25 records – page 1 of 2.

Banff, Alberta

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1944]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the bus station and surrounding area at Banff, Alberta. Mount Lougheed is visible in the background.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the bus station and surrounding area at Banff, Alberta. Mount Lougheed is visible in the background.
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial - Bus Stations
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV005.30.12
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1944]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
1/19/2010
Photographer
Battersby, Frank
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Banff, Alberta

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3411
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1944]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Lougheed, taken looking north, from the main street in Banff.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Lougheed, taken looking north, from the main street in Banff.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV005.30.33
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Date
[1944]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
1/19/2010
Photographer
Battersby, Frank
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Britannia Beach at dark

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19558
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1939
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Britannia Beach looking towards Howe Sound at dark.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Britannia Beach looking towards Howe Sound at dark.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Natural Geographic Features
Geographic Features - Mountains
Industries - Mining
Accession Code
BV996.6.265
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1939
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
2023-02-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption beneath photograph reads: "At Dark"
Caption on page of photograph album reads: "Spring / of / 1939"
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
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Burrard Inlet in winter

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 16 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Vancouver Heights streetscape in winter. There is snow on the ground. One of the houses across the street has what appears to be a radio mast in the front yard. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet with Mount Seymour in the background.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 26.5 x 16 cm
Material Details
"Burrard Inlet - winter" written in ink on back of photo. "37" written in pencil on back of photo.
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Vancouver Heights streetscape in winter. There is snow on the ground. One of the houses across the street has what appears to be a radio mast in the front yard. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet with Mount Seymour in the background.
History
George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.
Subjects
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Geographic Features - Mountains
Geographic Features - Inlets
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Accession Code
BV007.45.17
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[192-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
29-Nov-2018
Scale
96
Notes
Title based on content of the photograph
Images
Less detail

Crichton Hawkshaw standing on dock

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19545
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
Apr. 1939
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw standing on a dock with view of mountains and Howe Sound behind him.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Crichton Hawkshaw standing on a dock with view of mountains and Howe Sound behind him.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Geographic Features - Natural Geographic Features
Structures - Piers and Wharfs
Names
Hawkshaw, Richard Crichton Gilliland "Crichton"
Accession Code
BV996.6.252
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
Apr. 1939
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
2023-02-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption beneath photograph reads: "April 1939"
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
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Highway through Siskiyou Mountains

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18113
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Pacific highway through the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
Subseries
Carousel photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Pacific highway through the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV022.2.43
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
2021-08-17
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #16
Photograph copied from Robertson family album
Images
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Highway through Siskiyou Mountains

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18115
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Pacific highway through the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
Subseries
Carousel photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Pacific highway through the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV022.2.45
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
2021-08-17
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #18
Photograph copied from Robertson family album
Images
Less detail

Highway through Siskiyou Mountains

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18116
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Pacific highway through the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Photograph may have been taken in 1935 when the C.W. Parker carousel was transported from San Francisco to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
Subseries
Carousel photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Pacific highway through the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon. Photograph may have been taken in 1935 when the C.W. Parker carousel was transported from San Francisco to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV022.2.46
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
2021-08-17
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #19
Photograph copied from Robertson family album
Images
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Howe Sound

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19559
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1939
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up Howe Sound from Britannia Beach looking towards Garibaldi Mountain.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph looking up Howe Sound from Britannia Beach looking towards Garibaldi Mountain.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Natural Geographic Features
Geographic Features - Mountains
Industries - Mining
Accession Code
BV996.6.266
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1939
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Date
2023-02-16
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption on page of photograph album reads: "Spring / of / 1939"
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
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Ice Palace at Banff

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1446
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1921
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Scope and Content
Photograph of a palace like structure made of ice blocks at the top of a slope. There are two door openings in the structure, and trees on either side. There are snow covered forested mountains in the background. According to the inscription on the photograph, the ice palace is at Banff circa 1921,…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w
Material Details
inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "1921", in black ink, t. "Rutherford./ This is the ice/ palace at Banff./ The toboggan slide/ is through the door/ marked. The slide is 1/2 mile/ down the mt. It is/ about 2 1/2 ft wide +/ iced. Believe me/ you come down in/ a hurry,/ Made of blocks of ice", stamped, l.l. [sideways] "4 4"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a palace like structure made of ice blocks at the top of a slope. There are two door openings in the structure, and trees on either side. There are snow covered forested mountains in the background. According to the inscription on the photograph, the ice palace is at Banff circa 1921, and is the starting point of a toboggan slide ride.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Accession Code
BV985.5821.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1921
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Images
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Jimmy Chow on set of "Seven Years in Tibet"

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1996]
Collection/Fonds
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of property master Jimmy Chow on set of the film "Seven Years in Tibet" while on location in British Columbia. Jimmy is standing in a dry rocky area with film crew and view of mountain peaks of Mount Waddington in the background. Jimmy Chow was the property master on this film which was …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
Series
Property master photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of property master Jimmy Chow on set of the film "Seven Years in Tibet" while on location in British Columbia. Jimmy is standing in a dry rocky area with film crew and view of mountain peaks of Mount Waddington in the background. Jimmy Chow was the property master on this film which was directed by director Jean-Jacques Annaud, filmed on location in Argentina and Mount Waddington, British Columbia, released in 1997.
Subjects
Industries - Film
Geographic Features - Mountains
Names
Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
Accession Code
BV022.21.80
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1996]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-03-07
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Hipman "Jimmy" Chow also used the name "James H. Chow" as a propety master in the film industry and was often credited by this name
Images
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Jimmy Robertson on boulder along Pacific Highway in the Siskiyou Mountains

