Child with Beanie Babies
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-3311
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified child posing with a Beanie Babies toy parrot.
- Subjects
- Persons - Children
- Toys
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
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Claude Hill with his son-in-law and grandchildren
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.7 x 10.5 cm on page 17 x 24.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (l to r): Robert Peers, his father Bob Peers, his sister Anne Peers and his grandfather, Claude Hill. Robert is holding a toy dog by a leash.
Ellis family dog
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1941] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Ellis family dog, Joe, holding a dog toy at the back of 2924 Silver Avenue (later renumbered 6113 Silver Avenue). A baby carriage is also in the photograph.
Family with young boy in kilt
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man, three women and a boy, standing on a lawn. There is a foot path behind the group, and in the background, a house can be seen. The area appears relatively unsettled. The boy is wearing a kilt, feathered cap, and fur sporran. There is a wooden toy car in front of the group.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6.5 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "3"
- There is a black diagonal strip printed across upper part of photograph.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man, three women and a boy, standing on a lawn. There is a foot path behind the group, and in the background, a house can be seen. The area appears relatively unsettled. The boy is wearing a kilt, feathered cap, and fur sporran. There is a wooden toy car in front of the group.
- Accession Code
- BV985.5804.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1915]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other photographs of this family, see BV985.5805.1 and BV985.5806.1
For another photograph of the boy, see BV985.5807.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Family with young boy in kilt
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men, two women and a boy, standing on a lawn. There is a foot path behind the group, and in the background, a house can be seen. Also, a non motorized lawn mower is visible on the lawn in front of the house. The boy is wearing a kilt, feathered cap, and fur sporran. There is a wo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 10.5 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, u.r. "3"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two men, two women and a boy, standing on a lawn. There is a foot path behind the group, and in the background, a house can be seen. Also, a non motorized lawn mower is visible on the lawn in front of the house. The boy is wearing a kilt, feathered cap, and fur sporran. There is a wooden toy car in front of the group.
- Accession Code
- BV985.5805.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1915]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other photographs of this family, see BV985.5804.1 and BV985.5806.1
For another photograph of the boy, see BV985.5807.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
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Fire in 7200 block of Curtis Street
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the aftermath of a fire in the 7200 block of Curtis Street. Photographs depict fire and police investigators at work, a memorial, and a neighbour being interviewed about the fire.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 4 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2979
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the aftermath of a fire in the 7200 block of Curtis Street. Photographs depict fire and police investigators at work, a memorial, and a neighbour being interviewed about the fire.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Fire Fighters
- Natural Phenomena - Fires
- Accidents
- Names
- Burnaby Fire Department
- Hahn, Doug
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a December 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-1: "Burnaby fire and police investigators look for clues to the cause of an overnight fire that killed three children and injured four other people, in the 7200 block of Curtis St."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-2: "A small memorial of flowers and a plush toy takes shape in front of the burned-out house on Curtis St. in which three children died early Sunday morning."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-3: "Burnaby fire inspector Doug Hahn."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2979-4: "Toader Simioniea, a next door neighbor, describes what he saw after he was alerted to the fire by his landlord."
- Geographic Access
- Curtis Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
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Gillis brothers
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- Gillis family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Gillis brothers (from left); Donald A. Gillis (holding a toy sailboat), Norman Montague Gillis and Boyd Leslie "Bud" Gillis.
Group of swimmers at the beach
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. There are two middle aged women in dresses, and a baby in a dress. The rest in the group are wearing bathing suits. There are two women in bathing suits and caps sitting on the sand, holding a parasol, two older girls with bathing suits an…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, c. [written sideways] "10"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. There are two middle aged women in dresses, and a baby in a dress. The rest in the group are wearing bathing suits. There are two women in bathing suits and caps sitting on the sand, holding a parasol, two older girls with bathing suits and caps standing behind them. Three young girls are standing with dress-like bathing suits just behind a group of five boys in bathing shirts and shorts. There are other people in the water and on the sand in the background. There are straw hats and a toy boat in front of the group.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Sports - Swimming
- Toys
- Accession Code
- BV985.5819.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1925]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of this group of swimmers, see photograph BV985.5820.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Group of swimmers at the beach
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. The two middle aged women in dresses, and two young women in bathing suits are standing in the back row, and one of them is holding a young girl in her arms. There are two children who are in regular clothes. The rest of the group, childre…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, c. [written sideways] "10"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified group of swimmers at a beach. The two middle aged women in dresses, and two young women in bathing suits are standing in the back row, and one of them is holding a young girl in her arms. There are two children who are in regular clothes. The rest of the group, children and woman in swimsuits are sitting on the sand. There are other people in the water and on the sand in the background. One of the boys is holding a toy boat in his hands, and another boy in swimming cap is lying down on his stomach in front of the group.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Beaches
- Sports - Swimming
- Accession Code
- BV985.5820.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1910 and 1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another photograph of this group of swimmers, see photograph BV985.5819.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Helen and Evelyn Langford
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1931 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.9 x 12.1 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of sisters Helen and Evelyn Langford with a toy buggy. They were the daughters of George and Lillian Langford.
