"British Columbia" found 231 records

Beautiful Burnaby, British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1921; 1927

Call Number: 971.1 BEA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Call Number: 971.1 BEA

Place of Publication: New Westminster, B.C.

Publisher: Jackson Printing Co.

Publication Date: 1921; 1927

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.)--Description and travel

British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1225 and 1230

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1939] (date of original)

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photocopy ; 16.5 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1225 and 1230 linked together and going through an intersection. The destination board at the front reads, "BURNABY LK", indicating it is the Burnaby Lake line. There are street signs on the lamppost on the street corner at the left …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w photocopy ; 16.5 x 27.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1225 and 1230 linked together and going through an intersection. The destination board at the front reads, "BURNABY LK", indicating it is the Burnaby Lake line. There are street signs on the lamppost on the street corner at the left but only the crossing street sign, "5th AVE" is visible. There are hand painted advertisements for "COAL/ SAWDUST/ WOOD" and "FUEL" in the background.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake Interurban line

Accession Code: BV003.24.1

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1939] (date of original)

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 09-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Copy print is a digital reproduction of an original photograph

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The British Columbia readers : second reader

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1922

Call Number: 428.2 WJG

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV978.36.3

Call Number: 428.2 WJG

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co. Limited

Publication Date: 1922

Series: The British Columbia readers

Physical Description: v, 222 p. : ill (some col.) ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "James H.H. Lambert / Read Island, B.C. / Jan 1922" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front).

Library Subject (LOC): Readers (Elementary)

British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1920]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 26.5 x 34 cm

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of students of the British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; F. McIntosh "Mat. Med + Botany", O.P. Harrison, H.E. Falk, I.M. Wilson, E.G. McDonagh, G.H. Goodard,…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 26.5 x 34 cm

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of students of the British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in four rows). In the top row (from left) are; F. McIntosh "Mat. Med + Botany", O.P. Harrison, H.E. Falk, I.M. Wilson, E.G. McDonagh, G.H. Goodard, P.J. Bain "Principal". Second row; A. McLennan, C.C. Denny, W.G. Smith, L.P. Landry, E.J. Harrison, B.M. Adams, H.D. Hipwell, and A.W. Barr. Third row; H.L. Fee, C.D. Houghland, A.R. Bush, R.W. Smith, W. James, B.A. McKeown, W.K. Corning, S.R. Davies and G.W.H. Stearman. Bottom row; G. Baillie "Pharmacy + Physics", A.H. Blumenauer, D.J. Bailey, J.Q. Adams, G.P. Doran and S. Foulds "Chemistry".

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science; McIntosh, F.; Harrison, O. P.; Falk, H. E.; Wilson, I. M.; McDonagh, E. G.; Goodard, G. H.; Bain, P. J.; McLennan, A.; Denny, C. C.; Smith, W.G.; Landry, L. P.; Harrison, E. J.; Adams, B. M.; Hipwell, H. D.; Barr, A.W.; Fee, H. L.; Houghland, C. D.; Bush, A. R.; Smith, R.W.; James, W.; McKeown, B. A.; Corning, W. K.; Davies, S. R.; Stearman, G. W. H.; Baillie, G.; Blumenauer, A. H.; Bailey, D. J.; Adams, J. Q.; Doran, G. P.; Foulds, S.; Henderson, Gibb Gilmour; University of British Columbia

Accession Code: BV988.68.3

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1920]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/11/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Weeks, Arthur Benson

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Continuation of title: "... - Second Term 1920"

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British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1921

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 26.5 x 34 cm

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of students of the British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in five rows). In the top row (from left) are; C.S. Forrest, J.G. Saul, S. Smythe, W.A. Speck, G.E. Curtis, C.N. Clark, A.O. Blain, J.D. Witham and…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia composite ; 26.5 x 34 cm

