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Sussex Villa with sign

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2022

Collection/Fonds: Disappearing Burnaby collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of part of the exterior and front lawn of Sussex Villa, an apartment complex located at 6620-6630 Sussex Avenue, at night. The building was constructed in 1965 and is set to be developed into a high-rise tower by Keltic Canada Development. A sign standing on the lawn reads: "Land Loan" a…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 2022

Collection/Fonds: Disappearing Burnaby collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 634-007

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2022-14

Scope and Content: Photograph of part of the exterior and front lawn of Sussex Villa, an apartment complex located at 6620-6630 Sussex Avenue, at night. The building was constructed in 1965 and is set to be developed into a high-rise tower by Keltic Canada Development. A sign standing on the lawn reads: "Land Loan" and "Domain Funding" with contact information, and a residential tower is visible in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Apartments; Buildings - Residential; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Cheung, Nakita

Notes: Title taken from the associated blog post; Associated blog post: https://disappearingburnaby.wordpress.com/2022/01/29/sussex-villa-2/

Geographic Access: Sussex Avenue

Street Address: 6620 Sussex Avenue; 6630 Sussex Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Old Orchard Shopping Centre

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 9, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Old Orchard Shopping Centre, located at Kingsway and Willingdon. The photograph is taken from across the road, facing northwest, and focuses on the shopping centre sign. The other stores' signs, including Shoppers Drug Mart and Autoplan, and a high-rise apartment building are visi…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: October 9, 1977

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-560

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2017-57

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Old Orchard Shopping Centre, located at Kingsway and Willingdon. The photograph is taken from across the road, facing northwest, and focuses on the shopping centre sign. The other stores' signs, including Shoppers Drug Mart and Autoplan, and a high-rise apartment building are visible in the background.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Malls; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Buildings - Residential - Apartments

Names: Old Orchard Shopping Centre

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Chapman, Fred

Notes: Title taken from project information form; Accompanied by a project information form and 1 photograph (b&w negative ; 9.5 x 12.5 cm); BPL no. 4

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4469 Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Apartment at Albert and Ingleton

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 12, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a sign on an apartment building on Albert Street near Ingleton Avenue.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 12, 1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 556-102

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2013-13

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a sign on an apartment building on Albert Street near Ingleton Avenue.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Apartments; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.; 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying; Photographers identified by surnames only: Carr and Vardeman

Geographic Access: Albert Street; Ingleton Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Condominiums

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of two condominium buildings. One building has a sign that reads: "Final Sell Out," and towers are visible behind the complex in the other photograph.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2000]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2869

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains photographs of two condominium buildings. One building has a sign that reads: "Final Sell Out," and towers are visible behind the complex in the other photograph.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Condominiums; Buildings - Residential; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of file; Collected by editorial for use in an October 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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5486 Dominion Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Small family's house at 5486 Dominion Street with a "For Sale" sign on the lawn. The house was put up for sale by Lauretta Small after she inherited the Roberts' house at 5538 Dominion Street in 1969. Lauretta, by then a widow, relocated back into the Roberts' house which was th…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1971

Collection/Fonds: Small family fonds

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

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 620-052

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No reproduction permitted

Accession Number: 2017-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Small family's house at 5486 Dominion Street with a "For Sale" sign on the lawn. The house was put up for sale by Lauretta Small after she inherited the Roberts' house at 5538 Dominion Street in 1969. Lauretta, by then a widow, relocated back into the Roberts' house which was the house she grew up in as a child.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Transcribed title; Title transcribed from donor's notes; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "P.14"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "5486 Dominion St / Burnaby, B.C. / Fall '71"; 5486 Dominion Street later subdivided into two lots: 5480 and 5488 Dominion Street

Street Address: 5486 Dominion Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

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Lillian Mann's property

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lillian Mann's property, with signs which read such things as; "Forced Sale", "Expropriation Sale!" and Demolition Sale!" posted up along the front yard, and nailed to the large Cedar tree.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.5 x 23.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1130

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of Lillian Mann's property, with signs which read such things as; "Forced Sale", "Expropriation Sale!" and Demolition Sale!" posted up along the front yard, and nailed to the large Cedar tree.

Subjects: Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Buildings - Residential - Houses

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: King, Basil

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "READY TO MOVE ... Lillian Mann, the Burnaby homeowner who waged a lengthy but unsuccessful battle against expropriation of her Cameron Street home, is ready to move. But she hasn't lost her spark, as the terse messages on her front lawn indicate. The property is to become a parking lot for the Cameron Public Library."

