Simpsons-Sears engine display
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 May 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of car and truck engines on display inside of the Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby during the opening on May 5, 1954. Four engines are visible in the photograph.
Heavy Machinery
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 10, 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 23 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of heavy machinery used to fill a portion of Burrard Inlet just east of Second Narrows bridge below Burnaby's Montrose Park.
Home Station at Royal Oak and Kingsway
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 25.5 cm laser print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Home Station owned by Ted Hopper located at Royal Oak and Kingsway. Edward Tarling is visible operating a Model 'C' Oliver tractor to clear the snow out front.
Royal Oak Apartments
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1950] (date of original), copied [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph Edward Tarling running his tractor to plow the snow aside in front of the Royal Oak Apartments.
Bicycles inside the bicycle and buggy shop
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 19 Nov. 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of interior of the bicycle and buggy shop at the official opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), November 19, 1971. Several bicycles are pictured, including two penny farthing cycles.
Cap's bicycle and buggy shop
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 19 Nov. 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of exterior of the bicycle and buggy shop at the official opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), November 19, 1971. A 1910 McLaughlin Buick automobile is parked in front of the shop.
Costumed man on bicycle in Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- November 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gerald "Cap" Hobbis riding a penny-farthing bicycle down the boardwalk on the west side of Hill Street inside Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on opening weekend, November 19-21, 1971. A group of children are watching from behind. Buildings along the west side of the stre…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Series
- Copan album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gerald "Cap" Hobbis riding a penny-farthing bicycle down the boardwalk on the west side of Hill Street inside Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) on opening weekend, November 19-21, 1971. A group of children are watching from behind. Buildings along the west side of the street are visible in the background.
Cap Hobbis was the owner of Caps Bicycles in New Westminster for decades and was influential in setting up Heritage Village's "Buggy and Bicycle" exhibit.
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Transportation - Bicycles
- Persons - Children
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.54.526
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- November 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- August 25, 2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Opening of Hastings Street Tramline Extension
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 23, 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the opening of the Hastings Street Tramline Extension, Capitol Hill. The man seen standing in the front row, near the centre of the photograph (with the light-coloured coat) and in front of the mounted police officer, has been identified as Joe Toffaletto (he headed up the BCER constr…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 23, 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- J.W. Phillips subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm
- Material Details
- Emulsion measures 11 x 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 487-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the opening of the Hastings Street Tramline Extension, Capitol Hill. The man seen standing in the front row, near the centre of the photograph (with the light-coloured coat) and in front of the mounted police officer, has been identified as Joe Toffaletto (he headed up the BCER construction team which built this line and who was also known as the anchor for the BCER tug-of-war team). Reeve McGregor is standing near the door to the tram, holding a pipe in one hand and a cane in the other (he is also the only man wearing a bow-tie) and Eber Stride is standing directly in front of the tram, wearing a three-piece suit with a white shirt and bowler hat. British Columbia Electric Railroad official R.H. Sperling and BCER general executive agent Fred R. Glover (his topcoat is open) are standing second from right and third from right respectively. The remainder of the men are unidentified although Councillors Coldicutt, MacDonald, Mayne and MacPherson, with municipal engineer MacPherson, British Columbia Electric Railroad chief engineer G.R.G. Conway and traffic agent for the city J.B. Rainey, solicitor A.E. Beck, chief inspector W. Whitenick, traffic superintendent James Hilton and Burnaby resident W.J. Holdom, Motorman C.C. Cameron and Conductor A. Sherman are said to be pictured.
- Subjects
- Events - Openings
- Officials - Alderman and Councillors
- Officials - Mayors and Reeves
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Toffaletto, Joe
- McGregor, Duncan C. (1853-1929)
- Stride, Eber
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Phillips, James William "Jim"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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Opening of Kingsway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 30, 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the official opening of Kingsway taken at Edmonds Street looking east. Automobiles and Interturban tracks are visible.
Opening of Kingsway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 30, 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the parade held to mark the opening of Kingsway, taken on Kingsway at Edmonds. A long line of touring cars are forming the parade.
Opening of Kingsway
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 30, 1913
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the parade held to mark the opening of Kingsway, taken on Kingsway at Edmonds. Touring cars are forming the parade.
Penny farthing bicycle inside the bicycle and buggy shop
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 19 Nov. 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 8.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of interior of the bicycle and buggy shop at the official opening of Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), November 19, 1971. A penny farthing bicycle is suspended from the ceiling of the shop and several children's wagons can also be seen in the photograph.
SkyTrain Millennium Line opening
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Robert Moore and Roger Griffiths, two transit enthusiasts, at the opening of the new SkyTrain Millennium Line at Lougheed Town Centre. Moore is posing on the station platform with unidentified members of a crowd and wearing a B.C.E.R. motorman's hat, and Griffiths sits …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2765
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of Robert Moore and Roger Griffiths, two transit enthusiasts, at the opening of the new SkyTrain Millennium Line at Lougheed Town Centre. Moore is posing on the station platform with unidentified members of a crowd and wearing a B.C.E.R. motorman's hat, and Griffiths sits on the stairs in the station, below uncut ribbons that feature the names of the new stations.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Skytrain
- Events - Openings
- Names
- Lougheed Town Centre
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2765-1: "Robert Moore, who worked for transit for 28 years and now calls himself "The Ghost of Transit Past," prepares to board the new Skytrain Millenium Line, at Lougheed Town Centre, at the line's official opening on Saturday."
- Caption from metadata for 535-2765-2: "Roger Griffiths waits for his chance to board the Skytrain Millenium Line after the ribbons, representing each of the new stations, are cut at the line's official opening on Saturday."
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cameron Area
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Children in caterpillar shovel at Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 11 April 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of boys in shovel of caterpillar tractor at official sod-turning at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), April 11, 1971.
Children in caterpillar shovel at Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 11 April 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 8.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of boys in shovel of caterpillar tractor at official sod-turning at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), April 11, 1971.
Children in caterpillar shovel at Heritage Village
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 11 April 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of boys in shovel of caterpillar tractor at official sod-turning at Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), April 11, 1971.
Crowd at Heritage Village sod-turning.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 11 April 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Donald Copan collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 10 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of crowd at the official sod-turning for Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum), April 11, 1971.
Father Joseph of the Benedictines
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1950 and 1954]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w copy negative ; 3.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of "Father Joseph" one of the monks of the Order of St. Benedict. He is riding a tractor on the front lawn of Fairacres. The Benedictines purchased and occupied Fairacres from 1939 to 1954.
Harvey Elder
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harvey Elder, president of the East Burnaby Ratepayers association, at the Stormont Interchange on the TransCanada Hwy.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-0974
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Harvey Elder, president of the East Burnaby Ratepayers association, at the Stormont Interchange on the TransCanada Hwy.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Transportation - Tractors
- Names
- Elder, Harvey
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black and blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "2425 Bby Mario / 70 P 3 Bby"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Inter-City Golf Driving Range clubhouse
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1954] (date of original); 2013 (date of duplication)
- Collection/Fonds
- Walker family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w ; 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a tractor attempting to move the Inter-City Golf Driving Range's clubhouse.