Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 50785
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1959]
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing identified as No. 50785 with handwritten annotation reading "W.O.M. - 8560". Property Exclusively of General Chemical Company.
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 52499
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 28 Jan. 1947
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 86 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing "Various Plans and Elevations", "Nichols Chemical Company"; drawing "No. 52499".
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Drawing No. 511726
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 26 Jan. 1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueline print ; 87.5 x 111 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of technical drawing titled "Assy. Det. No. 3 Ore Burner", "No. 511726" of Nichol's Chemical Plant. Includes "Parts Lists" index.
Nichols Chemical Co. Ltd. - Sulphide Works
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 Sep. 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Nichols Chemical Company fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 technical drawing : blueprint ; 75 x 68 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a technical drawing of "Nichols Chemical Co. of Can. Ltd. Sulphide Works". Index No. 450 Sheet V.
Parade on Kingsway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.8 x 3.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a parade on the 4600 block of Kingsway. The photograph was taken looking south, and the Ford Motor Co. plant can be seen in the background.
Rosita's Burritos
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men, sitting at a table underneath a "Rosita's Burritos Now Available" sign. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1361
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men, sitting at a table underneath a "Rosita's Burritos Now Available" sign. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "Burnaby Today page A4 / 62%"
Less detail
Rosita's Burritos - People working
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of factory workers on the line at Rosita's Burritos. Plastic-wrapped burritos are coming out of the machine. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- ca.1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-1360
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2009-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of factory workers on the line at Rosita's Burritos. Plastic-wrapped burritos are coming out of the machine. The photograph is from Burnaby Today.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer's stamp on verso
- Note on verso reads: "Burnaby Today / page A4 / 85%"
Less detail
Spear and Jackson Ltd.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of a Spear and Jackson (B.C.) Ltd. saw manufacturers building. Machinery can be seen.
Spear and Jackson Saws Ltd.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1958]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.6 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of a Spear and Jackson (B.C.) Ltd. saw manufacturers building. Machinery can be seen.
Tramline tracks
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 25.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a British Columbia Electric Railway Company tramline track on Sixth Street and Twelfth Avenue. George Leaf's General Store, located at 7745 Sixth Street is visible on the left and Cliff's Car Factory located at 7730 Sixth Street is visible on the right. George Leaf's store burned down…
Vancouver Engineering Works interior
- 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 the interior of a large steel foundry. There are numerous pieces of machinery, large cogs and gears, chains on pulleys, and metal bars arranged in the high roofed warehouse building. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works - Interior."
Vancouver Engineering Works interior
- 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 the interior of a large steel foundry. The section depicted in this photograph appears to be a loading area. There are crates and other things stacked in piles. An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works - Interior."
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 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of a large steel foundry. Tucked under the metal brace structures on the left of the photograph are steam donkeys. There is a man lowering a large gear in the centre on a pulley. In the foreground, to the right, is a wheelbarrow. An annotation on the back of the photo …
Vancouver Engineering Works Steel Foundry
- 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 a large two-storey warehouse building with a sign on the top of the peek roof that reads, "VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS LTD." There is a smaller sign on the side of the building that reads, "V.E.W. LTD. / STEEL FOUNDRY." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Vancouver Engineer…
- 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 a large two-storey warehouse building with a sign on the top of the peek roof that reads, "VANCOUVER ENGINEERING WORKS LTD." There is a smaller sign on the side of the building that reads, "V.E.W. LTD. / STEEL FOUNDRY." An annotation on the back of the photo reads: "Vancouver Engineering Works."
- Subjects
- Buildings - Industrial - Factories
- Names
- Vancouver Engineering Works Limited
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV978.14.4
- 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
Less detail
Warehouses - Burnaby Lake
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 22, 1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of commercial and industrial buildings by Burnaby Lake on Winston Street. The photograph is taken from a high point, facing south. The photograph shows the Furniture Fair warehouse and parking lot in the foreground and the Continental Can Company plant and its water tower are in the back…
Woodworking Business on Edmonds Street
- 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 ; 2.7 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a furniture and woodworking business, Westminster Furniture Manufacturing Company at 1470 Edmonds Street (later renumbered as the 7200 block of Edmonds Street). Signs above the door read, "Fixtures, Furniture, General Woodworking," and a man is standing outside.
Woodworking Plant
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954 (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, taken from 6th Avenue after a heavy snowfall. The plant was built originally as Cliff's Can Factory, and also served as Western Canadian Can Factory.
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.
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, taken from 13th Avenue. This site has also served as Cliff's Can Factory and Western Canadian Can Factory.
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, taken from 6th Street. It was an East Burnaby landmark, established in 1902 as a can company by Edwin Cliff. This site has also served as Cliff's Can Factory and Western Canadian Can Factory.