Postcard of Queen Victoria with photograph of Mabel Hawkshaw
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19359
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm + 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a postcard with a photographic image of Queen Victoria on the front and a photograph of Mabel McClean (later Hawkshaw) adhered to the back. Writing in red ink on front of postcard reads: "A little Isle in the / Northern Sea / Cries from her utmost shore / 'Come morn with me' / Vict…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. postcard ; 9 x 14 cm + 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a postcard with a photographic image of Queen Victoria on the front and a photograph of Mabel McClean (later Hawkshaw) adhered to the back. Writing in red ink on front of postcard reads: "A little Isle in the / Northern Sea / Cries from her utmost shore / 'Come morn with me' / Victoria Regina Imperatrix / the great, the good / the well-beloved, born / 24 May 1819 Suceeded / June 20th 1887, Crowned June 28th / 1838, married Feb. 10, 1840 - / died January 22nd, 1901." in black: "We were a happy nation / V.R. V.R. V.R." Writting on verso reads: "Miss Mabel McClean / Hayestown Cottage / Wexford"
- Subjects
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Persons - Royalty
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.299
- Date
- [191-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-14
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Digital Books
The gold stripe no. 2 : a tribute to the British Columbia men who have been killed, crippled and wounded in the Great War
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4910
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.136.6
- Call Number
- 940.46771 GOL
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1919
- Printer
- Pacific Printers
- Physical Description
- 160, xxviii : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- World War, 1914-1918--Literary collections
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Canadian
- World War, 1914-1918--Registers of dead--British Columbia
- Veterans, Disabled--British Columbia
- World War, 1914-1918--Canada--Registers
- Notes
- "A book of war, peace, and reconstruction" -- Title page
- "Published for the benefit of The Amputation Club of B.C. in May 1919, the centenary of 'Victoria the Good'" -- Title page
- "A souvenir of the centenary of 'Victoria the Good' 1819-1919" -- Cover
- "The net profits of this publication will go to the Amputation Club of B.C., Vancouver for men who have been maimed and wounded in the Great War" -- Cover
- Includes index.
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Digital Books
Soldier with a rifle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1022
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 5, 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified solider standing with a rifle in his hand at a military camp. Another soldier can be seen in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard
- Material Details
- inscribed in black ink, verso of photograph HV973.110.36, t. "April 5 - 1914" printed on the postcard, verso, "POST CARD/ BROWNIE SOUVENIR/ LITTLE STORIES/ ADDRESS"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified solider standing with a rifle in his hand at a military camp. Another soldier can be seen in the background.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Armament
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Accession Code
- HV973.110.36
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- April 5, 1914
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- The unidentified soldier in the photograph may be the young man in the photograph HV973.110.39.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-30
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph