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Byrne Creek

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 25, 1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Byrne Creek. The photographs depict the creek prior to clean-up with the water and paths littered with debris. Also included in the file are photographs of an unidentified man pulling a dead fish from the creek.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 25, 1993

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 40 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm

Description Level: File

Record No.: 618-023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2015-15

Scope and Content: File consists of photographs of Byrne Creek. The photographs depict the creek prior to clean-up with the water and paths littered with debris. Also included in the file are photographs of an unidentified man pulling a dead fish from the creek.

Subjects: Plants - Trees; Geographic Features - Creeks

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Lawson, Doreen A.; Glover, Ken

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from label on slide sheets; Note in black ink on recto of slide frames 618-023-11, 618-023-12, 618-023-14, 618-023-33, and 618-023-40 reads: "Ken Glover / BOB"

Geographic Access: Byrne Creek

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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Canadian lily-of-the-valley on Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian lily-of-the-valley, also known as false lily-of-the-valley and Canadian mayflower.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-035

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian lily-of-the-valley, also known as false lily-of-the-valley and Canadian mayflower.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Cascara on Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cascara plant.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1997

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-023

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a cascara plant.

Subjects: Plants

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Stamp on slide reads: "Aug 22, 1997."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Cascara on Burnaby Mountain, 1997 thumbnail

The Castle from the Meadows

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1938

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 12.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the Castle (Castlecrag Mountain) and Mount Frink taken from the meadows. A man is standing at the edge of the tree line, looking towards the mountains. This was part of a trip to the Forbidden Plateau on Vancouver Island made by a small party of City of Courtenay officials.…

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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 : b&w postcard ; 8 x 12.5 cm, mounted on heavy-weight paper 17.5 x 26.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 243-052

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1990-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the Castle (Castlecrag Mountain) and Mount Frink taken from the meadows. A man is standing at the edge of the tree line, looking towards the mountains. 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; Plants - Trees; Recreational Activities - Hiking

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title taken from handwritten title on paper mount; Handwritten note on on facing page reads: "A million years of the winds and the weather - / Still monarch of all I survey / Forbidden? Not to the lovers of heather / And the beauties of nature gay / So I welcome you to my lofty towers / My rock gardens, lakes and my streams / Come and walk among my beautiful flowers / And then see them always - in dreams. / And ever anon when far down below me / Loading lives of pleasure or care / Refreshing will be your most fond memory / Your Castle, way up in the air. / G.A.G."

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Centennial Planting

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 mounted on board 19 x 21.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Centennial Planting" event held at Brentwood Shopping Centre. Mr. D. Haywood and Doreen Lawson stand alongside a Rhododendron bush. On August 22, 1966, Burnaby Municipal Council with recommendation from the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission adopted the Rhododendron as the offi…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1967

Collection/Fonds: Doreen Lawson fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11 mounted on board 19 x 21.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 605-003

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of "Centennial Planting" event held at Brentwood Shopping Centre. Mr. D. Haywood and Doreen Lawson stand alongside a Rhododendron bush. On August 22, 1966, Burnaby Municipal Council with recommendation from the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Commission adopted the Rhododendron as the official flower of Burnaby.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers

Names: Lawson, Doreen A.; Haywood, D.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on photograph; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Brentwood_Shopping_Centre_Association / 1000_Brentwood / 4567_Lougheed_Highway / Burnaby_BC"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "May_67 / Centennial_planting / 100_[?] / Mr._D._Haywood / Mrs_Lawson"

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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Central Park Agricultural Hall Fair

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914 (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 Central Park Agricultural Hall 1914 fall fair. Includes flowers awarded prizes from the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmers' Institute, and school children's woven mats on the back wall. The Hall's location was 3883 Imperial Street.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1914 (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.: 204-734

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of Central Park Agricultural Hall 1914 fall fair. Includes flowers awarded prizes from the Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmers' Institute, and school children's woven mats on the back wall. The Hall's location was 3883 Imperial Street.

Subjects: Exhibitions - Agricultural; Plants - Flowers

Names: Central Park Agricultural Association and Farmers' Institute

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 Agricultural Hall Fair, 1914 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Charles R. Gillmore

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919 (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 the Charles R. Gillmore family home at Fernhurst Game Farm near Imperial Street and Dow Avenue. This later became the site of Maywood Elementary School at 4567 Imperial Street. Note the water pump.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1919 (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.: 204-255

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Charles R. Gillmore family home at Fernhurst Game Farm near Imperial Street and Dow Avenue. This later became the site of Maywood Elementary School at 4567 Imperial Street. Note the water pump.

