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20th century typewriting : complete course
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5012
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.2.1
- Call Number
- 652.3 LES
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Cincinnati
- Publisher
- South-Western Publishing Co.
- Publication Date
- c1952
- Physical Description
- 340 p. : ill. : 20 x 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typewriting
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 4939 Canada Way
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Object History
- Was used by Burnaby resident Barbara Copan when she taught typing at Burnaby Central circa 1963-65. It may have originally belonged to Barbara's mother who also taught typing at Burnaby South High School circa 1957 to 1965. She mainly taught typing in night school.
- Notes
- Authors' given name and date as follows: Lessenberry, D.D. (David Daniel), 1896- Crawford, T. James (Thomas James)
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1928 Ford
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35593
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George L. Donovan's company's 1928 Ford. Beside the car is Alice Donovan, daughter of George L. Donovan. George L. Donovan and his son, George, drove all over B.C. selling Sundstrand oil burners; they also sold typewriters from same car, bought new in 1928. Note the spare wheel co…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1929 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-451
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George L. Donovan's company's 1928 Ford. Beside the car is Alice Donovan, daughter of George L. Donovan. George L. Donovan and his son, George, drove all over B.C. selling Sundstrand oil burners; they also sold typewriters from same car, bought new in 1928. Note the spare wheel cover advertising Sunstrand oil burners.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Names
- Donovan, Alice
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Antique typewriters, from Creed to QWERTY
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Adler, Michael H.
- Publication Date
- c1997
- Call Number
- 681 ADL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0764301322
- 9780764301322
- Call Number
- 681 ADL
- Author
- Adler, Michael H.
- Place of Publication
- Atglen, Pa.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub.
- Publication Date
- c1997
- Physical Description
- 208 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typewriters--History
- Typewriters--Collectors and collecting
- Typewriters--Prices
- Notes
- "With values"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-203) and index.
A practical course in touch typewriting : a scientific method of mastering the keyboard by the sense of touch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7349
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Smith, Charles E.
- Edition
- 15 ed., rev. and enl.
- Publication Date
- c1916
- Call Number
- 652.3 SMI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV978.50.105
- Call Number
- 652.3 SMI
- Edition
- 15 ed., rev. and enl.
- Author
- Smith, Charles E.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Canada
- Publisher
- The Commercial Text Book Company
- Publication Date
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 90 p. [1], : ill ; 28 x 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Typewriting
- Notes
- Author's given name and date: Smith, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-
- "Single Keyboard Edition" -- title page
- "Students and teachers who may require additional matter for typewriting or shorthand practice, are recommended to purchase " ADVANCED TYPEWRITING AND OFFICE TRAINING,' price 50 cents, published by ISAAC PITMAN & SONS." -- title page
- Text runs parallel to spine
- Pages numbered as leaves from front to back and continuing from back to front
autograph book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7129
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.407.6
- Description
- Autograph Book - Booklet -- [1915]. Autograph book produced by Rose & Co at 44 Above Bar, Southhampton. The book was a gift to Mrs. Orman from the Teachers and Children of All Saints Sunday School, Eastleigh, Southhampton, upon her departure to Canada. The first four pages lists all the teachers and children's names. The front cover of the book is green with two painted purple flowers and "Autographs" embossed in white on the bottom right.
- Object History
- This accession appears to be connected to the Orman family. Ada Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. According to the 1915 Census, the Orman family came to Canada in 1911 and settled in Calgary. Father Willoughby Henry Orman is listed there as working as a C.P.R. foreman, while mother Daisy Marie (Harklett) Orman worked at home. Older sister Daisy Hilda (Targett) Orman, worked as a stenographer. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. While living in Calgary, Leila developed an interest in painting, knitting, and composing her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet published was in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. Three members of the family moved to B.C. when Willoughby retired, ca. 1938. In the 1940 BC Directory, the family are listed as living at 407 Campbell Street, Burnaby. Willoughby died in Burnaby in 1945. Daisy Marie died in 1955 after living 15 years in Burnaby. Her address at the time of her death is listed as 407 Rosewood Avenue, Burnaby. Leila was living with her at that time. Older sister Daisy Hilda married Edgar Harold Targett in 1922. They moved to B.C. from Alberta some years after the other three members of the family (ca. 1962). Daisy Hilda died in 1972. Her address at the time of her death was 7969 Rosewood Avenue, Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography - unfortunately it was never finished. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing a column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine entitled “Across the Board” with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential, “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
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B.C. Police display in Osoyoos museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1756
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- March 1988
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a mannequin in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office. He is wearing a British Columbia Police officer uniform and sitting at a desk at a typewriter. This was part of a museum display in Osoyoos (in the Okanagan Valley).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a mannequin in a reconstructed British Columbia Police office. He is wearing a British Columbia Police officer uniform and sitting at a desk at a typewriter. This was part of a museum display in Osoyoos (in the Okanagan Valley).
