Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1913 or 1914]

Collection/Fonds

J.W. Phillips fonds

Physical Description

1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 11 x 15.5 cm

Material Details

Emulsion measures 11 x 15 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 12 x 16 cm

Description Level

Item

Record No.

487-001

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Accession Number

2008-18

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Hastings Streetcar taken at the terminus of the Hastings Streetcar line at Ellesmere Avenue in North Burnaby. Two men in uniform and a boy dressed in a suit and hat are at the head of the car, looking towards the camera. A horse-drawn cart full of cordwood is visible in the background moving along the planked wooden road parallel to the street car.

Subjects

Transportation - Electric Railroads

Transportation - Public Transit

Occupations - Railroad Conductors

Names

British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Media Type

Photograph

Photographer

Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Hastings Street

Ellesmere Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Capitol Hill Area

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