Subjects: Plants - Flowers

Names: Fernhurst Game Farm; Gillmore, Charles R.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Street Address: 4567 Imperial Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Charlie Perkins

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1968

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photomontage ; 20 x 15 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of World War I veteran Charlie Perkins watching as a "woodsman's saw" cuts down the tree that originally had been spared when the Port Mann freeway was built around it. (Charlie Perkins had planted ivy around the tree in 1920 as a memorial to his fallen comrades in the Royal Canadian Air…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1968

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photomontage ; 20 x 15 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of World War I veteran Charlie Perkins watching as a "woodsman's saw" cuts down the tree that originally had been spared when the Port Mann freeway was built around it. (Charlie Perkins had planted ivy around the tree in 1920 as a memorial to his fallen comrades in the Royal Canadian Air Force). A photograph of Charlie Perkins was collaged onto photograph of tree being felled, and then re-photographed to create this seamless montaged photograph.

Subjects: Plants - Trees; Monuments - War Memorials; Persons - Veterans

Names: Perkins, Charlie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Cherry tree at Barnet

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-] (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 a cherry tree in blossom in the yard of the Irwin family at the Barnet Lumber Mill.A wooden picket fence borders the yard.

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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 a cherry tree in blossom in the yard of the Irwin family at the Barnet Lumber Mill.A wooden picket fence borders the yard.

Subjects: Plants - Trees

Names: Barnet Mill; Barnet Lumber Company

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.81

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-] (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

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Cherry tree at Barnet, [193-] (date of original), copied 2004 thumbnail

Children on Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of unidentified children posing with an old growth tree.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of unidentified children posing with an old growth tree.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Handwritten note on slide reads: "Old G. Tree"; stamp on slide reads: "4 JUL."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Child with a berry on Burnaby Mountain

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child reaching for a berry.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1995]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Mountain Preservation Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 629-081

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2006-13

Scope and Content: Photograph of a child reaching for a berry.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Child with a berry on Burnaby Mountain, [1995] thumbnail

Chris Papagiannis in garden at C. P. Auto Repairs

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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) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chris Papagiannis tending to the garden in front of his auto repair garage on Dawson Street. A sign advertising C.P. Auto Repairs at 4481 Dawson Street is visible behind Papagiannis.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2624

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Chris Papagiannis tending to the garden in front of his auto repair garage on Dawson Street. A sign advertising C.P. Auto Repairs at 4481 Dawson Street is visible behind Papagiannis.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Service Stations; Plants - Flowers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Chris Papagiannis can stop and smell the roses whenever he wants, in the garden he's tended for five years in front of his auto repair garage on Dawson St."

Geographic Access: Dawson Street

Street Address: 4481 Dawson Street

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

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Chris Papagiannis in garden at C. P. Auto Repairs, [2000] thumbnail

Civic Protocols

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 30, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a marquee at Burnaby North Secondary School that reads "Wash Your Hands Stay 2M Apart".

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: April 30, 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Photographic Society fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 623-022

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2020-10

Scope and Content: Photograph of a marquee at Burnaby North Secondary School that reads "Wash Your Hands Stay 2M Apart".

Subjects: Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Buildings - Schools; Plants - Trees

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Gloria

Notes: Transcribed title

Geographic Access: Hammarskjold Drive

Street Address: 751 Hammarskjold Drive

Planning Study Area: Parkcrest-Aubrey Area

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Claude Hill beside a large felled tree

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Louis Claude Hill standing by a ladder placed in a ditch. The ladder is leaning against a giant tree upturned by the roots. The ditch appears to be created from uprooting the tree. There is a pile of firewood visible to the right, and a barn to the left in the distance.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1900

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-836

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Louis Claude Hill standing by a ladder placed in a ditch. The ladder is leaning against a giant tree upturned by the roots. The ditch appears to be created from uprooting the tree. There is a pile of firewood visible to the right, and a barn to the left in the distance.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Claude Hill beside a large felled tree, 1900 thumbnail

Cleared land

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

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 the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.

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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 the cleared land which appears to be the Sprott family property. There are stumps and felled trees on the lot. Across a small dirt road and behind a wooden fence, the Haszard house is visible to the extreme right of the photograph.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Accession Code: HV978.1.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [190-](date of original), copied 1978

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-01

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Cleared land, [190-](date of original), copied 1978 thumbnail

Clearing underbrush from the ravine

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1975, published July 7, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of residents clearing underbrush from a ravine at Simon Fraser Village where women and children had been attacked in order to help prevent future crimes in that area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1975, published July 7, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 19 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-222

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of residents clearing underbrush from a ravine at Simon Fraser Village where women and children had been attacked in order to help prevent future crimes in that area.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Rivers; Plants

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Residents at Simon Fraser Village clear underbrush from ravine where women and children have been attacked."

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lyndhurst Area

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Clearing underbrush from the ravine, 1975, published July 7, 1975 thumbnail

Clothes hangers in Metrotown hedges

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified person holding up clothes hangers with price tags and squatting in front of a hedge in the Metrotown area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1999]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-3388

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified person holding up clothes hangers with price tags and squatting in front of a hedge in the Metrotown area.