- Accession Code
- BV004.23.42
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- March 1988
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "B.C. Police Display Osoyoos March 1988"
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certificate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34753
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV992.45.1
- Description
- Dissolution of Partnership - Certificate -- [1926]. Certificate, four typed pages in blue paper cover, folded twice; typed on cover to show when folded, "FRANK WAGNER," "-and-" "THEOPHILUS COCHRANE." "DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP."; preprinted with borders top and bottom; above upper border, "Dated" and dotted line, "19" at right, has been typed in as May, 1926; two borders at middle, title has been typed between; below bottom border, "WHITESIDE, EDMONDS & WHITESIDE" "Barristers, Solicitors, Etc." "NEW WESTMINSTER, - - B.C."; 2nd 'Whiteside' is 'X'ed out by typewriter, "SELKIRL"? typed above it; form begins "THIS INDENTURE made the", then handwritten "Tenth", then typed "day of May,..."; signed by both parties, red seals; witnessed by John Murray, broker, 4009 Kingsway, Burnaby; paper is very thin, blue margin at left, watermark "MAPLE LEAF" and U and T
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Legal Documents
- Colour
- Blue
- Names
- Wagner, Frank
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Deed of Land between George R. Love and Jesse Love re Lot 56 of Lot 7, subdivision of Block 12
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18785
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Sep. 1911
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Deed of Land dated September 16, 1911 between George R. Love and Jesse Love for Lot fifty-six (56) of Lot seven (7), Subdivision of Block twelve (12).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Love family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. of textual records
- Material Details
- watermark "BERKSHIRE BOND"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of Deed of Land dated September 16, 1911 between George R. Love and Jesse Love for Lot fifty-six (56) of Lot seven (7), Subdivision of Block twelve (12).
- Accession Code
- BV992.26.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Sep. 1911
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- document dated Sept. 16th 1911; "George R. Love" "East Burnaby, B.C." "TO" "Jessie Love" "East Burnaby, B.C."; "Deed of Land" "SITUATE IN" "City of New Westminster, B.C."; stamped in red with land registry office stamp, "NOT EXAMINED" "SEP 25 1911" "...DUPLICATE..." "32261"; printed below, "F.J. HART & CO., LTD." "REAL ESTATE, NOTARIES PUBLIC" "CONVEYANCERS" NEW WESTMINSTER, VANCOUVER AND CHILLIWACK, B.C."; at bottom, "JACKSON PRINTING COMPANY, NEW WESTMINSTER"; buff paper, folds out to legal size; pink, blue and white borders; black print, blue typewriting (carbon); "This Indenture", for $1000, for parcel of land Lot 56 of Lot 7, subdivision of Bl.12, suburban, New Westminster, B.C.; subject to indenture of mortgage between George R. Love and The British Columbia Permanent Loan Company, and to agreement for sale with Mr. and Mrs. Morrison; signed by George R. Love, small red seal; witnessed by H.A. Eastman; "FOR MAKER" signed by H.A. Eastman, Sept. 27, 1911; stamp seal "HENRY ALFRED EASTMAN" "BRITISH COLUMBIA" "NOTARY PUBLIC".
