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Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized (DVD) film segment with footage identified as 'Reel 1' . Film footage flucuates between black and white and colour providing a look into activities of Andy Digney and his family while they resided in Brandon, Manitoba. Footage documents outdoor activities such as camping…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1934

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (10 min., 3 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a silent digitized (DVD) film segment with footage identified as 'Reel 1' . Film footage flucuates between black and white and colour providing a look into activities of Andy Digney and his family while they resided in Brandon, Manitoba. Footage documents outdoor activities such as camping,fishing, boating, golfing, swimming, picnicing and a parade in Banff, Alberta.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities - Fishing; Recreational Activities - Camping; Recreational Activities - Picnics; Recreational Activities - Golf; Geographic Features - Rivers; Events - Parades

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

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Video

Andy's first film, 1934

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Andy Digney Film

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1961]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 optical discs (approx. 2 hrs, 40 min) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a collection of 18 short films on DVD. These films were created by Andy Digney using his 8 mm camera and provide views of the Digney family gatherings, trips, vacations at home and abroad. They also provide glimpses of Burnaby parades, celebrations and the Digney Speedway. The 18 segments h…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1934 and 1961]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 2 optical discs (approx. 2 hrs, 40 min) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a collection of 18 short films on DVD. These films were created by Andy Digney using his 8 mm camera and provide views of the Digney family gatherings, trips, vacations at home and abroad. They also provide glimpses of Burnaby parades, celebrations and the Digney Speedway. The 18 segments have all been described at item level.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities - Fishing; Recreational Activities - Camping; Recreational Activities - Picnics; Geographic Features - Rivers; Events - Parades

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; The original 8mm film footage was digitized and broken down into 18 segments, reflecting the original order. Items are described as 562-003-1 : 562-003-18

Feeding mule deer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man and woman feeding a mule deer buck beside a Canadian National Railway train car. The buck standing between them, biting the bottom of the man's sleeve and the woman is patting the buck's cheek. A mule deer doe is lying directly behind them on the ground. The locati…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man and woman feeding a mule deer buck beside a Canadian National Railway train car. The buck standing between them, biting the bottom of the man's sleeve and the woman is patting the buck's cheek. A mule deer doe is lying directly behind them on the ground. The location is unidentified (although these deer live only in the western half of the North America).

Subjects: Animals - Deer

Accession Code: BV985.6114.108

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-04-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Feeding mule deer, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

A little nearer the summit

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a two hikers and a dog who are all close to the summit of Mount Albert Edward. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Grant subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8 x 13 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-061

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a two hikers and a dog who are all close to the summit of Mount Albert Edward. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials. George A. Grant was one of the climbers in the party.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Mountains; Recreational Activities - Hiking; Animals - Dogs

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Robertson, J.

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount

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A little nearer the summit, 1938 thumbnail

David Hill riding 'Abby'

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a boy identified as David Hill sitting on a horse, 'Abby'.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1936

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-230

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of a boy identified as David Hill sitting on a horse, 'Abby'.

Subjects: Animals - Horses; Recreational Activities - Horseback riding

Names: Hill, David O. E. "Dave"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "David on 'Abby' "; Note in blue pen on verso reads: "Dave & Abbey [sic] / 1936"

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David Hill riding 'Abby', 1936 thumbnail

Oak Theatre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the construction of the Oak Theatre in 1936, the opening of the theatre held on August 4, 1937, the theatre with snow in the winter and the Digney family home and neighborhood . Andy Digney moved with his family from Manitoba …

1 image 1 video

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1937 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip (9 min., 26 sec.) : digital, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-002-1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2012-15

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized copy of a silent colour film segment with footage of the construction of the Oak Theatre in 1936, the opening of the theatre held on August 4, 1937, the theatre with snow in the winter and the Digney family home and neighborhood . Andy Digney moved with his family from Manitoba to Burnaby in 1936 and purchased 2 acres of land where he settled with his family and built the Oak Theatre which was located at 5000 Kingsway (Marlborough & Kingsway). The theatre was located on a 2 acre parcel of land and had a 350 seat capacity and offered valet parking. Construction crews with men and horses can be seen laying the foundation and erecting the walls of the theatre and crowds of people and cars are seen arriving outside the theatre on opening day.

