Swap meet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w, panorama
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people and automobiles gathered at the site of a drive-in theatre for a swap meet. Numerous vendors can be seen with their merchandise displayed on tables. The location of this photograph may be the Lougheed Drive-in Theatre as swap meets were held there often throughout the 1970s a…
HMS Delhi at Melbourne Harbour, Australia
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1924]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 13.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship at a harbour in Melbourne, Australia. There are streamers decorating the ship that extend out to the harbour . There are men in navy uniforms on the boat, looking towards the people gathered at the dock. Most people are in suits and dresses. A crane can be see…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 13.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a large military ship at a harbour in Melbourne, Australia. There are streamers decorating the ship that extend out to the harbour . There are men in navy uniforms on the boat, looking towards the people gathered at the dock. Most people are in suits and dresses. A crane can be seen in the lower right corner of the photograph.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Ships
- Celebrations
- Persons - Crowds
- Structures - Piers and Wharves
- Accession Code
- HV984.51.56
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1924]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-10-31
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- An annotation on the front of the photo reads: "Leaving Melbourne 1924." Annotations on the back of the photo read: "Arthur Been E.R.A / H.M.S. Delhi / S.S.S. / Y.P.G" and "If it wasn't for trouble how could we appreciate Happinees / AB[underlined]."
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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 …
Antique cars parading to Heritage Village sod-turning
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 11 April 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of crowd watching antique cars in parade leading to official sod-turning at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), April 11, 1971.
Deer Lake Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 19.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crowd on a beach and in the water at Deer Lake Park. Cars are parked in the foreground.
Man at swap meet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Spring 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man standing next to a pole with speakers on the site of the Lougheed Drive-In Theatre for a swap meet. A crafted item is suspended from the top of the pole and a piece of wire is strung from the pole to display stained glass items and. A crowd of people and parked cars and trucks a…
Swap meet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w, panorama
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people and automobiles gathered at the site of a drive-in theatre for a swap meet. Numerous vendors can be seen with their merchandise displayed on tables and outside their vehicles. The location of this photograph may be the Lougheed Drive-in Theatre as swap meets were held there t…
Swap meet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w, panorama
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of people and automobiles gathered at the site of a drive-in theatre for a swap meet. Numerous vendors can be seen with their merchadise displayed on tables and outside their vehicles. The location of this photograph may be the Lougheed Drive-in Theatre as swap meets were held there thr…
Campsite below railway line
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.9 x 12 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of tents and campsite situated below a railway bed that is identified as the "Wolfenden Camp." A grindstone is sitting near the centre of the camp and a bear skin is stretched out to dry on a rack in the middle of the photograph. In the background, another structure, possibly a railway s…
Campsite beside railway tracks
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 12.1 cm on page 17.5 x 26.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wolfenden camp" which consists of a number of tents erected next to the railway line. A few men can be seen working around the tents but all are unidentified. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on t…
Pyramid Camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two tents erected beside a railway track. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Pyramid Camp" but the exact location is unknown. Snow can be seen covering the ground and a pile of logs are visible next to the tents. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, w…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1926]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 12.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-170
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two tents erected beside a railway track. A caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Pyramid Camp" but the exact location is unknown. Snow can be seen covering the ground and a pile of logs are visible next to the tents. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley, British Columbia and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Structures - Tents
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
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Streetcar work camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of labourers at a British Columbia Electric Railway Company streetcar work camp standing in a long single file row in front of three large tents at Hastings Street. This photograph was taken during construction of the Hastings Streetcar line extension.
Streetcar work camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of labourers at the British Columbia Electric Railway Company streetcar work camp standing and sitting in three rows in front of a large tent at Hastings Street. The man on the far right, sitting upright, is holding a cocker spaniel at his knee. This photograph was taken during construct…
Streetcar work camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- J.W. Phillips fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of labourers at the British Columbia Electric Railway Company streetcar work camp standing and sitting in three rows in front of a large tent at Hastings Street. The man on the far right, sitting upright, is holding a cocker spaniel at his knee. This photograph was taken during construc…
Burnaby Welcomes You
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 8.9 x 14.0 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the welcome arch erected at Edmonds and Kingsway to welcome Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught during his visit to Burnaby. A large crowd is milling around the decorated arch which reads, "Burnaby Welcomes You." Prince Arthur was Governor General of Canada at this time.
Burnaby Welcomes You
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912 (date of original), copied [1997]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 12 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. A large crowd is milling around the decorated arch which reads, "Burnaby Welcomes You." Prince Arthur was Governor General of Canada at this time.
May Day
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Burnaby May Day being held in Central Park. A water tower can be seen in the background.
Old Lumberman's Arch
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1908 and 1911]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.9 x 10.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the old Lumberman's Arch by the beachside in Stanley Park, Vancouver. There are people gathered by the arch and standing and sitting on logs strewn on the beach.
Driving over a log bridge
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.7 x 10.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Patterson's car driving over a log bridge, believed to be the Cariboo Road Bridge over the Brunette river. A man in a trilby hat is in the driver's side of the car, with his hand on the steering wheel, facing the camera.
Gaglardi Way pedestrian overpass
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1858
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alex Nemeth posing next to his truck and the pedestrian overpass on Gaglardi Way.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Structures - Bridges
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "The windshield on Alex Nemeth's pickup truck was smashed on Tuesday when kids dropped snowballs filled with rocks from the pedestrian overpass on Gagliardi Way in Burnaby as he passed underneath on his way to work. The City of Burnaby has promised to enclose the walkway."
- Geographic Access
- Gaglardi Way
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