Scope and Content: Composite photograph of students of the British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science. Names are listed beneath each of the oval photographs (grouped in five rows). In the top row (from left) are; C.S. Forrest, J.G. Saul, S. Smythe, W.A. Speck, G.E. Curtis, C.N. Clark, A.O. Blain, J.D. Witham and J. Beddows. In the second row are; G.H. Kelly, R. Rennie, L.A. Pineo, D.J. Bailey, C. Hutchinson, L.A. Blain, B.A. McKeown, G.M. Harvey and A.W. Barr. In the third row are; R.V.R. Hood, J. R. Bradwell, G. Donovan and R. Cochrane. In the centre (in larger ovals) are; F. McIntosh "Mat. Med + Botany", P. J. Bain "Principal" and G. Baillie "Pharmacy + Physics." In the fourth row are; W.R. Hewitson, J.H. Sclater, L. Heyworth and L.C. Simpson. In the bottom row are; A.W. Kennedy, A.R. Bush, S.T. Chess, A. Cheeseman, W. Jude, J.B. Rountree, H.D. Robinson, L.B. Thompson and K.T. Stewart.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: British Columbia School of Pharmacy and Science; Forrest, C.S.; Saul, J.G.; Smythe, S.; Speck, W.A.; Curtis, G.E.; Clark, C.N.; Blain, A.O.; Witham, J.D.; Beddows, J.; Kelly, G.H.; Rennie, R.; Pineo, L.A..; Bailey, D. J.; Hutchinson, C.; Blain, L.A.; McKeown, B. A.; Harvey, G.M.; Barr, A.W.; Hood, R.V.R.; Bradwell, J.R.; Donovan, G.; Cochrane, R.; McIntosh, F.; Bain, P. J.; Baillie, G.; Hewitson, W.R.; Sclater, J.H.; Heyworth, L.; Simpson, L.C.; Kennedy, A.W.; Bush, A. R.; Chess, S.T.; Cheeseman, A.; Jude, W.; Rountree, J.B.; Robinson, H.D.; Thompson, L.B.; Stewart, K.T.; Henderson, Gibb Gilmour; University of British Columbia

Accession Code: BV988.68.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1921

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/8/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Weeks, Arthur Benson

Notes: Continuation of title: "... first term 1921"

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British Columbia Telephone Company bill

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: Feb. 1 1920

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one Bill from the "British Columbia Telephone Company" to "H.H. Stewart / 3902 Albert Street".

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Hugh H. Stewart fonds

Series: Hugh H. Stewart personal documents series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 textual record

Scope and Content: Item consists of a one Bill from the "British Columbia Telephone Company" to "H.H. Stewart / 3902 Albert Street".

Names: Stewart, Hugh Henry

Accession Code: HV979.50.254

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: Feb. 1 1920

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on content of item; 3902 Albert Street is located in the City of Burnaby

British Columbia : the making of a province

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Howay, F.W. (Frederic William), 1867-1943

Publication Date: c1928

Call Number: 971.1 HOW

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV014.29.13

Call Number: 971.1 HOW

Author: Howay, F.W. (Frederic William), 1867-1943

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Ryerson Press

Publication Date: c1928

Physical Description: ix, 289 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History

Notes: Includes bibliograph and index.; Author's full name and dates: Howay, Frederic William, 1867-1943.

Brown's guide to British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Brown, Conway

Publication Date: 1934

Call Number: 317.1 BRO

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: HV975.15.13

Call Number: 317.1 BRO

Author: Brown, Conway

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: Conway Brown

Publication Date: 1934

Series: Brown's guide to British Columbia, no. 4

Physical Description: 112 p. : ill. (maps) : 17 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Guidebooks; Canada, Western; British Columbia; British Columbia--Maps; British Columbia--Politics and government

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Booklets; Elections; Geographic Features - Districts - Electoral Districts

Notes: Includes index.; "This issue contains federal electoral map of B.C. showing boundaries of new ridings clearly, so that every riding is easily distinguished." -- Cover

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Burnaby British Columbia : reference and year book 1931

