Photograph of Ann Ryder of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company. Ann is wearing her Girl Guide uniform and holding a small trophy while standing in a field. There is a wooden barn in the background.
Photograph of Ann Ryder of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company. Ann is wearing her Girl Guide uniform and holding a small trophy while standing in a field. There is a wooden barn in the background.
Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.
Photograph of a group of Brownies and Girl Guides on roller skates from the Burnaby District. Margaret McGeachie is standing in the back row on the far left and Ivy McGeachie is standing on the far right in the back row.
File consists of a red vinyl scrapbook binder with an image from a Girl Guide poster “Girl Guides of Canada” glued to the front cover.This binder was put together by Pixie McGeachie. There are 43 black pages with newspaper clippings, photographs and other paper documents mounted inside. Dates range…
File consists of a red vinyl scrapbook binder with an image from a Girl Guide poster “Girl Guides of Canada” glued to the front cover.This binder was put together by Pixie McGeachie. There are 43 black pages with newspaper clippings, photographs and other paper documents mounted inside. Dates range from 1964 (Golden Jubilee for Burnaby Guides) to the end of 1967. The first page includes a handwritten notecard and envelope from Lady Olave Baden-Powell to the Burnaby Girl Guides. The letter was addressed to Pixie McGeachie and reads : "Hello Burnaby Girls! / I did appreciate / your kind thoughts / for me at the time of / your Golden Jubilee / Congratulations to you all." Four black white photographs contained within album are from the Burnaby Guides Golden Jubilee and are identified as Girl Guide leaders: Mrs. T. Schootman, Mrs. H.L Puppyn, Mrs. V. Hill, Mrs. J.W. Roper, Mrs. J. Park, Miss E. Feritan, Mrs. A.E. Peel, Mrs. Albertson, Mrs. P. Pringle, Mrs. Underhill and Mrs. N.M Jacobsen.
Scrapbook also contains an Examiner newspaper clipping titled: "Sea Ranger Kathy Hardy Presented with Gold Cord" with photograph of Sea Ranger Kathy Hardy; dated Oct. 21/64 and a newspaper clipping titled: "Girls Win Music Scholarships" with photograph including Girl Guide Virginia Blake; ca. March/April 1965.
Items online within scrapbook have been redacted in compliance with Section 22 of FIPPA
Photographs from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.313 to BV015.35.316)
Photographs that were found loose within scrapbook were not included in digital image reproductions but are described at item level (BV015.35.307 to BV015.35.312)
1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
Scope and Content
File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook …
1 scrapbook album (99 photographs+ textual records + other material)
Scope and Content
File consists of 18 loose pages of a scrapbook created by Ivy McGeachie (nee Ivy Oldham) who was involved in guiding in Burnaby between 1942 -1948. The front page of the scrapbook is titled “Girl / Guiding” and has a wood-burnt image of a camp fire and a singed photo of a flag pole. The scrapbook contains photographs along with bits and pieces of ephemera. Included in the material is a four page, type-written diary of a Girl Guide camp held at Aldergrove Beach in August of 1963. Many of the photographs document the activities of the 2nd Burnaby Girl Guide Company and include photos of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in uniform on roller skates; Burnaby District Camp (Aldergrove, BC) / 1948; Hiking; Canadian Girl Guide Golden Jubilee; Open House at St. Alban’s church hall; a hand tinted photo of Ivy McGeachie 1939 and the 2nd Kamloops Folk Dance – Yale Cariboo Musical festival 1951.
Photograph of a group of eight Girl Guides on what might be a BC ferry boat. The girls are in uniform and are seated or standing in front of a lifeboat with the name "Lady Cecilia". Some of the Girl Guides are identified as Patty Webb, Joyce Curran.
Photograph of a group of eight Girl Guides on what might be a BC ferry boat. The girls are in uniform and are seated or standing in front of a lifeboat with the name "Lady Cecilia". Some of the Girl Guides are identified as Patty Webb, Joyce Curran.
Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and standing outside in what might be their backyard.
Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and standing outside in what might be their backyard.
Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.
Photograph of Ivy and Margaret McGeachie in their Girl Guide uniforms and wearing roller skates. The sisters have their hands clasped together and appear to be dancing while wearing white roller skates.
Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and making the Girl Guide salute with their right hands. They are standing outside in a garden.
Photograph of Ivy McGeachie with her sister Margaret. Both girls are dressed in Girl Guide uniforms and making the Girl Guide salute with their right hands. They are standing outside in a garden.
1 photograph : sepia hand-tinted into col. ; 14 x 9 cm
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Hand coloured photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide in uniform. She is wearing a blue uniform and is in a standing pose in front of a rose coloured curtain.
1 photograph : sepia hand-tinted into col. ; 14 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Hand coloured photograph of Ivy McGeachie in her Girl Guide in uniform. She is wearing a blue uniform and is in a standing pose in front of a rose coloured curtain.
Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates. Ivy has her arms outstreched in the air and is balancing on one skate.
Photograph of Ivy McGeachie in a Girl Guide uniform and wearing white roller skates. Ivy has her arms outstreched in the air and is balancing on one skate.
Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company meeting outside storefronts on Edmonds Street prior to hiking. The Guides are standing outside a meet store with signage on the awning reading "Fine Quality Meats" and signage for Pan's Hardware store can be seen in the distance.
Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company meeting outside storefronts on Edmonds Street prior to hiking. The Guides are standing outside a meet store with signage on the awning reading "Fine Quality Meats" and signage for Pan's Hardware store can be seen in the distance.