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Book reading given by Pixie McGeachie January 10, 1973 - Track 6

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1872-1874

Length: 0:08:15

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Pixie McGeachie's continued reading of "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams and herself. This section of the reading describes the mission at Lytton, British Columbia. An unidentified man speaks at the completion of the reading, giving som…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Pixie McGeachie's continued reading of "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams and herself. This section of the reading describes the mission at Lytton, British Columbia. An unidentified man speaks at the completion of the reading, giving some details on various individuals discussed during the reading.

Date Range: 1872-1874

Photo Info: Pixie McGeachie (left) and Florence Godwin, 1992. Item no. 330-003

Length: 0:08:15

Subjects: Buildings - Religious

Interview Date: January 10, 1973

Scope and Content: Recording is of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie on January 10, 1973 to the Burnaby Historical Society from the book "Archdeacon on Horseback" by Canon Cyril E.H. Williams (then archivist in the Vancouver School of Theology, University of British Columbia) and Pixie McGeachie.

Biographical Notes: Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie was a resident of Burnaby for over sixty years. Pixie married John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie and raised their children Kathi (Dunlop) and David McGeachie in the house the couple built themselves in 1947. Pixie served as the editor for the Burnaby Examiner newspaper and wrote a column entitled "Burnaby History" for The News. In 1974 she authored her first book titled "Bygones of Burnaby" which was one of the first to develop anecdotal stories about pioneer life in Burnaby. She authored "Burnaby - A Proud Century" in 1992 and in 2002 she wrote a biography of the city's namesake in the book "Land of Promise: Robert Burnaby's letters from Colonial B.C." She also contributed many hours of volunteering; helping to establish Burnaby's first museum Heritage Village in 1971, serving as President of the Burnaby Historical Society from 1991-1993. She served a six year term on Burnaby's Heritage Commission leading the charge to preserve many historic sites throughout the city, and during her twenty years as the Community Archives volunteer archivist for the historical society, she succeeded in gathering thousands of rare and valuable historic photographs and documents which now forms the core of the photograph collection on the Heritage Burnaby website (as these items were donated by the Society to the City Archives in 2007). The City of Burnaby awarded Pixie McGeachie the Kushiro Cup as Citizen of the year in 2002. In 2006 she received a Heritage BC project award for leading the Friends of Interurban 1223 project, and in 2008 Heritage BC recognised her again by presenting her with the Ruby Nobb Award. John Aloysius "Jack" McGeachie died October 12, 1981 at the age of sixty-seven. Doreen "Pixie" (Johnson) McGeachie died August 14, 2010 at the age of eighty-nine.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 0:54:31

Interviewee Name: McGeachie, Doreen “Pixie”

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Pixie McGeachie (left) and Florence Godwin, 1992. Item no. 330-003 thumbnail

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Track six of recording of a book reading given by Pixie McGeachie

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Boys of the Bible

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1916

Call Number: 220.9 BOY

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.31.5

Call Number: 220.9 BOY

Contributor: Turner, A. M.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co.

Publication Date: c1916

Series: The Chimney Corner Series, no. 928

Physical Description: 32 p. : ill. : 28 cm.

Inscription: "Presented to Nina Atkinson for Proficiency in bible study and general aptitude: from The East Burnaby Methodist Sunday School August 1917" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf]

Library Subject (LOC): Bible; Bible. Old Testament; Juvenile literature

Names: East Burnaby Methodist Church, 1904-1925; Chapman, Nina Christina Atkinson

Notes: "Illustrated by A. M. Turner" -- Title page

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Britain's King and Queen : the story of their lives , with sixty-eight illustrations

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Paul, Thomas

Edition: New enl. ed.

Publication Date: 1902

Call Number: 923.1361 PAU

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.3852.1

Call Number: 923.1361 PAU

Edition: New enl. ed.

Author: Paul, Thomas

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: John F. Shaw And Co.