Don Cowell at the control unit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45525
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1970, published April 14, 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of apprentice senior program analyst Don Cowell standing at Simon Fraser University's computer center, holding a sheet of printout, as he smiles at the camera. A woman is sitting at the desk next to him, which holds the console typewriter, reaching to hang up the phone. She is also smili…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 1970, published April 14, 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 18.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-420
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of apprentice senior program analyst Don Cowell standing at Simon Fraser University's computer center, holding a sheet of printout, as he smiles at the camera. A woman is sitting at the desk next to him, which holds the console typewriter, reaching to hang up the phone. She is also smiling. This is the "control unit" for the "first computerised on-line library loan system in Canada".
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
IBM Mag Card II Typewriter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport20727
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14065
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 51
- Item No.
- 32
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 14065
- Meeting Date
- 30-Jul-1979
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 51
- Item No.
- 32
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
I.C.S. reference library, v 22 : spelling, penmanship, vertical penmanship, stenography, typewriting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2844
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.106.7
- Call Number
- 371.3 INT
- Place of Publication
- Scranton
- Publisher
- International Textbook Co.
- Publication Date
- c1905
- c1899
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. diag. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Paper book cover: "Miss Katie Wilton, Nelson, B.C." [written in black ink] Title page: "13-6692" [stamped in green ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Orthography and spelling
- Penmanship, English
- Penmanship
- Typewriting
- Shorthand
- Spellers
- Notes
- "A series of textbooks prepared for the students of the international correspondence schools and containing in permanent form the instruction papers, examination questions, and keys used in their various courses." -- t.p.
- Includes index.
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Digital Books
Interior of general store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12955
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum General Store. Pendant lamps hang from the ceiling and two wood counters are on either side of the store. The counter on the right holds two typewriters and a sharpening stone is visible in front. Various products line both sides of the store.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum General Store. Pendant lamps hang from the ceiling and two wood counters are on either side of the store. The counter on the right holds two typewriters and a sharpening stone is visible in front. Various products line both sides of the store.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.670
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1984
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See b&w photograph: BV020.5.698
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1-May-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Interior of real estate office at Burnaby Village Museum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13774
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Sept. 1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of Burnaby Village Museum realestate office. Office is furnished with a roll top desk, chair, metal safe, typewriter and other office equipment.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of Burnaby Village Museum realestate office. Office is furnished with a roll top desk, chair, metal safe, typewriter and other office equipment.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.964
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Sept. 1987
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 22-Sep-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Interior of Real Estate - Surveyor's office building, [1983] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1520_001.jpg?width=280)
Interior of Real Estate - Surveyor's office building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14692
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1983]
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Dow, Fraser & Co. Real Estate Office and Hiill and Burnett Surveyor's Offce building inside of Heritage Village. The interior is furnished with an arrangement of artifacts including a pot belly stove; a Remington typewriter; a roll top desk and chair; a large safe;…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Dow, Fraser & Co. Real Estate Office and Hiill and Burnett Surveyor's Offce building inside of Heritage Village. The interior is furnished with an arrangement of artifacts including a pot belly stove; a Remington typewriter; a roll top desk and chair; a large safe; a union jack flag and a map and survey plan on the walls.
