Surveying for the construction of a log cabin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1976]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of men surveying for the construction of a log cabin. The man in the centre of the photogaph is using a level. In the summer of 1976, Heritage Village Museum offered a two day log cabin building course under the expert instruction of Earl Carter.
Anderson and Phillips Builders
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1914]
- 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 a newly constructed house with land clearing debris and labourers working in the yard. A sign on the house reads; "Anderson and Phillips Builders", although the location and the specific individuals are unidentified (items no. 487-022 and 487-032 depict this house completed).
B.G. Walker house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard ; 8.4 x 13.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of the B.G. Walker house, Edmonds Street and Kingsway. Note the cedar stumps in background.
Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of cleared land at Gilmore Avenue and Douglas Road. Houses under construction can be seen in the background. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Gilmore Avenue and Kitchener Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 20, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gilmore Avenue and Kitchener Street with cleared land and the beginning of house construction. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Haszard house
- 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 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a house in a clearing just on the outskirts of densely wooded area. There is a wooden fence around the property, and in front of the house is a dirt road. There are small piles of logs along the road side. An earlier catalogue record identifies this house as the Haszard house that was located across the street from the property of the Sprott Farm. The photograph was taken from Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way). It is also noted that the Sprott family lived in the Haszard house while their home, named "Dovecote" was being completed.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Land Clearing
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- HV978.1.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [190-](date of original), copied 1978
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Kitchener Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 20, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 4200 block of Kitchener Street as cleared land. House construction can be seen in the background on the left. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Land clearing machines
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 16, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of land clearing machines at 4124 Napier Street. Partially constructed houses and lumber are visible, and a sign on the side of a bulldozer reads "Holmes and Wilson Trucking." This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Leer family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- 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 the Leer family. From left to right: Richard Hedges, George Leer, Sarah Leer, and Ethel Leer. George Leer and his wife would be grandparents of Mayor William Lewarne. This photograph was taken in front of the Leer family home at Portland Street and McGregor Avenue.
Madison Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 20, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Madison Avenue (east) with the road and cleared land in the foreground, and houses in the background. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Madison Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 20, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Madison Avenue (southeast) with the road and cleared land in the foreground, and houses in the background. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Madison Avenue and Kitchener Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 20, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 13.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the 4200 block of Kitchener Street at Madison Avenue with cleared land and brush in foreground, and a bulldozer, lumber and houses under construction in background. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Newly constructed house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1914]
- 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 a man sitting at the side of a newly constructed house, most likely in the Capitol Hill neighbourhood of Burnaby.
Rosser Avenue and Napier Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 29, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Rosser Avenue and Napier Street with a cleared area with a house on either side. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
William Street and Carleton Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- August 30, 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 6.8 x 11.1 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William Street and Carleton Avenue with cleared land in the centre of the photograph and houses on the streets on either side. This is part of the Willingdon Heights subdivision site.
Shearer Shack
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Shearer Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Shearer, his wife Katherine (Dormer), and their daughter, Katie, posed in front of the temporary shelter erected at 5573 Buckingham Avenue during the construction of their home on that site, which was commissioned by Katherine's father, Francis Joseph Dormer. The image was taken s…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Shearer Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 530-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2012-05
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jim Shearer, his wife Katherine (Dormer), and their daughter, Katie, posed in front of the temporary shelter erected at 5573 Buckingham Avenue during the construction of their home on that site, which was commissioned by Katherine's father, Francis Joseph Dormer. The image was taken shortly before their son James Francis was born.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Buildings - Residential
- Names
- Shearer, James Dyke
- Shearer, Katherine Dormer
- Shearer, Katie
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Shearer, Tony
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Street Address
- 5573 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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7026 Kingsway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- January 1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of commercial and undeveloped properties located in the 7100 block of Kingsway, including Middlegate Honda, with mid-rise towers visible in the background.
1160 Douglas Rd
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the exterior of a three-storey commerical building located at 1160 Douglas Road.
8980 Fraserwood Crt
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1994
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 24 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of an undeveloped property located at 8980 Fraserwood Court. A Sutton Group real estate sign on the property advertises the site as the Fraserwood Corporate Centre with strata warehouse and office flex space. File also contains photographs of the commerical building adjacent to the si…
Burnaby
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the exterior of a single-storey industrial building and surrounding undeveloped property. A sign on the building reads "Bauer". The location of the building has not been identified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Physical Description
- 43 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 622-036
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2017-39
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of the exterior of a single-storey industrial building and surrounding undeveloped property. A sign on the building reads "Bauer". The location of the building has not been identified.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial
- Land Clearing
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from envelope photographs were originally housed in
- File no. 91-452-B
Less detail