Lumberjacks
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1898 (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 lumberjacks sitting and standing together along a wooden wall. Robert Pontifex is pictured on the far left. One of the lumberjacks in the foreground is sitting beside a toy dog.
Margaret Kelly
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Margaret Kelly, winner of a Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education, posing behind a toy car in a daycare playground.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2183
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Margaret Kelly, winner of a Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Early Childhood Education, posing behind a toy car in a daycare playground.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "After 27 years working in daycare, Margaret Kelly is being recognized with the Prime Minister's Awards for Excellence in Early Childhood Education. She was presented with her award in Ottawa on Tuesday."
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Martin boys and friends
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1933 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four children at the beach with what appears to be a Red Ryder BB gun. Bill Martin is holding the toy gun and his younger brother Jackie Martin is kneeling in front. The other two children are unidentified.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1933 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2011
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 525-012
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four children at the beach with what appears to be a Red Ryder BB gun. Bill Martin is holding the toy gun and his younger brother Jackie Martin is kneeling in front. The other two children are unidentified.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Martin, William
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Spruce Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Mehran Moallem in D Video
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mehran Moallem, the owner of D Video on North Road, standing in the aisle of the shop and showing examples of non-violent video games that he carries.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2628
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mehran Moallem, the owner of D Video on North Road, standing in the aisle of the shop and showing examples of non-violent video games that he carries.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Stores
- Recreational Activities
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Mehran Moallem, owner of D Video on North Rd., says he stopped adding violent video games to his rental inventory when he saw the effect they were having on his own children. He prefers to rent role-playing games like Toy Story, and sports simulations like Track & Field and racing games."
- Geographic Access
- North Road
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Metrotown Station Square
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 1989
- Collection/Fonds
- Grover, Elliott & Co. Ltd. fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 83 photographs : col. negatives ; 35 mm + 2 computer disks ; 14 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographs of Metrotown Station Square during construction. Businesses visible in the photographs include: Eastons, Holiday Inn, Future Shop, Great Canadian Superstore, and Toy City Consumers.
milk crate
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.6
- Description
- Light grey plastic milk crate produced for Silverwood's Dairy of Ontario.
- The plastic is formed in a diamond cut out pattern and has handles on two sides.
- There are various imprinted texts throughout.
- The top of the crate is scuffed an dirty
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Container
- Object Term
- Crate
- Marks/Labels
- "PROPERTY OF / SILVERWOOD'S"
- "MISUSER OF / THIS CASE / IS LIABLE TO / PROSECUTION"
- "G H J INDUSTRIES LTD / MADE IN CANADA BY GHJ IND / PATEND PENDING"
- "WARNING / USE BY OTHER THAN REGISTERED OWNER PROHIBITED BY LAW"
- Measurements
- Height: 27.5 cm
- Width: 33 cm
- Depth: 33 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Container
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
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![Ellis family dog, [1941] (date of original), copied 1991 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/370/370-324.jpg?width=280)
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![Group of swimmers at the beach, [between 1910 and 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5819_0001_001.jpg)
![Group of swimmers at the beach, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5820_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
![Group of swimmers at the beach, [between 1910 and 1920] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5820_0001_001.jpg)
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![Margaret Kelly, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2183.jpg)
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![Martin boys and friends, [between 1933 and 1940] (date of original), copied 2011 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/513/525-012.jpg)
![Mehran Moallem in D Video, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2628.jpg?width=280)
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