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Louis Claude Hill's Strawberry Farm, Burnaby BC

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1902
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.7 cm mounted on grey card 15.0 x 20.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of immigrant workers in the field picking strawberries on the farm belonging to Claude Hill. On the left, the Hill family home, Brookfield, can be seen. Claude Hill's daughter, Kitty Hill, is sitting on the steps of the house. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Muse…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 12.8 x 17.7 cm mounted on grey card 15.0 x 20.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of immigrant workers in the field picking strawberries on the farm belonging to Claude Hill. On the left, the Hill family home, Brookfield, can be seen. Claude Hill's daughter, Kitty Hill, is sitting on the steps of the house. The property is the current site of the Burnaby Village Museum.
Subjects
Agriculture - Farms
Occupations - Agricultural Labourers
Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Accession Code
HV973.40.5
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1902
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-05-09
Scale
100
Photographer
Cooksley, William Thomas
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Inscribed on the negative and (therefore) printed on recto of photograph reads: "L.C. Hill's Strawberry Farm, Burnaby, B.C." and "W.T. Cooksley, New Westminster, B.C."
Note written in red pencil on the card reads: "1902 - Grandview H.WAY"
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The Ancient and Honorable Anvil Brigade

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 24, 1906 (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 18 cm mounted on board 22 x 27 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of "the Ancient + Honourable Anvil Brigade" standing outside a General Blacksmith and Machinist shop.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 24, 1906 (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bailey family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 18 cm mounted on board 22 x 27 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
508-012
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-55
Scope and Content
Photograph of "the Ancient + Honourable Anvil Brigade" standing outside a General Blacksmith and Machinist shop.
Subjects
Persons - Crowds
Occupations - Labourers
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cooksley, William Thomas
Notes
Photographer's mark on lower right corner of image reads: "W.T. Cooksley, Photo., / New Westminster, B.C."
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The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from her majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, vol. 1 - 1837-1843

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Publication Date
1908
Call Number
941.08 VIC
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV972.136.1
Call Number
941.08 VIC
Author
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Contributor
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1852-1930
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
John Murray
Publication Date
1908
Physical Description
xii, 512 p. ; 20 cm.
Inscription
"W37a" [written in blue ink on first page, crossed out] "Mrs. J. A. Elliot" [written and underlined on first page]
Library Subject (LOC)
Europe--Politics and government--1848-1871
Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901
Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901
Letters
Subjects
Persons - Royalty
Souvenirs
Souvenirs - Royalty
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Books
Notes
"Edited by Arthur Christopher Benson, M.A. and Viscount Esher, G.C.V.O., K.C.B."--title page
"Published by the authority of His Majesty the King"--title page
Contributor's full names and dates: Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1852-1930 Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
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S.S. Beaver

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1, 1905
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 17.8 x 12.7 cm mounted on mat paper 27.5 x 23.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large group of men and women standing on the decks of the S.S. Beaver vessel on July 1st. The S.S. Beaver was a sternwheeler ferry operating on the lower Fraser River.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
July 1, 1905
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Bailey family subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 17.8 x 12.7 cm mounted on mat paper 27.5 x 23.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
508-009
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-55
Scope and Content
Photograph of a large group of men and women standing on the decks of the S.S. Beaver vessel on July 1st. The S.S. Beaver was a sternwheeler ferry operating on the lower Fraser River.
Subjects
Transportation - Ferries
Persons - Crowds
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Cooksley, William Thomas
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer's mark on lower right corner of image reads: "W.T. Cooksley, New Westminster, B.C."
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