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Robert Prittie, Mayor Robert Heggie, and drummer Drew Arnott

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37400

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1969

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm + 1 p.

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Robert Prittie (right) with two members of the Army, Navy and Airforce Veterans Pipe Band (Robert Heggie and drummer Drew Arnott) at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 148, Hastings Street. This photograph appeared in the Burnaby Examiner newspaper on December 19, 1969.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1969

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Robert Prittie subseries

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 cm + 1 p.

Description Level: Item

Record No.: 368-001

Access Restriction: In Archives only

Reproduction Restriction: Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only

Accession Number: BHS1999-01

Scope and Content: Photograph of Burnaby Mayor Robert Prittie (right) with two members of the Army, Navy and Airforce Veterans Pipe Band (Robert Heggie and drummer Drew Arnott) at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch No. 148, Hastings Street. This photograph appeared in the Burnaby Examiner newspaper on December 19, 1969.

Subjects: Officials - Mayors and Reeves; Musical Instruments - Bagpipes; Organizations - Bands; Public Services - Military Services

Names: Prittie, Robert W. "Bob"; Arnott, Drew; Heggie, Robert

Media Type: Photograph

Photographer: Van's Portrait Studio

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Page associated is the newspaper article mentioned in the scope/content field

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Street Address: 4356 Hastings Street

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Ada Bingham by a tree stump

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription739

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1948]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 6.8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Ada Bingham standing in front of a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights which was to be cleared for a veterans' housing project in 1948. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum, and supported by the inscription on the photograph, Ada Bingham came to…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.3 x 6.8 cm

Material Details: Inscribed in black ballpoint pen, on the back of the photo: "Ada and Big Stump / Clearing time on Willingdon Heights / 1948. / Burnaby 2. B. C" and in blue ballpoint pen: "Mrs. Mary Ada Bingham / 1 Real Pioneer Wife; she helped me clear the land. Build our home, dig out well and worked for the community for nearly 50 years. She died August 9, 1969 / Alf Bingham."

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mary Ada Bingham standing in front of a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights which was to be cleared for a veterans' housing project in 1948. According to an accompanying note prepared by Burnaby Village Museum, and supported by the inscription on the photograph, Ada Bingham came to Burnaby to homestead with her husband, Alfred "Alf" Bingham, in 1919. They settled in the Lochdale district of North Burnaby but later moved to Parker Street.

Subjects: Land Clearing; Plants - Trees

Names: Bingham, Mary Ada "Ada"

Accession Code: HV976.46.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1948]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-06-20

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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Tree stump at Willingdon Heights

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1924]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing by a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by BVM and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon Heights district. It is likel…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 11.5 cm

Material Details: Annotations on the front of the photograph read: "Gilmour & Parker St South 1924" and "Willingdon Heights." An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "25 feet at ground level / (A Bingham) March 11 1971." Stamped on the back of the photo: "457."

Scope and Content: Photograph of a woman standing by a giant tree stump in Willingdon Heights. According to an accompanying note prepared by BVM and supported by the inscription on the photograph, the stump was at the southeast corner of Parker Street and Gilmore Avenue in the Willingdon Heights district. It is likely that the woman in the picture is Ada Bingham, wife of Alfred Bingham who took the picture.