50-Foot High Stump
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1936 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a stump in Central Park. Typed note at the bottom of the photograph reads, "Hollow stump in Central Park (about centre of park). Fifty feet high. At five feet from ground, fifty feet in circumference as measured by Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Wilson. Central Park, November 1936. / City Archiv…
311 Madison Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1931] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 311 Madison Avenue; a side view of the house before it was covered in stucco.
515 Esmond Street North
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [bewteen 1935 and 1939] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of 515 Esmond Street North.
530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles at an unknown location. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of eight boys, dressed in uniform, posing with rifles. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps at boathouse
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a group of seven boys, dressed in uniform, posing in front of a boathouse beside a lake. The group has been identified as the 530th Duke of Connaught High School Cadet Corps.
$1000.00 Debenture Issued by Burnaby 1893 June 01
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1893
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Scope and Content
- Item is a framed 1893 $1000.00 debenture issued on June 1, 1893 pursuant to the Burnaby Loan Bylaw, 1893. Twenty-five of these debentures were issued on June 1 and they bore an interest rate of 6 percent and matured in 1943, 50 years after the date of issue. The purpose for this issue was to pay …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1893
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Series
- Clerk's Department record series
- Physical Description
- Textual record
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 39509
- Accession Number
- 2001-01
- Scope and Content
- Item is a framed 1893 $1000.00 debenture issued on June 1, 1893 pursuant to the Burnaby Loan Bylaw, 1893. Twenty-five of these debentures were issued on June 1 and they bore an interest rate of 6 percent and matured in 1943, 50 years after the date of issue. The purpose for this issue was to pay for the construction of roads in Burnaby.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Less detail
1934 V-8 Ford
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936 or 1937] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.6 x 4.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 1934 V-8 Ford in front of 3825 Hazel Street (later renumbered 4673 Hazel Street).
1935 Ford
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman standing beside a 1935 Ford decorated for an International Order of the Daughters of the Empire (I.O.D.E.) parade.
1935 Ford and 1918 "Tin Lizzie"
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [193-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a George Grant with a 1935 Ford (right) and Bill Grant with a 1918 "Tin Lizzie" (left). The "Tin Lizzie" belonged to William Wright.
3700 Block Yale Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1934] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 3700 block of Yale Street. At the left is a side view of 515 Esmond Avenue North.
3900 Block Union Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1912 and 1915] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.4 x 3.4 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Spraggon family home and another house on the 3900 block of Union Street (formerly named Barnard Street). There is a child at play in the snow in the foreground.
5118 Douglas Road landscaping plan
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : ink and pencil on paper ; 61 cm x 49 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a landscaping plan for the property at 5118 Douglas Street, with individual trees plotted and their species identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca. 1931
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : ink and pencil on paper ; 61 cm x 49 cm
- Material Details
- Scale : 1/8" = 1'
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 60633
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Accession Number
- 2017-01
- Scope and Content
- Item is a landscaping plan for the property at 5118 Douglas Street, with individual trees plotted and their species identified.
- Media Type
- Technical Drawing
Less detail
Across Burrard Inlet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking across Burrard Inlet towards Grouse Mountain. This photograph was taken from 410 North Hythe Avenue.
A. D. B. on top of Burnaby Mountain
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a young man sitting on stone in front of a few fallen trees and brush. A label accompanying the photograph reads: ADB - Top of Burnaby Mtn. - 1914.
Aftermath of plane crash
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1932]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 12.5 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the skeleton of a small plane which crashed on frozen lake near Quesnel. The airplane was heavily damaged by fire. The aircraft belonged to well-known B.C. aviator, Ginger Coote.
A Good Size Log, Barnet B.C
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.7 x 13.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of a labourer grappling with a large log on the log chute at the Barnet mill. The caption to the card reads: "A Good Size Log / Barnet B.C." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Agricultural Exhibit
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.4 x 25.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby's Agricultural Exhibit at New Westminster showing a display of vegetables, fruit, flowers, plants, and trees inside of a building.
Ainsly Lubbock on horseback