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Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of Brantford Coach and Body Ltd. at 6055 Gilmore Avenue. Signs on the building show the business name and also read, "Sales" and "Service."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 076-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of Brantford Coach and Body Ltd. at 6055 Gilmore Avenue. Signs on the building show the business name and also read, "Sales" and "Service."

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial

Names: Brantford Coach and Body Limited

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Gilmore Avenue

Street Address: 6055 Gilmore Avenue

Images

Brantford Coach and Body Ltd., [1959] thumbnail

Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.0 x 15.1 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of people at the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner. Left to right (as identified on the back of the photo): Barry Mather, president; Miss B.P. Choate, secretary-treasurer; and Fraser Wilson, director. They are holding photograph of Robert Burnaby. The banner behind them r…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.0 x 15.1 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 082-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of people at the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner. Left to right (as identified on the back of the photo): Barry Mather, president; Miss B.P. Choate, secretary-treasurer; and Fraser Wilson, director. They are holding photograph of Robert Burnaby. The banner behind them reads, "First Annual Dinner: Burnaby Historical Society / Burnaby Centennial Pavilion [on Burnaby Mountain] / Friday, November 27, [1959].

Subjects: Organizations; Events

Names: Burnaby Historical Society; Choate, B.P.; Mather, Barry; Wilson, Fraser

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner, November 27, 1959 thumbnail

Burnaby family gravestone

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34659

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12.6 x 9.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone on the grounds of the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church (built 1835 to 1837). The top level of the stone reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov 30 1828 : / Died Jan 10 1878." The next level reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22nd 1822 : Died March…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 12.6 x 9.9 cm

Material Details: "Ansco Safety Film 10" printed on edge of negative

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 084-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby family's joint gravestone on the grounds of the Loughborough Emmanuel Parish Church (built 1835 to 1837). The top level of the stone reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov 30 1828 : / Died Jan 10 1878." The next level reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22nd 1822 : Died March 2[?]th 1873 / Rev. VII 14." The bottom level reads, "Sarah, Widow of the Rev. Thomas Burnaby, / And Mother of the Above, / Died Oct. 31, 1878, Aged 89 Years." The side of the stone reads, "The Lord is My Shepherd."

Subjects: Monuments - Gravestones

Names: Burnaby, Robert

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w photograph accompanying

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Burnaby family gravestone, 1959 thumbnail

Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 088-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.

Subjects: Organizations; Events

Names: Burnaby Historical Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on back of photograph: "Columbian Photo / Rm. 5 / 35 Sixth St., New Westminster, B.C. / LA 1-2662--6"

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 27, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 088-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Burnaby Historical Society's first annual dinner held at the the Burnaby Centennial Pavilion on Burnaby Mountain on November 27, 1959. Men and women are seated at rows of tables.

Subjects: Organizations; Events

Names: Burnaby Historical Society

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on back of photograph: "Columbian Photo / Rm. 5 / 35 Sixth St., New Westminster, B.C. / LA 1-2662--6"

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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North Burnaby

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.6 x 20.5 cm

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of North Burnaby and Burrard Inlet looking west.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.6 x 20.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 106-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Aerial photograph of North Burnaby and Burrard Inlet looking west.

Subjects: Aerial Photographs; Geographic Features - Roads; Geographic Features - Inlets

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood); Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood); Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area; Capitol Hill Area; Westridge Area; Willingdon Heights Area; Brentwood Area; Parkcrest-Aubrey Area; Lochdale Area

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Glenburn Telephone Exchange

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Glenburn Telephone Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Glenburn Automatic Exchange at Delta and Parker streets. To be cutover in March, 1959. / B.C. Telephone Company."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 111-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the Glenburn Telephone Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Glenburn Automatic Exchange at Delta and Parker streets. To be cutover in March, 1959. / B.C. Telephone Company."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial

Names: British Columbia Telephone Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Graphic Industries Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption at bottom of photograph reads, "British Columbia Telephone Company"; Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Photo by Graphic Industries Ltd. / File No. 3841-2 / Vancouver, Canada Mutual 1-4174"

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue; Parker Street

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Images

Glenburn Telephone Exchange, 1959 thumbnail

Automatic equipment being installed

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 111-002

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company."

Subjects: Telecommunication Tools and Equipment

Names: British Columbia Telephone Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Williams Brothers Photographers Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp and annotation at bottom of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St. Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588 / 06569-7"

Geographic Access: Delta Avenue; Parker Street

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

Images

Automatic equipment being installed, 1959 thumbnail

Boundary Road and Kingsway

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.0 x 25.3 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of buildings at Boundary Road and Kingsway, southwest corner. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "The new Hemlock (automatic) and old Dexter (manual) exchanges. / B.C. Telephone Company."

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.0 x 25.3 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 113-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of buildings at Boundary Road and Kingsway, southwest corner. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "The new Hemlock (automatic) and old Dexter (manual) exchanges. / B.C. Telephone Company."

