Tram 1223
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [195-] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.1 x 12.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Central Park Interurban line, tram no. 1223.
Tram 1223 at the Edmonds Bus Loop
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 15, 1966
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; negative ; 4.6 x 4.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Edmonds Bus Loop at Edmonds Street and Kingsway with Interurban tram no. 1223 (Central Park Line) on display under a covered area to the left. The side of a bus visible on the right. There is a bus stop sign for the 52 Nelson.
Tram 1223 on site of Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban Tram 1223 on the tracks behind the Ice Cream Parlour building in Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The Ice Cream Parlour building is under construction.
Tram car at Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1971]
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Interurban tram 1223 on site at Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). The tram car was moved from Edmonds and Kingsway in 1971 where it was on display from 1958.
Tram car no. 10
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the remains of an old Vancouver street car beside the Gilley Powerhouse, with an unidentified person leaning out the window of the car. "10" is written on the front of the tram.
Tram car on Heritage Village site
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of tram car on Heritage Village site (now Burnaby Village Museum). Heritage Village opened on November 19, 1971.
Unidentified Man
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- June 25, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0787
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man wearing a baseball hat.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Mitsubishi Electric / color video copy processor"
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Vancouver Engineering Works steam donkey
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two steam donkeys placed beside a railway track. Behind the steam donkeys are large industrial warehouse buildings and electric power poles. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works - Steam Donkeys."
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two steam donkeys placed beside a railway track. Behind the steam donkeys are large industrial warehouse buildings and electric power poles. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works - Steam Donkeys."
- Subjects
- Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Vancouver Engineering Works Limited
- Accession Code
- HV978.14.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-08-01
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Vancouver Terminus of tramway to New Westminster
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 12 cm on 12 x 14.5 cm backing
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four people and a few teams of horses standing in the street next to an interurban car. A caption with the photograph reads: "Vancouver terminus of tramway to New Westminster."
Waplington children at Sapperton Interurban station
- 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 ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right) John Waplington (brother), Grace Waplington (sister) and Frances Louise Waplington (sister) at Sapperton Interurban station on the Burnaby Lake line. Some central Burnaby residents attended St. Mary's Anglican church in Sapperton.
Welcome arch at Edmonds and Kingsway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 14.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the welcome arch erected at Edmonds and Kingsway to welcome Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught during his visit to Burnaby. People are lined up on either end of the arch, dressed in their finery. The interurban tracks can be seen in the foreground and the Edmonds station can be seen at …
Welcome arch for the Duke of Connaught
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the welcome arch erected at Edmonds and Kingsway to welcome Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught during his visit to Burnaby. People are milling around the arch, dressed in their finery. The Connaught tram car that Prince Arthur arrived in is parked on the right. Prince Arthur was Governo…
Werner (Ollie) Ohl with 1223 tram
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1985 - 1995]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; copy print ; 15 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Werner (Ollie) Ohl stands on the left side of the photo with his left foot on the bottom step leading up to the door of the 1223 tram, which is to the right, at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- History
- Werner (Ollie) Ohl (1925-2014) was born in Germany, moving to Canada at age 4 in around 1930. He grew up on the property located at 2833 Laurel Street in Burnaby. The property had turkeys and cows, etc. and was close to Tommy Irvine's house. He attended Douglas Road School. He served in WWII and married Shirley Cole (donor) in 1949. He worked with BC Electric right out of the army, first driving the trams until they stopped running then he drove buses and then in 1962, he worked in the rail yard. The couple moved to Coquitlam in the 1950s and had four daughters. Werner (Ollie) was a volunteer who worked on the restoration of the 1233 Interurban on display at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Names
- Ohl, Werner "Ollie"
- Accession Code
- BV019.22.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1985 - 1995]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 18-Mar-19
- Scale
- 96
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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William George Alcock
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1922]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph William George Alcock in his British Columbia Electric Railway uniform with his hand in his breast pocket. He was an interurban tram conductor before 1922.
William W. Kenrick
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Kenrick in uniform taken in a photographic studio. He was the uncle of Kitty Hill Peers and served in the Indian Army Medical Corps.
Woman at interurban station
Woodworking Plant
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of James Brookes Woodworking Plant located at 7730 6th Street. This site has also served as Cliff's Can Factory and Western Canadian Can Factory. Note the spur street car line (no. 2) where B.C. Electric Railway freight cars could load and unload.
Young man in uniform
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [188-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young man in a uniform standing in front of a chair and beside a studio prop that looks like a staircase to a building. The painted backdrop is of a garden scene. On his collars, there are metal pins in the shape of "P137" or "P187"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 17 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the card mount, recto, b. "Wilson + Sons. PHOTOGRAPHERS.", verso, u.l. "Day and/ Electric Light/ Studios.", c. "Wilson + Sons", l.r. "95/ HARROW ROAD,/ PADDINGTON GREEN/ LONDON, W.", b. "COPIES OF THIS CAN ALWAYS BE HAD BY QUOTING/ Portraits copied to any size and coloured/ in Oil, Water Colour or Crayon."
- The photograph is mounted on card supplied by the photographic studio
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young man in a uniform standing in front of a chair and beside a studio prop that looks like a staircase to a building. The painted backdrop is of a garden scene. On his collars, there are metal pins in the shape of "P137" or "P187"
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Accession Code
- BV985.5895.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [188-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Wilson and Sons Photographers
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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