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Woolsey family home

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (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 Woolsey family home at 7790 Barnet Road as seen from the Barnet Road side. The house was not quite in Barnet Village, but close to it. The house was owned by the Shell Oil Company. It was built by Robert Woolsey for use by the Shell marine depot superintendent, which was his po…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (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.: 204-495

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the Woolsey family home at 7790 Barnet Road as seen from the Barnet Road side. The house was not quite in Barnet Village, but close to it. The house was owned by the Shell Oil Company. It was built by Robert Woolsey for use by the Shell marine depot superintendent, which was his position.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses

Names: Shell Oil Company

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Barnet Road

Street Address: 7790 Barnet Road

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Images

Woolsey family home, [1917] (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Words Subsitition

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80177

Meeting Date: 17-Jun-1912

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: 80177

Meeting Date: 17-Jun-1912

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 80177

17-Jun-1912 Meeting Minutes

Work be Proceeded on Moscrop Road

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 81918

Meeting Date: 20-Aug-1910

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: 81918

Meeting Date: 20-Aug-1910

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 81918

20-Aug-1910 Meeting Minutes

Work Carried Out by Board of Works Department in 1911

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 76608

Meeting Date: 8-Jan-1912

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: 76608

Meeting Date: 8-Jan-1912

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 76608

8-Jan-1912 Meeting Minutes

Work Commence on Douglas Road Hill and Stakes be Put In

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 82154

Meeting Date: 10-Nov-1910

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 82154

Meeting Date: 10-Nov-1910

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 82154

10-Nov-1910 Meeting Minutes

Work Done Out of Revenue Funds by Day Labour

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 74366

Meeting Date: 16-Jan-1911

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: 74366

Meeting Date: 16-Jan-1911

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 74366

16-Jan-1911 Meeting Minutes

Work Done Under Bylaw Day Labour

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 74365

Meeting Date: 16-Jan-1911

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: 74365

Meeting Date: 16-Jan-1911

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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

Documents

Report 74365

16-Jan-1911 Meeting Minutes

Work for Clearing Brunett River

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 79587

Meeting Date: 28-Jul-1913

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 79587

Meeting Date: 28-Jul-1913

Format: Council - Committee Report

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

Documents

Report 79587

28-Jul-1913 Meeting Minutes

Workhorses

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 3.5 x 4 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a team of workhorses in the field belonging to Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1904]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 3.5 x 4 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-153

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a team of workhorses in the field belonging to Claude Hill in the Burnaby Lake area.

Subjects: Animals - Horses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Working as a Press Feeder

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm, mounted on board 13.5 x 16 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr Murdoch McMurray (far left) working as a Press Feeder, and his co-workers, at a firm believed to be on or near Hastings. The young women standing with Murdoch worked in the "Bindery".

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1908

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Public Library photograph subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm, mounted on board 13.5 x 16 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 229-001

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1989-22

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mr Murdoch McMurray (far left) working as a Press Feeder, and his co-workers, at a firm believed to be on or near Hastings. The young women standing with Murdoch worked in the "Bindery".

Names: McMurray, Murdoch

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "...Mr. McMurray was making 10 dollars a week at the time."

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Images

Working as a Press Feeder, 1908 thumbnail

Working on a submarine hull

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of approximately ten labourers working on the hull of a submarine at the submarine works yard at Barnet. All are unidentified. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917] (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Jim Wolf subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 28 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 466-016

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS2004-9

Scope and Content: Photograph of approximately ten labourers working on the hull of a submarine at the submarine works yard at Barnet. All are unidentified. During World War One, the Royal Russian Navy contracted with a Seattle-based company to build submarines for Russia, but American neutrality in the war prevented the subs from being built in the United States. Instead, the company operated a facility at Barnet to complete the contract.