Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
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- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1976-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- ca. 1330 photographs : b&w prints and negatives
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of 557 photographs of Burnaby taken by various photographers as part of the Contemporary Visual Archives Project.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1976-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- ca. 1330 photographs : b&w prints and negatives
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- 2017-57
- Scope and Content
- Collection consists of 557 photographs of Burnaby taken by various photographers as part of the Contemporary Visual Archives Project.
- History
- The Contemporary Visual Archives Project was initiated by the library in 1976 and was completed in conjunction with Simon Fraser University Communication students, in which photographers went out into Burnaby to document its neighbourhoods, mainly focusing on building, houses, etc. Its aim was to present a contemporary view of Burnaby at that time in photographs.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Creator
- Burnaby Public Library
- Notes
- Title based on contents of collection
- Accompanied by BPL card catalogue (2013-13) and project information forms (2017-57).
- Photo Catalogue 556