Gilmore Avenue School construction
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1914] (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 Gilmore Avenue Public School extension construction. Note the horse and wagon hauling material to the site. Dr. Carl Eaton was teacher and first principal of Gilmore school (then called Vancouver Heights school).
Haying at Broadview
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of farmers in the field gathering hay with horse and wagons. In the middle of the photograph three men pose with a horse and hay wagon. The man on the right (with white shirt) is Bernard Hill. The bearded man may be Malcolm Nicholson (from whom Claude Hill bought the land to build his h…
Haying on the Hill farm
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1905]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.7 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two farmers loading hay into a horse-drawn wagon at the home of Claude Hill, in the Burnaby Lake area. The horse's name is Tom.
Hill brothers on a hay wagon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [190-] (date of original), copied 1977
- 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 three boys and a dog riding on a mound of hay on a wagon. There is a man leading the horse pulling the wagon. This photograph was reproduced in Michael Sone's book, "Pioneer Tales of Burnaby," pg. 31. The caption reads: "Hill brothers and pet dog hitching ride on hay wagon on father…
Horse and wagon at D.C. Patterson's house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1908] (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 horse and wagon standing outside Dugald C. Patterson's Edmonds District home (not visible). The house was originally located at 7260 Edmonds Street (near Kingsway). It was relocated in 1955 to 7106 18th Avenue and is a city heritage site.
Horse drawn carriage driving by church at Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1974 and 1979]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : colour ; 11.2 cm x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a horse drawn carriage driving by the church building at the Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The carriage has three passengers and a driver. There are several other individuals in the photograph who are on horseback. Everyone appears to be wearing period costumes.
Horse-drawn cart
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1910] (date of original), copied [1972?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men riding on the top of a horse-drawn cart. From this top cart, one of the four men is steering the team of six horses with the rein in his hands. The fifth man is riding one of the horses at the front, steering two more horses in front of him. The two horses that he is steerin…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four men riding on the top of a horse-drawn cart. From this top cart, one of the four men is steering the team of six horses with the rein in his hands. The fifth man is riding one of the horses at the front, steering two more horses in front of him. The two horses that he is steering were the two leading horses from the previous photograph. There are a total of 8 horses in this photograph. An earlier catalogue record from 1972 states that the photo was taken in 1910, and that the cart is enroute to Barkerville.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Horses
- Transportation - Wagons
- Occupations - Labourers
- Accession Code
- HV972.47.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1910] (date of original), copied [1972?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another shot of the same group of men and the cart from a different angle and at another moment, see HV972.47.1
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-28
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Horse drawn wagon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [199_]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a yellow wagon being driven by a man with a cowboy hat and pulled by two Belgian horses as visitors look on. They are heading down Hill Street inside Burnaby Village Museum. Children are getting rides in the wagon. A sign on the side of the wagon reads "Hillside Farms / Belgians / Map…
Horse-drawn wagon carrying labourers
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1910] (date of original), copied [1972]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five unidentified men riding in a cart that is tied to the top of another cart. On the top cart is written, "Porter Brothers & Welch," and from this top cart, one of the five men is steering the team of 6 horses with the reins in his hands. An earlier catalogue record from 1972 stat…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.3 x 25.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of five unidentified men riding in a cart that is tied to the top of another cart. On the top cart is written, "Porter Brothers & Welch," and from this top cart, one of the five men is steering the team of 6 horses with the reins in his hands. An earlier catalogue record from 1972 states that the photograph was taken in 1910 and that the cart is enroute to Barkerville.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Horses
- Transportation - Wagons
- Occupations - Labourers
- Names
- Porter Brothers and Welch
- Accession Code
- HV972.47.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1910] (date of original), copied [1972]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For another shot of the same group of men and the cart from a different angle and at another moment, see HV972.47.2
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-28
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Less detail
Horses and crews working
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1927]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 12 cm on page 17.4 x 24.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of numerous horse teams and workmen working along a road at an unknown location. This may be in the Deroche of Nicomen Island area of British Columbia. A sign on the road reads: Danger / Go Slow.
Jack Nichols
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1943 and 1947] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.9 x 5.0 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jack Nichols with a decorated wagon in the alley between the 3800 block (later renumbered the 4600 block) of Hazel Street and Kingsway.
Jack Nichols at the parade
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 24, 1946 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.8 x 4.9 cm print on contact sheet 20.1 x 26.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Jack Nichols in costume for a May Day parade. He is standing on a vacant lot between Nelson Avenue and Royal Oak Avenue beside a wagon decorated with a picture of a lion.
John and Norman Phillips
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918 (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 John Phillips (father) and Norman Phillips (son) making hay in Edmonds. The Phillips lived here before leasing a farm on Byrne Road.
Kitty Hill in a wagon
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1900]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm on page 11.5 x 14 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Kitty Hill as a small child, sitting in a wooden wagon.
Loading a dump wagon
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.1 x 10.2 cm on page 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man using a steam shovel to load a dump wagon which is being pulled by a team of horses. Another man can be seen sitting on the wagon. Both are unidentified. This photograph appears to have been taken by Arthur Peers, who travelled through the Fraser River Valley and worked on the c…
Loading Strawberries, BCERy, Douglas Road, Burnaby BC
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1894
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car.
The farmers are lined up in a row,…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1894
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 18 cm on cardboard 22 x 27.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-938
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of farmers loading their crates onto a railway car. Identified (left to right), Bernard R. Hill, Louis Claude Hill, Charles Frederick Sprott, George E. Clayton, and Louis "Edgar" Sprott, who are loading up their strawberries on a street car.
The farmers are lined up in a row, each sitting in their own horse and cart as they bring their strawberries to the station.
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Fruit and Berries
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Horses
- Transportation - Carts
- Occupations - Farmers
- Transportation - Wagons
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
- Hill, Bernard R.
- Every-Clayton, George
- Sprott, Louis "Edgar"
- Sprott, Charles Frederick
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Caption on recto of photograph reads: "Loading Strawberries, B.C.E.Ry., Douglas Rd., Burnaby, B.C."
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
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Lyle Le Grove and wagon
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1919] (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4.6 x 3.6 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Lyle Le Grove kneeling on a wagon at the back of 3250 Neville Street (later renumbered 5422 Neville Street).
Marjorie and Gladys Phillips
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918 (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 sisters Marjorie Phillips and Gladys Phillips delivering milk by wagon from their family's dairy in South Burnaby.
Maude and Harriet Woodward's cottage
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 8.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of people in front of Maude and Harriet Woodward's cottage. This house was a prefabricated cottage erected in 1904. The cottages were designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and were manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company. Maude Wo…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1906
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Series
- Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.2 x 8.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-889
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of people in front of Maude and Harriet Woodward's cottage. This house was a prefabricated cottage erected in 1904. The cottages were designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and were manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company. Maude Woodward established a post-office here which was operated by her sister, Harriet. Harriet also began a small private school here, the first in Burnaby Lake. The cottage was enlarged with several additions until 1912 when the Woodwards built a new house. Shown here are (l t r): Charles Frederick Sprott, Frances Schou, Lucy Christine Sprott (nee Schou), Harriet Woodward, Kitty Hill, Maude Woodward and Annie Hill.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Cabins
- Transportation - Horses
- Transportation - Wagons
- Occupations - Teachers
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Names
- Hill, Annie Sara Kenrick
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Schou, Frances
- Sprott, Lucy Christine Schou
- Sprott, Charles Frederick
- Woodward, Harriet
- Woodward, Maude
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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