Visit of the Prince of Wales
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 29, 1919 (date of original), copied [between 1975 and 1985]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 8.1 x 10.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the motorcade of Edward VIII, Prince of Wales, at Central Park during his 1919 visit to Canada. There are automobiles driving under the arch and flags displayed on top of the arch.
Burnaby Financial Statement - Corporation of the District of Burnaby Reports 1919
Shull Lumber and Shingle Company
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- December 1, 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 binder (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is an appraisal created by the United Engineering and Appraisal Company of the Shull Lumber and Shingle Company located at the foot of Boundary Road on the North Arm of the Fraser River. The report includes blueprints of building plans.
Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1926
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook (hardcover)
- Scope and Content
- Item is a Central Park Lawn Bowling Club minute book (this club was later renamed the South Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club).
Political life of Ernest and Harold Winch
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook that documents the political life of Ernest E. Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and toge…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919-1953
- Collection/Fonds
- Ernest Winch fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- MSS129-008
- Accession Number
- 2010-06
- Scope and Content
- Item is a scrapbook that documents the political life of Ernest E. Winch and his eldest son, Harold. Ernest was a long-time Co-operative Commonwealth Federation Member of Parliament and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Burnaby. Harold served as Member of Parliament for Vancouver East and together they set a Guinness world record for the longest father-and-son parliamentary tenure.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of scrapbook
Less detail
Peace Celebration at Central Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 19, 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Mayor's Office fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 pamphlet
- Scope and Content
- Item is a pamphlet for the "Peace Celebration at Central Park" which was undertaken "[t]o commemorate the end of the Great War, 1914-1918, and the Signing of the Peace Treaty, 1919."
The Prince of Wales at the Municipal Hall
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 19, 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Field family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 600 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of then heir to the throne of Great Britain, His Royal Highness, Prince Edward of Wales, spending half an hour at the Municipal during his visit to Burnaby. He went on to become His Royal Majesty, King Edward VIII and later the His Royal Highness, the Duke of Windsor.
Shull Lumber and Shingle Co.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.3 x 27.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the dry kiln at Shull Lumber and Shingle Company at the foot of Boundary Road on the Fraser River.
Shull Lumber and Shingle Co.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.7 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of machinery in the interior of the filing room at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Company at the foot of Boundary Road on the Fraser River.
Shull Lumber and Shingle Co.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.2 x 27.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the boiler house at the Shull Lumber and Shingle Company at the foot of Boundary Road on the Fraser River. A beehive burner is visible on the far left.
T. Sanderson
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1919] (date of original), copied [1995]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.1 x 12.0 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph (mounted and titled) of Thomas Sanderson, Reeve of Burnaby from 1919 to 1920.
Brook family home
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Brook family home at 7979 12th Avenue, East Burnaby. This house later became the Normanna Rest Home, 7725 4th Street.
Brook family house
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.9 x 11.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the Brook family home at 7979 12th Avenue, East Burnaby. This house later became the Normanna Rest Home, 7725 4th Street.
Bert Porter on a steamroller
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1919] (date of original), copied 1985
- 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 Bert Porter with a municipal steamroller on Douglas Road. He worked many years operating a steam roller for the municipality, flattening out gravel streets after grading, and was the husband of Lillie Lewis Porter.
Thomas Farrington
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919 (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 Thomas Farrington (at back, third from left) at the Shaughnessy Military Hospital, Vancouver. He was a shoemaker and taught shoemaking to First World War veterans. He also made shoes and braces for wounded returnees.
Olive Farrington
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919 (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 Farrington family home at Bond Street and Chisholm Avenue (now Smith Avenue). Olive Farrington is standing in front, centre, with two friends.
Gilmore Avenue School Class
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1919] (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 School class. Gladys Beniston is marked in ink in the middle. This is an interior view of a classroom with the students seated at their desks and the teacher standing at the back.
Urquhart family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919 (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 William Urquhart with baby daughter, Peggy Urquhart (Margaret Urquhart, later Margaret Frederick). The photograph was taken on the Urquhart property. The house was previously numbered 2674, then changed to 6625, and later 6637 Griffiths Avenue.
Charles R. Gillmore
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1919 (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 Charles R. Gillmore family home at Fernhurst Game Farm near Imperial Street and Dow Avenue. This later became the site of Maywood Elementary School at 4567 Imperial Street. Note the water pump.