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Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "1987 / 309 Pine street / New Westminster / John + Mabel Hawkshaw's / 1st home / 1910"

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The 1901 editions of the T. Eaton Co. Limited catalogues for spring & summer, fall & winter

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: T. Eaton Co.

Publication Date: c1970

Call Number: 381 EAT Copy 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0773710043

Call Number: 381 EAT Copy 1

Author: T. Eaton Co.

Contributor: Stoddart, Jack

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Musson

Publication Date: c1970

Physical Description: 454 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 26 cm

Inscription: "Donated / by Lyn Axford", written in pencil on title page of book.

Library Subject (LOC): Manufactures; Department stores--Canada; Catalogs

Names: T. Eaton Company Limited

Notes: "Introduction by Jack Stoddart." -- Title page.; Includes index. Copy 1 of 4

1923 Sears, Roebuck catalogue

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company

Publication Date: c1973

Call Number: 381 SEA COPY 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 381 SEA COPY 1

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company

Contributor: Schroeder, Joseph J.

Place of Publication: Northfield, Ill.

Publisher: Digest Books

Publication Date: c1973

Physical Description: 974 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "Burnaby Village Museum", handwritten in ink on title page.

Library Subject (LOC): Manufactures; Catalogs

Names: Sears Roebuck and Co. Ltd.

Notes: Reprint of 1923 Sears, Roebuck, and Co. catalog.; 3 copies held : copy 1.

1924 Nash

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: March 6, 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1924 Nash automobile with British Columbia licence plate number "59-108-36" that was used as the "first" ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the 1924 Nash automobile with British Columbia licence plate number "59-108-36" that was used as the "first" ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.44

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: March 6, 1937

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on recto of photograph reads: "1924 - Nash"; Note on verso of photograph reads: "lst Ambulance"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "CRYSTAL FINISH PHOTO/ MAR 6 1937."

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1924 Nash

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 6 Mar. 1937

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1924 Nash 694, a seven-passenger Nash sedan used as the "first" ambulance. Frank Wagner is riding in the car with an unidentified man (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1924 Nash 694, a seven-passenger Nash sedan used as the "first" ambulance. Frank Wagner is riding in the car with an unidentified man (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Names: Wagner, Frank

Accession Code: BV992.45.45

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 6 Mar. 1937

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written in blue ball-point pen on verso reads: "'Dad Wagner in 1924 Nash, lst Ambulance" and "1 Model T 1927/ [Model] A 1929/ Chev - 1929/ 1 Ply 5 - 1934/ 1 [Ply] 7P 1937/ 1 Mercury 1940/ 2 Chev 1946 NEW/ 3 [Chev] 1948 NEW/ 2 [Chev] 1950 [NEW]/ 1 [Chev] 1946/ 1 Nash 1924/ 1 Hupmobile 1929/ 1 Buick 1934/ 2 Chryslers 1937/ 1 Dodge 1940/ 2 [Dodge] 1947 NEW/ 1 Ford 1940 truck/ 8 Brand new cars"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Crystal [obscured by note] March 6 1937"

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1927 Buick Ambulance

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [after 1927]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1927 Buick with a cross sign on top of the windshield and "AMBULANCE" written at the bottom of the windshield and identified as the "third" ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.5 cm

Material Details: inscribed in blue ballpoint pen, verso, t., stamped, u.l. "678"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a 1927 Buick with a cross sign on top of the windshield and "AMBULANCE" written at the bottom of the windshield and identified as the "third" ambulance (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).

Subjects: Emergency Services - Ambulance Services

Accession Code: BV992.45.49

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [after 1927]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "1927 Buick/ 3rd Ambulance"

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1927 Buick Ambulance, [after 1927] thumbnail

1927 edition of the Sears, Roebuck catalogue

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company

Publication Date: c1970

Call Number: 381 SEA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0517018659

Call Number: 381 SEA

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company

Contributor: Mirken, Alan

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: Bounty Books

Publication Date: c1970

Physical Description: 1091 [12] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Inscription: "John Adams", handwritten in ink on title page.

Library Subject (LOC): Manufactures; Catalogs

Names: Sears Roebuck and Co. Ltd.

The 1927 edition of the T. Eaton Co. Limited. catalogue for spring and summer

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: T. Eaton Co.

Publication Date: c1971

Call Number: 381.12 EAT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0773710019

Call Number: 381.12 EAT

Author: T. Eaton Co.

Contributor: Stoddart, Jack

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: Musson

Publication Date: c1971

Physical Description: 408 p. : ill.

Library Subject (LOC): Manufactures; Department stores--Canada; Shopping--Canada--History; Catalogs

Names: T. Eaton Company Limited

Notes: "This is a reprint of the eastern edition of the 1927 catalogue for spring and summer. [Musson] have omitted a few dozen pages of lesser interest (without eliminating any subjects) so as to make room for a group of 30 pages featuring farm equipement of all kinds, taken from the prairie edition of the same season's catalogue. the index has not amended to delete the missing pages."; Prairie edition section is labelled with the letter "W" next to the page numbers. Located near the back of book.; Oversized book.

