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Scope and Content: Photograph of Ada and Harry Beeman on horseback at Willingdon Avenue near the future Trans Canada Highway. The photograph was taken facing south.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1944 (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 14.9 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-248

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Ada and Harry Beeman on horseback at Willingdon Avenue near the future Trans Canada Highway. The photograph was taken facing south.

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Ada Bingham by a tree stump

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 6.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Ada Bingham standing in front of a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights which was to be cleared for a veterans' housing project in 1948. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum, and supported by the inscription on the photograph, Ada Bingham came to…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 6.8 cm

Material Details: Inscribed in black ballpoint pen, on the back of the photo: "Ada and Big Stump / Clearing time on Willingdon Heights / 1948. / Burnaby 2. B. C" and in blue ballpoint pen: "Mrs. Mary Ada Bingham / 1 Real Pioneer Wife; she helped me clear the land. Build our home, dig out well and worked for the community for nearly 50 years. She died August 9, 1969 / Alf Bingham."

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Ada Bingham standing in front of a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights which was to be cleared for a veterans' housing project in 1948. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum, and supported by the inscription on the photograph, Ada Bingham came to Burnaby to homestead with her husband, Alfred "Alf" Bingham, in 1919. They settled in the Lochdale district of North Burnaby but later moved to Parker Street.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Bingham, Mary Ada "Ada"

Accession Code: HV976.46.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-20

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Adell and Earl Philips

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell and Earl Philps seated together on some rocks in a garden outside of a house.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 8.5 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell and Earl Philps seated together on some rocks in a garden outside of a house.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood; Philips, Earl Gene

Accession Code: BV022.11.12

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Adell & Earl / ?yr"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "930"

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Adell and Earl Philips, [194-] thumbnail

Adell and Earl Philips with Nora and John Pierce

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm (sight) in matt 25.5 x 18 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Earl and Adell Philips with Nora (nee Greenwood) and John Pierce. Nora is Adell's sister and John was Earl's his best friend.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm (sight) in matt 25.5 x 18 cm

Material Details: Matted photograph mounted in a bifold portfolio; border of matt includes art deco linear desgin in black and silver

Scope and Content: Photograph portrait of Earl and Adell Philips with Nora (nee Greenwood) and John Pierce. Nora is Adell's sister and John was Earl's his best friend.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood; Philips, Earl Gene

Accession Code: BV022.11.16

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Stride, Charles Edgar

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Embossed insignia on recto of matt below photograph reads: "The Stride Studios / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."

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Adell and Earl Philips with Nora and John Pierce, [194-] thumbnail

Adell, Madeline and Jean in Victoria

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [194-]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) with Madeline and Jean walking on a street in Victoria.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 14 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) with Madeline and Jean walking on a street in Victoria.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood

Accession Code: BV022.11.22

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [194-]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: “Odell / Madeline / Jean? / at Victoria”; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: “A12413”

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Adell, Madeline and Jean in Victoria, [194-] thumbnail

Adell Philips

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1943

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) seated with her arms resting on table or desk. A ray of light is streaming through a window onto Adell.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) seated with her arms resting on table or desk. A ray of light is streaming through a window onto Adell.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood

Accession Code: BV022.11.20

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1943

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: “Odell / 1943”; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: “203”

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Adell Philips and co-worker in front of truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1942

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips and a co-worker standing in front of a truck with signage on door for Mission Hardware Co.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph :b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips and a co-worker standing in front of a truck with signage on door for Mission Hardware Co.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood

Accession Code: BV022.11.11

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1942

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Mission 1942 / Adell & Coworker"; Stamp in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "4"

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Adell Philips and co-worker in front of truck, 1942 thumbnail

Adell Philips in front of house

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939 or 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Greenwood) seated on the lawn in front of her family home on 18th Street in New Westminster.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Greenwood) seated on the lawn in front of her family home on 18th Street in New Westminster.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood

Accession Code: BV022.11.17

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1939 or 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: “Adell / Approx 1939-1940”

Images

Adell Philips in front of house, [1939 or 1940] thumbnail

Adell Philips in garden

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939 or 1940]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) standing in the garden of her family home on 18th Street in New Westminster. Adell is standing amongst flower beds and there are houses and a picket fence visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) standing in the garden of her family home on 18th Street in New Westminster. Adell is standing amongst flower beds and there are houses and a picket fence visible in the background.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood

Accession Code: BV022.11.18

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1939 or 1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: “Odell”; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: “998”

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Adell Philips in garden, [1939 or 1940] thumbnail

Adell Philips in hip waders

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1940]

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips standing outside in a forested area. Adell is wearing hip wader boots and holding a bottle.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips standing outside in a forested area. Adell is wearing hip wader boots and holding a bottle.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood

Accession Code: BV022.11.14

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1940]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil and ink on verso of photograph reads: "Adell / Mom / approx 1940? / 287"

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Adell Philips in hip waders, [1940] thumbnail

Adell Philips on porch

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1943

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) seated on a bench on the porch of her home on Queens Avenue.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Earl and Adell Philips family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Adell Philips (nee Lillian Odell Greenwood) seated on a bench on the porch of her home on Queens Avenue.

