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Logging Camp

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1903]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm mounted on card 18.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crew of loggers sitting and standing in front of their cabins at a logging camp at Broadway, west of Sperling Avenue. Robert Pontifex is standing fourth from the right.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm mounted on card 18.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crew of loggers sitting and standing in front of their cabins at a logging camp at Broadway, west of Sperling Avenue. Robert Pontifex is standing fourth from the right.
Subjects
Occupations - Lumberjacks
Names
Pontifex, Robert
Geographic Access
Broadway
Sperling Avenue
Accession Code
HV977.140.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1903]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Sperling-Broadway Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-07-25
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Handwritten notes on verso of card mount read: "Broadway West of Sperling Ave / 1903" and "Mr. Doug Lorky."
Images
Less detail

Tramline tracks

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1905]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company tramline track on Sixth Street and Twelfth Avenue. George Leaf's General Store, located at 7745 Sixth Street is visible on the left and Cliff's Car Factory located at 7730 Sixth Street is visible on the right. George Leaf's store burned down…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25.5 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company tramline track on Sixth Street and Twelfth Avenue. George Leaf's General Store, located at 7745 Sixth Street is visible on the left and Cliff's Car Factory located at 7730 Sixth Street is visible on the right. George Leaf's store burned down in 1913. The Car factory was established in 1902 and sometime in the 1920s, it became James Brookes Woodworking Plant.
Subjects
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Buildings - Commercial - General Stores
Buildings - Industrial - Factories
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Geographic Access
6th Street
12th Avenue
Street Address
7730 6th Street
7745 6th Street
Accession Code
BV995.10.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1905]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail