postcard
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.20.28
- Description
- Postcard: colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows two-storey building, brick and plaster; red "SWEDISH CANADIAN REST HOME" over entrance; drive visible, lawn and shrubs in foreground, vegetable garden?; on reverse in black "SWEDISH CANADIAN REST HOME" “1800 Duthie Avenue Burnaby, B.C.," "Dedicated to Man and Woman who in twilight of Life, seek comfort, rest and contentment."; line down centre, at bottom "Tri Color" "Made in Canada, Exclusively by Frank T. Coan Ltd. Vancouver, B.C."; at right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS ONLY"; outline of rectangle at upper right; unused
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Swedish Canadian Rest Home / 1800 Duthie Avenue Burnaby, B.C. / Dedicated to Man and Woman.. / Tri Colour / Made in Canada, exclusively by Frank T. Coan Ltd. Vancouver, B.C.
- Maker
- Frank T. Coan Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Swedish Canadian Rest Home
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Buildings
- Buildings - Residential
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
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postcard
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.41.6
- Description
- Postcard: colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows two-storey building, brick and plaster; "SWEDISH CANADIAN REST HOME" in red above entrance, three flags; driveway visible, lawn in foreground, shrubs; on reverse in blue "SWEDISH CANADIAN REST HOME" "1800 Duthie Avenue -- Burnaby, B.C,." "INCORPORATED 1947," "Dedicated To Man And Woman Who In Twilight Of Life, Seek Comfort, Rest And Contentment."; at lower left, "Photo by Burnaby Photographers" "45243-C"; up centre, "Pub. by Colour Deluxe Photographers, 1353 East 41st Ave., Vancouver, B.C."; at bottom, maple leaf logo "Made in Canada" "DEXTER COLOR, CANADA, LTD." "CORNWALL, ONTARIO"; at right, "Post Card", and dotted outline of stamp at upper right, "PLACE STAMP HERE"; pencilled "$2" at upper left; lightly soiled, slight wear on corners; unused
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Swedish Canadian Rest Home / 1800 Duthie Avenue - Burnaby, B.C. / Incorporated 1947 / Dedicated to Man and Woman.. / ..Seek Comfort, Rest, and Contentment
- Maker
- Dexter Color
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Cornwall
- Title
- Swedish Canadian Rest Home
45243-C
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Buildings
- Buildings - Residential
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
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5130 Irving Street lobby
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance of an apartment building located at 5130 Irving Street. The building was constructed in 1971. The photograph depicts the entrance and the lobby from the exterior at night. The lobby is illuminated and a crest featuring an "E" is on the entrance window.
6280 Marlborough Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front steps and entry to a three-storey apartment building, located at 6280 Marlborough Avenue. The photograph depicts the building at night and shows the brick building's details, including its lion statues and busts along the stair railings and the curved arches in front of the …
6508 Silver Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the corner and side of the exterior of a concrete low-rise apartment building located at 6508 Silver Avenue. The photograph depicts the building at dusk. Some of the apartment windows are lit up from inside, and plant pots are lined up along the third-floor balcony. A chain link fence…
6615 Telford Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance, including the front steps and ramp, to a low-rise apartment building located at 6615 Telford Avenue. The building was constructed in 1964. The photograph depicts the building at night, and trees and bushes partially obscure the entrance. The building's lobby is illuminat…
6692 Dow Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of a two-storey apartment building located at 6692 Dow Avenue. The photograph depicts the building from across the street at night; the lobby and some of the apartment windows are lit up, with a bunch of balloons in one window, and a car is parked on the street in front o…
6700 Dow Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance to an apartment building located at 6700 Dow Avenue. The photograph depicts the building at night; the lobby and stairs are illuminated by exterior and interior lights. The building was constructed in 1968.
7365 CA Way Burnaby
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 40 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of low-rise apartments and single-family homes along the 7300 block of Canaday Way, including a two-storey apartment complex at 7365 Canada Way.
Charmwood Apartments
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance to Charmwood Apartments, a low-rise apartment building located at 6558 Sussex Avenue. The building was constructed in 1964. The photograph depicts the building at night; building's stairwell and lobby are visible from the lights shining through the windows.
Evergreen Apartments
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance of Evergreen Apartments, an apartment building located at 6707 Dow Avenue. The building was constructed in 1958. The photograph depicts the building at night. The lobby is illuminated from the inside and a number of signs and decals are stuck to the building's glass door,…
High-rise at Kingsway and Edmonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of a "senior citizen's" high-rise at Kingsway and Edmonds.
Imperial Apartment
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a door on the exterior of Imperial Apartment, an apartment building located at 6729 Sussex Avenue. The building was constructed in 1953. One light hangs over the building's address and two cars are parked in front of the building.
Kingsview Apartments
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance and exterior of Kingsview Apartments, an apartment building located at 6187 Kingsway. The photograph depicts the building at night and in the rain. The hallways and stairwells of the three-storey apartment building are illuminated. The building was constructed in 1977.
Kyoto Terrace
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance and front steps of Kyoto Terrace, an apartment building located at 7227 Balmoral Street. The photograph is taken at night from the base of the concrete building's steps, and only the illuminated lobby is visible. The building was constructed in 1967.
Kyoto Terrace lobby
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the lobby of Kyoto Terrace, an apartment building located at 7227 Balmoral Street. The photograph is taken at night from outside the building's glass front doors, in which the photographer's feet are reflected. The photograph depicts the intercom on an exterior wall and the illuminate…
Martello Group sign at 6615 Telford Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a sign, which reads "Professionally Managed by Martello," on the lawn of an apartment building located at 6615 Telford Avenue. The building was constructed in 1964. Other residential towers, a construction crane, and cars parked along Telford Avenue are visible in the background.
New Vista Society Project
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.9 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the New Vista Society housing project no. 6 at 141-149-155 11th Avenue (later renumbered the 8100 block of 11th Avenue).
Norman Bethune Housing Cooperative
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Larry Whaley, then president of the Norman Bethune Housing Cooperative, standing outside the housing complex where he lived. At the time, only 24 units were inhabited by members while the other 282 units that were supposed to be opened up in the second stage of the project were vacant…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 19.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1253
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Larry Whaley, then president of the Norman Bethune Housing Cooperative, standing outside the housing complex where he lived. At the time, only 24 units were inhabited by members while the other 282 units that were supposed to be opened up in the second stage of the project were vacant due to a misunderstanding between the provincial and federal governments, and the allocation of nine million dollars that had been sent aside in 1973 for for rental housing in Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Apartments
- Buildings - Residential - Townhouses
- Names
- Whaley, Larry
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "Larry Whaley ponders what will happen to Bethune Co-Op Housing in Simon Fraser Hills area."
- Geographic Access
- Centaurus Circle
- Street Address
- 8752 Centaurus Circle
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lyndhurst Area
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Royal Crest Apartments
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2022
- Collection/Fonds
- Disappearing Burnaby collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the entrance and front path of Royal Crest Apartments, an apartment building located at 7165 Fulton Avenue. The building's exterior is stone and the path is bordered by an iron fence. The interior lobby is illuminated and visible through the glass door and windows, which feature the b…