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Common Good Co-op Store

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1938]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man in an apron standing in front of a co-op store bearing the sign "C.G. Co-operative Association", otherwise known as the Army of the Common Good. Window displays include the goods he carries and advertising signs for Coca-Cola and Orange Crush are put up below the windows. In fro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm
Material Details
Inscribed in pencil, recto, b. "Co op store Douglas R." and in blue ink, verso, t. "Coop Store Douglas Road/ C.G. Co-op 1939", b. "Mr Love Mayor of/ store/ no 2", in blue ball point pen, l.l. "Main Store was at McKay station/ this is No 1 Branch store" stamped on verso, c. "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD/ SEP 12 1938/ Nu-Gloss"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man in an apron standing in front of a co-op store bearing the sign "C.G. Co-operative Association", otherwise known as the Army of the Common Good. Window displays include the goods he carries and advertising signs for Coca-Cola and Orange Crush are put up below the windows. In front of the store is wood plank sidewalk.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Sidewalks
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Occupations - Clerks
Names
C G Co-operative Association
Army of Common Good
Geographic Access
Douglas Road
Accession Code
HV976.46.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1938]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-20
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Images
Less detail

Girls from Curtis Street

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936] (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Shirley Adams, Ellen Knutsen, Joyce Adams, Helen Gowdyk, Dolly Slanski, Kathleen Cochrane, Rose Walters and Myrtle Walters in dresses and knee high socks standing shoulder to shoulder on a field. They are identified as "Curtis Street girls" because they all lived on Curtis Street, in …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm print
Material Details
Copy print is of poor quality
Scope and Content
Photograph of Shirley Adams, Ellen Knutsen, Joyce Adams, Helen Gowdyk, Dolly Slanski, Kathleen Cochrane, Rose Walters and Myrtle Walters in dresses and knee high socks standing shoulder to shoulder on a field. They are identified as "Curtis Street girls" because they all lived on Curtis Street, in North Burnaby, from Sperling Avenue to 2nd Street.
Names
Adams, Shirley
Knutsen, Ellen
Adams, Joyce
Gowdyk, Helen
Slanski, Dolly
Cochrane, Kathleen
Walters, Rose
Walters, Myrtle
Accession Code
BV006.14.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1936] (date of original)
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
11-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Curtis Street girls Circa 1936 Shirley Adams Ellen Knutsen Joyce Adams Helen Gowdyk Dolly Slanski Kathleen Cochrane Rose Walters Myrtle Walters"
Images
Less detail