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Scope and Content: Photographs of a truck trailor parking lot located at 2238 Gilmore Avenue (an address that no longer exists) and the surrounding industrial area of Gilmore Avenue and Henning Drive. File also includes photographs of the Gilmore Avenue railroad crossing one block north of Still Creek Avenue.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1995

Collection/Fonds: Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds

Physical Description: 36 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 622-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2017-39

Scope and Content: Photographs of a truck trailor parking lot located at 2238 Gilmore Avenue (an address that no longer exists) and the surrounding industrial area of Gilmore Avenue and Henning Drive. File also includes photographs of the Gilmore Avenue railroad crossing one block north of Still Creek Avenue.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Industries - Trucking; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in; File no. 95-027-B

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Boundary Road and Hastings Street Intersection

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1943 or 1944] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.2 x 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the intersection of Boundary Road and Hastings Street facing east from the southwest corner. A streetcar has a sign advertising Victory Bonds.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1943 or 1944] (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 5.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-229

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the intersection of Boundary Road and Hastings Street facing east from the southwest corner. A streetcar has a sign advertising Victory Bonds.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Willingdon Heights Area

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Boundary Road and Hastings Street Intersection, [1943 or 1944] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Boundary Road and Hastings Street vicinity

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915 (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 taken in Vancouver on Hastings Street looking east toward Burnaby and Boundary Road. The Hastings Street British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) cars can be seen labouring up the hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915 (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.: 204-305

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph taken in Vancouver on Hastings Street looking east toward Burnaby and Boundary Road. The Hastings Street British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) cars can be seen labouring up the hill.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Eaton, Dr. Carl

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Boundary Road and Hastings Street vicinity, 1915 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Edmonds and Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the area near the Edmonds and Kingsway intersection. A British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram is visible in the centre and the station can be seen to the left.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 350-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1997-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of the area near the Edmonds and Kingsway intersection. A British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram is visible in the centre and the station can be seen to the left.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Buildings - Commercial

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.

Geographic Access: Edmonds Street; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

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Edmonds and Kingsway, 1912 (date of original), copied [1997] thumbnail

Central Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (date of original), photographed 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 11.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Central Park entrance arch with the "Central Park" electric sign. An Interurban tram can be seen on the right. This photograph used to be hung at the Central Park branch of the Burnaby Public Library.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (date of original), photographed 1985

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Evelyn Salisbury subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 11.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 145-010

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1985-15

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Central Park entrance arch with the "Central Park" electric sign. An Interurban tram can be seen on the right. This photograph used to be hung at the Central Park branch of the Burnaby Public Library.

Subjects: Structures - Arches; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Geographic Features - Parks; Transportation - Electric Railroads

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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Central Park, 1920 (date of original), photographed 1985 thumbnail

Aftermath of a snowfall

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the aftermath of a large snowfall. Photographs depict an unidentified person moving snow with a wheelbarrow; people shovelling out cars stuck on roads in the snow; and a crane and snow-covered park.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 4 photographs (tiff) : b&w

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-3125

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of the aftermath of a large snowfall. Photographs depict an unidentified person moving snow with a wheelbarrow; people shovelling out cars stuck on roads in the snow; and a crane and snow-covered park.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Parks; Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Collected by editorial for use in a February 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Aftermath of a snowfall, [1999] 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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Bus and SkyTrain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of a "Not in Service" electric bus and cars on an unidentified, tree-lined road. The SkyTrain is passing over the road.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2549

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a "Not in Service" electric bus and cars on an unidentified, tree-lined road. The SkyTrain is passing over the road.

Subjects: Transportation - Skytrain; Transportation - Buses; Transportation - Public Transit; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Kingsway at Central Park

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of men driving horse-drawn carriages down Kingsway, east of Boundary Road. The Central Park Presbyterian Church is visible on the left, with Central Park on the right.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1908] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: John DeForest subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 11.5 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 293-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of men driving horse-drawn carriages down Kingsway, east of Boundary Road. The Central Park Presbyterian Church is visible on the left, with Central Park on the right.