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1931

Call Number: 317.133 BUR Copy 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: HV978.48.11

Call Number: 317.133 BUR Copy 1

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Burnaby Broadcast

Publication Date: 1931

Physical Description: 42 p. : ill. : 31 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--Statistics; Burnaby (B.C.)--History

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Booklets; Advertising Medium; Government; Government - Local Government; Organizations; Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Notes: Copy 1 of 2

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Copy of Official British Columbia Road Maps

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Physical Description: 1 map : lithographic print on sheet ; 43 x 56 cm folded to 22 x 11 cm

Scope and Content: Item consists of Road maps of British Columbia presented by Union Oil Company of Canada Limited. Includes seventeen maps printed on both sides of sheet. One side of sheet includes ten separate road maps titled "Cariboo"; "Chilcotin Plateau"; "150 Mile House to Prince George"; "Prince George - Burns…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of British Columbia and Canada series

Physical Description: 1 map : lithographic print on sheet ; 43 x 56 cm folded to 22 x 11 cm

Material Details: Scale not defined

Scope and Content: Item consists of Road maps of British Columbia presented by Union Oil Company of Canada Limited. Includes seventeen maps printed on both sides of sheet. One side of sheet includes ten separate road maps titled "Cariboo"; "Chilcotin Plateau"; "150 Mile House to Prince George"; "Prince George - Burns Lake"; "Burns Lake - Hazelton"; "Similkameen - Nicola"; "Salmon Arm to Revelstoke"; "Ashcroft to Salmon Arm / Kamloops to Vernon"; "Okanagan Valley"; "Boundary District". Other side of sheet includes seven road maps titled "Vancouver Island"; "Vancouver to Yale"' "Fraser Canyon Section Cariboo Road"; "Lytton to 150 Mile House"; "Arrow and Kootenay Lakes"; "The Kootenays"; "Columbia Valley". When folded, cover of maps reads "COPY OF / OFFICIAL / BRITISH COLUMBIA / ROAD-MAPS" / Presented by / UNION OIL / COMPANY / of Canada Ltd."; verso of cover includes advertisement for Union Motor oil "MOTORITE"; inside cover includes advertisement for Union Gasoline with title reading "See Canada's Evergreen Playground".

Creator: Union Oil Company of Canada Limited

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads; Documentary Artifacts - Maps

Responsibility: Union Oil Company of Canada Limited

Accession Code: HV972.179.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [193-]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-08-17

Notes: Title based on contents of map

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Early history of the province of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McKelvie, B. A. (Bruce Alistair), 1889-1960

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 971.1 MCK

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.170.15

Call Number: 971.1 MCK

Author: McKelvie, B. A. (Bruce Alistair), 1889-1960

Contributor: Southwell, George H.

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: J. M. Dent and Sons Limited

Publication Date: 1926

Printer: Temple Press

Physical Description: ix, 118 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: "S16" [phrase is crossed out and handwritten in ink on front free endpaper] "P M" [handwritten in red pencil on front free endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History; Vancouver Island (B.C.)--History; Juvenile literature

Notes: "These illustrations have been specially drawn by George H. Southwell" --Prelim. "Made at the Temple Press, Letchworth in Great Britain" --p.118.; Author's given name: McKelvie, B. A. (Bruce Alistair), 1889-1960.

Flood in British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of flooded streets of an unidentified British Columbia town.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of flooded streets of an unidentified British Columbia town.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Floods

Accession Code: BV013.12.116

Date: [193-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11

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Flood waters in British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [193-?]

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of flooding in an unidentified British Columbia town.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Harold Edward Winch collection

Series: Harold E. Winch photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 11.5 cm

Scope and Content: Item is a photograph of flooding in an unidentified British Columbia town.

