Bert Martin outside of his house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilbert "Bert" Martin standing next to a car outside of his house at 6656 Winch Street in Burnaby. Two cars are parked in the driveway outside of the house.
Biography- HEW - Bernie Simpson
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1933-1995
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold Edward Winch collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of records relating to the development of a biography of Harold Winch, including notes on sources of information, correspondence, and financial reference material. Bernie Simpson was an NDP MLA in Vancouver-Fraserview (1990-1995) and a friend of Jessie Winch's.
Blacksmith shops
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w composite ; 26 x 30.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39 cm
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of various aspects of unidentified blacksmith shops including interiors, equipment and exteriors.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w composite ; 26 x 30.5 cm, mounted on cardboard 32 x 39 cm
- Material Details
- Composite is comprised of ten photographs
- Scope and Content
- Composite photograph of various aspects of unidentified blacksmith shops including interiors, equipment and exteriors.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial
- Tools and Equipment
- Occupations - Blacksmiths
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.18.8
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-?] (date of originals), copied [1971]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Arrangement
- Record appears to be a part of the Burnaby Centennial Committee or the Century Park Museum Associaton. Jon Newby was a board member of either of these committees.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/8/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Boal family home
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house which has new, light coloured siding (white?) and a garage in the back. A man is mowing the lawn next to the house.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Material Details
- Handwritten text in ink on front of photograph reads: "1950".
- Stamped numeral on back of photograph reads: "452".
- Handwritten text on back of photograph reads: "summer, 1950 / Boals' house".
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house which has new, light coloured siding (white?) and a garage in the back. A man is mowing the lawn next to the house.
- History
- Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.
- Names
- Boal, William Ewart
- Boal, Ethel May Jackson
- Boal, Glen
- Geographic Access
- Norland Avenue
- Street Address
- 4319 Norland Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV017.28.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Boal family home
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house. The house has been altered by enclosing the front porch and lowering the front door to ground level. Doors and window sills are painted light blue. Window shutters have been added. The house is wh…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boal home at 4319 Norland Ave in Burnaby. This is a three-quarter shot of the house. The house has been altered by enclosing the front porch and lowering the front door to ground level. Doors and window sills are painted light blue. Window shutters have been added. The house is white. There are trees in full leaf around the house.
- History
- Material belonged to Glen and Ann Boal (nee Lockhart), who grew up in Burnaby and attended Burnaby South High School. They met and became engaged and married in 1954.
- Names
- Boal, William Ewart
- Boal, Ethel May Jackson
- Boal, Glen
- Geographic Access
- Norland Avenue
- Street Address
- 4319 Norland Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV017.28.23
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [195-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 06-Mar-2018
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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The Bobbsey twins in the country
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.20.16
- Call Number
- 813.5 HOP
- Author
- Hope, Laura Lee
- Contributor
- Scott, Janet Laura
- Place of Publication
- Racine
- Publisher
- Wisconsin
- Publication Date
- c1953
- Series
- The Bobbsey Twins
- Printer
- Whitman Publishing Company
- Physical Description
- 282 p. : ill. : 20cm.
- Inscription
- "Merry Christmas, 1963 / To Susan, / Love from / Steven.", handwritten in blue pen on back of front endpaper
"Susan H.", handwritten in purplish blue pen on back of front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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Bob Love at beach in Lincoln City
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1951]
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Robert Mathew "Bob" Love seated in the water at beach in Lincoln City, Oregon.
Bob Love in yard
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1951]
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of toddler Robert Mathew "Bob" Love standing in the yard of his family home in Lebanon, Oregon. Home of Bob's parents Robert Leonard and Margaret Love is visible in the background.
Bob O'Brien with Burnaby Garbage Department trucks
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing in a parking lot next to four garbage trucks (two of the men are in suits). Robert Emmette O'Brien is second from the right. He worked for Burnaby for many years (the other men are unidentified). All the trucks bear the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby Garbage D…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of six men standing in a parking lot next to four garbage trucks (two of the men are in suits). Robert Emmette O'Brien is second from the right. He worked for Burnaby for many years (the other men are unidentified). All the trucks bear the sign "Corp. of the District of Burnaby Garbage Department" or "MUNICIPALITY OF BURNABY GARBAGE DEPARTMENT" and look to be Chevrolets built between 1941 and 1946.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Garbage Removal
- Transportation - Trucks
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Names
- O'Brien, Robert Emmette
- Accession Code
- BV996.15.3
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [after 1941]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Notes written on verso of photograph reads: "R.E. O'BRIEN/ By GARBAGE WAGON 2ND FROM RIGHT/ BURNABY, B.C." and "TR 196/ O'BRIEN"
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Booms and mill
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of log boom pond of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in Burrard Inlet.
[Bound collection of pamphlets]| Burnaby Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Program, June 29th to July 5th, 1952.
Bowers and Shankies in yard
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Aug. 1956 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of one man and two women in back row and two children in front row. Group is pictured in a garden. Adults are Frank Bower, his wife Janet Shankie Bower, and Janet's mother Bertha Gray Shankie. With children Gordon Bower and Janice Bower Flintroy.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of one man and two women in back row and two children in front row. Group is pictured in a garden. Adults are Frank Bower, his wife Janet Shankie Bower, and Janet's mother Bertha Gray Shankie. With children Gordon Bower and Janice Bower Flintroy.
- Names
- Bower, Janet Shankie
- Shankie, Bertha Gray, 1891-1965
- Bower, Frank
- Flintroy, Janice Bower
- Bower, Gordon
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Aug. 1956 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 09-Sep-18
- Notes
- Title based on annotations on digital file name
- Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor
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British Columbia : a centennial anthology
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.90.4
- Call Number
- 971.11 WAT
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Watters, Reginald Eyre
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- McClelland and Stewart
- Publication Date
- 1958
- Printer
- Evergreen Press
- Physical Description
- xvi, 576 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canadian literature
- Notes
- Includes a map of part of the coast, and many photographs.
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British Columbia : a history
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.1 ORM
- Author
- Ormsby, Margaret A. (Margaret Anchoretta), 1909-
- Place of Publication
- [Toronto]
- Publisher
- Macmillans in Canada
- Publication Date
- c1958
- Physical Description
- 558 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "This copy / of the first edition of / BRITISH COLUMBIA: A HISTORY / by Margaret A. Ormsby / is presented / with the compliments of / The British Columbia / Centennial Committee", printed on sheet inserted in front cover pages.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 527 - 534) and index.
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British Columbia centenary, 1858-1958
British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway timetable for the Lulu Island Branch, Eburne, and New Westminster Line, including a Sunday schedule and freight schedule.
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby North…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.4 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two British Columbia Electric Railway Company timetables for the Central Park line, one "corrected to October 15, 1933" and the other "corrected to May 16, 1946." Also in the photograph are two tickets, one reads, "Good for one fare at 10 for $1.25 between Vancouver and Burnaby Northwest Zone" and the other reads, "Good for one fare between Vancouver and Park Ave."
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1946 and 1973]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-16
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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British Columbia Electric Railway tram 1223
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [October 1957]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 17.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company Interurban tram no. 1223 at Marpole station in Vancouver. There are people standing by the tram, and a conductor is climbing onto the tram from the front.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 17.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company Interurban tram no. 1223 at Marpole station in Vancouver. There are people standing by the tram, and a conductor is climbing onto the tram from the front.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV972.202.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [October 1957]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "BCER 1223 (1232 in background) / Marpole BC / Oct. 57."
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British Columbia geography manual
British Columbia official centennial record, 1858-1958, a century of progress