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![The Albert Memorial, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-770.jpg?width=280)
The Albert Memorial
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39451
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Albert Memorial. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.7 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-770
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Albert Memorial. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Arts - Sculptures
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
![The Albert Memorial, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-770.jpg)
Alfred Bingham's writings - Track 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory251
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1865-1919
- Length
- 0:10:18
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording includes Alfred Bingham's essay entitled Stump Rangers, a listing of early settlers that includes addresses and short descriptions, essays on Confederation Park, land clearing and on Burnaby's first Council meeting.
- Date Range
- 1865-1919
- Photo Info
- Alfred Bingham, April 20, 1947. Item no. 010-066
- Length
- 0:10:18
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of Alfred Bingham's writings, as read by Alfred Bingham. Major themes discussed are: Pioneers, early days in Burnaby and the Co-op Movement. To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
- Biographical Notes
- Alfred "Alf" Bingham was born in England in 1892 and moved to Canada in 1912. His first job in Canada was laying track for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTPR) from Edmonton to McBride in 1912. His second was in Vancouver at the Rat Portage Mill on False Creek, working on the Resaw machine. He quit after one week due to poor working conditions. After taking part in the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike as a delegate of the Retail and Mailorder Union (A.F.L.) on the Winnipeg Trades and Labour Council, Alfred moved to Burnaby where he and fellow Burnaby residents Aungus McLean and Percy Little worked ten hour days to build a Shingle Mill on the edge of Burnaby Lake for Simpson & Giberson. George Green, carpenter and millwright (author of “The History of Burnaby”) also helped in the construction of the mill. Alfred built his own home from lumber cut from the mill in the Lochdale area on Sherlock Street between Curtis Street and Kitchener Street. On April 10, 1920 Alfred married Mary Jane “Ada” Reynolds. Alfred and Ada often took in foster children during their marriage. Due to her nursing experience, Ada was often called upon to deliver babies in the Burnaby area. Alfred and Ada Bingham were instrumental members of the Army of the Common Good, collecting vegetables and grains from growers in the area and even producing over 125 tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed children and youth suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The army was in operation for ten years and during that time the members organised the Credit Union movement of British Columbia and drew up the Credit Union act thorough the Vancouver Co-operative Council. They also started Co-Op stores and the Co-Op Wholesale Society. Alfred was also Secretary of the Burnaby Housing committee and in 1946 he became the Secretary of the North Burnaby Labour Progressive Party (LPP). Mary Jane “Ada” (Reynolds) Bingham died on August 9, 1969. Her husband Alfred died on April 29, 1979.
- Total Tracks
- 12
- Total Length
- 1:38:06
- Interviewee Name
- Bingham, Alfred "Alf"
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- Transcript Available
- MSS142-001 contains transcripts for each of the short stories
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track one of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings
Track one of recording of Alfred Bingham's writings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/100-13-20-2/100-13-20-2_Track_1.mp3![Along an unidentified river, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-807.jpg?width=280)
Along an unidentified river
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39488
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken along an unidentified river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-807
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken along an unidentified river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Rivers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Along an unidentified river, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-807.jpg)
![Along the French Coast, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-772.jpg?width=280)
Along the French Coast
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39453
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-772
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Along the French Coast, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-772.jpg)
Annie Elizabeth Frisby Peers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66139
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- Between 1882 and 1885
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Annie Elizabeth Frisby (later Peers), taken on the occasion of either her 18th or 21st birthday.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- Between 1882 and 1885
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 8 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-905
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Annie Elizabeth Frisby (later Peers), taken on the occasion of either her 18th or 21st birthday.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Note on verso in blue marker reads: "- Brooch / Frisby - 1890? / Mother -"
- Note on verso in blue pen reads: "18th B-day photo?"
- Printed text on verso reads: "From the studio of Scott & Wilkin"
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![Annie Sara Kenrick, [1884] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1031.jpg?width=280)
Annie Sara Kenrick
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66327
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1884]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Annie Sara Kenrick (later Hill), at about aged 20.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1884]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1031
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Annie Sara Kenrick (later Hill), at about aged 20.
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Annie Sara Kenrick, [1884] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1031.jpg)
![Annie Sara Kenrick, [1885] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1036.jpg?width=280)
Annie Sara Kenrick
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66422
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1885]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Annie Sara Kenrick (later, Annie Hill). She was the wife of Louis Claude Hill and the mother to Kitty Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1885]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Annie Sara Kenrick (later, Annie Hill). She was the wife of Louis Claude Hill and the mother to Kitty Hill.
