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Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Like father, like son; Steve Anderson and his son, Brody, 14, hone their archery skills at the Burnaby Lake Fields archery range. They took up the sport late last year."

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Sports Complex; Kensington Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Ardingley-Sprott Area

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Archery at Burnaby Lake Fields, [2000] thumbnail

Archie Brown-John cutting wood

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi

Scope and Content: Photograph of Archie Brown-John and an unidentified man working with a crosscut saw to cut firewood. Archie is on the left, wearing a fedora.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History project series

Physical Description: 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300ppi

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 549-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-30

Scope and Content: Photograph of Archie Brown-John and an unidentified man working with a crosscut saw to cut firewood. Archie is on the left, wearing a fedora.

Subjects: Woodworking Tools and Equipment

Names: Brown-John, Archie

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Archie Brown-John cutting wood, [193-] (date of original), digitally copied 2012 thumbnail

Armstrong Elementary school supplies drive

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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 Armstrong Elementary School students Eugenia Wu and Candice Bachra in a classroom sorting through school supplies that were collected by students.

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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.: 535-3096

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Armstrong Elementary School students Eugenia Wu and Candice Bachra in a classroom sorting through school supplies that were collected by students.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Buildings - Schools; Education

Names: Armstrong Avenue School

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a February 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Eugenia Wu, 9, and Candice Bachra, 10, sort through some of the school supplies collected by students at Armstrong Elementary, to be sent to refugee children in Bosnia."

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 Elementary school supplies drive, [2000] thumbnail

Art camp

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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 child painting a structure at an art camp.

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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.: 535-3318

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified child painting a structure at an art camp.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Crafts; Arts

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on original file name; Collected by editorial for use in a September 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader

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Arthur Francis Peers

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers standing near railway tracks at an unknown location. Snow can be seen covering the ground and Arthur is pictured wearing winter jacket, boots, hat and mittens. In his right hand he is holding a box camera and he is smoking a pipe. Throughout the late 1920s, Arthu…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 11.8 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-171

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Arthur Francis Peers standing near railway tracks at an unknown location. Snow can be seen covering the ground and Arthur is pictured wearing winter jacket, boots, hat and mittens. In his right hand he is holding a box camera and he is smoking a pipe. Throughout the late 1920s, Arthur Peers travelled throughout the Fraser Valley, British Columbia during the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway and documented a lot of the work through his photographs. A caption to this picture reads: "Breaking camp."

Subjects: Photographic Tools and Equipment - Cameras; Occupations - Photographers

Names: Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Arthur W. Mawbey

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1959 and 1964]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of World War I veteran Arthur W. Mawbey sitting in front of the Union Jack in uniform during a Remembrance Day observance ceremony. He is smoking a pipe, with one hand resting on his cane, and the other hand holding a white wooden cross with maple leaf resting on it.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1959 and 1964]

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 13.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1147

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 Arthur W. Mawbey sitting in front of the Union Jack in uniform during a Remembrance Day observance ceremony. He is smoking a pipe, with one hand resting on his cane, and the other hand holding a white wooden cross with maple leaf resting on it.

Subjects: Persons - Veterans; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Symbols - Flags; Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Mawbey, Arthur W.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Arthur W. Mawbey, [between 1959 and 1964] thumbnail

Artist Bud Sakamoto

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of artist Bud Sakamoto posing next to his painting of a seascape of commercial fishing on the Fraser River, as promotion for the exhibition "Natural Reflections" with Pat Maertz at the Burnaby Arts Council Gallery.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2003]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2049

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of artist Bud Sakamoto posing next to his painting of a seascape of commercial fishing on the Fraser River, as promotion for the exhibition "Natural Reflections" with Pat Maertz at the Burnaby Arts Council Gallery.

Subjects: Exhibitions; Occupations - Artists; Arts - Paintings; Persons - Japanese Canadians

Names: Burnaby Arts Council

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a March 2003 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Bud Sakamoto's stormy seascapes of commercial fishing on the Fraser River are part of Natural Reflections, a joint show with Pat Maertz, at the Burnaby Arts Council Gallery in Deer Lake Park. Sakamoto's paintings capture the vivid memories of his own family's life on the river. The show runs until March 30."

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Street Address: 6344 Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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At the water's edge

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.1 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of four children standing together with a dog at the water's edge in White Rock. They look to be members of the Bailey family.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1923

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bailey family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.1 x 10 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 508-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1992-55

Scope and Content: Photograph of four children standing together with a dog at the water's edge in White Rock. They look to be members of the Bailey family.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Animals - Dogs; Geographic Features - Beaches

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "125"

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Auction held at Lillian Mann's property

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 18, 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 24 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd of people looking over the items in the upcoming public auction held on Lillian Mann's property.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 18, 1983

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 24 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1135

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of a crowd of people looking over the items in the upcoming public auction held on Lillian Mann's property.

Subjects: Furniture; Persons - Crowds

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Hodge, Craig

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto of photograph reads: "The crowd looks over Manns possessions."; Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Crowd surveys possessions Lillian Mann collected over 28 years in her expropriated Burnaby home."

Geographic Access: Cameron Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lyndhurst Area

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Auction held at Lillian Mann's property, March 18, 1983 thumbnail

Audience at RCMP band concert

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 21 May 1971

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of audience attending a concert of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) military band performing at Burnaby Central Secondary School. The concert was part of the Burnaby Centennial events held to celebrate British Columbia's centennial.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Donald Copan collection

Series: Copan album series

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of audience attending a concert of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (R.C.M.P.) military band performing at Burnaby Central Secondary School. The concert was part of the Burnaby Centennial events held to celebrate British Columbia's centennial.

