Picnic at Fairacres
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 4.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a picnic at Fairacres, with the Ceperley Mansion visible in the distance. The group of eight is sitting and standing around a small wooden table outside. On the table are cups and drinks, but no food. The three seated women are wearing large brimmed hats and dresses with overcoats (li…
Picnic at Fairacres
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a picnic at Fairacres. The family is sitting and standing around a small wooden table, and their dog is lying on a blanket in front. Henry and Grace Ceperley (wearing a cardigan) are seated second and third from the left respectively and the couple seated next to them appears to the …
Race track on circus grounds
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a racetrack on circus grounds, with a man saddling up a horse in the foreground. The location has not been identified.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Fred K. Leggett family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a racetrack on circus grounds, with a man saddling up a horse in the foreground. The location has not been identified.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Horses
- Animals - Horses
- Exhibitions
- Accession Code
- BV993.51.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1900 and 1919] (date of original), copied [1993]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-04-23
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pen on verso of photograph reads: "P91-5-4"
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 120 film copy negative accompanying
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Reclining in the grass
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of eight people reclining on the grass in a wooded area. One of the girls is holding a terrier in her lap. This photograph is believed to have been taken in the Capitol Hill area of Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Material Details
- Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 487-050
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2008-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of eight people reclining on the grass in a wooded area. One of the girls is holding a terrier in her lap. This photograph is believed to have been taken in the Capitol Hill area of Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Phillips, James William "Jim"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Royal Oak Hotel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.5 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the Royal Oak Hotel at Kingsway and Royal Oak (3501 Kingsway, old street numbering). Three men (who have been identified by a note on the back of the card as Andrew Johnson, T.C. Hicks and W. Hicks) can be seen standing at the front steps of the hotel while a Burnaby Police…
Standing on the porch
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man and a woman standing on the front porch of a house, each with a cat in their hands. Both the location and the individuals are unidentified (although it is the same house as depicted under construction in item no. 487-029).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1914]
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Material Details
- Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 487-022
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2008-18
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man and a woman standing on the front porch of a house, each with a cat in their hands. Both the location and the individuals are unidentified (although it is the same house as depicted under construction in item no. 487-029).
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Animals - Cats
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Phillips, James William "Jim"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Steady Work and Keep
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- LaFavor Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.2 x 13.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the mill in Barnet Village, BC. The image is captioned "Steady work and Keep, Barnet, BC." The Barnet Mill was called the North Pacific Lumber Company from 1889 to 1914.
Stone fountain in lake
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- The name "velox" is lightly printed on the back of the photo paper: thus, the photograph is printed on Kodak velox photo paper made in early 1900s for amateur photography.
- stamped on verso, "729"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a small stone fountain spraying water in a pond laid with stones along the edges. There are swans and ducks in the pond, with trees and a part of a wooden building in the background. A note in the accession register speculates the location is Beaver Lake in Stanley Park, Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Fountains
- Geographic Features - Lakes and Ponds
- Animals - Fowl
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.5790.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Streetcar work camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of labourers at the British Columbia Electric Railway Company streetcar work camp standing and sitting in three rows in front of a large tent at Hastings Street. The man on the far right, sitting upright, is holding a cocker spaniel at his knee. This photograph was taken during construct…
Streetcar work camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of labourers at the British Columbia Electric Railway Company streetcar work camp standing and sitting in three rows in front of a large tent at Hastings Street. The man on the far right, sitting upright, is holding a cocker spaniel at his knee. This photograph was taken during construc…
Three men with deer
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men posing with dead deer. The three men are standing at the back of an automobile and the man in centre is holding the deer by it's head and front haunches. Man on left and in centre are spoking pipes and man on right is holding a rifle.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men posing with dead deer. The three men are standing at the back of an automobile and the man in centre is holding the deer by it's head and front haunches. Man on left and in centre are spoking pipes and man on right is holding a rifle.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Hunting
- Animals - Deer
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.139
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [191-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
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Three men with horse drawn wagon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [c. 1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men standing next to a horse drawn wagon on a dirt road. Thick forest with coniferous trees is growing alongside the road. The bed of the wagon is loaded with a trunk and other items.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men standing next to a horse drawn wagon on a dirt road. Thick forest with coniferous trees is growing alongside the road. The bed of the wagon is loaded with a trunk and other items.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Transportation - Wagons
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.48
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [c. 1910]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
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Towland house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1917] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of five people and a dog outside the Towland family home, likely sometime between July 1-4, 1917. Annotations on the back of the photograph read, "at Mrs. Towland's - Burnaby - B.C." and (in different handwriting), "Probably July 1-4; 1917? Woman in foreground was an America…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1917] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-797
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of five people and a dog outside the Towland family home, likely sometime between July 1-4, 1917. Annotations on the back of the photograph read, "at Mrs. Towland's - Burnaby - B.C." and (in different handwriting), "Probably July 1-4; 1917? Woman in foreground was an American. This fact may account for the Stars and Stripes as well as the Ensign"
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Symbols - Flags
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Truss bridge
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men and a dog looking at the BS&W trestle constructed at Campbell River. There is a workman's crossing shown below the bridge, allowing workmen to cross from one side of the river to the other. Tom Irvine was involved in the building of the trusses for this bridge.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men and a dog looking at the BS&W trestle constructed at Campbell River. There is a workman's crossing shown below the bridge, allowing workmen to cross from one side of the river to the other. Tom Irvine was involved in the building of the trusses for this bridge.