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Annie Sara Kenrick, [1885] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1036.jpg)
![Antwerp, Belgium, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-811.jpg?width=280)
Antwerp, Belgium
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39492
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 17.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Antwerp, Belgium. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 17.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-811
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Antwerp, Belgium. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Antwerp, Belgium, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-811.jpg)
![Arc de Triomphe, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-790.jpg?width=280)
Arc de Triomphe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39471
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 14.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photorgaph of the Arc de Triomphe. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.3 x 14.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-790
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photorgaph of the Arc de Triomphe. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Structures - Arches
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Arc de Triomphe, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-790.jpg)
"Aunt" Cammell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38731
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of "Aunt" Cammell of the Cammell-Laird shipbuilding clan. Ms. Cammell was the aunt (on the mother's side) of Claude and Bernard Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that Ms. Cammell had a great deal of influence on Clau…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-050
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of "Aunt" Cammell of the Cammell-Laird shipbuilding clan. Ms. Cammell was the aunt (on the mother's side) of Claude and Bernard Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that Ms. Cammell had a great deal of influence on Claude and Bernard Hill's upbringing and schooling.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Beach with mountains in the background, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-825.jpg?width=280)
Beach with mountains in the background
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39506
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unknown beach with mountains in the background. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.3 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-825
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unknown beach with mountains in the background. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area. The photograph was likely taken in England or Wales.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Beach with mountains in the background, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-825.jpg)
![Bernard and Young Claude, [1888] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-927.jpg?width=280)
Bernard and Young Claude
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66178
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1888]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Bernard Hill and his son Claude.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1888]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-927
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Bernard Hill and his son Claude.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp and information on recto and verso
- Note on verso reads: "A. C. Hill & (B.) / Aug 1888"
Images
![Bernard and Young Claude, [1888] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-927.jpg)
![Bernard Hill, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1044.jpg?width=280)
Bernard Hill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66430
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Bernard Hill.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-1044
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a portrait of Bernard Hill.
- Names
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Bernard Hill, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-1044.jpg)
Book reading given by Pixie McGeachie January 10, 1973 - Track 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory238
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date Range
- 1803-1884
- Length
- 0:09:29
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Pixie McGeachie's continued reading of "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams and herself. This section of the reading describes the earlier the impact of the gold rush on British Columbia and the formation of Lytton, BC.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Summary
- This portion of the recording pertains to Pixie McGeachie's continued reading of "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams and herself. This section of the reading describes the earlier the impact of the gold rush on British Columbia and the formation of Lytton, BC.
- Date Range
- 1803-1884
- Photo Info
- Pixie McGeachie (left) and Florence Godwin, 1992. Item no. 330-003
- Length
- 0:09:29
- Interview Date
- January 10, 1973
- Scope and Content
- Recording is of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie on January 10, 1973 to the Burnaby Historical Society from the book "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams (then archivist in the Vancouver School of Theology, University of British Columbia) and Pixie McGeachie.
- Biographical Notes
- Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.
- Total Tracks
- 6
- Total Length
- 0:54:31
- Interviewee Name
- McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Oral history subseries
- 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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Audio Tracks
Track two of recording of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie
Track two of recording of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-017-2/MSS137-017-2_Track_2.mp3![Bridge in Germany, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-806.jpg?width=280)
Bridge in Germany
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39487
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.4 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified bridge in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.4 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-806
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified bridge in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Bridge in Germany, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-806.jpg)
![Bridge Street, Chester, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-818.jpg?width=280)
Bridge Street, Chester
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39499
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bridge Street in Chester. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-818
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bridge Street in Chester. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Bridge Street, Chester, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-818.jpg)
![Bryn Elwy House, St. Asaph, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-003.jpg?width=280)
Bryn Elwy House, St. Asaph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38684
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 9 cm on mat 10.2 x 6.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bryn Elwy House in St. Asaph, Wales. This was the home of Burnaby pioneer, L. Claude Hill's aunt, Sophia Leigh Thomas (nee Boydell) and her husband, Capt. L. Thomas.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 9 cm on mat 10.2 x 6.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Bryn Elwy House in St. Asaph, Wales. This was the home of Burnaby pioneer, L. Claude Hill's aunt, Sophia Leigh Thomas (nee Boydell) and her husband, Capt. L. Thomas.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Bryn Elwy House, St. Asaph, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-003.jpg)
![Canterbury Cathedral, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-781.jpg?width=280)
Canterbury Cathedral
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39462
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 20.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Canterbury Cathedral in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 20.4 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-781
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Canterbury Cathedral in England. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Names
- Canterbury Cathedral
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Canterbury Cathedral, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-781.jpg)
![Carnarvon Castle, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-820.jpg?width=280)
Carnarvon Castle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39501
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 19.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Carnarvon Castle with a line of sailboats in the foreground. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 19.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-820
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Carnarvon Castle with a line of sailboats in the foreground. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Carnarvon Castle, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-820.jpg)
![Castle, Germany, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-802.jpg?width=280)
Castle, Germany
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39483
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Castle high up on a hill in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.3 x 15.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-802
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Castle high up on a hill in Germany. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Palaces
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Castle, Germany, [1880] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-802.jpg)