Tram memories : in celebration of the restoration of Interurban 1223
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5863
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
of old-timers, who exchanged memories and
seemed rather sad about this change to motor buses. There was George Boston, who on
his retirement in 1949 had been 44 years 4 months on this run. He had met this future
wife the first day he was on the job as a passenger conductor. He served more years
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.460971 TRA
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Contributor
- Friends of Interurban 1223
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Printer
- City of Burnaby Printshop
- Physical Description
- 91 p. : ill., map ;,20 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Name Access
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
- Notes
- Editor : Pixie McGeachie
Images
Digital Books
Daddy Darwin's dovecot : a country tale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5057
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.12
- Call Number
- 823.8 EWI
- Contributor
- Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Roberts Brothers
- Publication Date
- 1885
- Printer
- John Wilson and Son
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "To dear Lily / With best love from / Aunts Libbie & Kate / Xmas 1885", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper "HR / 35", in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
Elements of algebra
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1869
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.5
- Call Number
- 512 WEN
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Ginn & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1881
- 1893
- Physical Description
- x, 325 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "May M. Ayers / Union Road / Lot - 33 / P. E. Island" [handwritten inside front cover] "Esther Abbott / P. W. C. / 1899-1900" [handwritten inside front cover] "A____ 15-___ / 1895" [handwritten inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Algebra
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: G. A. (George Albert) Wentworth, 1835-1906.
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Hats Off Day
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98381
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the 2001 Hats Off Day parade and event in the Burnaby Heights neighbourhood. Photographs depict performers (including clowns, a town crier, a fire juggler, and tap dancers) in the parade; children and adults enjoying the parade and events; and business owners and volunt…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 10 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3391
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the 2001 Hats Off Day parade and event in the Burnaby Heights neighbourhood. Photographs depict performers (including clowns, a town crier, a fire juggler, and tap dancers) in the parade; children and adults enjoying the parade and events; and business owners and volunteers prepping food and dealing with the rainy weather.
- Subjects
- Events
- Events - Parades
- Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
- Performances
- Persons - Children
- Persons - Crowds
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a June 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-1: "Kelvin Yee drains the rainwater from the awning in front of the New Rainbow Cafe."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-2: "It's hard to stay a happy clown when you're trying to pedal your decorated bike in a rainstorm, as Corey Barker, 8, discovered at Saturday's Hats Off Day parade."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-3: "Even the town crier struggled to stay dry during one of the many downpours that rained on Saturday's Hats Off Day parade."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-4: "A member of the Confederation Tap Dancers tries to dance up some sunshine at Saturday's Hats Off Day parade."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-5: "Devin Schellenberg amazes and delights spectators with his fire juggling at Saturday's Hats Off Day festival."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-6: "Ashley Boston, 4, plays in the soap bubbles that appeared at the Heights Fountain Square during Saturday's Hats Off Day festival on Hastings St."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-7: "The Hats Off Day parade is all about hats."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-8: "Stuart Wells enjoys a salmon kabob outside the Pear Tree Restaurant, some of diverse food being offered by restaurants and delis along Hastings St. as part of Hats Off Day."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-9: "George Kopf and Cynthia Chow, of the Footlight Theatre Company, fuel up at the Lions Club pancake breakfast before marching in Saturday's Hats Off Day parade. Kirk Dickson is flipping the pancakes."
- Caption from metadata for 535-3391-10: "Yusef Sulayman, 5, and his sister, Sevda, 6, try to stay dry as they watch Saturday's Hats Off Day parade."
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
Images
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Heath's new German dictionary in two parts, German-English -- English-German
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Weir, Elizabeth
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Call Number
- 433.21 WEI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4005.1
- Call Number
- 433.21 WEI
- Author
- Weir, Elizabeth
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1888
- Printer
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Physical Description
- v-xiv, 1112 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- inside cover page: "Oct '96" [handwritten in pencil] "1.00"[handwritten in pencil] "Stephen Hull"[handwritten in ink] "2136 Fifth Ave. Seattle Wash." "U. of W."
- Library Subject (LOC)
- German language
- English language--Dictionaries
- English language
Preparatory French reader
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary309
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.170.20
- Call Number
- 448.6 SUP
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- D. C. Heath & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1890
- c1888
- Physical Description
- 236 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front end paper: S16 [in ink and crossed out in pencil] "Class 4" [handwritten in ink] "Robert Cummings" "3210 2nd Avenue" "Vancouver BC" "Canada" [handwritten in pencil] Back end paper: "1.00" [top left corner, printed in pencil] "THE BOOK SHOP" "C.S. Forsythe & Co." " Booksellers & Stationers" Vancouver, B.C." [blue stamp with gold lettering, bottom left corner]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- French language--Readers
- French language
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Super, O. B. (Ovando Byron), 1848-1935.