Publication Date: 1902

Physical Description: xii, 387 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Inscription: "BRITAIN'S KING & QUEEN" "J.F. SHAW & CO." 388pp; sepia floral endpapers, pencil scribbles; several pages of advertising at the end for other books.

Library Subject (LOC): Great Britain--Kings and rulers

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books

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British war cemeteries Ypres : 1914-1918

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1920

Call Number: 940.3 BRI

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV985.5828.1

Call Number: 940.3 BRI

Place of Publication: Bruxelles

Publisher: Ern. Thill

Publication Date: 1920

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. : 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): World War, 1914-1918--Monuments--Belgium--Ieper; War memorials; National cemeteries--Belgium--Ieper; Monuments; National cemeteries; Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of; Great Britain

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Booklets; Wars; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

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Burnaby South Secondary School yearbook : 1928-1929

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1929

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1929

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV020.7.3

Call Number: 373.71 BUR 1929

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Burnaby South Secondary School

Publication Date: 1929

Printer: Ward & Phillips

Physical Description: 60 p. : ill., ports. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): School yearbooks--1920-1929; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby; School yearbooks

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Geographic Access: Rumble Street

Street Address: 5455 Rumble Street

Names: Burnaby South High School

Object History: This yearbook belonged to Lauretta Roberts.

Notes: High school annual for South Burnaby High School

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Business & social forms : natural slant writing books, no. 9

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1902

Call Number: 372.634 GAG

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.70.4

Call Number: 372.634 GAG

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co. Limited

Publication Date: c1902

Physical Description: 1 vol. ; 24 cm.

Inscription: "Doris M Mann" [handwritten in ink on cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Penmanship

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Buster Brown the busy body

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928

Publication Date: c1908

Call Number: 741.5 OUT

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV974.50.10

Call Number: 741.5 OUT

Author: Outcault, Richard Felton, 1863-1928

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: The New York Herald Co.

Publication Date: c1908

Physical Description: 1 v. (multiple pagings) : col. ill. : 29 x 41 cm.

Inscription: "Walter Galloway Bookstore 100 _______ St. E. Vancouver, B.C." [Stamped in black ink on cover verso and title page] "George Herbert Savage" [Handwritten in pencil on title page] "George Herbert Savage 6976 Culloden St. Vancouver B.C." [Handwritten in pencil on title page verso] "From Auntie Maggie Christmas 1919" [Handwritten in pencil on title page verso]

Library Subject (LOC): Comic books, strips, etc.; United States

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Cadillac 1912 : instructions for care and operation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Third Edition

Call Number: 629.2 CAD

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV983.48.16

Call Number: 629.2 CAD

Edition: Third Edition

Place of Publication: Detroit

Publisher: Cadillac Motor Car Company

Physical Description: 70 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

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1983_0048_0016_001

The Canadian boy's annual : 1920

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Johnston, Harry H.

Publication Date: 1920

Call Number: 810.8 CAN

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV998.18.1

Call Number: 810.8 CAN

Author: Johnston, Harry H.

Place of Publication: London; Toronto

Publisher: Cassell

Publication Date: 1920

Physical Description: vii, 232 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper: "Leonard G. Hornett Port Alberni" [written in black ink] "Christmas 1919-1920" [written in pencil underneath "Port Alberni"] "275" [written in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Children's literature; Children's stories; Short stories; Gift books; Periodicals

Object History: Purchased by Colin Stevens from the seller.

Notes: "Containing stories and articles by Sir Harry H. Johnston, G.G.M.G., Frank H. Shaw, D.H. Parry, Richard Kearton, T.C. Bridges, Captain Gilson, S. Walkey, R.S. Warren Bell, Eric Wook, Percy F. Westerman, H. Mortimer Batten, Captain Oswald Dallas, and many others" -- t.p.; "With a large number of Illustrations in Colour and Black-and-White" -- t.p.

