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What Your Property Tax Dollar Should Properly Be Doing For You

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Scope and Content: Item is a policy statement outlining "A Proposed Solution to the Problems of Provincial-Municipal Financial Relations" entitled, "What Your Property Tax Dollar Should Properly Be Doing For You" produced by the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (and adopted at its fifty-fifth annual conventio…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 1958

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Central Burnaby Ratepayers and Citizens Association subseries

Physical Description: 1 booklet

Description Level: Item

Record No.: MSS093-011

Access Restriction: Open access

Accession Number: BHS2000-01

Scope and Content: Item is a policy statement outlining "A Proposed Solution to the Problems of Provincial-Municipal Financial Relations" entitled, "What Your Property Tax Dollar Should Properly Be Doing For You" produced by the Union of British Columbia Municipalities (and adopted at its fifty-fifth annual convention).

Media Type: Textual Record

Wheels of the CP 5900

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1929]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of wheels and corresponding mechanisms on Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 5900 (no. 5900 was built in 1929).

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [after 1929]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-12

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "Power - a CP 5900 class"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "831F"

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Wheels of the CP 5900, [after 1929] thumbnail

Where Vancouver Sleeps - Pamphlet

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: Textual record

Scope and Content: A pamphlet written by the Rev. R.S. Mills providing a history and detailed information about the grave of Captain George Vancouver.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1955]

Collection/Fonds: Planning Department fonds

Series: Planning General series

Physical Description: Textual record

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 11817

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: A pamphlet written by the Rev. R.S. Mills providing a history and detailed information about the grave of Captain George Vancouver.

Media Type: Textual Record

Wherever wheels and shafts turn

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Timken Roller Bearing Company

Publication Date: 1929

Call Number: 621.822 TIM

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.27.17

Call Number: 621.822 TIM

Author: Timken Roller Bearing Company

Place of Publication: Canton, Ohio

Publisher: The Timken Roller Bearing Co.

Publication Date: 1929

Printer: The Corday & Gross

Physical Description: 149 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Inscription: Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf: “J. Kinloch, / Machine Shop / U.B.C.". Handwritten in blue ink on title page: “J. Kinloch, / Machine Shop, U.B.C.". Handwritten in pencil on copyright page: "XHV 980.27".

Library Subject (LOC): Roller bearings; Catalogs

White family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the White family home near the corner of Beta Avenue and Pender Street (506 Beta Avenue) in North Burnaby. The family moved their belongings here with wheelbarrows.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Pioneer Tales subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-033

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the White family home near the corner of Beta Avenue and Pender Street (506 Beta Avenue) in North Burnaby. The family moved their belongings here with wheelbarrows.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Geographic Features - Roads

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Beta Avenue

Street Address: 506 Beta Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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White family home, 1920 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

White Rock

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 24.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the beach and shoreline at White Rock. A tent is seen set up on the beach and there are numerous people sitting and standing around logs piled up next to it. A few people in swimsuits are walking along the sand and in the background a long pier is visible.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.7 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 24.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-052

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the beach and shoreline at White Rock. A tent is seen set up on the beach and there are numerous people sitting and standing around logs piled up next to it. A few people in swimsuits are walking along the sand and in the background a long pier is visible.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Structures - Tents

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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White Rock

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 5.6 x 11.7 cm (pasted together to form panorama) on page 17.5 x 24.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the south half of White Rock as seen from the Pier. Swimmers and other beach-goers are visible in the background as well as the numerous houses overlooking the water.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 2 photographs : b&w ; 5.6 x 11.7 cm (pasted together to form panorama) on page 17.5 x 24.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-053

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the south half of White Rock as seen from the Pier. Swimmers and other beach-goers are visible in the background as well as the numerous houses overlooking the water.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Geographic Features - Bays

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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White Rock

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm on page 17.4 x 24.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the shoreline at White Rock, as taken from the pier.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Peers family subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm on page 17.4 x 24.4 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 020-056

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2007-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of the shoreline at White Rock, as taken from the pier.

