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Annie Whiting and Esther Love with children

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1910] (date of original), copied 1989

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie (Love) Whiting with children and Esther Love gathered in a garden. Annie is holding a baby on her lap and is seated on a bench next to her younger sister Esther Love. They are sitting beneath some trees with two young boys sitting on cushions at their feet and a young girl stand…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love family photographs subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie (Love) Whiting with children and Esther Love gathered in a garden. Annie is holding a baby on her lap and is seated on a bench next to her younger sister Esther Love. They are sitting beneath some trees with two young boys sitting on cushions at their feet and a young girl standing next to Annie.

History: Annie Love was the eldest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love. Annie Whiting and Wallace Whiting were married in 1902. The couple had seven children between 1903 and [1917], Edith Annie, John Lenard, Henry Wallace, George Alfred, James Richard, Jessie Martha and Rose.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens; Plants - Trees

Names: Stanley, Esther Love; Whiting, Annie Elizabeth Love; Whiting Family

Accession Code: BV018.41.190

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [ca. 1910] (date of original), copied 1989

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 2400

Scan Date: 4-Mar-2019

Scale: 100

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

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Annie Whiting and Esther Love with children, [ca. 1910] (date of original), copied 1989 thumbnail

Burrard Inlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burrard Inlet taken looking north from Capitol Hill.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912] (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.: 204-704

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burrard Inlet taken looking north from Capitol Hill.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Inlets; Plants - Trees; Land Clearing

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

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Burrard Inlet, [1912] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Snow covered trees in forest

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of snow covered trees in a forest.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of snow covered trees in a forest.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Geographic Features - Forests; Plants - Trees

Accession Code: BV022.32.64

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Snow covered trees in forest, [191-] thumbnail

Two women and man in forest

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and one man balanced on large fallen trees within a thickly wooded forest. The people could be members of the Love or Stanley families.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two women and one man balanced on large fallen trees within a thickly wooded forest. The people could be members of the Love or Stanley families.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Forests; Plants - Trees

Names: Love Family; Stanley Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.308

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-05-16

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Two women and man in forest, [191-] thumbnail

Woman standing on tree stump

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman holding an axe and standing on a tree stump next to a large felled tree. The ground and branches of trees are covered with a blanket of snow.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman holding an axe and standing on a tree stump next to a large felled tree. The ground and branches of trees are covered with a blanket of snow.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Snow; Plants - Trees; Geographic Features - Forests

Accession Code: BV022.32.63

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Woman standing on tree stump, [191-] thumbnail

Edith Clayton Outside Burnaby Lake Store

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 12.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edith Clayton standing on the boarded sidewalk outside the Burnaby Lake Store. The photograph was taken looking along Douglas Road (later, Canada Way), towards New Westminster. Edith is dressed in a winter coat with scarf, mittens and hat.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1913]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 12.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-201

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Edith Clayton standing on the boarded sidewalk outside the Burnaby Lake Store. The photograph was taken looking along Douglas Road (later, Canada Way), towards New Westminster. Edith is dressed in a winter coat with scarf, mittens and hat.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Sidewalks; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Burnaby Lake Store; Clayton, Edith

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Sperling Avenue; Douglas Road; Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

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Edith Clayton Outside Burnaby Lake Store, [1913] 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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Arthur Wirick

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.7 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Wirick, age 2, standing on a board sidewalk in the backyard of 4361 Oxford Street. His family lived there from 1914 to 1924.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (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 ; 3.7 x 3.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-070

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Wirick, age 2, standing on a board sidewalk in the backyard of 4361 Oxford Street. His family lived there from 1914 to 1924.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Sidewalks

Names: Wirick, Arthur "Art"

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Oxford Street

Street Address: 4361 Oxford Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Arthur Wirick, [1917] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Bickerton family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Bickerton family home at 2125 Nelson Avenue (later renumberd 7082 Nelson Avenue) near Victory Street, built in 1905 In front of the home are Edgar and Jane Bickerton, and three of their children: Edward, Nancy and Patricia.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911 (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 ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-257

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Bickerton family home at 2125 Nelson Avenue (later renumberd 7082 Nelson Avenue) near Victory Street, built in 1905 In front of the home are Edgar and Jane Bickerton, and three of their children: Edward, Nancy and Patricia.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Sidewalks

Names: Bickerton, Edgar "Ed"; Bickerton, Edward "Ed"; Bickerton, Jane; Bickerton, Nancy "Nan"; Bickerton, Patricia "Pat"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Nelson Avenue

Street Address: 7082 Nelson Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Bickerton family home, 1911 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Child on Douglas Road sidewalk

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915 or 1916] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child in a baby carriage on a board sidewalk on Douglas Road.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1915 or 1916] (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 ; 4.5 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-771

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child in a baby carriage on a board sidewalk on Douglas Road.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Sidewalks; Transportation - Carriages

Media Type: Photograph

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

Geographic Access: Douglas Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Child on Douglas Road sidewalk, [1915 or 1916] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Ernest Pitman family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 6.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr and Mrs. Ernest Pitman's house on Cassie Avenue. A man is standing at the top of the porch stairs. Note the board sidewalk in front of the house. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads; "July 1913 / Cassie Ave / Home of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Pitman."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 1913

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pitman family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 6.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 186-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-35

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr and Mrs. Ernest Pitman's house on Cassie Avenue. A man is standing at the top of the porch stairs. Note the board sidewalk in front of the house. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads; "July 1913 / Cassie Ave / Home of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Pitman."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Sidewalks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Cassie Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Ernest Pitman family home, July 1913 thumbnail

Helen and Vivien Pontifex

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.2 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of sisters Helen and Vivien Pontifex standing on the sidewalk of the 4000 block of Douglas Road (old numbering).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (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 ; 4.2 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-519

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of sisters Helen and Vivien Pontifex standing on the sidewalk of the 4000 block of Douglas Road (old numbering).