Subjects: Transportation - Carriages; Transportation - Horses; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Central Park; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Kingsway at Central Park, [1908] (date of original) thumbnail

Rail crossing at Government and Cariboo

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2006]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of the rail crossing at the intersection of Government Street and Cariboo Road. Two cars are passing on the road and the opposite directions of traffic are separated by a barrier on the road.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2006]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-1880

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the rail crossing at the intersection of Government Street and Cariboo Road. Two cars are passing on the road and the opposite directions of traffic are separated by a barrier on the road.

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Geographic Features - Roads; Transportation - Automobiles

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a January 2006 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "An accident involving a car and a train last summer has prompted the installation of barriers at the rail crossing at Government and Cariboo to prevent cars from jumping the line to beat the crossing arms."

Geographic Access: Government Street; Cariboo Road

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Rail crossing at Government and Cariboo, [2006] thumbnail

Venables Street

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52845

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1981

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing next to two children on a tricycle on Venables Street. A man is on the far right standing next to a parked car. Three of the people in the photograph are identified by first name only as Sharron, Andrea and Frank. The photograph was most likely taken near the Johnston…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1981

Collection/Fonds: Harold H. Johnston fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 483-102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2008-08

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing next to two children on a tricycle on Venables Street. A man is on the far right standing next to a parked car. Three of the people in the photograph are identified by first name only as Sharron, Andrea and Frank. The photograph was most likely taken near the Johnston family home at 4447 Venables Street.

Subjects: Transportation - Automobiles; Transportation - Bicycles; Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Johnston, Harold H.

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Venables Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Loading Strawberries, BCERy, Douglas Road, Burnaby BC

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1894

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car. The farmers are lined up in a row,…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1894

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-938

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car. The farmers are lined up in a row, each sitting in their own horse and cart as they bring their strawberries to the station.

Subjects: Agriculture - Fruit and Berries; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Horses; Transportation - Carts; Occupations - Farmers; Transportation - Wagons; Officials - Mayors and Reeves

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"; Hill, Bernard R.; Every-Clayton, George; Sprott, Louis "Edgar"; Sprott, Charles Frederick

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption on recto of photograph reads: "Loading Strawberries, B.C.E.Ry., Douglas Rd., Burnaby, B.C."

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Loading Strawberries, BCERy, Douglas Road, Burnaby BC, 1894 thumbnail

baggage rack

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.86

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.86

Description: Composed of solid cast brass painted cream, previously green with rear mounting brackets at each end with four holes. There are also curls at the front end for possibly a cord to pass through. Five longitudinal rods forming a basket shape are mounted between the two C shaped end supports which contain the mounting brackets. One end cross member rod is missing. Length: 88 cm Width: 26.8 cm Depth: 14 cm

Object History: From British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban #1208.

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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baggage rack

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.87

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.87

Description: Composed of solid cast brass painted cream, previously green, with rear mounting brackets at each end with four holes. There are also curls at the front end for possibly a cord to pass through. Five longitudinal rods forming a basket shape are mounted between the two C shaped end supports which contain the mounting brackets. Length: 88 cm Width: 26.8 cm Depth: 14 cm

Object History: From British Columbia Electric Railway interurban #1208.

Marks/Labels: Blue tape "BCER 1208 - B66".

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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baggage rack

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.88

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.88

Description: A brass rod baggage rack composed of 6 longitudinal rods and triangular shaped end supports. There are two brackets at the back of each end support with two screw holes in each. A hook extends down from each end bracket at the back. Four cross members spaced evenly along the rack provide support for the 6 rods which pass through them. A piece of blue tape on an end bracket has stamped "BCER 1232-B65".

Object History: This baggage rack is from BC Electric Railway interurban 1232.

Marks/Labels: Blue tape "BCER 1232 - B65".