Subjects: Performances - Concerts; Celebrations - Centennials; Persons - Crowds

Names: Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Burnaby Central Secondary School

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Street Address: 4939 Canada Way

Accession Code: BV005.54.218

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 21 May 1971

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: July 21, 2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Audience at RCMP band concert, 21 May 1971 thumbnail

Audrey Colin-Johnstone

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: File contains of Audrey Colin-Johnstone, an emergency services volunteer in Burnaby. Photographs depict Colin-Johnstone with the contents of an emergency kit in her home, and standing with her emergency preparedness materials on her balcony.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2002]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 2 photographs (tiff) : col.

Description Level: File

Record No.: 535-2343

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: File contains of Audrey Colin-Johnstone, an emergency services volunteer in Burnaby. Photographs depict Colin-Johnstone with the contents of an emergency kit in her home, and standing with her emergency preparedness materials on her balcony.

Subjects: Emergency Measures; Persons - Volunteers

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in a May 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata for 535-2343-1: "Audrey Colin-Johnstone checks the contents of her emergency kit, which includes a change of clothing, first aid and personal supplies, a flashlight, energy food and bottled water. She's an emergency services volunteer, and she'll need the kit if she's called upon to help out in an emergency."; Caption from metadata for 535-2343-2: "In case of a disaster, Audrey Colin Johnstone, an emergency services volunteer, would likely report to Alpha Secondary School, right behind her home. There, she could be assigned any number of duties, including registering evacuees, finding shelter for displaced victims, or caring for their pets."

Images

Audrey Colin-Johnstone, [2002] thumbnail

Automatic equipment being installed

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 111-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company."

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment

Names: British Columbia Telephone Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Williams Brothers Photographers Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp and annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St. Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588 / 06569-7"

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue; Parker Street

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Images

Automatic equipment being installed, 1959 thumbnail

Aventis Biotech Challenge at BCIT

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Scope and Content: Photograph of high school student Sophie Lee holding up a slug balanced on a test tube during the Aventis Biotech Challenge at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [2001]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : col.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 535-2264

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No restrictions

Accession Number: 2018-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of high school student Sophie Lee holding up a slug balanced on a test tube during the Aventis Biotech Challenge at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

Subjects: Persons - Students; Science and Technology Tools and Equipment

Names: British Columbia Institute of Technology

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bartel, Mario

Notes: Title based on caption; Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader; Caption from metadata: "Sophie Lee, a student at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver, keeps her eyes on a slug balanced on a test tube of slug slime. Sophie and her lab partner, Iris Liu, were studying the sticky properties of slug slime for the Aventis Biotech Challenge, at BCIT. The Challenge is held to generate interest in biotechnology amongst budding scientists from area high schools, who work on their projects under the guidance of expert biotechnologists."

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 3700 Willingdon Avenue

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Aventis Biotech Challenge at BCIT, [2001] thumbnail

Baby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [189-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.35 x 10.16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a baby wearing a lace trimmed dress. The baby is sitting on a sofa with cushions at her back. A person's hand is visible, holding up the baby. The inscription on the cardmount of the photograph identifies the baby as Berla or Bertha E. Beallie (sp?) at age 9 months. She was 23.5 lbs.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.35 x 10.16 cm

Material Details: printed on the card mount, recto, l.l. "HART'S,", l.r. "WATERTOWN, N. Y."; inscribed in pencil on the card mount, verso, t. "Berla [or Bertha] E. Beallie [sp?]/ 9months/ 23 1/2 lbs"; The photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. The edges of the card are coloured gold

Scope and Content: Photograph of a baby wearing a lace trimmed dress. The baby is sitting on a sofa with cushions at her back. A person's hand is visible, holding up the baby. The inscription on the cardmount of the photograph identifies the baby as Berla or Bertha E. Beallie (sp?) at age 9 months. She was 23.5 lbs.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Beallie, Bertha

Accession Code: HV983.42.124

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [189-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-21

Scale: 100

Photographer: Hart's Studio

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Baby Bob Love with Ruth and Fred Boruck and grandmother Kennedy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are lying on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occa…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are lying on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion of Bob's christening at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love at 5205 George Street in 1949.

Subjects: Persons - Children; Persons - Families

Names: Love, Robert Mathew "Bob"; Boruck, Catherine "Ruth" Love; Boruck, Frederick; Kennedy, Catherine Elisabeth Plummer

Accession Code: BV023.24.30

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-12-05

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation on verso of photograph reads: "(Love) (Boruck) / Ruth Fred, Bob / Grandma Kennedy"

Images

Baby Bob Love with Ruth and Fred Boruck and grandmother Kennedy

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1949]

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion o…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Robert Leonard Love fonds

Series: Robert and Margaret Love family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Catherine "Ruth" and Fred Boruck (Aunt and Uncle to Bob Love) and Catherine Kennedy with infant, Robert Mathew "Bob" Love. Ruth and Fred Boruck are on a blanket with baby Bob and grandmother Kennedy is seated in a chair beneath a tree. The group has gathered together on the occasion of Bob's christening at the home of John Leonard and Jenny Love at 5205 George Street in 1949.