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial; Geographic Features - Roads

Names: British Columbia Telephone Company

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Williams Brothers Photographers Limited

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamp on back of photograph reads, "Williams Bros. Photographers Ltd. / 413 Granville St. Vancouver 2, B.C. / Phone Tatlow 8588"

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Kingsway

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Images

Boundary Road and Kingsway, [1959] thumbnail

Burnaby Chamber of Commerce

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34711

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.1 x 21.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "Yesterday and Today" display, Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. Signs on either side of the display read, "Burnaby has ten miles of Fraser River frontage" and "Burnaby has ten miles of deepsea frontage." In the centre is a display of photographs. Signs on both sides of the display …

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1959]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Photographs subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.1 x 21.9 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 115-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the "Yesterday and Today" display, Burnaby Chamber of Commerce. Signs on either side of the display read, "Burnaby has ten miles of Fraser River frontage" and "Burnaby has ten miles of deepsea frontage." In the centre is a display of photographs. Signs on both sides of the display read, "'Burnaby Yesterday and Today!' / Photo display by Burnaby Historical Society."

Subjects: Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Organizations; Documentary Artifacts - Photographs

Names: Burnaby Chamber of Commerce; Burnaby Historical Society

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Bower, Ralph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Stamped on back of photograph, "Photography by Ralph Bower"

Images

Burnaby Chamber of Commerce, [1959] thumbnail

Fire Chiefs' Association - Programme for 28th Annual Fire College of British Columbia

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

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

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual records and graphic material

Scope and Content: A programme from 1959 featuring a photograph of Burnaby Municipal Hall on the cover.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959

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

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: Textual records and graphic material

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 3947

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: A programme from 1959 featuring a photograph of Burnaby Municipal Hall on the cover.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph

Notes: This item was found in a large white envelope with "Problem and Profile Report for Burnaby Heritage Village Museum," 1980.

Burnaby Courier, Wednesday, November 25, 1959

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 25, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 4 p. of newsprint

Scope and Content: Item is four pages of newsprint from Volume XXIV, No. 47 of the Burnaby Courier featuring an article entitled, "G. Jeffery Ex-policeman, Youth Worker".

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: November 25, 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: George Jeffery subseries

Physical Description: 4 p. of newsprint

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS013-014

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Item is four pages of newsprint from Volume XXIV, No. 47 of the Burnaby Courier featuring an article entitled, "G. Jeffery Ex-policeman, Youth Worker".

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item; 1 b&w modern photocopy of article accompanying

South Burnaby Garden Club financial records

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-1980

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Scope and Content: Item is a notebook filed with financial records pertaining to the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included in the notebook is correspondence( from the Royal Bank of Canada) interspersed between the pages.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-1980

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: South Burnaby Garden Club subseries

Physical Description: 1 notebook (hardcover)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS124-047

Accession Number: BHS2008-17

Scope and Content: Item is a notebook filed with financial records pertaining to the South Burnaby Garden Club. Included in the notebook is correspondence( from the Royal Bank of Canada) interspersed between the pages.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Lochdale Community Hall cheque receipts

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription58116

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-1960

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Item is a booklet of cheque receipts pertaining to the Lochdale Community Hall Association.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1959-1960

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Lochdale Community Hall subseries

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS056-020

Accession Number: BHS1991-19

Scope and Content: Item is a booklet of cheque receipts pertaining to the Lochdale Community Hall Association.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of item

Getting Started

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Item is a booklet entitled "Getting Started / Grade I / School District No. 41 (Burnaby)" written by Primary Supervisor Kathleen E. Collins for use in Burnaby Schools.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Kathleen Collins subseries

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS109-005

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS2004-04

Scope and Content: Item is a booklet entitled "Getting Started / Grade I / School District No. 41 (Burnaby)" written by Primary Supervisor Kathleen E. Collins for use in Burnaby Schools.

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Continuation of title: "... Grade I / School District No. 41 (Burnaby)"; Typewritten on recto of booklet: "Revised - 9/1959"

Bob Blake and Phyllis Grendahl

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1959

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 9.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of YMCA movie club president Bob Blake presenting a trophy to Phyllis Grendahl.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: May 1959

Collection/Fonds: Columbian Newspaper collection

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.3 x 9.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 480-1557

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2003-02

Scope and Content: Photograph of YMCA movie club president Bob Blake presenting a trophy to Phyllis Grendahl.

Subjects: Personal Symbols - Trophies; Organizations - Societies and Clubs

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso reads: "2 [?] / Fri AM / 6""

Images

Bob Blake and Phyllis Grendahl, May 1959 thumbnail

Planning Policies for the Future Development of the Government Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64863

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 report

Scope and Content: Item is a report entitled "Planning Policies for the Future Development of the Government Road - South Burquitlam District" produced by the Burnaby Planning Department.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 1959

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Municipal record subseries

Physical Description: 1 report

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 42034

Accession Number: BHS1992-18

Scope and Content: Item is a report entitled "Planning Policies for the Future Development of the Government Road - South Burquitlam District" produced by the Burnaby Planning Department.