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Benson Bros. Shipyard

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1942 (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 Benson Bros. shipyard at the foot of Bidwell Street in Vancouver in Coal Harbour. The boat is a Fairmile submarine chaser, 122 feet long, being built for the war effort. Benson Bros. also built torpedo retrievers, minesweepers and, in peace time, fishing boats.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1942 (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.
204-442
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Benson Bros. shipyard at the foot of Bidwell Street in Vancouver in Coal Harbour. The boat is a Fairmile submarine chaser, 122 feet long, being built for the war effort. Benson Bros. also built torpedo retrievers, minesweepers and, in peace time, fishing boats.
Subjects
Buildings - Industrial - Shipyards
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Names
Benson Brothers Shipyard
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

John Shaw

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription55541
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1941]
Collection/Fonds
John Shaw fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Shaw in his air force uniform in front of a pig farm. An empty hay wagon and pig pen full of pigs are both visible in the background.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1941]
Collection/Fonds
John Shaw fonds
Series
Military series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 4.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
485-016
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2005-15
2006-01
2007-18
Scope and Content
Photograph of John Shaw in his air force uniform in front of a pig farm. An empty hay wagon and pig pen full of pigs are both visible in the background.
Subjects
Occupations - Military Personnel
Clothing - Military Uniforms
Agricultural Tools and Equipment
Agriculture - Farms
Animals - Pigs
Wars - World War, 1939-1945
Names
Shaw, John Horace "Jack"
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso reads: "On a farm near Gl[?]"
Images
Less detail