Banana slug on Burnaby Mountain
Band-tailed pigeon on Burnaby Mountain
Bee on a daisy on Burnaby Mountain
Biology professor Peter Fankboner
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Simon Fraser University biology professor Peter Frankboner examining a pair of giant clams native to the South Pacific atolls. "It is believed that unless killed by some outside cause, the giant clams live forever. Frankboner hopes to gain information about aging from the clams."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1980
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 22.5 x 19 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-433
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Simon Fraser University biology professor Peter Frankboner examining a pair of giant clams native to the South Pacific atolls. "It is believed that unless killed by some outside cause, the giant clams live forever. Frankboner hopes to gain information about aging from the clams."
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Animals
- Names
- Simon Fraser University
- Frankboner, Peter
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Hodge, Craig
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Newspaper clipping attached to verso of photograph reads: "SOME CLAM, SOME CHOWDER...SFU biology professor Peter Frankboner examines a pair of giant clams native to the South Pacific atolls. The clams, which he describes as 'miraculous creatures' grow to 4 1/2 feet and can weigh 1,000 pounds. It is believed that unless killed by some outside cause, the giant clams live forever. Frankboner hopes to gain information about aging from the clams."
- Geographic Access
- University Drive
- Street Address
- 8888 University Drive
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
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Eleanor and Louise Irwin with rabbit
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1937] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elenanor Irwin (Nelson) (left) with her sister Louise Irwin seated on the lawn in the yard of the Irwin family home on the site of the Barnet Lumber Mill. Louise is holding a white rabbit. The screened in side porch of the Irwin house and flower garden are visible behind them
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Isabella Taylor at Barnet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1934] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Elizabeth "Isabella" (Shephard) Taylor standing in the yard of the Irwin family home at the Barnet Lumber Mill. Mrs. Taylor is dressed in a fashionable coat with a lambs wool collar. The tree with a swing is visible behind her.