Subjects: Events - Openings; Buildings - Commercial - Theatres; Recreational Activities - Theatre; Animals - Horses

Names: Oak Theatre; Digney, Andy

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film; Film clip originates from digitized version of original 16 mm film footage (item 562-002). This segment was part of digitized portion titled 'Oak Theatre'

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Video

Oak Theatre, [between 1937 and 1936]

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Picnic on the bluff

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified women and an unidentified man sitting on a tree stump on a bluff overlooking a large body of water. The women are wearing dresses down to their calves with hats. The other woman is holding a dog by a leash. The man is holding a basket or a pan with both hands. There a…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 9 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two unidentified women and an unidentified man sitting on a tree stump on a bluff overlooking a large body of water. The women are wearing dresses down to their calves with hats. The other woman is holding a dog by a leash. The man is holding a basket or a pan with both hands. There are small islands that can be seen behind them in the background. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities - Picnics

Accession Code: HV976.251.33

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Related Material: For another photograph of one of the women in the same outfit, see HV976.251.31

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 22/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Picnic on the bluff, [193-?] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

Ramsay and Janet Shankie in outdoor bathtub

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 9 Aug 1931 (date of original), copied [2016]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie in a garden, standing in a metal bathtub with a rooster standing next to them. The children are wearing bathing suits. A leafy tree and the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue is visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Material Details: Handwritten text in white on front of photograph reads: "9th Aug 1931".

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ramsay and Janet Shankie in a garden, standing in a metal bathtub with a rooster standing next to them. The children are wearing bathing suits. A leafy tree and the Shankie family home on Barker Avenue is visible in the background.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Animals - Poultry; Recreational Activities - Swimming

Names: Bower, Janet Shankie; Shankie, Thomas Ramsay Hunter, 1920-1996

Geographic Access: Barker Avenue

Street Address: 5515 Barker Avenue

Accession Code: BV016.43.35

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 9 Aug 1931 (date of original), copied [2016]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.; Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".; Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor

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Ramsay and Janet Shankie in outdoor bathtub, 9 Aug 1931 (date of original), copied [2016] thumbnail

Vidal family in a boat

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women, a man and a dog identified from left to right as Louisa, Alexander, "Happy", Dorothy and Charlotte Vidal. They are in a boat on a lake.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-074

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women, a man and a dog identified from left to right as Louisa, Alexander, "Happy", Dorothy and Charlotte Vidal. They are in a boat on a lake.

Subjects: Animals - Dogs; Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal; Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"; Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones; Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "LSV, AV, 'Happy', DV, CV"

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Vidal family in a boat, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

Bobby and Maureen Johnston and Eleanor and Louise Irwin in swimsuits

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1933] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Bobby Johnston, Eleanor Irwin (Nelson), Maureen Johnston and Louise Irwin wearing swimsuits and standing in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Irwin family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of (left to right) Bobby Johnston, Eleanor Irwin (Nelson), Maureen Johnston and Louise Irwin wearing swimsuits and standing in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Recreational Activities - Swimming; Recreational Activities - Sunbathing

Names: Barnet Mill; Barnet Lumber Company; Irwin, Louise; Irwin, Elsie May Taylor; Johnston, Bob; Johnston, Maureen

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.101

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1933] (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; See page 42 of book "In the Shadow by the Sea: Recollection of Burnaby's Barnet Village" with caption "Bobby Johnston, Eleanor Irwin, Maureen Johnston, Louise Irwin pose in their swimsuits, c. 1928"; Date for description of photograph based on information provided in Johnston family image 8

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Bobby and Maureen Johnston and Eleanor and Louise Irwin in swimsuits, [1933] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Charlotte Vidal and others in boats

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1915 and 1934]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-075

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows three women (the middle one identified as Charlotte Vidal) and three unidentified boys. They are in two boats on a lake and some of them are holding crabs.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Recreational Activities - Fishing

Names: Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Charlotte Vidal and others in boats, [between 1915 and 1934] thumbnail

Digney family travels in the praries and the rockies

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 film clip ( 12 min., 37 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film segment identified as Reel 17. The film opens with colour footage with views of a lake (possibly Pelican Lake, Manitoba) and switches to black and white footage of Dig Digney playing in a canoe on a lake and family camping adventures as they travel west from Manitoba throug…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1935 and 1936]

Collection/Fonds: Digney Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 film clip ( 12 min., 37 sec.) : digital, b&w, col., si.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 562-003-17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2014-04

Scope and Content: Item is a digitized film segment identified as Reel 17. The film opens with colour footage with views of a lake (possibly Pelican Lake, Manitoba) and switches to black and white footage of Dig Digney playing in a canoe on a lake and family camping adventures as they travel west from Manitoba through to Saskatchewan and visit with Dorothy Swan (Alice Digney's sister) who is dressed in her nurses' uniform. Their travels continue as they visit the Calgary Zoo, the foothills of Alberta, Bow River and falls, Banff Hot Springs and Lake Louise pools.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping; Recreational Activities - Canoeing

Names: Digney, Andy; Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"; Swan, Dorothy

Media Type: Moving Images

Photographer: Digney, Andy

Creator: Digney, Andy

Notes: Title based on contents of film

Images

Video

Digney family travels in the praries and the rockies, [between 1935 and 1936]

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Members of the Knight family on log

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1928 and 1932]

