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The player piano : an historical scrapbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1077
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Roehl, Harvey N.
- Publication Date
- c1958
- Call Number
- 789 ROE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 789 ROE
- Author
- Roehl, Harvey N.
- Place of Publication
- Watkins Glen, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Century House
- Publication Date
- c1958
- Physical Description
- [112] p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Player piano--History
- Player piano--Construction
Mission furniture : how to make it
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0921335903
- 9780921335900
- Call Number
- 684.104 MIS
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa
- Publisher
- Algrove Pub.
- Publication Date
- c1999
- Physical Description
- 120 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Furniture, Mission--Design and construction
- Furniture making
- Notes
- Reprint of 3 part set published: Chicago : Popular Mechanics, 1909-1912.
- Includes indexes.
- "Over 150 projects"--Cover.
Household counts : Canadian households and families in 1901
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1420
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780802038029
- 9780802038609
- 0802038603
- 0802038026
- Call Number
- 306.850971 SAG
- Contributor
- Sager, Eric W., 1946-
- Baskerville, Peter A.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Publication Date
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 485 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Families--Canada--History--20th century
- Households--Canada--History--20th century
- Families--Canada--Statistics
- Canada--Population--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents: Transitions in household and family structure : Canada in 1901 and 1991 / Stacie D. A. Burke -- Canadian fertility in 1901 : a bird's-eye view / Peter Gossage, Danielle Gauvreau -- Family geographies : a national perspective / Larry McCann, Ian Buck, Ole Heggen -- Family geographies : an urban perspective / Larry McCann, Ian Buck, Ole Heggen -- Rural to urban migration : finding house hold complexity in a New World environment / Kenneth M. Sylvester -- Family geographies : Montreal, Canada's metropolis / Larry McCann, Ian Buck, Ole Heggen -- Families, fostering, and flying the coop : lessons in liberal cultural formation, 1871-1901 / Gordon Darroch -- Canadian children who lived with one parent in 1901 / Bettina Bradbury -- Boundaries of age : exploring the patterns of young-old age among men, Canada and the United States, 1870-1901 / Lisa Dillon -- Inequality, earnings, and the Canadian working class in 1901 / Eric W. Sager -- 'Leaving God behind when they crossed the Rocky Mountains' : exploring unbelief in turn-of-the-century British Columbia / Lynne Marks -- Giving birth : families and the medical marketplace in Victoria, British Columbia, 1880-1901 / Peter Baskerville -- Language, ancestry, and the competing constructions of identity in turn-of-the-century Canada / Chad Gaffield -- Constructing normality and confronting deviance : familial ideologies, household structures, and divorce in the 1901 Canadian census / Annalee Lepp. Edited by Eric W. Sager and Peter Baskerville
The American cyclopedia of the automobile or, Motor cars and motoring self-taught : a work of reference & self instruction
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1816
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.48.12
- Call Number
- 625.6 RUS v.6
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thompson & Thomas
- Publication Date
- c1909
- Physical Description
- 336 p. : ill. : 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Automobiles
- Automobiles--Design and construction
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates as follows: Russell, Thomas Herbert, 1862-1947.
Audels carpenters and builders guide #4 : a practical illustrated trade assistant on modern construction for carpenters, joiners, builders, mechanics, and all wood workers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3670
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV000.3.3
- Call Number
- 694 GRA
- Contributor
- Emery, Thomas J.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- T. Audel & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 4 v. (xvi, 1546 p.) : ill. : 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "H. A. McCallum" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf and first page of chapter 47] "WALTER GALLOWAY BOOKSTORE 135 HASTINGS ST. E. VANCOUVER, B.C." [Stamped in purple ink on back endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carpentry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Building--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- "Thomas J. Emery--associate."
- Includes index.
- Author's full name and date : Graham, Frank Duncan, 1875-
Audels carpenters and builders guide no. 4 : a practical illustrated trade assistant on modern construction for carpenters, joiners, builders, mechanics and all wood workers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4837
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV011.7.4
- Call Number
- 693 GRA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Audel
- Publication Date
- c1939
- Physical Description
- xvi, 1089-1546 : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "NIXON'S / NEW WESTMINSTER B.C.", printed sticker inside back cover, bottom edge near spine
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carpentry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Building--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Object History
- Book was the property of George Love and used by him
- Notes
- "explaining in practical, concise language and by well done illustrations, diagrams, charts, graphs and pictures, principles, advances, short cuts-based on modern practice - including instructions on how to figure and calculate various jobs" --T.p.
