Repository

City of Burnaby Archives

Date

[1910 or 1911]

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 15.5 cm on the glass; entire glass plate measures 16 x 12 cm

Description Level

Item

Record No.

487-037

Access Restriction

No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction

No known restrictions

Accession Number

2008-18

Scope and Content

Photograph of an unidentified man (likely either Jack Holmes) helping to clear land near the Phillips home on Ellsemere Avenue. He is standing in front of the stump that he just blasted, resting an axe at his side. The stump is in pieces and still smoldering.

Subjects

Land Clearing

Media Type

Photograph

Photographer

Phillips, James William "Jim"

Notes

Title based on contents of photograph

Geographic Access

Ellesmere Avenue

Street Address

200 Ellesmere Avenue

Historic Neighbourhood

Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Capitol Hill Area

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