Subjects: Structures - Piers and Wharves

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

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White Rock B.C.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 19, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a group of unidentified children standing together on top of the large white rock on the beach at White Rock, B.C.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: September 19, 1956

Collection/Fonds: Ernest Winch fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.5 x 8.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 514-020

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: 2010-06

Scope and Content: Photographic postcard of a group of unidentified children standing together on top of the large white rock on the beach at White Rock, B.C.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches; Geographic Features - Rocks

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Handwritten note in white ink on recto of photograph reads: "WHITE ROCK / B.C."; Handwritten note in pencil on verso of photographic postcard reads: "children taken / on White Rock"

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White Rock B.C., September 19, 1956 thumbnail

White Rock beach

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [c. 1915]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph looking southeast along White Rock beach. People are visible walking and reclining along the beach and walking along the railway tracks above the beach.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph looking southeast along White Rock beach. People are visible walking and reclining along the beach and walking along the railway tracks above the beach.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Beaches

Accession Code: BV022.32.58

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [c. 1915]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)

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White Rock Train Station

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting on either side of two young women on a baggage cart on the Great Northern Station platform in White Rock. Tom Irvine is kneeling behind the group. The railway station building behind them has a sign that reads, "White Rock." The women are dressed in the same dresses an…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two men sitting on either side of two young women on a baggage cart on the Great Northern Station platform in White Rock. Tom Irvine is kneeling behind the group. The railway station building behind them has a sign that reads, "White Rock." The women are dressed in the same dresses and shoes, as if in a troop or club. The men sitting next to them are in suits, the man on the left is wearing a hat and tie with a vest or light sweater under his jacket. The man on the right is without a hat and has his jacket open and has a long tie.

Subjects: Buildings - Commercial - Train Stations

Names: Irvine, Tom

Accession Code: HV975.33.3ad

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1926 and 1930]

Media Type: Photograph

Arrangement: Image from personal photograph album of Tom Irvine (Tommy Irvine).

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; The man on the left and the woman on the left also appear in photograph HV975.33.3ay

Images

White Rock Train Station, [between 1926 and 1930] thumbnail

Whiting family on Christmas day

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1928]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of six members of the Annie and Flash Whiting family. Four young men are standing together with two young women. Daughters, Jessie Whiting and Edith Whiting are identified standing on the far left next to four of their brothers who could be John, Henry, George and James. The group have g…

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of six members of the Annie and Flash Whiting family. Four young men are standing together with two young women. Daughters, Jessie Whiting and Edith Whiting are identified standing on the far left next to four of their brothers who could be John, Henry, George and James. The group have gathered together on Christmas Day. The rooftop of a house is visible in the background.

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Names: Blair, Jessie Martha Whiting; Clayton, Edith Annie Whiting; Whiting Family

Accession Code: BV022.32.354

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1928]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-09

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1); Note in white ink on album page reads: "Whiting family"

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Whiting family on Christmas day, [1928] thumbnail

Whole Trader License Fees

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 75591

Meeting Date: 6-Apr-1926

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 75591

Meeting Date: 6-Apr-1926

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 75591

6-Apr-1926 Meeting Minutes

Whose Garden?

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [192-]

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of unidentified man dressed in a suit and standing in a garden outside of a house.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

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

Scope and Content: Photograph of unidentified man dressed in a suit and standing in a garden outside of a house.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Gardens

Accession Code: BV995.8.48

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [192-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Transcribed titled; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 17; Illustrative designs in white ink around photographs on album page; Note in white ink on album page reads: "WHOSE GARDEN?"

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Who washed

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1925

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout standing over a camp fire. The group is standing and supporting a piece of lumber with a piece of fabric draped over the camp fire below. The troop hiked from New Westminster to Sunbury on Easter weekend and spent the night at an empty house.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of members of the 2nd Burnaby Boy Scout standing over a camp fire. The group is standing and supporting a piece of lumber with a piece of fabric draped over the camp fire below. The troop hiked from New Westminster to Sunbury on Easter weekend and spent the night at an empty house.

Subjects: Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs

Names: Boy Scouts of Canada

Accession Code: BV995.8.21

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1925

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 6; Inscription in white ink on page of album reads: "EASTER HIKE / 1925 /A HUNGRY CREW"