 23, 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Alfred Bingham subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 010-069

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man standing beside a small John Deere bulldozer described as the "supply machine" at the Willingdon Heights subdivision site. Piles of lumber can be seen in the background.