Collection/Fonds: Margaret Norton fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 8.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of adolescents dressed in bathing suits and sitting on a floating log near a shore. Sisters, Margaret Norton (nee Knight) (far left) is wearing a bathing cap and fur collared coat over top of her swim suit, Naida Hansen (nee Knight) (second from right) and Dolly Walker-Kirkwoo…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Margaret Norton fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.5 x 8.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of adolescents dressed in bathing suits and sitting on a floating log near a shore. Sisters, Margaret Norton (nee Knight) (far left) is wearing a bathing cap and fur collared coat over top of her swim suit, Naida Hansen (nee Knight) (second from right) and Dolly Walker-Kirkwood (nee Knight) (far right) are wearing bathing suits. The three young men and the young woman second from left are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Swimming; Recreational Activities - Sunbathing

Names: Norton, Margaret Knight; Hansen, Naida Knight; Walker-Kirkwood, Dolly Knight

Accession Code: BV020.34.26

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1928 and 1932]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: March 22, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Members of the Knight family on log, [between 1928 and 1932] thumbnail

Picnic

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a picnic site with a tent pitched on the left. Two unidentified men and an unidentified woman are eating, sitting on the ground. There is a car parked behind the woman to the right. Part of vehicle licence date is "37" and the partially covered plate number is "4930." Visible in th…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of a picnic site with a tent pitched on the left. Two unidentified men and an unidentified woman are eating, sitting on the ground. There is a car parked behind the woman to the right. Part of vehicle licence date is "37" and the partially covered plate number is "4930." Visible in the negative, but cropped out in the print, is a dog sitting inside the tent. The location is unidentified, but it is likely that the photograph was taken in Burnaby.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Camping; Structures - Tents; Recreational Activities - Picnics

Accession Code: HV976.251.32

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [193-?] (date of original), copied 1976

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 2016 technical exhibit

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Picnic, [193-?] (date of original), copied 1976 thumbnail

The 66th May Day Celebration

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: May 1, 1936

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of girls each holding a ribbon from the Maypole in her hands, getting ready for the Maypole dance at the May Day Celebration in New Westminster in 1936. Most of the girls are wearing white dresses, some are in a skirt and blouse, and most wear strap shoes. There is a crowd o…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of girls each holding a ribbon from the Maypole in her hands, getting ready for the Maypole dance at the May Day Celebration in New Westminster in 1936. Most of the girls are wearing white dresses, some are in a skirt and blouse, and most wear strap shoes. There is a crowd of people gathered behind them to watch the dance. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "The 66th May Day Celebration / New Westminster, B.C., May 1st, 1936 / Photos by the Stride Studios / #28."

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Dancing; Events - May Day

Geographic Access: New Westminster

Accession Code: HV976.143.7

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: May 1, 1936

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-27

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: The photographs in the accession HV976.143 are thought to be by the Stride studio, as the donor indicated in her letter that the Stride family were personal friends of her great-aunt and her husband, who resided in Edmonds. She wrote that she received a picture of the New Westminster or Burnaby May Day celebrations each year.

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The 66th May Day Celebration, May 1, 1936 thumbnail

Bob with Robert in a rowboat

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39031

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7.8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers rowing a boat with his son, Robert, seated in front. On the beach in the background, a tent can be seen.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 7.8 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-350

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob Peers rowing a boat with his son, Robert, seated in front. On the beach in the background, a tent can be seen.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Peers Family; Peers, Robert C.K.; Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bob with Robert in a rowboat, [1930] thumbnail

Burnaby Civic Employees union picnic

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Richard Hardy family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.4 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four civic employees at the Burnaby Civic Employees Union picnic. John McEdwards is identified on the far right of the photograph, seated on a bench next to three unidentified women, water can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Richard Hardy family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.4 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 570-025

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of four civic employees at the Burnaby Civic Employees Union picnic. John McEdwards is identified on the far right of the photograph, seated on a bench next to three unidentified women, water can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names: Burnaby Civic Employees Union; McEdwards, John

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on notes taken from the back of the photograph; Note on verso reads: "John McEdwards (Rt) / 1931"

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Burnaby Civic Employees union picnic

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Richard Hardy family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men and women gathered for the Burnaby Civic Employees Union picnic. One of the men is identified as 'Dick'. The group in the foreground is seated on a bench with people looking over a railing in behind them, mountains and water can be seen in the background.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1931

Collection/Fonds: Richard Hardy family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 570-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2014-16

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of men and women gathered for the Burnaby Civic Employees Union picnic. One of the men is identified as 'Dick'. The group in the foreground is seated on a bench with people looking over a railing in behind them, mountains and water can be seen in the background.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics

Names: Burnaby Civic Employees Union

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on notes taken from the back of the photograph; Note on verso reads: "Union Picnic / 1931 / Dick"

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Vidal family in a boat

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Bobby and Maureen Johnston and Eleanor and Louise Irwin in swimsuits

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Charlotte Vidal and others in boats

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Digney family travels in the praries and the rockies

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Members of the Knight family on log

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Picnic

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The 66th May Day Celebration

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Bob with Robert in a rowboat

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Burnaby Civic Employees union picnic

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Burnaby Civic Employees union picnic

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