Astor Hotel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Astor Hotel at 4561 Kingsway and McKay Avenue. A hotel sign reads, "Welcome HRH Princess Margaret to Burnaby." The Astor Coffee Shop is to the right of the hotel.
A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 report
- Scope and Content
- Item is a school report entitled "A Study of Burnaby taken from the Point of View of Education." Included in the typed report are handwritten charts and newspaper clippings.
At the Gai Paree Supper Club
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 6, 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 14 cm, mounted in card ; 12.5 x 33.5 cm, folded to 12.5 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-010
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Ewart "Bill" Grieve sitting at a table at the Gai Paree Supper Club with Clifford G. Brown. The four other individuals at the table have not been identified.
- Subjects
- Events - Parties
- Names
- Grieve, William Ewart "Bill"
- Brown, Clifton Gilbert, 1889-1960
- Gai Paree Supper Club
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on recto of card mount reads: "2004 January I believe the Gai Paree has disappeared"
- Notes inside card on recto of photograph mount read: "Maybe wartime?", "Bill Grieve, Chair of Burnaby School Bd circa 1955?" and "Clifford [sic] G. Brown, a school superintendent after whom a Pool named by Burnaby Lake"
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 6669 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
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At Tucks Station, Richmond
"Aunt" Cammell
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of "Aunt" Cammell of the Cammell-Laird shipbuilding clan. Ms. Cammell was the aunt (on the mother's side) of Claude and Bernard Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that Ms. Cammell had a great deal of influence on Clau…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1880]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 16.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-050
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of "Aunt" Cammell of the Cammell-Laird shipbuilding clan. Ms. Cammell was the aunt (on the mother's side) of Claude and Bernard Hill, early Burnaby Lake residents. A note on the back of the photograph indicates that Ms. Cammell had a great deal of influence on Claude and Bernard Hill's upbringing and schooling.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Austin Heights School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of thirty-nine students and their teacher, Mrs. V. Cuthbertson, on the steps of Austin Heights School in Coquitlam. A note on the back of the picture indicates that this was the grade one class.
Automatic equipment being installed
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men working with rows of equipment at the British Columbia Telephone Company Glenburn Exchange at Delta Avenue and Parker Street. A typed description on the back of the photograph reads, "Automatic equipment being installed in the new Glenburn exchange. / B.C. Telephone Company…
Award winning pianists
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three boys in front of a piano, holding trophies. The two boys seated in front are identified only as the Mandy brothers and the third is unidentified.
Baby Janice Bower
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 1950 (date of original), copied [2016]
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of little girl, identified as Janice Bower, aged about 18 months. Child is seated with legs stretched out in front of her. She wears a gold necklace with pendant, white dress, and white leather booties.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Studio portrait of little girl, identified as Janice Bower, aged about 18 months. Child is seated with legs stretched out in front of her. She wears a gold necklace with pendant, white dress, and white leather booties.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Flintroy, Janice Bower
- Accession Code
- BV015.40.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- March 1950 (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
Less detail
Back yard of 5118 Douglas Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1951]
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 cm x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the backyard and screened summer house at 5118 Douglas Road after a snowfall. The summer house was used by the Roberts children for sleeping outdoors in the summertime and by the Small children as a playhouse. It rotted and collapsed in the 1960s, likely following the "Big Snow" of …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1951]
- Collection/Fonds
- Small family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 cm x 11.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 620-019
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2017-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the backyard and screened summer house at 5118 Douglas Road after a snowfall. The summer house was used by the Roberts children for sleeping outdoors in the summertime and by the Small children as a playhouse. It rotted and collapsed in the 1960s, likely following the "Big Snow" of December 1964.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from donor's notes
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Summer House in the Snow / Burnaby - 1951?"
- Note in blue ink on verson of photograph reads: "P.19"
- 5118 Douglas Road renumbered to 3131 Douglas Road in 1958 and to 5538 Dominion Street in 1970 or 1971
- Street Address
- 3131 Douglas Road
- 5118 Douglas Road
- 5538 Dominion Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
Less detail
Backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 1954 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.1 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the backyard of 6131 Silver Avenue, facing the back of McKay Avenue. Two people are in a wading pool and houses are in the background.
Bank of Montreal
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.7 x 17.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Bank of Montreal at 418 Willingdon Avenue and Hastings Street.
Barns at Oakalla
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.1 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of horse and cattle barns at Oakalla Prison Farm.
Basil Pontifex and Norm Brooke
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1957 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.7 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of firefighters Basil Pontifex and Norm Brooke at Fire Hall No. 4 at 2326 Duthie Avenue. A firetruck can be seen behind them.
Bateman family
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1880] (date of original), copied [200-]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print ; 12.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Bateman family. Edwin Wettenhall Bateman is identified seated on the far left of the front row. Other people in the photograph could be his parents, James and Caroline Wettenhall Bateman and his siblings.
Bateman family parlour in Manitoba
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1887]
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12 cm, mounted on card 13 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Bateman family's parlour at their residence in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 12 cm, mounted on card 13 x 15.5 cm
- Material Details
- Card mount has decorative embossing
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Bateman family's parlour at their residence in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba.
- Subjects
- Furniture
- Musical Instruments
- Accession Code
- BV004.28.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1887]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
B.C. Electric Company
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the B.C. Electric Co. gas distribution centre building.
BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 map : col. ; on paper ; 54 x 85 cm folded to 21 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is the BC Electric Guide to Greater Vancouver consisting of a transit system map of Greater Vancouver, a Greater Vancouver Street Index along with listings for Parks, Golf and Country Clubs, etc.
B.C. Electric Railway no. 1232 coming into New Westminster Depot
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 12 Feb. 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no.1232 coming into New Westminster Depot off the Marpole Line. The Mc & Mc store is visible in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram no.1232 coming into New Westminster Depot off the Marpole Line. The Mc & Mc store is visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Accession Code
- BV012.36.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 12 Feb. 1956
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typewritten text on verso of photograph reads: "BCER #1232 coming into New Westminster Depot / off the Marpole / Line. / Sunday, Feburary 12, 1956"
Less detail
B.C. Electric Railway tram at Marpole Station
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of B.C. Electric Railway tram at Marpole Station on the B.C. Electric Railway Lulu Island branch.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Accession Code
- BV012.36.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 28 Sep. 1957
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2022-07-26
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typewritten text on verso of photograph reads: "A busy scene at the Marpole Station on the / B.C.E.R. Lulu Island branch, as with white / flags up, Special B.C.E.R. #1222, with a gro (sic) / group of rail fans on board, pauses for / orders, before proceeding on. / September 28, 1957"
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