Burnaby May Day
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 26, 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.6 x 17.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day celebrations showing a man in uniform leading a bagpipe band on a field. Maypoles and a crowd can be seen in the background.
Burnaby May Day
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 26, 1928
- 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 1928 May Queen, Sylvia Murley (foreground, left) with Reeve Thomas Sanderson (foreground, centre) and Scoutmaster Tom Corbett (foreground, right) at Robert Burnaby Park. Sylvia Murley became Sylvia Auvache when she married Lewis Auvache, who would be Burnaby's Fire Chief between 1964…
Burnaby Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 34.5 x 23.3 cm mounted on 49.5 x 35.1 cm cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken from Burnaby Park, including trees and mountains in the distance.
Crowning the May Queen
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the crowning ceremony for Burnaby's 1928-1929 May Queen, Sylvia Murley on the raised dais receiving her crown, flanked by numerous flower girls and attendants.
Opening of Burnaby Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 6, 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.7 x 16.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the opening of Burnaby Park at the foot of 2nd Street. The photograph was likely taken just after the ribbon cutting.
Opening of Burnaby Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 6, 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.8 x 24.2 cm mounted on 29.1 x 38.7 cm cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the official opening of Burnaby Park at the foot of 2nd Street. A crowd is gathered under an arch decorated with flags, and a ribbon is stretched across the arch.