Air cadets at opening of Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 19 November 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 a group of air cadets standing near the flag pole at the official opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), November 19, 1971.
Valleyview Community Centre Parade
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.2 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre parade at Douglas Road. Youth in uniform are marching down the street.
Valleyview Community Centre Parade
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.1 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Valleyview Community Centre parade, possibly at Gilpin Street. Older men in uniform are seen in marching in a field.
Jim Ellis, Bobby Ellis and Bob Smith
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1944] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.0 x 2.3 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Ellis, Bobby Ellis and Bob Smith at the front of the Ellis home on Nelson Avenue. The men are in uniform and the boy in the middle (Bobby) is wearing a sailor's suit.
Standing with a Mountie
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men in military uniforms standing with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in dress uniform. The solider on the far right is Frank Battersby.
Charles MacSorley at the Central Park Garage Opening
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1955]
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Reeve Charles MacSorley reaching into a large ballot drum to draw a ticket in front of a crowd gathered at Burnaby's Central Park. Two men are standing on the stage with him; one is in a suit, the other is in a uniform.
Marching soldiers
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1945]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of soldiers marching down paved streets. This march is believed to be part of the Seaforth Highlanders' homecoming (the location has not been identified).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of soldiers marching down paved streets. This march is believed to be part of the Seaforth Highlanders' homecoming (the location has not been identified).
- Subjects
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Events - Parades
- Accession Code
- BV004.104.110
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1945]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "1 McLellan / 2 Swenton"
Less detail
Michael DesMazes at Burnaby Village Museum Collectors' Weekend
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Michael DesMazes setting up his collection of Canadian World War II military headgear at Burnaby Village Museum, as part of the annual Collectors' Weekend.
Parade of sailors
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sailors in a parade at Granville and Hastings, Vancouver. Visible in the background are crowds of people at the street side, as well as the Post Office, and the Royal Bank and "Famous Furs" stores.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
- Material Details
- Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner
- The stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden [illegible]/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sailors in a parade at Granville and Hastings, Vancouver. Visible in the background are crowds of people at the street side, as well as the Post Office, and the Royal Bank and "Famous Furs" stores.
- Subjects
- Events - Parades
- Buildings - Commercial - Stores
- Public Services - Military Services
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.5769.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- Photographs BV985.5765.1 - BV985.5769.1 are of the same parade at the same location.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Waiting for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Charles MacSorley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of approximately twenty-four men and women dressed in uniform, standing on the steps of the Municipal Hall. Many of the people are holding flags. The photograph was taken in 1951 during the royal visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip.
Air force office
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of an air force office. John Shaw has written on the back of the picture: "The Orderly Room. Corporal Honey in the foreground leaning on the counter which holds all our forms in those pigeon holes you can see."
Air force personnel
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fifty-three men sitting and standing in front of a building in their air force uniforms. The photograph is captioned "PL # 2 - No. 3 Co. / T.C. # 110 January 1941 / Vernon BC." This is the group of air force cadets that went through training with John Shaw at Vernon during the winter …
Air force staff
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1943
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of fourteen men and women in uniform sitting and standing together in an air force office. A caption on the back of the photograph reads: "Orderly Room Staff - Sea Island 1943." John Shaw can be seen standing in the back row, sixth from right.
Camp Vernon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of military trainees standing at ease and forming three rows in front of Nissen huts at the Canadian Military Training Centre, Camp Vernon.
Frank Battersby
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Frank Battersby in uniform, sitting on a stone fence in front of the Canadian Military Centre, Camp Vernon. An unidentified man is visible in the background (on the right).
Friend of Jack Shaw's
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man identified as a friend of Jack Shaw's standing outside in the snow at the air force training camp at Vernon.
Interior of the barracks
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941]
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the sleeping quarters at the air force training camp in Vernon. Rows of beds have soldiers standing beside them and mattresses and blankets piled up.