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- Advertising Medium 21
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards 142
- Aerial Photographs 27
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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.183
- Description
- Button pin, round, buff ground with wide brownish red border and green print. Around edge from left, "JULY / AUG / SEPT". Logo below 'AUG', illegible, "LI--HA" ?, then "1920". At bottom is brownish red dot at centre of "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L." in circle. Pin is paper formed over a metal back and held in place by pressure. Clear coating over front. Back is dark metal with remains of pin clasp closure ?, coil of wire one side, lighter-coloured patch of metal around opening other side. Back is hollow. Manufacturer's stamp, mostly illegible, "--- CO" "--H.N.Y." and hallmark ?. Metal of back is tarnished, some scratches and wear on front.
- Object History
- Union dues button for the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers which was affiliated with the American Federation of Labour. Railroad way workers oversaw the maintenace of railroad tracks. (For more information see http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_186.html)
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- "JULY / AUG / SEPT", green letters printed around top "1920", larger green numbers printed in centre "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L.", green letters printed around dot and surrounded by a green circle
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Industries
- Occupations - Railroad Labourers
- Organizations - Unions
- Transportation - Rail
Images
button pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25560
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.194
- Description
- Lapel pin, button type, round. White ground with blue border and blue "SUBSCRIBER" at top, "1918 / VICTORY LOAN" at bottom. Red-bordered flag is at centre of image, flying from pole, rope visible. Five blue diagonal stripes are at upper left of flag, blue-bordered shield is at lower right, divided into three columns by thin blue lines. Shield also has horizontal red and yellow marks. Flag is shaded and edges curved to suggest movement. "TRADE MARK REG." in white in blue border at bottom. Pin front is formed over a metal back and held by pressure. Spring clasp back doesn't lock closed as pin extends .6 cm beyond edge of button and there is no clasp. Reverse of pin is silver-coloured metal with stamping, "B CO / UNION / -H N Y" ?, symbols ? in circle. Metal of back is tarnished, white on front is yellowing. Image is poorly stamped, making border wider at right and colours in shield are blurred and extend outside its border.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Button, Promotional
- Marks/Labels
- "SUBSCRIBER / 1918 / VICTORY LOAN", in blue paint "TRADE MARK REG", in smaller white paint on bottom edge
- Measurements
- Dia: 2.1 cm
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Advertising Medium
- Wars
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Occupations - War Worker
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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47439
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.85.51
- Description
- Pin; blue, white, and gold; "VON Canada" "Volunteer - Benevole" "15" "Years - Ans"; Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative
- Marks/Labels
- VON Canada / Volunteer - Benevole / 15 / Years - Ans
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lapel pin with card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact22065
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.73.2
- Description
- Lapel pin and card. Pin is round, gold-plated sterling silver. Wide white enamel border has gold "WOMENS WAR WORK" in upper part, "C.R.C.S." at bottom, and thin gold inner and outer borders. Centre of pin is pebbled gold ground with red enamelled cross, gold border. Reverse of pin has locking pin back, and raised lettering "STERLING", 'S' in oval beside it. Back is tarnished, gold-coloured. Front has some soiling and wear.
- Object History
- Donation on behalf of South Burnaby United Church Women. Likely from their thrift shop.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- "WOMENS WAR WORK / C.R.C.S.", in raised letters in white border or pin. "STERLING" with a sideways "S" in an oval, in raised letters on the back of the pin.
- Measurements
- Dia: 1.8 cm
- Names
- Canadian Red Cross
Images
CPR Engine after falling over an embankment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34364
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Frase…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 8.9 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-071
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a railroad car standing on the tracks. An unidentified boy is sitting on the train which has been identified by the caption as a Canadian Pacific Railway engine that fell over a bank at Cisco. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
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CPR passenger train wreckage in Ontario
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45211
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many w…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 21, 1964, published August 21, 1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-097
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of twisted rails and uprooted railway ties from an accident involving a Canadian Pacific Railway passenger train in Ontario. Eight were killed and fifteen were injured when a gravel truck collided with the passenger train and derailed it at a grade crossing near Ottawa. One of the many wounded was Burnaby school teacher; sculpture and painter Jack Hardman.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- United Press International (UPI) Radio Telephoto
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4306
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4307
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4308
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70 / Lougheed Hiway".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4310
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Train wreck at Kensington Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4311
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 35 mm
- Material Details
- The slide was processed in Canachrome by Mortifee Munshaw.
- Handwritten text in ink on slide frame reads: "Train Wreck / Aug 16 /70".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a train wreck at Kensington Avenue and the Lougheed Highway on Aug 16, 1970. The Farmer family was living at Buchanan Street and Holdom Avenue and they heard the train wreck when it happened.
- Names
- Farmer, Joanne
- Geographic Access
- Kensington Avenue
- Lougheed Highway
- Accession Code
- BV017.42.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Aug. 1970
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Planning Study Area
- Brentwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 05-Jun-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg?width=280)
Wrecked rail cars
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vanco…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 13.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of several wrecked rail cars abandoned on the side of a railway. There is gravel, rocks and dirt in the foreground, beside the railway tracks and a forested area in the background. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Wrecked cares - Dump #4 / G.N. reclamation work / Vancouver, B.C. / May - 1913." The accession register speculates that the photograph may be of an accident on the Great Northern line at Sperling.
- Names
- Great Northern Railway
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV979.54.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [May 1913]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-09-12
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Wrecked rail cars, [May 1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1977/197900540001.jpg)