- History
- Bloedel Stewart and Welch built a trestle over the Campbell River in Spring 1925. BS&W acquired a timber lease on the south side of the Campbell River in order to access operations at Sayward. This is now the site of the John Hart Hydro Dam.
- Subjects
- Structures - Bridges
- Animals - Dogs
- Accession Code
- HV975.33.3bc
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1919]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/2/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)
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Two men with dead waterfowl
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [c. 1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men with dead waterfowl including ducks and geese. The men are holding a long stick between them holding dead waterfowl that are tied to and suspended from the stick by their necks. Both of the men are wearing caps and the man on the right is smoking a pipe.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men with dead waterfowl including ducks and geese. The men are holding a long stick between them holding dead waterfowl that are tied to and suspended from the stick by their necks. Both of the men are wearing caps and the man on the right is smoking a pipe.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Hunting
- Animals - Birds
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.56
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [c. 1915]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See also BV022.32.9
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
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Unidentified woman holding a dog
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-044
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a woman holding a dog in front of a house.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black pen on verso reads: "I expect you are sick of the sight of these snaps, but they are the only ones I can find. We are printing on Monday so will send you some next time I write"
- Photograph stamp on verso reads what appears to be German
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Vidal family in a boat
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1934]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows three women, a man and a dog identified from left to right as Louisa, Alexander, "Happy", Dorothy and Charlotte Vidal. They are in a boat on a lake.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1915 and 1934]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hill family and Vidal family fonds
- Series
- Hill family and Vidal family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 550-074
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2013-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows three women, a man and a dog identified from left to right as Louisa, Alexander, "Happy", Dorothy and Charlotte Vidal. They are in a boat on a lake.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Recreational Activities - Boating
- Names
- Loomis, Dorothy Kate Vidal
- Vidal, Alexander E. E. "Bill"
- Vidal, Louisa Sophia "Lou" Jones
- Hill, Charlotte Elizabeth Vidal
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying photograph and contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on album page reads: "LSV, AV, 'Happy', DV, CV"
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Wray family
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family and friends on the verandah of their home at 2351 Dow Road (old street number), during the summer of 1919. The three depicted in the centre of the photograph are (l to r) a daughter of Mr and Mrs Wray, Mr. Edward Wray, and Mrs. Wray. On either side of them, there is a …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "Mr + Mrs Wray + their daughter (middle/ three) on verandah of their home/ at 2351 Dow Rd.", l.l. "taken - summer of/ 1919"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Wray family and friends on the verandah of their home at 2351 Dow Road (old street number), during the summer of 1919. The three depicted in the centre of the photograph are (l to r) a daughter of Mr and Mrs Wray, Mr. Edward Wray, and Mrs. Wray. On either side of them, there is a young woman, and a boy is sitting on the top of the stairs leading to the verandah. There is also a dog standing on the steps.
- Subjects
- Animals - Dogs
- Names
- Wray, Edward
- Wray, Elizabeth Frances Fletcher
- Geographic Access
- Dow Avenue
- Street Address
- 6926 Dow Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV985.439.2
- Date
- [1919]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 16-Jan-24
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Young man on a horse
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young man riding a horse in a residential area.
- Subjects
- Animals - Horses
- Accession Code
- HV973.110.46
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1900?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For a different shot of the young man on the horse, see photograph HV973.110.45
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-30
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Young woman holding two fish
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young woman dressed in overalls, standing on a beach and holding a fish in each hand.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young woman dressed in overalls, standing on a beach and holding a fish in each hand.
- Subjects
- Animals - Fish
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.306
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [191-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
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