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Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "Bill Grieve during War Service, first World War"; Photographer's mark embossed along border reads: "H.E. Dudley / Kamloops"

Bird in cage onboard HMS New Zealand

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38869

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bird inside a cage, onboard the H.M.S. New Zealand while it was in Vancouver Harbour.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1913

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-188

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a bird inside a cage, onboard the H.M.S. New Zealand while it was in Vancouver Harbour.

Subjects: Animals - Birds

Names: H.M.S. New Zealand

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Bird in cage onboard HMS New Zealand, 1913 thumbnail

Blacksmith Shop at Oakalla

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38134

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the first blacksmith shop at Oakalla Prison Farm.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1914] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.5 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 19.8 x 26.2 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-721

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of the exterior of the first blacksmith shop at Oakalla Prison Farm.

Subjects: Buildings - Industrial; Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Oakmount Crescent

Street Address: 5220 Oakmount Crescent

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Oakalla Area

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Blacksmith Shop at Oakalla, [1914] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Blanche Wilkinson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82374

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1896 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Blanche Wilkinson.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1896 and 1900]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6.5 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-024

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Blanche Wilkinson.

Subjects: Persons - Children

Names: Wilkinson, Blanche

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph; Note in pencil on album page reads: "Blanche Wilkinson / 1890's"; Note in pencil on verso reads: "Blanche Wilkinson / b. late 1890's"; Photograph stamp on verso reads: "John Barron, / Photographer, / Sarnia."

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Blanche Wilkinson, [between 1896 and 1900] thumbnail

Blasted stump

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65899

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910 or 1911]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man (likely either Jack Holmes) helping to clear land near the Phillips home on Ellsemere Avenue. He is standing in front of the stump that he just blasted, resting an axe at his side. The stump is in pieces and still smoldering.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1910 or 1911]

Collection/Fonds: J.W. Phillips fonds

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details: Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 16 x 12 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 487-037

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2008-18

Scope and Content: Photograph of an unidentified man (likely either Jack Holmes) helping to clear land near the Phillips home on Ellsemere Avenue. He is standing in front of the stump that he just blasted, resting an axe at his side. The stump is in pieces and still smoldering.

Subjects: Land Clearing

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Ellesmere Avenue

Street Address: 200 Ellesmere Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

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Boat at sea

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription82585

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1918 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a boat in the water. The boat reads: "BLUNTS"

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [between 1918 and 1925]

Collection/Fonds: Hill family and Vidal family fonds

Series: Hill family and Vidal family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 11 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 550-152

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2013-03

Scope and Content: Photograph shows a boat in the water. The boat reads: "BLUNTS"

Subjects: Transportation - Boats

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boat at sea, [between 1918 and 1925] thumbnail

Boathouse at Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38807

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-126

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Boathouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Boathouse at Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38808

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill. In the background can be seen the "Maid of the Mist," the Hill family's boat.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 8.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-127

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of the log boathouse at Burnaby Lake belonging to Bernard Hill. In the background can be seen the "Maid of the Mist," the Hill family's boat.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Boathouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Boathouse on Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39536

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1902]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w 5.5 x 7.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bernard Hill's boathouse on Burnaby Lake. Built in 1902, the boathouse was located on Deer Lake Brook at the southwestern tip of Burnaby Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1902]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w 5.5 x 7.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-855

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bernard Hill's boathouse on Burnaby Lake. Built in 1902, the boathouse was located on Deer Lake Brook at the southwestern tip of Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Boathouses

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on caption accompanying photograph

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake; Deer Lake Brook

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Images

Boathouse on Burnaby Lake, [1902] thumbnail

Boating at Yellow Point

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39363

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group in a rowboat off the shoreline at Yellow Point. All are unidentified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.8 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-682

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group in a rowboat off the shoreline at Yellow Point. All are unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boating on Burnaby Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39516

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill and her daughter, Kitty Hill, boating on Burnaby Lake.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-835