1936 pillar

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1936]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment bui…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm

Material Details: Decorative border printed around the photograph on recto; Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner; Stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment building are all visible in the background. The pillar is believed to be a commemorative pillar marking Vancouver's Golden Jubilee in 1936.

Subjects: Symbols - Flags; Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards; Monuments

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV985.5770.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1936]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-02-02

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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1981 sporting arms and ammunition

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1981; c1980

Call Number: 683.4 WIN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: BV991.45.157

Call Number: 683.4 WIN

Place of Publication: Cobourg, Ont.

Publisher: Winchester Canada, Ltd.

Publication Date: 1981; c1980

Series: Sporting Arms and Ammunition

Physical Description: 39 p. : ill. : 27.5 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Firearms

Names: Oakalla Prison Farm

3001 at Edmonton

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 3001 at Edmonton with an engineer inside (at the locomotive's window). The train also bears the name "CHINOOK".

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 3001 at Edmonton with an engineer inside (at the locomotive's window). The train also bears the name "CHINOOK".

Subjects: Transportation - Locomotives; Transportation - Rail

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Accession Code: BV985.6114.54

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [between 1930 and 1949]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2024-03-19

Notes: Title based on note written on verso of photograph; Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "CP 3001 at Edmonton"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "41 9"

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3001 at Edmonton, [between 1930 and 1949] thumbnail

7333 Laburnum Street

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1939

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mabel Hawkshaw's house located at 7333 Laburnum Street, Vancouver.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hawkshaw family fonds

Series: Hawkshaw family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Mabel Hawkshaw's house located at 7333 Laburnum Street, Vancouver.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Buildings - Residential

Accession Code: BV996.6.271

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1939

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Date: 2023-02-21

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Caption beneath photograph reads: "7333 Laburnum"; Photograph is part of photograph album BV996.6.1

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The ABC British Columbia lumber trade directory and yearbook

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: 28th ed.

Publication Date: 1977

Call Number: 634.9 ABC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 634.9 ABC

Edition: 28th ed.

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Progress Pub.

Publication Date: 1977

Physical Description: 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Lumber trade--British Columbia; Periodicals; Directories

Notes: ISSN: 0065-0013

Abilene's carousel

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Harris, Cecilia

Publication Date: 1988

Call Number: 745 HAR COPY 1

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 745 HAR COPY 1

Author: Harris, Cecilia

Place of Publication: [Abilene, Kan]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1988

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Merry-go-round--History

Names: Parker, Charles Wallace "C.W."

Notes: 2 copies held: copy 1 of 2.

A book of general science

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hilton, M. J.

Publication Date: 1931

Call Number: 500 HIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3840.1

Call Number: 500 HIL

Author: Hilton, M. J.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Macmillan

Publication Date: 1931

Physical Description: xiii, 399 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION / THE GOVERNMENT OF / THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA / TEXT BOOK BRANCH" - printed on pink sticker affixed to inside of front cover. "My Creed / I believe in Canada. / I love her as my home. / I honour her institutions. / I rejoice in the abundance of her achievements. / I have unbounded confidence in the ability / of her people to excel in whatsoever / they undertake. / I cherish exalted ideals of her destiny as a / leader among world nations. / To her I pledge my loyalty. / To the promotion of her best interests I / pledge my support. / To her products I pledge my patronage. / And to the cause of her producers I pledge / my devotion. " - printed on paper affixed to inside of front cover. "Joyce Crawhurst" - handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover. "Joyce Crawhurst, / Agassiz High / School, / B.C." - handwritten in ink on cover page. "Joyce Crawhurst / Harrison Hot Springs / B.C." - handwritten in ink on cover page. "Joyce Crawhust. / A. H. S." - handwritten in ink on cover page. "p. 6 to" - handwritten in pencil on title page.

Library Subject (LOC): Science

Notes: "Authorzied by the Ministers of Education for Alberta and British Columbia."; Includes index.; Notes and sketch on back pages and inside of back cover.

A Canadian high school arithmetic

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Stanley, T. E. A.; Smith, J. A.

Publication Date: 1930

Call Number: 513 STA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV998.9.1

Call Number: 513 STA

Author: Stanley, T. E. A.; Smith, J. A.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1930

Printer: T.H. Best Printing Co.

Physical Description: xi, 332 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: "45¢" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown] Notes on back pastedown and some written throughout book.

Library Subject (LOC): Arithmetic--Textbooks; Mathematics--Historical texts; Mathematics--Textbooks

Notes: "Authorized by the Minister of Education, Edmonton, Alberta" --t.p.

Acceptance of invitation to Chinese Export Commodities Fair

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1979

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page form titled "Acceptance of Invitation" from Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1979 Kwangchow.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Cecil Lee business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 p.

Material Details: Text in both English and Chinese

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one page form titled "Acceptance of Invitation" from Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1979 Kwangchow.