Farm mechanics' construction book : details of construction, maintenance and repair of farm buildings, irrigation and earth fill dams
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4930
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kilmister, L. M.
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Call Number
- 631 KIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.99
- Call Number
- 631 KIL
- Author
- Kilmister, L. M.
- Place of Publication
- Regina, Sask.
- Publisher
- Farm Mechanics Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1949
- Physical Description
- 250 p. : ill. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Farm equipment--Maintenance and repair
- Farm buildings--Maintenance and repair
Farm mechanics' handbook : answers to problems in construction : maintenance and repair of farm buildings, machinery etc.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4931
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kilmister, L. M.
- Publication Date
- c1946
- Call Number
- 631 KIL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.100
- Call Number
- 631 KIL
- Author
- Kilmister, L. M.
- Place of Publication
- Regina, Sask.
- Publisher
- Farm Mechanics Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1946
- Physical Description
- 287 p. : ill. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Farm equipment--Maintenance and repair
- Farm buildings--Maintenance and repair
Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4957
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.45
- Call Number
- 385 NAT
- Contributor
- International School of Engineering
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- International School of Engineering
- Publication Date
- c1911
- Printer
- Allied Printing
- Physical Description
- 492 p., xix : ill. : 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Trainmen--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Trainmen
- Railroads--Design and construction
- Railroads
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "A series of text books prepared especially and exclusively for instruction on locomotive engineering by motive power superintendents, master mechanics, traveling engineers and mechanical experts associated with the International School of Engineering" -- Title page
- "Locomotive boilers and engines, their construction, care, operation and management, firemen's duties, heat, fuel combustion, injectors, lubrication, and the setting of valves. Also complete description of walschaert and other valve gears, their defects and how to remedy them" -- Title page
- Includes index.
Dress construction and finishing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5004
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.18
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- International Educational Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 67 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- 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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Crossword puzzles, grade 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6386
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Preston, Charles, 1921-
- Publication Date
- c1963
- Call Number
- 793.73 PRE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.17.60
- Call Number
- 793.73 PRE
- Author
- Preston, Charles, 1921-
- Contributor
- Kronemeyer, Robert C.
- Gunkel, Christel
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Treasure Books
- Publication Date
- c1963
- Series
- Crossword puzzles series
- Physical Description
- 80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "Paul James Adam" [written on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Puzzles
- Crossword puzzles
- Notes
- "Consulting editor Robert C. Kronemeyer"
- "Consulting editor Christel Gunkel"
- "The puzzles in this book have been constructed by, and under the supervision of, experienced educators and practicing schoolteachers." -- t.p. verso
Delco systems : instruction, operation and care ; wiring diagrams, internal circuits of ignition relay, cut out relay, circuit breaking relay, vibrating regulator relay, coils, voltage regulator, switches, motor generators and all important parts and wiring diagrams of all Delco systems used on motor cars to date
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6415
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV983.48.26
- Call Number
- 629.2 PHI
- Place of Publication
- Dayton, Ohio
- Publisher
- Auto Electric Systems Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1915
- Series
- Information
- Physical Description
- 80 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Design and construction
- Delco Engineering Laboratories Company
- Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Museums and the past : constructing historical consciousness
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6634
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780774830614
- Call Number
- 069.0971 GOS
- Contributor
- Gosselin, Viviane
- Livingstone, Phaedra, 1969-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver ; Toronto
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Publication Date
- c2016
- Physical Description
- x, 299 p. : ill ; 24 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Museums--Canada
- Collective memory--Canada
- Museum techniques
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- "Edited by Viviane Gosselin and Phaedra Livingstone"
The Model T Ford car : its construction, operation and repair
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7453
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 629.2 PAG
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Publisher
- McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart Limited
- Publication Date
- c1915
- 1916
- Physical Description
- 288 p., 4 unnumbered p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ford automobile
- Ford Model T automobile
- Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Author's full given name and dates : Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947.