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of Annie Hill and her daughter, Kitty Hill, boating on Burnaby Lake.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Names: Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick; Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Boating on Burnaby Lake, [1900] thumbnail

Boating on Deer Lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35924

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (date of original), copied 1986

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of people boating on Deer Lake, possibly members of the Hill family.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912 (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 ; 12.6 x 17.7 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 204-784

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1988-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of people boating on Deer Lake, possibly members of the Hill family.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Annotation at top of photograph reads, "1912"

Geographic Access: Deer Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Images

Boating on Deer Lake, 1912 (date of original), copied 1986 thumbnail

Boating on the lake

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38824

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people boating on a lake. The group is unidentified.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1905]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5 x 7.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-143

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a group of people boating on a lake. The group is unidentified.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating; Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boat on the water

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39196

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat, the "Kitty H." resting in the water at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-515

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat, the "Kitty H." resting in the water at Yellow Point, Vancouver Island.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boat on the water

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39377

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 9.5 cm oval on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat close to the shoreline. A caption in the album indicates that the boat belonged to Minard Gerald Hill, who was the son of Burnaby Pioneer, Bernard Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 9.5 cm oval on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-696

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a boat close to the shoreline. A caption in the album indicates that the boat belonged to Minard Gerald Hill, who was the son of Burnaby Pioneer, Bernard Hill.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boat resting along the shore at Yellow Point

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39380

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small boat resting along the shore. A caption in the album indicates that the boat belonged to Minard Gerald Hill, who was the son of Burnaby Pioneer, Bernard Hill.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1915

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 7.9 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-699

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph of a small boat resting along the shore. A caption in the album indicates that the boat belonged to Minard Gerald Hill, who was the son of Burnaby Pioneer, Bernard Hill.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Boating

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Images

Boat resting along the shore at Yellow Point, 1915 thumbnail

Bob and Olive Urquhart beside Boundary Road

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36759

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 19, 1913 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob and Olive Urquhart soon after their marriage, (they were married March 15). Note the new wood planking on Boundary Road and the train track crossing sign past the house in the distance for the Burnaby Lake Interurban tram line. This photograph was taken looking north on Boundary…

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: March 19, 1913 (date of original), copied 1992

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 8 cm print

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 315-114

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1994-04

Scope and Content: Photograph of Bob and Olive Urquhart soon after their marriage, (they were married March 15). Note the new wood planking on Boundary Road and the train track crossing sign past the house in the distance for the Burnaby Lake Interurban tram line. This photograph was taken looking north on Boundary Road just south of the railway tracks.

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads

Names: Urquhart, Olive; Urquhart, Robert "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access: Boundary Road; Myrtle Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: West Central Valley Area

Images

Bob and Olive Urquhart beside Boundary Road, March 19, 1913 (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail

Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37933

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of siblings Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex standing outside of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1918] (date of original), copied 1991

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Burnaby Image Bank subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.5 x 26.7 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 370-520

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: BHS1999-03

Scope and Content: Photograph of siblings Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex standing outside of 4006 Douglas Road (old numbering) and Gilpin Street.

Names: Pontifex, Bob; Pontifex, Helen; Pontifex, Vivien

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w copy negative accompanying; Negative has a pink cast

Geographic Access: Gilpin Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Images

Bob, Helen and Vivien Pontifex, [1918] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail

Bob Peers in Uniform

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66157

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 9.5 cm on card 22.5 x 17 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Bob Peers, in uniform. Bob enlisted prior to his 18th birthday in 1918.

1 image

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1917]

Collection/Fonds: Peers Family and Hill Family fonds

Series: Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 9.5 cm on card 22.5 x 17 cm

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 477-914

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Accession Number: 2007-12

Scope and Content: Photograph is a portrait of Bob Peers, in uniform. Bob enlisted prior to his 18th birthday in 1918.

Subjects: Clothing - Military Uniforms

Names: Peers, William John "Bob"

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto reads: "With love & best wishes from "Bob" Peers"; Note on verso reads: "B39884 / Peers / B-"