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The Bird's Paradise, Vancouver, BC

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3221
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Para…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w postcard hand-tinted into col.
Material Details
inscribed in the original negative, printed on recto, c. r. "The Birds' Paradise,/ Vancouver, B.C./ No. 2.", l.l. "[copyright c with circle]" printed on verso, t. "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN, SUTTON CO. LTD., VANCOUVER, B. C."
Scope and Content
Photographic postcard of an unidentified man in tweed suit smoking a pipe.There are birds resting on his head, on his pipe and hand, on his shoulder and his forearm. The birds on his hand have been coloured red, and the others are coloured yellow. A caption to the photograph reads: The Birds' Paradise / Vancouver, B.C. / No. 2.
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
Animals - Fowl
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV985.6012.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1930 and 1945]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Photographer
Gowen Sutton Company Limited
Notes
Title based on contents of postcard
Images
Less detail

Canadian geography for juniors

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5049
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
Edition
British Columbia ed.
Publication Date
1930
Call Number
910 COR
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.21.4
Call Number
910 COR
Edition
British Columbia ed.
Author
Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
Contributor
Lord, A. R. (Alexander Russell), 1885-1961
Denton, V. L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
Place of Publication
Toronto
Publisher
J. M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd.
Publication Date
1930
Printer
Temple Press
Physical Description
xii, 338 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Inscription
"Pat McLaren Div. 6" [handwritten in black ink with decoration with purple, red, green, pink, orange and blue pencil on front pastedown] "Lorraine M White" [handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper] "africa Page 265" [handwritten in blue ink over black ink on front endpaper] "Columbia Bolivia Uruguay Paraguay Chile Argentina Brazil Peru Venezuela Ecuador" [handwritten in black ink on p. after p. 338] "Columbia" [handwritten in pencil on p. after p. 338] "Pat White" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown] Drawing of woman's face in pencil on back endpaper Various drawings of womens' faces in profile, a cat? and the word "salmon" in blue ink on front endpaper
Library Subject (LOC)
Geography--Historical texts
Canada--Study and teaching--Historical texts
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Books
Education
Notes
"Revised with additons by A. R. Lord and V. L. Denton" --t.p.
"With 218 sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations" --t.p.
Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
Author's given name and dates: Lord, A. R. (Alexander Russell), 1885-1961
Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
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