10th Avenue connector construction
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view of the new 10th Avenue connector from Gord Thorneycroft's garage. Thorneycroft holds a mug and is silhouetted by the light coming from outside, where the Bombardier SkyTrain plant is visible in the distance.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1984
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the view of the new 10th Avenue connector from Gord Thorneycroft's garage. Thorneycroft holds a mug and is silhouetted by the light coming from outside, where the Bombardier SkyTrain plant is visible in the distance.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Skytrain
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Construction - Road Construction
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Gord Thorneycroft says he used to be able to enjoy his morning coffee looking out onto a quiet, tree-lined lane while working in his garage behind his home on 9th Ave. But workers building the new 10th Ave. connector tore out the trees last September, the City of Burnaby isn't making any promises to erect noise barriers, and his lane has become a thoroughfare to the Bombardier Skytrain plant."
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
Less detail
AJ Equipment and Rentals Ltd.
Bob Prittie with Bryan Bacon
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w 15.5 x ; 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bob Prittie with Chief Librarian Bryan Bacon at "Burnaby's new public Library branch" Crest Neighbourhood Library. Robert W. Prittie was New Democratic Party's Member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby-Richmond from 1962 to 1968. He was a Burnaby Councillor from 1959 to 1962, and served a…
Bombardier SkyTrain manufacturing facility
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Pierre Hebert, the plant manager at Bombardier's new SkyTrain manufacturing facility in Burnaby. Photographs depict Hebert posing with the shell of a new SkyTrain car and inspecting the inside of the under-construction car.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2108
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Pierre Hebert, the plant manager at Bombardier's new SkyTrain manufacturing facility in Burnaby. Photographs depict Hebert posing with the shell of a new SkyTrain car and inspecting the inside of the under-construction car.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Skytrain
- Construction
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2108-1: "Pierre Hebert, the plant manager at Bombardier's new Burnaby facility, with one of the shells for the new Skytrain cars being built at the plant."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2108-2: "Pierre Hebert, plant manager at Bombardier's new Skytrain manufacturing facility in Burnaby, inspects the hollow shell of one of the new series of cars to be built at the plant."
- Geographic Access
- 10th Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Hill Area
Less detail
House at 1279 10th Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 16, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a house at 1279 10th Avenue, near 15th Street. This house was built in 1910 and was one of the oldest in the area at the time the photograph was taken. It was originally part of a fruit orchard of several acres.
Our Lady of Mercy Rectory
Parish Church of Our Lady of Mercy
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 16, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows the Parish Church of Our Lady of Mercy located at 7892 Kingsway (later 7455 10th Avenue). Construction of this church was held up by World War II but it was completed in 1944.
Robert Nasato at Marine/10th Ave. Connector
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Nasato, the president of the West End Residents' Association, posing net to sign advertising the plans for the Marine/10th Ave. Connector.
Running track at Saint Thomas More Collegiate
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2001 (date of original); 2013 (date of annotation)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the running track at Saint Thomas More Collegiate with Our Lady of Mercy Parish visible in the background.
Running track at Saint Thomas More Collegiate
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2001 (date of original); 2013 (date of annotation)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the running track at Saint Thomas More Collegiate with the school visible in the background.
Running track at Saint Thomas More Collegiate
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2001 (date of original); 2013 (date of annotation)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col. ; 96 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the running track at Saint Thomas More Collegiate with the school visible in the background.