Geographic Access: Cameron Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lyndhurst Area

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Prospective buyers at Strathmore development

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of prospective buyers outside the sales centre for the Strathmore, a new townhouse and apartment development on Cameron Street across from Lougheed Town Centre. A crowd is gathering on the lawn and on chairs, and a sign advertising the development is in the foreground.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2004]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2369

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of prospective buyers outside the sales centre for the Strathmore, a new townhouse and apartment development on Cameron Street across from Lougheed Town Centre. A crowd is gathering on the lawn and on chairs, and a sign advertising the development is in the foreground.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an April 2004 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Prospective home buyers wait for their turn to enter the sales centre at the Strathmore, a new townhouse and apartment development to be built on Cameron St., across from Lougheed Town Centre. Anxious buyers in the red hot real estate market started lining up on Wednesday to get first crack at the new units."

Geographic Access: Cameron Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cameron Area

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sign

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.216.79

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.216.79

Description: Money Orders - Sign. Advertising sign for a safe way to send money by mail through Royal Bank of Canada Money Orders. Rectangular sign that has yellowed, with red and blue text. The sign shows the rates for purchasing a money order. The back side is black with a string for hanging.

Subjects: Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Exchange Medium

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decal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.216.77

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.216.77

Description: Royal Bank of Canada - Decal. A round double face window sign for The Royal Bank of Canada. The coat of arms is in the centre of the decal with a lion on one side and a unicorn on the other. "DIEU ET MON DROIT" on gold riband underneath the crest. There are directions of application on the back.

Subjects: Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

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decal

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.216.78

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.216.78

Description: Royal Bank of Canada - Decal. A round double face window sign for The Royal Bank of Canada. The coat of arms is in the centre of the decal with a lion on one side and a unicorn on the other. "DIEU ET MON DROIT" on gold riband underneath the crest. There are directions of application on the back.

Subjects: Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

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fan

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV995.31.166

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV995.31.166

Description: Podmore's Ice Cream - Advertisement -- [1912]. Advertising fan for Podmore's Ice Cream in Edmonton. One side of the fan states "Podmore's Ice Cream/ Slips On The Plate/ All Flavors and Bricks/ Edmonton". On the other side is an illustration of a woman in a green winter coat and hat holding a branch of holly in one hand and a snow ball in the other. The illustration is titled "212 - Aiming High" and was produced by The American Art Works in Coshocton, Ohio in 1912. The bottom of the fan has a spot where a handle would be attached. The fan measures 22cm x 23cm.

Object History: Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.

Colour: Beige

Subjects: Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Personal Gear

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Notice

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.157

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.157

Description: A light weight 31.8 cm x 24 cm cardboard sign printed with "NOTICE" at the top. The BCER sign indicates the last day of service on February 28, 1958 between Marpole and Steveston using BCER interurbans which will be replaced with bus service. The sign is dated February 21, 1958.

Maker: British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Publication Date: 1958

Subjects: Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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plaque

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV994.38.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV994.38.1

Description: Plaque. Badge shaped, made of ply-wooden, the background is painted yellow/tan and the lettering is black.

Object History: The plaque commemorates the history of the British Columbia Electric Railway in Burnaby, and the preservation of tram #1223 by the Burnaby Historical Society in 1958. Interurban tram No. 1223 has been restored by the joint efforts of the Friends of 1223 and Burnaby Village Museum. In March 2007 the tram was officially returned to Burnaby Village Museum and is currently on display, in a replica of a Tram Car Barn, at the Museum.; Fraser Wilson hand lettered the sign.

Marks/Labels: "This Interurban Tram Car was built in 1913 by the St. Louis Car Co. for the British Columbia Electric Railway Co. and operated over that company's three lines in Burnaby until abandonment, November 1956. Throughout the nearly fifty years of its existence this tram and seventy similar cars carried many thousands of settlers and commuters and helped to build Burnaby into a thriving community of over 80,000"; "Dedicated and placed here by Burnaby Historical Society. Nov. 30th 1958", hand lettered.

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

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plaque

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5868.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5868.1

Description: Notice - Plaque. Wood backed plaque with cardboard notice from the British Columbia Electric Railway Company advising passengers to stand in a position that does not interfere with the Operator's vision while the vehicle was in motion. The notice also requests that the passengers refrain from unnecessary conversation with the Operator while the vehicle is in motion. The notice is attached to the wood with four tacks. The wood backing is 23.5cm x 18.5cm and the cardboard is 20cm x 15cm.

Subjects: Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Transportation; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Transportation - Public Transit

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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Sign

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.95

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.95

Description: Rectangular metallic, magnetic silver painted with "DONT PLAY WATER ON LIVE WIRES" painted in red. A blue sticker with "KS-K5" glued on the bottom. Four mounting holes in the corners. Length: 19.3 cm Width: 12.7 cm Thickness: 1 mm

Object History: key system S.F. California.

Marks/Labels: "DONT PLAY WATER" "ON" "LIVE WIRES"; Blue sticker "KS-KS";

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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Sign

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.96

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.96

Description: A rectangular wooden sign painted cream with green lettering "TO OPEN STAND ON TREADLE". Length: 25.5 cm Width: 14 cm Thickness: 6 mm