- History
- The building was originally located at 3043 (pre-1958) / 6108 Patterson Avenue, Lot 22, Block 33, District Lot 151, Plan 2002. It was built ca. 1929, possibly by Mr. Cuthbert Pratt. Over the years it was used as a confectionary store, grocery store, home, and small boarding house. By 1977, it was operating as the Magee Grocery Store. The building was moved to BVM in May 1977 and then adapted to look like the original Dow, Fraser & Co. Ltd. real estate building.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1520
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1983]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 17-Nov-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Embossed stamp on slide frame reads: "JAN_83"
Images
![Interior of Real Estate - Surveyor's office building, [1983] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2020/2020_0005_1520_001.jpg)
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Inventing the 19th century : 100 inventions that shaped the Victorian Age from aspirin to the Zeppelin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6633
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Van Dulken, Stephen, 1952-
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Call Number
- 609.034 VAN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780814788103
- Call Number
- 609.034 VAN
- Author
- Van Dulken, Stephen, 1952-
- Place of Publication
- Washington Square, New York
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Publication Date
- c2001
- Physical Description
- vi, 218 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Inventions--History--19th century
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-214) and index
- "Dishwashers, electric light bulbs, gramophones, motion picture cameras, radios, roller skates, typewriters. While these inventions seem to speak of the 20th century, they all in fact date from the 19th century. The Victorian age (1837-1901) was a period of enormous technological progress in communications, transport and many other areas of life. Illustrated by the original patent drawing from The British Library's extensive collection, this attractive book chronicles the history of the 100 most important, innovative and memorable inventions of the 19th century. The vivid picture of the Victorian age unfolds as inventions from the ground-breaking such as aspirin, dynamite, and the telephone to the everyday like blue jeans and tiddlywinks are revealed decade by decade. Together they provide a vivid picture of Victorian life. Along with informative descriptions of how the inventions and their patenting came about, the lives of the inventors and their circumstances provide entertaining insights into this world." --Summary
L.C. Smith Typewriter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35587
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George L. Donovan demonstrating the new L.C. Smith (later Smith-Corona) typewriter at the Vancouver Exhibition (later Pacific National Exhibition, PNE). He owned Vancouver Typewriters at 334 Seymour Street in Vancouver.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-445
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George L. Donovan demonstrating the new L.C. Smith (later Smith-Corona) typewriter at the Vancouver Exhibition (later Pacific National Exhibition, PNE). He owned Vancouver Typewriters at 334 Seymour Street in Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Exhibitions
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Typewriters
- Names
- Donovan, George L.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Leila Orman subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription62945
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1918-1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Leila Orman subseries
- Physical Description
- Textual records and other materials
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of manuscripts written by Leila Orman as well as paintings, scrapbooks, postcards, photographs, hymn books and correspondence.
- History
- A. Leila Orman was born June 2, 1901 in Eastleigh, Hampshire, England. She is the youngest daughter of Daisy Marie Orman, her sister Daisy Hilda Orman (later Targett) being three and a half years her senior. At five years old Leila began a long fight with a crippling type of rheumatoid arthritis. By the time she was thirteen, she experienced completely ankylosed joints. Her family travelled all over hoping to find a cure, but to no avail. In 1913 her father joined his two brothers in Calgary, and by 1915 the family had joined him. Leila developed an interest in painting and knitting, and composed her own poems. She began writing news articles for the Calgary Daily Herald in the 1930s, and her first sonnet was published in that paper on August 28, 1934. She had a strong interest in the arts, often writing about music and the visual arts. While living in Calgary, she became a member of the Business and Professional Women’s Club as well as a member of the Canadian Author’s Association. When her father retired in 1938, the family moved to Rosewood Avenue in Burnaby. Leila wrote on a typewriter with two sticks to type out the letters. She was an avid reader and was able to turn the pages with a special stick with elastic bands wound around the ends. Canadian novelist Maida Parlow French became her lifelong friend and encouraged her to write her own autobiography, but she was not able to finish it. Leila wrote “The Giving Heart” in October of 1948. By 1952, she was writing the "Across the Board" column for the British Columbia Saturday Magazine with the intention of inspiring other “incapacitated folk” to live up to their full potential: “If [she] could reach a few people, and encourage them to reach up and out, [she] should feel the effort well worthwhile.” A member of the St. Alban’s Prayer Healing Fellowship group, Leila wrote the “Christian Manifesto for World Peace” in 1963. The Prayer Group met twice monthly at one of the members’ homes and undertook to pray daily for the sick and for world peace. After Leila’s mother died in 1955, Leila’s friend Jeanie Brown kept house for her and was her constant companion. Jeanie Brown and Leila lived together for over thirteen years until an accident sent Leila to hospital and later to nursing home where she died on February 16, 1976.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Orman, A. Leila
- Notes
- MSS104 and PC506
- Title based on content of subseries
Manual typewriter and slide projector
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70393
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with various household items including a manual typewriter and a manual slide projector at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor and young girl (most likely the vendor's daughter) are sitting behind the table.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-089
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with various household items including a manual typewriter and a manual slide projector at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor and young girl (most likely the vendor's daughter) are sitting behind the table.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Automobile Parking Lots
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Typewriters
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- 1 b&w print (12.5 x 17.5 cm) accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
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