Names: Philips, Adell Greenwood

Accession Code: BV022.11.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1943

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: “Odell at / Queeens Ave / 1943”; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: “62”

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Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby plant

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: August 1946

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant taken 1000 feet above ground from a Fleet Canuck (a Canadian designed and built light aircraft).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby Plant taken 1000 feet above ground from a Fleet Canuck (a Canadian designed and built light aircraft).

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Buildings - Industrial

Names: Dominion Bridge Company

Geographic Access: Henning Drive

Street Address: 3880 Henning Drive

Accession Code: BV003.46.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: August 1946

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black felt pen on recto of photograph reads: "FROM 1000' / AUG. 1946"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "D.B. Co. - Burnaby Plant./ Taken from 1000' - in fleet Canuck/ with Brub - Aug. 1946."

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Aerial photograph of Dominion Bridge Company's Burnaby plant, August 1946 thumbnail

Aerial photograph of the Burnaby Village area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Sperling Avenue/Douglas Road Burnaby Village area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1946] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 4.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-532

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of the Sperling Avenue/Douglas Road Burnaby Village area.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Douglas Road; Sperling Avenue; Canada Way

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

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Aerial photograph of the Burnaby Village area, [1946] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Aerial photograph of the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of what appears to be the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp at Vernon, B.C.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1941]

Collection/Fonds: John Shaw fonds

Series: Military series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 485-026

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2005-15; 2006-01; 2007-18

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of what appears to be the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp at Vernon, B.C.

Subjects: Public Services - Military Services; Buildings - Military; Aerial Photographs; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Kermod, Douglas

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photographer's stamp on verso

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Aerial photograph of the Royal Canadian Air Force training camp, [1941] thumbnail

Affidavit re proof of age for Elmer Wilson Martin

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 16 May 1946

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of an Affidavit in the Matter of Proof of Age for Elmer Wilson Martin. The Affidavit is signed on May 16, 1946 by Elmer Wilson Martin's mother, Bethia Martin and is signed proof of his date of birth in Saskatchewan and is signed by a Notary Public, Alexander J. Gordon.

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Elmer Wilson Martin fonds

Series: E.W. Martin military records and photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of an Affidavit in the Matter of Proof of Age for Elmer Wilson Martin. The Affidavit is signed on May 16, 1946 by Elmer Wilson Martin's mother, Bethia Martin and is signed proof of his date of birth in Saskatchewan and is signed by a Notary Public, Alexander J. Gordon.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Cards; Wars - World War, 1939-1945

Names: Martin, Elmer Wilson; Martin, Bethia "Bertie" Snell

Accession Code: BV019.40.43

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 16 May 1946

Media Type: Textual Record

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: February 8, 2021

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Aftermath of Kapoor Sawmill fire

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: January 1947

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of the fire at Kapoor Sawmill that took place January 14, 1947. A building frame remains standing on the left along with a large metal-roofed building on the right. In the foreground, a fire hose is visible.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the aftermath of the fire at Kapoor Sawmill that took place January 14, 1947. A building frame remains standing on the left along with a large metal-roofed building on the right. In the foreground, a fire hose is visible.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Fires; Buildings - Industrial - Mills

Names: Kapoor Sawmills Limited

Accession Code: BV999.55.44

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: January 1947

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Aftermath of Kapoor Sawmill fire, January 1947 thumbnail

Agnes Sherada and Lillian Carman

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 10, 1941

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) Agnes Sherada standing arm in arm with Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) in The Pas, Manitoba.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: July 10, 1941

Collection/Fonds: Yanko family fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5.5 cm

Material Details: Secured to album page with photo corners

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 545-198

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2012-09

Scope and Content: Photograph of (from left) Agnes Sherada standing arm in arm with Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman (later Yanko) in The Pas, Manitoba.

Names: Yanko, Leida Doria "Lillian Doris" Carman; Sherada, Agnes

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on album page reads: "July 10, 1941 The Pas, Manitoba / Agnes Sherada Lillian"; Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "july 10, 1941 The Pas Man / Agnes Sherada"; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Mom -right"

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Agnes Sherada and Lillian Carman, July 10, 1941 thumbnail

A Handbook for Auxiliary Firemen

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1942

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 handbook

Scope and Content: Item is the publication "Civilian Protection / Air Raid Precautions / A Handbook for Auxiliary / Firemen" produced by the Advisory Council Provincial Civilian Protection Committee of Vancouver, BC.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1942

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Fred Blake subseries

Physical Description: 1 handbook

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS150-002

Accession Number: BHS2005-01

Scope and Content: Item is the publication "Civilian Protection / Air Raid Precautions / A Handbook for Auxiliary / Firemen" produced by the Advisory Council Provincial Civilian Protection Committee of Vancouver, BC.