The Rock Bluff
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.2 x 12.1 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a cart sitting on a snow-covered track near Yale. The caption accompanying the photograph reads: "Yale West Section, The Rock Bluff." This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-…
Snow covered trail
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.7 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow-covered trail that has been cleared and staked. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
Norwegian's work
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.2 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows a snow-covered trail running alongside a track and power poles in Yale, BC. A caption written under the photograph reads: "Norwegian's work," and this photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser Valley and worked on the construction of t…
Tierney's Camp
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12.3 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a cabin under construction in a location identified as Emory Creek. The caption accompanying the photograph indicates that cabin belonged to a Mr. Tierney, but no other identification is provided. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the F…
The General's Cut
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm on page 17.4 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow-covered road through a line of trees. The caption accompanying the photograph reads: "The General's Cut" and the location is identified as Emory Creek. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the …
Hardie family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (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 Hardie family home in wintertime. The house was located at 2930 McKee Street (later renumbered 5850 McKee Street) and was the home of Archie and Marie Hardie and their children: Sabra, Helen, Fred, Ella, Evelyn, and Bea.
Rhoda Jeffers modeling a dress while standing in snow
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926]
- Collection/Fonds
- Rhoda Jeffers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Rhoda Jeffers standing in the snow while modeling a dress identified as "May's dress". Rhoda is wearing a black dress that has two layers and is longer at the back and is facing away from the camera showing the back of the dress. Rhoda has short black hair and is also wearing black …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Rhoda Jeffers fonds
- Series
- Jeffers family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Rhoda Jeffers standing in the snow while modeling a dress identified as "May's dress". Rhoda is wearing a black dress that has two layers and is longer at the back and is facing away from the camera showing the back of the dress. Rhoda has short black hair and is also wearing black shoes with a small heel. In the background there is a wooden building with a log fence in front of it.
- History
- Rhoda Maie Jeffers (1904 - 1990) was a Lower Mainland school teacher, who taught at various schools including North Delta Secondary and Agassiz High School. She was a long time resident of Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Names
- Jeffers, Rhoda Mae
- Accession Code
- BV007.20.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1926]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 24/04/2018
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Rear View of / May's dress. / Rhoda / 1926"
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Husky dog team
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.7 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Husky dog team in the Klondike with a paddle wheeler visible in the background. Thorkjel "Kelly" Johnson (right) lived in the Klondike for eleven years and lived in Burnaby from 1916 to 1926.
Robert at Burnaby Lake December 1927
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 9.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers in his baby carriage at nine months. A caption to the photograph indicates this picture was taken at Burnaby Lake, December 1927 - note the snow on the ground.
Two Young Men In Front of Car
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 24.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph shows two young men standing in front of an automobile on a snow-covered street. Two houses can be seen in the background and a suitcase is resting on the back tire of the car. The men and the location are unidentified.
Butler 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 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Butler family home at 7790 Buller Avenue in the snow. This was the home of Edwin Butler, his wife Margaret Butler, and their children.
Eleanor and Louise Irwin with Uncle Fred in snow
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1928] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) and Louise Irwin with their uncle, Fred Taylor. The group are standing in the snow in the yard of the Irwin family home at the Barnet Lumber Mill.Eleanor is holding a doll and Fred Taylor is holding Louise.
Eleanor Irwin on sled
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1928] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Eleanor Irwin (Nelson) standing on a wooden sled in the snow. A tall coniferous tree is behind her.
Robert in the snow
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers standing in the snow in front of what appears to be the home of his grandparents, Claude and Annie Hill on Deer Lake Avenue.
Bob Peers shovelling snow
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bob Peers shovelling snow outside of house. His son Robert is standing to the right, wearing winter coat and hat. This photograph was likely taken at the home of Claude and Annie Hill, parents of Bob's wife Kitty.
Robert playing in the snow
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 10 cm on page 13.5 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Robert Peers dressed in his winter coat, hat and boots, playing in the snow. He is holding a stick in his hands and is digging in the snow bank. This photograph may have been taken at his grandparents, Claude and Annie Hill's home on Deer Lake Avenue.
Leaders and Seconds of the Second Burnaby Girl Guide Company
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1929]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company leaders and seconds in the snow on Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver. The young women are standing in the snow holding skis with a log cabin in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Series
- Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Second (2nd) Burnaby Girl Guide Company leaders and seconds in the snow on Grouse Mountain, North Vancouver. The young women are standing in the snow holding skis with a log cabin in the background.
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Sports - Skiing
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.244
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1929]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See also photograph HV972.204.4
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- January 4, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
Note in black ink on scrapbook page above photograph reads:"Leaders and Seconds / 2nd Burnaby"
Note in black ink on scrapbookk page below photograph reads: "Grouse Mountain"
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Leaders & seconds / 2nd Burnaby / [AB] initials / Grouse Moutnain / April 29"
- Photograph is a part of scrapbook (page 27) "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV.015.35.164)
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Stanley, BC
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow covered road running between two large wooden buildings in what has been identified as Stanley, BC. A car is sitting in the middle of the road and a ladder is visible leaning against the building to the left. An unidentified person is walking next to the car. This photograph ap…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Peers family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 12 cm on oage 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 020-061
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a snow covered road running between two large wooden buildings in what has been identified as Stanley, BC. A car is sitting in the middle of the road and a ladder is visible leaning against the building to the left. An unidentified person is walking next to the car. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the construction of the Trans-Provincial Highway during the later 1920s.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Peers, Arthur Francis "Mike"
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
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Forster family house and store
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Wilson Forster's plumbing and electrical business and the Forster family home at 2849 McKay Avenue after a snowfall (later renumbered 6208 McKay Avenue).
Overturned car
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men in wintercoats and hats standing by an overturned car covered in snow.
- Subjects
- Accidents - Automobile Accidents
- Natural Phenomena - Snow
- Accession Code
- BV999.55.47
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [193-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For other photographs depicting the retrieval of a damaged car in snow, see BV999.55.47 - .49
They may be of the same or related events.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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