Aerial view from Central Park
Anik-B educational television system
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19 x 22.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-351
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Education Minister Pat McGreer delivering the first message with the Anik-B educational television system which connected fourteen classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
- Subjects
- Telecommunication Tools and Equipment - Televisions
- Names
- British Columbia Institute of Technology
- McGreer, Pat
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Battistoni, Peter
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "ON THE AIR ... The Anik-B educational television system went on the air live Monday as Education Minister Pat McGreer delivered the first message. The system connects some 14 classrooms around the province and in the Northwest Territories to the originating studio at BCIT. The lessons are beamed via sattelite [sic] to the classrooms, most of which have the capacity to talk back to the instructor during the lesson."
- Note on recto of photograph reads: "CAMERA IS AT TOP ON PHOTO."
- Geographic Access
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Anthony Parr works beside an architectural model
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Municipal Planner Anthony L. Parr working beside an architectural model of the proposed North Burnaby comprehensive development.
Art Gallery
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 16, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the rear exterior of the Burnaby Art Gallery (Ceperley/Fairacres). The photograph is taken from a parking lot, facing east, and shows the entrance to the Art Gallery.
BC Institute of Technology
BC Institute of Technology
BC Institute of Technology
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 16, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) campus, including main buildings and portables. The photograph is taken from a hgh point, facing northeast, on the 3600 block of Willingdon Avenue. The residential neighbourhood and mountains are visible in the background.
BCIT BCVS Parking Area
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the parking lot at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and the British Columbia Vocational School (BCVS) on Wayburne Drive. The parking lot is full of cars and campus buildings are visible in the background. The photograph is taken facing north.
B.C. Teachers Credit Union
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September, 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 B.C. Teachers Credit Union at 4162 Norland Avenue. The building was constructed in June 1976. It also houses the Electrical Trades Credit Union.
B.C. Vocational School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 17, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the parking lot and the exterior of the British Columbia Vocational School building, located at 3650 Willingdon Avenue. The photograph is taken facing northeast. BCVS merged with BCIT in 1986.
B.C. Vocational School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 16, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the grounds and the exterior of the British Columbia Vocational School, located at 3650 Willingdon Avenue. A directional sign points to the BC Vocational School Administration Building. The photograph is taken facing northeast at the intersection of White Avenue and Goard Way. BCVS me…
Bob Prittie with Burnaby North drama students
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1972
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 21 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mayor Bob Prittie being "kidnapped" on the steps of City Hall by cast members of the play "Guys and Dolls", produced by drama students at Burnaby North senior secondary school. Robert Prittie was Mayor of Burnaby from 1969 to 1973.
Bruce Northorp and Robert Prittie
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1969 and 1973]
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Royal Canadian Mounted Police staff-sergeant Bruce Northorp in uniform, shaking hands with Burnaby Mayor Robert Prittie, as the Mayor presents him with the RCMP's 20-year long-service metal at a ceremony at city hall.
Burnaby Art Gallery
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Burnaby Art Gallery, formerly known as the Ceperley House, in Deer Lake Park.
Burnaby Art Gallery
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October, 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 Burnaby Art Gallery at 6344 Gilpin Street (later 6344 Deer Lake Avenue). Built in 1908 by R. P. Twizell as the private residence of Henry Ceperley. For a time, it was the home of Vancouver's former Mayor Buscombe. In 1940 it was occupied by the Order of Benedictine and later…