Boberg family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1928 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photographs: b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Boberg family home, at 790 Springer Avenue and Union Street in Capitol Hill (the northeast corner of Springer and Union). The house was built by John Boberg (father), and the family moved here after being flooded out at their Burnaby Lake farm. Shown in doorway: Mrs. Elin Boberg…
Bonnett family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Una Bonnett and three of her childen: (left to right) Victor, Thais and Austa, at their family home at 21 North Hythe Avenue. A large stump is visible in the background.
Boys on Capitol Hill school grounds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1936] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of (left to right): Jack Murray, Howard Golden, Andrew [Stanloft?], and Jack Dwyer, on the Capitol Hill School grounds. Jack is holding a ball on which is written; "[illegible] 1936".
Boys playing on a large gun
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 12, 1988 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.3 x 26.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three boys, Morgan Ross, Matthew Owen and Jason Owen, playing on a gun in Confederation Park. This gun had movable parts, allowing park goers to operate it to some extent.
British Columbia Society of Model Engineers
- 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 Paul Roy, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, polishing a Model M420 train engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, ahead of a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Live Steamers.
Brown family
- 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 ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Brown family. Identified: (front) Elsa "Birdie" Brown (mother of Janet Brown McLeod) and Philip Brown (father). The other woman is an unidentified aunt. The photograph was probably on taken on Capitol Hill, North Burnaby.
Burnaby Central Railway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of unidentified engineers from the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers operating model trains at the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park.
Burnaby Central Railway opening
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the opening of the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park for the season. Photographs depict Eivind Luffe hooking up an electric switcher to a train and Doug Bach pushing a 1936 Northern Class locomotive out of a shed. Both Luffe and Bach are members of the Briti…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2248
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the opening of the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park for the season. Photographs depict Eivind Luffe hooking up an electric switcher to a train and Doug Bach pushing a 1936 Northern Class locomotive out of a shed. Both Luffe and Bach are members of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Transportation - Locomotives
- Names
- BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in an April 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2248-1: "Eivind Luffe hooks up his electric switcher as the BC Society of Model Engineers open Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park for the season. Luffe says the engine, which is based on a design from his own imagination, took him about three years to build."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2248-2: "Doug Bach, of the BC Society of Model Engineers, pushes out to the tracks the group's 1936 Northern Class locomotive, at the Burnaby Central Railway in Confederation Park. The Railway opens for the season this weekend."
- Geographic Access
- Confederation Park
- Willingdon Avenue
- Street Address
- 250 Willingdon Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Burnaby Central Railway opening
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dave Simpson, of the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers, making adjustments to a BC Rail M420 engine at the Burnaby Central Railway at Confederation Park, after the Railway's opening for the season.
Burnaby Fire Department trainees at Confederation Park
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1956 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentified Burnaby Fire Department trainees standing in front of a 1954 triple combination LaFrance fire engine at Confederation Park.
Burrard Inlet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking west from 410 North Hythe Avenue towards Burrard Inlet. The Second Narrows Bridge can be seen faintly in the background.
Burrard Inlet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken from 410 North Hythe Avenue looking towards the Burrard Inlet. The Second Narrows Bridge can be seen faintly in the background.
Burrard Inlet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.4 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking west from 410 North Hythe Avenue towards Burrard Inlet. The Second Narrows Bridge can be seen faintly in the background.
Burrard Inlet
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.3 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph taken from 410 North Hythe Avenue looking towards the Burrard Inlet. The Second Narrows Bridge can be seen faintly in the background.