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an Jimmy Robertson standing on top of a large boulder along Pacific Highway in the Siskiyou Mountains. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purcha…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
Subseries
Carousel photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an Jimmy Robertson standing on top of a large boulder along Pacific Highway in the Siskiyou Mountains. Photograph was taken while Dora and Jimmy Robertson traveled to the United States to assist in bringing the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel to Happyland in Vancouver after it was purchased.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Names
Robertson, James W. "Jimmy"
Accession Code
BV022.2.47
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1936] (date of original), copied 1996
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
2021-08-17
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #20
Photograph copied from Robertson family album
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Laying Down My Paddle

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
2016
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (5 min., 14 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
This film is created was Cindy Gierarch. The film shares happy memories of canoeing with her husband, Lester, on beautiful glacier fed Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. This trip, in 2007, was a long dreamt of reward for paying off the mortgage on their Burnaby condo suite. While c…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection
Series
Elders Digital Storytelling project series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (5 min., 14 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo
Scope and Content
This film is created was Cindy Gierarch. The film shares happy memories of canoeing with her husband, Lester, on beautiful glacier fed Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies in Alberta. This trip, in 2007, was a long dreamt of reward for paying off the mortgage on their Burnaby condo suite. While canoeing on the lake, Cindy learned a valuable lesson that she would never forget - “life will glide along smoothly and joyfully as long as I keep my paddle on the bottom of our canoe.”
History
Cindy Gierach has lived in Burnaby for the past 22 years.
Creator
Gierach, Cindy
Other Title Information
title supplied by film maker
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Canoeing
Geographic Features - Mountains
Names
Gierach, Cindy
Gierach, Lester
Accession Code
BV016.37.8
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
2016
Media Type
Moving Images
Notes
Transcribed title
Images
Video
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Mountainside plank road

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[190-]
Collection/Fonds
Hugh H. Stewart fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15.3 x 11.0 cm mounted on cardboard 24.5 x 17.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile parked on the side of a plank road by a mountain rising steeply to the right of the image. An unidentified man is seen leaning on the fence at the side of the plank road.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hugh H. Stewart fonds
Series
Hugh H. Stewart photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 15.3 x 11.0 cm mounted on cardboard 24.5 x 17.8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an automobile parked on the side of a plank road by a mountain rising steeply to the right of the image. An unidentified man is seen leaning on the fence at the side of the plank road.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Roads
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
HV979.50.189
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[190-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-09-12
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Mount Robson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2806
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1937
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Robson as seen from a train window. This is believed to be Yellowhead Pass, Alberta.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Robson as seen from a train window. This is believed to be Yellowhead Pass, Alberta.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV996.6.41
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1937
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2/24/2011
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption for photograph reads: "Mt. Robson"
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
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Mount Robson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2807
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1937
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Robson as seen from a train window. This is believed to be Yellowhead Pass, Alberta.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Robson as seen from a train window. This is believed to be Yellowhead Pass, Alberta.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV996.6.42
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1937
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2/24/2011
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption for photograph reads: "Robson in distance"
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
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Mount Robson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2809
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1937
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Robson as seen from a train window. This is believed to be Yellowhead Pass, Alberta.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hawkshaw family fonds
Series
Hawkshaw family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Mount Robson as seen from a train window. This is believed to be Yellowhead Pass, Alberta.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Accession Code
BV996.6.44
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1937
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2/24/2011
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Caption for photograph reads: "Mt. Robson"
Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1
Images
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Muir Glacier, Alaska

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
October 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an expanse of water with glaciers in between land masses and low mountains in the back. There is intense sunlight from the top. The inscription identifies the photograph as Muir Glacier, Alaska.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Material Details
stamped on verso, c. "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ OCT 18 1937/ Nu-Gloss", u.r. [sideways] "406", inscribed in black ink, t. "Moir [sic] Glacier/ Alaska"
Scope and Content
Photograph of an expanse of water with glaciers in between land masses and low mountains in the back. There is intense sunlight from the top. The inscription identifies the photograph as Muir Glacier, Alaska.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Accession Code
BV985.5785.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
October 1937
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Royal Bank on barge leaving Britannia Beach

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
April 1976
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Bank building on a barge, being pulled by a tug boat through Howe Sound, just outside Britannia Beach. The Britannia Beach, Britannia Mine and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh are visible in the background. The barge provided by Seaspan International travelled to the Ocean Cement's docks near t…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Royal Bank exhibit series
Subseries
Royal Bank building photographs subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Royal Bank building on a barge, being pulled by a tug boat through Howe Sound, just outside Britannia Beach. The Britannia Beach, Britannia Mine and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh are visible in the background. The barge provided by Seaspan International travelled to the Ocean Cement's docks near the Queensborough bridge in New Westminster before being transported by truck to Heritage Village in Burnaby (Burnaby Village Museum).
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Names
Burnaby Village Museum
Royal Bank of Canada
Accession Code
BV020.5.211
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
April 1976
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
2400
Scan Date
2/3/2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Second Narrows

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3903
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 stereograph card : b&w ; 17.5 x 9 cm
Material Details
Hand-written text in red ink on the front of the stereograph card reads: "2nd Narrows".
Scope and Content
Stereograph card images of a street in Vancouver Heights. The photograph is taken looking Northeast toward the Burrard Inlet. Mount Seymour is shrouded in cloud in the background.
History
George Vincent Martin was born in 1892 in England. He married Matilda Florence Reed in 1916. He purchased a property in North Burnaby in the 1920s on Trinity Street. There was a main house and a "shack" on the property split up onto two lots.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Geographic Features - Inlets
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Accession Code
BV007.45.18
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[192-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
29-Nov-2018
Scale
96
Notes
Title based on notation below the photograph
Images
Less detail

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