Subjects: Natural Phenomena - Floods

Accession Code: BV013.12.117

Date: [193-?]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Photograph is a part of original scrapbook Item BV013.12.11

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Highways map of British Columbia, Alberta and adjacent states

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1930]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithographic print ; both sides ; 89.5 x 58 cm, folded to 11.5 x 20 cm

Scope and Content: Double sided road map published by Imperial Oil, Ltd. and featuring the main travelled highway routes of British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwestern-most states of the United States of America. The map is a colour lithograph. The main map is green, with the highways highlighted in red. The litho…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Map collection

Series: Maps of British Columbia and Canada series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 map : col. lithographic print ; both sides ; 89.5 x 58 cm, folded to 11.5 x 20 cm

Material Details: Scale 1 inch = 20 miles; A.R. THOMSON / CHIEF CARTOGRAPHER

Scope and Content: Double sided road map published by Imperial Oil, Ltd. and featuring the main travelled highway routes of British Columbia, Alberta and the Northwestern-most states of the United States of America. The map is a colour lithograph. The main map is green, with the highways highlighted in red. The lithograph was created in Canada by Rolph Clark Stone Ltd in Toronto. The opposite side of the map features inset maps of the following: the Trans-Canada Highway, the highway between Prince Rupert and Prince George, the highway through the Canadian Rockies, and the highway through the Peace River District. Small city plan maps of highways through major cities, as well as advertisements for Imperial Oil products, are also found on the opposite side of the main map. This map is one of four produced by Imperial Oil that covered the most populated areas of Canada from coast to coast and paralleled Imperial Oil's distribution service.

Creator: Thomson, A.R.

Publisher: Imperial Oil Limited

Accession Code: HV977.37.187

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1930]

Media Type: Cartographic Material

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-11-10

Notes: Title based on content of map

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Highways map of British Columbia, Alberta and adjacent states, [1930]

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Image of British Columbia Music Festival Certificate

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1926] (date of original), copied [2016]

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Copy scan of a certificate from the British Columbia Musical Festival. "This is to Certify that The Vancouver Scottish Orchestra / (Conductor, Thomas Shankie) / has been awarded First place in the competition for / Orchestras - Open - Holding the 'Gold Range' Challenge / Cup for 1926 / in the Briti…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Esther Love Stanley fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff)

Scope and Content: Copy scan of a certificate from the British Columbia Musical Festival. "This is to Certify that The Vancouver Scottish Orchestra / (Conductor, Thomas Shankie) / has been awarded First place in the competition for / Orchestras - Open - Holding the 'Gold Range' Challenge / Cup for 1926 / in the British Columbia Musical Competition Festival, 1926."

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Certificates

Accession Code: BV016.43.9

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1926] (date of original), copied [2016]

Media Type: Photograph

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph.; Image is from a binder of family history. Binder 1, orange cover "Old Stanley Family Photo / Old Shankie Family Photos / War Photos - Echo Photos".; Digital image created from orginal photograph by donor

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The romance of British Columbia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Anstey, Arthur

Publication Date: 1931

Call Number: 971.1 ROM

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV009.15.1

Call Number: 971.1 ROM

Author: Anstey, Arthur

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: W. J. Gage & Co. Limited

Publication Date: 1931

Series: Romance of Canada

Physical Description: viii, 216 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Doris A. Fotheringham 4504 Prince Albert St. Vancouver, BC." [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Ez 80" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "D.G.F." [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper] "1932" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): British Columbia--History

Object History: No known history.

Wrigley's British Columbia directory 1930, volume 40

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Schetky, George L.

Publication Date: 1930

Call Number: 384.6 WRI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV987.1.69

Call Number: 384.6 WRI

Author: Schetky, George L.

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: Wrigley Directories

Publication Date: 1930

Physical Description: 2218 p. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Directories; British Columbia

Notes: "embracing an alphabetically arranged list of cities, towns, post offices and railway stations in British Columbia, with a description of each ; an alphabetically arranged list of business houses, private citizens, civic, provincial and dominion governments, churches, public and private schools, secret and benevolent organizations, associations, etc., also an avenue and street guide and directory of householders for Vancouver and Victoria, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory of British Columbia,"