Measurements: Length: 107 cm Depth: 26 cm Height: 18.5 cm

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

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B.C.E.R. Video: Then and now

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c2004

Call Number: 388.46 TRA VR Ver 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Moving Images

Accession Code: BV013.27.21

Call Number: 388.46 TRA VR Ver 1

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Transit Museum Society

Publication Date: c2004

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (128 min, 43 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in

Library Subject (LOC): Street-railroads; Electric railroads; Transportation

Subjects: Transportation - Rail; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Notes: Original footage shot on 16mm film in the early 1950's by Ken Hodgsen.; Summary : Historical film footage of Lower Mainland trams on their various routes as well as an excursion train. Film footage is part of the B.C. Transit Centennial and includes a voice over commentary by Frank Horn and Vic Sharman. Frank worked as a motorman on the BC Electric Railway. The trams are shown travelling through Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, North Delta, Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack. The excursion train was filmed in Washington State, U.S.A. The narrators give commentary, describing the routes, landmarks of the past and present, the various kinds of trams and buses seen, drivers’ protocols, and historical information.; Produced by David Asselin, President, Transit Musem Society; Cover on verso of DVD case includes photos with description: "Here are three instructors... Vic Sharman, Frank Horne & Don Bellamy for the Downtown Historic Railway (D.H.R.) Who have all had previous experience driving interurbans in the Vancouver area in the 1940's & 1950's"; Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view video.

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bowl

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV994.24.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV994.24.1

Description: Bowl. White, ceramic, green transfer print on the front of the bowl.

Object History: The major B.C.E.R. Main Terminal building at Carrall Street and West Hastings Street in Vancouver and the New Westminster Station at 8th and Columbia included diners where food was served on dishware stamped with the B.C. Electric Railway name.

Marks/Labels: On front in green "COURTEOUS" "B.C. Electric" "SERVICE". On underside, "VITRIFIED", in a circle "GLOBE POTTERY CO. LTD. SHELTON" with a lion logo in the middle. Under logo is "ENGLAND" "BUSCOMBE & COMPANY" "VANCOUVER, CANADA."

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Food Service Tools and Equipment

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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Brass handle (key)

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.40

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.40

Description: A brass handle which has a vertical sleeve at the end with a tapered square hole in it. On the underside is cast in smaller type " C-7414" although the last "4" is suspect. Stamped in the same location is larger type "C 8173".

Object History: Used as a key for a street car controller handle. This key was used to activate the street car and moved up or down make it go backwards or forwards. The tram could not move without its key.

Measurements: Length: 11.5 cm Width: 2.2 cm Height: 2.3 cm

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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Burnaby Streetcars and Interurbans

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 22 Oct. 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (61 min., 39 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps

Scope and Content: Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Kate Petrusa, Burnaby Village Museum assistant curator. The webinar is titled "Burnaby Streetcars and Interurbans" and is presented by Lisa Codd, Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. The zoom webinar is the sixth in a collecti…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series

Subseries: Neighbourhood Speaker Series - Fall 2020 subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (61 min., 39 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps

Material Details: Presenter: Lisa Codd; Host: Kate Petrusa; Date of Presentation: October 22 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm; Total Number of tracks: 1; Total Length of all tracks:61 min., 39 sec.; Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform

Scope and Content: Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Kate Petrusa, Burnaby Village Museum assistant curator. The webinar is titled "Burnaby Streetcars and Interurbans" and is presented by Lisa Codd, Heritage Planner for the City of Burnaby. The zoom webinar is the sixth in a collection of seven "Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker series" webinars that were presented and made available to the public between September 29 and October 27, 2020. The live webinar and recording was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. In this webinar, Lisa Codd takes participants on a virtual tour of Burnaby’s early electric railway system, including visits to locations where physical traces of the railway can still be found. Lisa supports her presentation with maps and historical photographs to tell the story of the B.C. Electric Railway transportation routes that shaped Burnaby. Lisa takes questions and comments from participants throughout her presentation and at the end.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Rail; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: Codd, Lisa; British Columbia Electric Railway Company; Dominion Glass Company Limited

Responsibility: Petrusa, Kate

Accession Code: BV020.29.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 22 Oct. 2020

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Title based on contents of video recording; Video recording was edited for publication on Heritage Burnaby. Original mp4 video recording (BV020.29.6.1) is 76 min., 11 sec.

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Burnaby Streetcars and Interurbans, 22 Oct. 2020

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