Burnaby's First May Day
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.2cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby's first May Day in 1925. Four young women are wearing cloaks and standing with baskets of flowers. Ruth Bearn, the May Queen, is standing third from the left, with a crown on her head.
Burnaby's First May Day 1925
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the crowned May Queen, Ruth Bearn (right) and Princess Burnaby, Agness Kilgour (left) and suite on stage at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. The suite is gathered on a platform, along with men in suits and uniforms, and a page boy by the May Queen. Flower girls are s…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Series
- Burnaby events photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the crowned May Queen, Ruth Bearn (right) and Princess Burnaby, Agness Kilgour (left) and suite on stage at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. The suite is gathered on a platform, along with men in suits and uniforms, and a page boy by the May Queen. Flower girls are sitting on the edge of the stage by the steps. here are chairs on the stage; however, people are standing. Crowds gathered to watch the ceremony are also visible.
- Subjects
- Events - May Day
- Names
- Whittaker, Ruth Lavinia Bearn
- McFarlane, "Agness" Nancy Galbraith McNeill Kilgour
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Accession Code
- HV977.17.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- May 1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-04
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Inscribed in the original negative, and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "Burnaby's First May Day / 1925 / #8 / Stride Photo."
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Burnaby's First May Day 1925
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the procession of May Queen Suite and other attendants at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. Each girl in the suite is holding a flower basket and escorted by a man in a suit and matching hats. A flag flying in the back and a water tower can be seen from behind the pr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Series
- Burnaby events photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the procession of May Queen Suite and other attendants at the first May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. Each girl in the suite is holding a flower basket and escorted by a man in a suit and matching hats. A flag flying in the back and a water tower can be seen from behind the procession. Guards and crowds are also visible.
- Subjects
- Events - Parades
- Events - May Day
- Names
- Whittaker, Ruth Lavinia Bearn
- Hawkshaw, Mabel Edith Honor McClean
- Jeffers, Eileen Mary Jacques
- McLean, Alexander K.
- McCulloch, Margaret
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Accession Code
- HV977.17.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-04
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- Annotation on the back of the photograph read: "Ruth Byrne [sic] [the first May Queen in Burnaby, leading the procession], Jessie, Margaret McCulloch, Eileen Jacques"
- Second annotation reads: "Reeve A.K. McLean, Mrs. John Hawkshaw in white turban."
- Inscribed in the original negative, and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "#11 / Burnaby's First May Day 1925 / Stride Photo."
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Burnaby's First May Day 1925
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the May Queen Miss Ruth Bearn in her crown of flowers, and Princess Burnaby, Miss Agness Kilgour, sitting on chairs on a stage at the First May Day celebration in Burnaby in 1925. Another girl in the suite and some men can be seen sitting on the stage as well. Crowds gathered to wat…