- "A ccomplete practical treatise explaining the operating principles of all parts of the Ford automobile, with complete instructions for driving and maintenance; includes the most thorough and easily understood illustrated instructions on Ford repairing ever published; based on five years' experience of a Ford operator--invaluable to all Ford owners, dealers, salesmen, drivers and repair men--every phase of the subject treated in a non-technical yet comprehensive manner, ... illustrated by over 100 specially made diagrams and distinctive original photographs of actual parts, all in correct proportion." -- title page
- Includes index
Audels carpenters and builders guide no. 2 : a practical illustrated trade assistant on modern construction for carpenters, joiners, builders, mechanics, and all wood workers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1344
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 693 GRA
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Audel
- Publication Date
- 1963
- Physical Description
- 796 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "XBV / OCT 2/91 OAKALLA PAINT SHOP", handwritten in ink on back cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carpentry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Building--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
1962 Ford Galaxie registered owner's manual and owner service policy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6414
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.94
- Call Number
- 629.2 FOR
- Edition
- Fifth ed.
- Place of Publication
- Oakville, Ont.
- Publisher
- Ford Motor Co. of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1962
- Printer
- Sumner Printing
- Inscription
- "J. H. Robins 3525 Dover St Burnaby BC" [handwritten on cover in blue ink] "Champion - F - 11 - Y Autolite BF - 42 .032-.036 .014.016" [handwritten in pencil on back cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Ford automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Names
- Ford Motor Company
- Object History
- The tools included in this donation belonged to Samuel Robins. Samuel and his wife Sarah Ann Robins moved to Burnaby in 1918. Samuel was a stonemason who worked on many projects in the Lower Mainland, including constructing houses in Shaughnessy and he also worked in the Vancouver City Hall.
A treatise on the construction, repairing and tuning of the organ : including also the reed organ, the orchestrelle and the player-piano
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1755
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.39.1
- Call Number
- 786.5192 FAU
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Tuners Supply Co.
- Publication Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill. : 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "G. Candler Piano Tuning & Repairing, 717 Municipal Ave., Ph. 492-4515 Penticton, B.C." -- stamp on Preface and endpaper (back).
- "G. Candler 6826 Balmoral St. Burnaby 1, B.C. 524-6283" -- stamp on Preface, p. 246, and endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Organ (musical Instrument)
- Tuning
- Reed organ
- Object History
- Donor purchased the book ca. 1960 from D.M. Best & Co in Toronto, Ontario.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With numerous illustrations" --Title page
- Author's full name and dates: Faust, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1859-
History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
Images
Digital Books
Dyke's automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia : elementary principles, construction, operation and repair of automobiles, gasoline engines and automobile electric systems; including trucks, tractors, motorcoaches, automotive diesel engines, aircraft engines and motorcycles simple, thorough and practical
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5511
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.85
- Call Number
- 629.203 DYK
- Edition
- 20th. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- The Goodheart-Willcox Co.
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Physical Description
- xxxvi, 1244 (i.e. 1336), 111 p. : ills., fold., plates (part col.) tables (part fold.) diagrs. ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles
- Automobiles--Maintenance and repair
- Automobiles--Motors
- Internal combustion engines--Maintenance and repair
- Object History
- The tools included in this donation belonged to Samuel Robins. Samuel and his wife Sarah Ann Robins moved to Burnaby in 1918. Samuel was a stonemason who worked on many projects in the Lower Mainland, including constructing houses in Shaughnessy and he also worked in the Vancouver City Hall.
- Notes
- Includes index.
Steam boilers, their construction, care and operation, with questions and answers.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2138
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.19.2
- Call Number
- 621.184 SWI 1929
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- Frederick J. Drake & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- 303 p. : illus. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "H Simon / Dawson Lamb / S.S. Reynolds /J.R. Ritchie / June 1947" -first line written in pen, next two lines in pencil and in different hand, and last two lines in ink and possibly in another hand on opposite page to title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Steam-boilers
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Author's given name and dates: Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), 1846.