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Care of clothing : home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodeling, the upkeep of clothes, the budget

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1926; c1925

Call Number: 646.4 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.6

Call Number: 646.4 WOM

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1926; c1925

Series: Woman's Institute library of dressmaking, v. 3

Physical Description: vi, xxiv, 262 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Clothing and dress; Laundry

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: Includes index.

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Children and misses' garments

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1922

Call Number: 746.9 PIC

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.17

Call Number: 746.9 PIC

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981; Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1922

Physical Description: 62 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Inscription: "Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]

Library Subject (LOC): Children's clothing; Sewing; Dressmaking--Study and teaching

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

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Children's Christmas book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1920

Call Number: 394.266 CHI

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: X3170

Call Number: 394.266 CHI

Place of Publication: s.l.

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1920

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. : 35 x 20 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Christmas; Christmas stories; Children's stories; Children's literature; Etiquette for children and teenagers; Juvenile literature

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Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: [2022]

Call Number: 971.1 CHI

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Digital Resource

Accession Code: BV022.8.1

Call Number: 971.1 CHI

Contributor: City of Burnaby

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: [2022]

Physical Description: 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs; Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History; Chinese--British Columbia--History; Pharmacy--Canada; Pharmacy--United States; Pharmaceutical museums; Directories

Object History: Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.

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Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 2020

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:16:19 min)

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of part three in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts where the hosts Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, "Dig up the roots of the past to unearth the foundations of the Chinese Canadian experience in Burnaby." This episode three is titled "Chinese Herbalist Shops and …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum fonds

Series: UBC Partnership series

Subseries: Back to the Roots Podcast series - 2020 subseries

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 sound recording (mp3) (00:16:19 min)

Material Details: Podcasts hosts: Rose Wu; Wei Yan Yeong Persons from recorded extracts: Denise Fong; Josephine Chow; Julie Lee Guest: Dr. John Yang Podcast Date: October 2020 Total Number of tracks: 1 Total Length of all tracks: 00:16:19 min Photograph info: Store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C., 1975. BV017.7.191

Scope and Content: Item consists of a recording of part three in a series of three “Back to the Roots” podcasts where the hosts Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong, "Dig up the roots of the past to unearth the foundations of the Chinese Canadian experience in Burnaby." This episode three is titled "Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM". The podcasts were created by students Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong from the Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia Faculty and while student interns at Burnaby Village Museum. In this series the students connect their knowledge of food systems to their shared Chinese heritage in order to discover how Chinese Canadian history is rooted in their local food systems. 00:00 - 01:34 Podcast opens with an introduction to this episode in the podcast series. 01:35 - 03:43 This portion of the podcast consists of segments of pre-recorded interviews between Denise Fong and Chinese-Canadians Julie Lee and Josephine Chow who grew up in Burnaby. Josephine and Jule recall visiting herbalist shops in Vancouver's Chinatown during the nineteen fifties and sixties. Due to the lack of herbalist shops in the Burnaby community during that time, it was common for a Chinese farming family to travel to Vancouver’s Chinatown in order to obtain herbal prescriptions or dried goods. Julie speaks briefly about what the type of Traditional Chinese medical care and advice her mother and family received. Josephine Chow tells of a female Chinese doctor from Vancouver, Madeline Chung who was responsible for delivering a lot of Chinese babies including Josephine and describes how her mother would take members of the family to the herbalist in Vancouver's Chinatown. 03:44 - 04:44 In this portion, the hosts tell of how aside from its medicinal purposes, herbalist shops also have a major socio-cultural significance to the Chinese community. The hosts describe the traditional layout of Chinese herblist shops, with a table set up for the game Ma Jong in the back and a seating area where customers could chat while waiting and be served tea. The hosts provide an example of the "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co." herbalist shop in Victoria that was open between 1905 and 1967 and of how the shop and contents are now part of a permanent exhibit at the Burnaby Village Museum. 04:45 - 09:21 In this portion, the hosts describe "Traditional Chinese Medicine" also known as "TCM". In order to better understand the importance of TCM in Chinese culture, and specifically to Chinese-Canadian immigrants, the hosts interview Dr John Yang, the chairperson and program director of Kwantlen Polytechnic University's TCM program. Holding a PHD in TCM before migrating with his family to Canada, Dr Yang came here 30 years ago and immediately started his journey as a TCM practitioner at his home basement in Burnaby. Dr. Yang tells of how he worked with the lobbying group, ATCMA (The British Columbia Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Practitioners) to help legitimize TCM as a recognized form of medical health care. In 1996, the Canadian government finally approved the legitimization of TCM in Canada, where one is required to take a licensing exam before they’re allowed to start their practices in Canada. 09:22 - 15:17 In this portion of the podcast, Dr. Yang and hosts describe how Traditional Chinese Medicine and treatments differ from Western medicine, how TCM is a way of life and regularly incorporated into recipes and diets, the lack of social acceptance and the import of Chinese medicinal herbs and misconceptions. 15:18 - 16:19 Conclusion, credits and acknowledgements.

