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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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The book of the goat : containing full particulars of the various breeds of goats and their profitable management
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4850
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- 4th ed. rev. and enl.
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Call Number
- 636.39 PEG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.5
- Call Number
- 636.39 PEG
- Edition
- 4th ed. rev. and enl.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- L. Upcott Gill
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Printer
- L. Upcott Gill & Son, Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 336 p. : ill. : 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Inside cover has "W-26" writen on it. "Geo Jeffery Central Park" [Handwitten in pencil on pre-title page verso]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Goats
- Goats--Breeding
- Goats--Economic aspects
- Object History
- In in on inside of book "Geo Jeffery" "Central Park". George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery then worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Notes
- Author's full name and dates: Pegler, Henry Stephen Holmes, 1848-
- "With numerous illustrations" -- Title page
- Includes index