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Letter from Brigadeer Colin Fox to May Bateman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Jan. 1943

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded) + 1 envelope

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter written by Lt. Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin thanks hi…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded) + 1 envelope

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter written by Lt. Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin thanks his aunt for parcels that he's received and reflects on his Christmas and New Years celebration.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Names: Bateman, Marianne May; Fox, Colin Rhodes

Accession Code: BV020.27.13

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 6 Jan. 1943

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Feb-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Address on front of envelope reads: "Miss M. Bateman / 3896 W. 25th Ave. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"; Return address on verso of envelope reads: "K 19022 L/Sgt. C.R. Fox / 44th Fld. Bty. / 13th Fld. Reg't. R.C.A. A.F. / Canadian Army Overseas"; Stamp on verso of envelope reads: "13 FD. REGT. R.C.A. / OUT GOING MAIL"; Circular post mark stamp on front of envelope reads: "FIELDPOST_OFFICE_483_JAN. 15 /43"

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Letter from Brigadeer Colin Fox to May Bateman

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 19 Jan. 1943

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter written by Lt. Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin talks abo…

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: E.W. Bateman family fonds

Series: Bateman family World War II letters series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p. (double sided and folded)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a letter written by Lt. Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery. In his letter, Colin talks about German planes bombing London; how he got innoculated; parcels that he's received from relatives and how he plans to visit friends in Scotland and London when he gets leave.

Subjects: Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes

Names: Bateman, Marianne May; Fox, Colin Rhodes

Accession Code: BV020.27.14

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 19 Jan. 1943

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 10-Feb-2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: [1932]-1936

Length: 0:11:12

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).

Date Range: [1932]-1936

Photo Info: Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005

Length: 0:11:12

Names: Darling, Gordon; Phillips, Turnie

Subjects: Organizations

Interviewer: Bradbury, Dr. Bettina

Interview Date: July / August 1975

Scope and Content: Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".

Biographical Notes: W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.

Total Tracks: 9

Total Length: 1:17:56

Interviewee Name: O'Brien, Harry

Interviewer Bio: Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Transcript Available: None

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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Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track eight of interview with W.H.

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Alice Sparman with group of children

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Group photograph of seventeen children pictured outside. Alice Sparman in front row, far right, wearing dark jacket. In background: trees, hillside with scrub, and log cabin with woodpile. Shadow of photographer on lower right.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Series: Sanders-Sparman photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Material Details: Text in blue ink on top front "34".

Scope and Content: Group photograph of seventeen children pictured outside. Alice Sparman in front row, far right, wearing dark jacket. In background: trees, hillside with scrub, and log cabin with woodpile. Shadow of photographer on lower right.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Sanders, Alice Viola Sparman

Accession Code: BV018.34.28

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Alice Sparman with group of children, [193-] thumbnail

Sparman family

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 7.6 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sparman family pictured outside with trees in background. Front row left to right: Alice Sparman, Nester Sparman holding May Sparman on lap, Lester Sparman, Marie Sparman. Back row left to right: Elizabeth Marie Sparman and Lillian "Lil" Sparman.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds

Series: Sanders-Sparman photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w print ; 7.6 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Sparman family pictured outside with trees in background. Front row left to right: Alice Sparman, Nester Sparman holding May Sparman on lap, Lester Sparman, Marie Sparman. Back row left to right: Elizabeth Marie Sparman and Lillian "Lil" Sparman.

Names: Sanders, Alice Viola Sparman; Sparman, Lester; Sparman, Elizabeth Marie; Sparman, Lillian; Sparman, Mary; Sparman, Nester

Accession Code: BV018.34.29

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2022-07-12

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Property cash book

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 3847

Accession Number: 2001-02

Media Type: Textual Record

Works record

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 3864

Accession Number: 2001-02

Media Type: Textual Record

#2 Hall Daily record book for Burnaby # 2 Fire Hall - Sept. 30th-Dec. 31st

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: Fire Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: Item is a black volume with red along top and bottom titled "#2 Hall" on the front cover and "Sept. 30th 1949 - Dec 31st..." on the spine in which information about the #2 Burnaby Fire Hall, such as who was on duty, calls/runs made, and notes about equipment was recorded.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1950

Collection/Fonds: Fire Department fonds

Series: Fire General and Administration series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 4152

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: Item is a black volume with red along top and bottom titled "#2 Hall" on the front cover and "Sept. 30th 1949 - Dec 31st..." on the spine in which information about the #2 Burnaby Fire Hall, such as who was on duty, calls/runs made, and notes about equipment was recorded.

Media Type: Textual Record

Burnaby Financial Statement - Corporation of the District of Burnaby Financial Reports 1949

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 8815

Accession Number: 2001-02

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Two published reports.

Cheque record booklet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1956

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Item is a cheque record booklet itemizing cheques written to the North East Burnaby Farmer's Institute.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1956

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: C.B. Pritchard subseries

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS015-002

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is a cheque record booklet itemizing cheques written to the North East Burnaby Farmer's Institute.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of booklet

Burnaby Clef Society scrapbook

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1952

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (soft-cover)

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, and paper records (including correspondence) pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1952

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Clef Society subseries

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (soft-cover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS020-012

Accession Number: BHS1985-12

Scope and Content: Item is a scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, and paper records (including correspondence) pertaining to the Burnaby Clef Society.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

North Burnaby Kiwanis Club scrapbook

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (161 photographs)

Scope and Content: Item is a North Burnaby Kiwanis Club scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, typed notes, and 161 photographs.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949-1976

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 scrapbook (161 photographs)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS092-095

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is a North Burnaby Kiwanis Club scrapbook filled with newspaper clippings, typed notes, and 161 photographs.

Names: North Burnaby Kiwanis Club

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club ledger book

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62898

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Scope and Content: Item is a Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club ledger book listing members, locker allocations and wins for the season (the club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS102-010

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Accession Number: BHS2002-02

Scope and Content: Item is a Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club ledger book listing members, locker allocations and wins for the season (the club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

New Vista Society Bungalow Court

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64656

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society's Bungalow Court (looks to be project no. 1 at 900 to 952 Vista Crescent, later renumbered 7590 to 7510 Vista Crescent).

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1949

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-005

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of New Vista Society's Bungalow Court (looks to be project no. 1 at 900 to 952 Vista Crescent, later renumbered 7590 to 7510 Vista Crescent).

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "NEW VISTA SOCIETY BUNGALOW COURT, BURNABY, B.C. 1949"; Handwritten on boarder of photograph: "1"

Geographic Access: Vista Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

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New Vista Society Bungalow Court, 1949 thumbnail

New Vista Society Housing Projects

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an unpaved road lined with New Vista Society Housing Projects.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-013

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of an unpaved road lined with New Vista Society Housing Projects.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Handwritten in border of photograph: "1-2-3"

Images

New Vista Society Housing Projects, [between 1949 and 1957] thumbnail

The New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottages

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64689

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished bedroom of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-015

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished bedroom of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing; Furniture

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Societie's [sic] Senior Citizens Cottages Burnaby B.C."

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The New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottages

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished living room of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the furnished living room of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing; Furniture

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Societie's [sic] Senior Citizens Cottages Burnaby B.C."

Images

The New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottages

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64691

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the kitchen of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1949 and 1957]

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8 x 13 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-017

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of the kitchen of a New Vista Society's Senior Citizens Cottage in Burnaby.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Seniors Housing

Names: New Vista Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of item; Photographer's note on recto of photograph reads: "The New Vista Societie's [sic] Senior Citizens Cottages Burnaby B.C."