Subjects: Geographic Features - Sidewalks

Names: Pontifex, Helen; Pontifex, Vivien

Media Type: Photograph

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

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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Helen and Vivien Pontifex, [1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Hopper family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Hopper and her grandchildren, Betty and Lois Atkinson, in the sideyard of a house on Kathleen Avenue. They are standing on a board sidewalk, and the flowers surrounding the house are in bloom.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Davies family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 190-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1986-41

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mrs. Hopper and her grandchildren, Betty and Lois Atkinson, in the sideyard of a house on Kathleen Avenue. They are standing on a board sidewalk, and the flowers surrounding the house are in bloom.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Sidewalks

Names: Atkinson, Betty; Atkinson, Lois

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Kathleen Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Hopper family, 1912 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Copies of photographs from Esther (Love) Stanley albums

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1915-1950] (date of originals), copied 1989

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 36 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs copied from various photograph albums including; Albert Paker, George Love, Gordon Love and Esther (Love) Stanley. Content includes: Love family in front of the piano inside parlour; Love family members with musical instruments inside parlour; Ben Brandrith and Robert Love in uniforms; …

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: Jesse Love farmhouse series

Subseries: Love family photographs subseries

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 36 photographs : b&w negatives ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photographs copied from various photograph albums including; Albert Paker, George Love, Gordon Love and Esther (Love) Stanley. Content includes: Love family in front of the piano inside parlour; Love family members with musical instruments inside parlour; Ben Brandrith and Robert Love in uniforms; unidentified Asian man in field with hoe and young trees behind him; wedding cake from Frank Charles Stanley and Esther Love's wedding; land clearing for Love farmhouse; Jesse Love feeding chickens; Jesse and Hannah (Girlie) Love in hats outside on Love farm; large picnic on grass; four generations of Love family members; gatherings of Love family members outside; Love family posed in a car inside a studio (Will, Sarah, George, Phoebe and Martha); Leonard Love dressed as a boy scout; Martha (Dot) with children; Love family members celebrate centennial; Jesse Love and Martha (Dot) Love outside Love farmhouse; Love farmhouse with porch and garden; swing at Love farmhouse; Parker family in living room and view of the Love farmhouse from the front.

Subjects: Buildings - Heritage; Plants - Flowers; Plants - Trees; Musical Instruments - Pianos

Names: Stanley, Esther Love; Love Family

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Street Address: 7651 Cumberland Street

Accession Code: BV018.41.184

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1915-1950] (date of originals), copied 1989

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

Scan Date: 4-Mar-2019

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 36 b&w copy prints accompanying

Skunk cabbage

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of skunk cabbage along the shore of Pitt Lake.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of skunk cabbage along the shore of Pitt Lake.

Subjects: Plants; Geographic Features

Accession Code: BV022.32.79

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [191-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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Alfred Bingham's writings - Track 9

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1919-1939

Length: 0:07:31

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's continuation of reading his series of short stories. He reads; "The ICE AGE and other observations before Burnaby", "The Coming of the Great Trees in Burnaby", "AND THEN MODERN CIVILIZATION STRUCK BURNABY" each written in March of 1962.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's continuation of reading his series of short stories. He reads; "The ICE AGE and other observations before Burnaby", "The Coming of the Great Trees in Burnaby", "AND THEN MODERN CIVILIZATION STRUCK BURNABY" each written in March of 1962.

Date Range: 1919-1939

Photo Info: Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066

Length: 0:07:31

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Scope and Content: Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.

Total Tracks: 12

Total Length: 1:38:06

Interviewee Name: Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: MSS142-001 contains transcripts for each of the short stories

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track nine of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings

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Armstrong Avenue school site

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1911

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 6.2 x 10.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of men sawing down a tree at the Armstrong Avenue School site at 8757 Armstrong Avenue. The accompanying description refers to it as the "bee tree."

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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 ; 6.2 x 10.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 007-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of men sawing down a tree at the Armstrong Avenue School site at 8757 Armstrong Avenue. The accompanying description refers to it as the "bee tree."

Subjects: Land Clearing; Documentary Artifacts - Postcards; Plants - Trees

Names: Armstrong Avenue School

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Postcard has been cropped

Geographic Access: Armstrong Avenue

Street Address: 8757 Armstrong Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cariboo-Armstrong Area

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Armstrong Avenue school site, 1911 thumbnail

Brown family

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Ed Brown Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w jpg.

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Brown family standing in front of a large tree. Identified are Ed Brown (next to horse) with his wife Jennie and one of their children (in a baby carriage).The man to the left is unknown.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1912]

Collection/Fonds: Ed Brown Family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w jpg.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 298-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the Brown family standing in front of a large tree. Identified are Ed Brown (next to horse) with his wife Jennie and one of their children (in a baby carriage).The man to the left is unknown.