Murdoch McMurray and his team of horses
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1911] (date of original), copied 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.2 x 25.3 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Murdoch McMurray driving a team of horses reined to a cart on Douglas Road, near Still Creek. An accompanying note identifies the photograph as: "Mr. McMurray with his first team of horses (picture was taken in 1911) hauling crushed rock on Douglas Road when it was being macadamized …
In front of the house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 13 x 8 cm
- Material Details
- Photograph is extremely blurred due to camera shake, causing the four individuals in the photograph to become unidentifiable
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four unidentifiable people standing in front of Tom Irvine's house.
- Geographic Access
- Laurel Street
- Accession Code
- HV975.33.3au
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1919]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/2/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)
Less detail
Douglas Road Interurban station
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920 or 1921]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pearl Cowan and her son, Walter sitting on a bench at Douglas Road Interurban Station. The back of the bench appears to be used as an advertisement space and the waiting area is made of wood plank board, with tall weeds and grass growing around the station.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.1 x 11.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pearl Cowan and her son, Walter sitting on a bench at Douglas Road Interurban Station. The back of the bench appears to be used as an advertisement space and the waiting area is made of wood plank board, with tall weeds and grass growing around the station.
- History
- Margaret Pearl Naismith (1887-1970) married Alexander "Allie" MacPherson Cowan (1881-1963) in 1910 in Kamloops BC. Alexander was the son of Walter Scott Cowan (1843-1930) and Annie McPherson (1859-1935), who lived in Burnaby on Douglas Road. Pearl and Allie had three children from their family home at Spruce and Fitzgerald where they lived from 1918 to 1922: Amy, Clara, Thomas Walter Cowan (1918-?) who is seated on his mother's lap in this photo.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Names
- Cowan, Pearl
- Cowan, Walter
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby Lake Interurban line
- Accession Code
- BV985.31.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1920 or 1921]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-19
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Douglas Road Station c. 1920/21 / Shown are Pearl Cowan and son Walter Cowan. They lived [at] Spruce & Fitzgerald c. 1918-1922."
Less detail
Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 25 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front of Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front of Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front of Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph the roof and chimney at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the side yard at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 25 x 20 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front porch of Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front porch of Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Wood shed at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 25 x 20 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the wood shed by Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby. The house was constructed in 1911 and later moved to the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975.
Interior of Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 25 x 20 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front door and kitchen at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Interior of Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 25 x 20 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front room and kitchen at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Interior of Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 20 x 25 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front room and kitchen at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Interior of Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 25 x 20 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of bedroom at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the bathtub and toilet in the basement of Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 17.5 x 13 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the sink and the washing machine in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the tattered curtain (over a small window) in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Series
- Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the tattered curtain (over a small window) in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
- Names
- Irvine, Tom
- Geographic Access
- Laurel Street
- Accession Code
- BV005.14.15
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- December 1974
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Ardingley-Sprott Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Irvine House basement December 1974 (reprint from slide)"
- Reprint is a Kodak "Type R" print made from an original col. transparency
- Reference file at BVM includes a col. copy slide of this image
Less detail
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 17.5 x 13 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the chimney bricks (with inspection stickers by Bill Ham) in the basement at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.
Basement at Tom Irvine's house
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- December 1974
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 13 x 17.5 cm reprint
- Scope and Content
- Photograph detail of the basement joists and wood ceiling at Tom Irvine's house in its original location on Laurel Street in Central Burnaby.