History: Podcast hosts, Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong are University of British Columbia students in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and student interns at Burnaby Village Museum.

Creator: Burnaby Village Museum

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Social Issues - Discrimination; Social Issues - Racism; Public Services - Health Services

Names: Lee, Julie Cho Chan; Chow, Josephine; Fong, Denise; Yang, Dr. John; Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company; Burnaby Village Museum

Responsibility: Wu, Rose; Yeong, Wei Yan

Accession Code: BV020.28.5

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 2020

Media Type: Sound Recording

Related Material: BV020.28.3; BV020.28.4

Notes: Title based contents of sound recording; See also Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong February 7, 2020 - BV020.6.1; Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong February 6, 2020 - BV020.6.2; For associated video recording of research interview with Dr. John Yang - see BV020.28.1; Compilation of Research Resources used by authors Rose Wu and Wei Yan Yeong include:; B.C. to recognize doctors of Chinese medicine: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/b-c-to-recognize-doctors-of-chinese-medicine-1.396806; B.C. takes steps to legitimize traditional Chinese medicine: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/bc-takes-steps-to-legitimize-traditional-chinese-medicine/article18428851/; Traditional Chinese medicine moves into the mainstream https://www.straight.com/life/415386/traditional-chinese-medicine-moves-mainstream; Burnaby Village Museum - Interview with Josephine Chow by Denise Fong Feb. 7, 2020. BV020.6.1 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording12337; Burnaby Village Museum, Interview with Julie Lee by Denise Fong Feb. 6, 2020. BV020.6.2 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/museumsoundrecording12338

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Chinese Herbalist Shops and TCM, 2020

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Coleman service manual and parts list

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Coleman Lamp and Stove Company

Publication Date: 1950

Call Number: 796 COL

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV004.99.5

Call Number: 796 COL

Author: Coleman Lamp and Stove Company

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Coleman Lamp and Stove Co. Ltd.

Publication Date: 1950

Series: Coleman service manual and parts list, no. 7

Physical Description: 48 p. : ill. : 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Commercial catalogs; Gas-lighting; Gas--Heating and cooking; Gas appliances; Camp stoves; Lamps; Stoves, Gas; Camping--Equipment and supplies; Irons (Pressing); Catalogs

Notes: Includes index.

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Complete instructor for the violin

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Tours, Berthold, 1838-1897

Publication Date: 1900

Call Number: 787 TOU

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV002.67.6

Call Number: 787 TOU

Author: Tours, Berthold, 1838-1897

Place of Publication: Philadelphia

Publisher: Theodore Presser Co.

Publication Date: 1900

Printer: Wm. H. Keyser & Co.

Physical Description: 96 p. : 31 cm.

Inscription: "William Spain" [Handwritten in black pencil crayon on front cover] "W. Spain" [Handwritten in blue pencil crayon on blank page before title page]