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Service is my business
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3817
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV003.68.27
- Call Number
- 367 ROT
- Place of Publication
- Evanston, Ill.
- Publisher
- Rotary International
- Publication Date
- c1959
- Physical Description
- 140 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Charter member: / Larry Desjardins 1959 / Born: 1923-1994" [handwritten inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business ethics
- Subjects
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
The Bobbsey twins in the country
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3831
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hope, Laura Lee
- Publication Date
- c1953
- Call Number
- 813.5 HOP
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.20.16
- Call Number
- 813.5 HOP
- Author
- Hope, Laura Lee
- Contributor
- Scott, Janet Laura
- Place of Publication
- Racine
- Publisher
- Wisconsin
- Publication Date
- c1953
- Series
- The Bobbsey Twins
- Printer
- Whitman Publishing Company
- Physical Description
- 282 p. : ill. : 20cm.
- Inscription
- "Merry Christmas, 1963 / To Susan, / Love from / Steven.", handwritten in blue pen on back of front endpaper "Susan H.", handwritten in purplish blue pen on back of front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
Farmer in the dell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3837
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.20.25
- Call Number
- 810 MAT
- Contributor
- Routledge, Bob
- Duncan, Ted, 1902-1976
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Publisher
- Mattel Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1951
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Farmer in the Dell A Mattel Music Maker Book Susan Huffman
- pencil and crayon scribbles on back cover
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- music and lyrics with music box-style crank to play tune (music no longer works)
- "turn the crank and sing each page"--title page
- "Pictured by Bob Routledge"
- "Music arranged by Ted Duncan"
The Winston dictionary for Canadian schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4932
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV004.20.5
- Call Number
- 423 HEN
- Contributor
- Alexander, Henry, 1890-1975
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The John C. Winston Company
- Publication Date
- 1953
- c1937
- Physical Description
- iii-x, 627 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- inside cover page: "Dennis Perry" "Dex. 0934.-4" "2831 Gilpin" "1955" inside text : loose sheets of paper with notes handwritten in ink.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Dictionaries
- English language
- Notes
- "1100 Pictorial Illustrations".
- Contributor's role: Alexander, Henry (edited by)
British Columbia official centennial record, 1858-1958 : a century of progress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4947
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.33
- Call Number
- 971.1 BRI
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Evergreen Press Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Printer
- Evergreen Press Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 176 p. : ill. : 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- British Columbia--History
- Notes
- "A century to celebrate" -- Cover
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)
Images
Language journeys, grade 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5033
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hall, T. Roy
- Broome, E. B.
- Publication Date
- c1953
- Call Number
- 428.2 HAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV009.4.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 HAL
- Author
- Hall, T. Roy
- Broome, E. B.
- Contributor
- Banks, R. J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company of Canada Limited
- Publication Date
- c1953
- Series
- Language journeys
- Physical Description
- xii, 271 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "D" -- handwritten in ink on upper right-hand corner of cover.
- "SUNCREST EL [missing] HO / 4511 RUMBLE STREET / SOUTH BURNABY, B.C."" -- staped inside front cover.
- "SEP 4 1957" -- stamped inside front cover.
- "Lynda / Craigmyle / Gr. 5 / Div. 3" -- handwritten in pencil inside front cover.
- "JOHN LEE / Gr. 5 Div. 3 / Div. B" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pencil on flyleaf.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Composition and exercises
- Object History
- The artifacts are from the Robins family of Burnaby 1930's 1940'd
- Notes
- includes index.
Guess who
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5046
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3234
- Call Number
- 428.6 GRA
- Contributor
- Dillon, Corinne Boyd
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Ill.
- Publisher
- Scott, Foresman and Company
- Publication Date
- c1951
- Series
- Curriculum foundation series
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill. (col.) ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Galder School" -- stamped multiple times through signature.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's literature
- Reading (Preschool)
- Notes
- "The new basic readers."
- Includes index.
- "Illustrated by Corinne Boyd Dillon".
- Author's given name and dates: Gray, William S. (William Scott), 1885-1960
Data book for civil engineers : field practice, vol. 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5411
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV011.34.2
- Call Number
- 624 SEE
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- London
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Chapman & Hall, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1954
- Physical Description
- xvii, 394 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "M. J. Barnett" written in blue ink inside cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Civil engineering
500 delicious dishes from leftovers : use your leftover bread, cakes, crackers and crumbs, eggs, cheese, meats, poultry, fish, sour milk and cream, fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies and preserves, coffee, cocoa, miscellaneous
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5517
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.65.5
- Call Number
- 641.55 BER
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, Ill.
- Publisher
- Consolidated Book Publishers
- Publication Date
- 1952
- c1940
- c1949
- Physical Description
- 48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking
- Cooking, American
- Culinary Arts Institute
- Cookbooks--1950-1959
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Culinary Arts Institute : One of America's foremost organizations devoted to the science of Better Cookery"
- Berolzheimer, Ruth (edited by)
The a.b.c. of spice cookery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5522
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.65.10
- Call Number
- 641.59 LAN
- Contributor
- Lane, Betty
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Spice Trade Association
- Publication Date
- c1950
- Physical Description
- 48 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking
- Spices
- Cookbooks--1950-1959
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Recipe supervision: Fritzi Swanstrom"-title page
- "price: twenty-five cents"-cover page
Let God be true
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5973
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.21.4
- Call Number
- 289.9 WAT
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn, New York
- Publisher
- Watch Tower Bible & Tract Society, Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1946
- 1952
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. (some col.) : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Theology, Doctrinal
History and technique of lettering
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5977
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 745.6 NES
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- c1957
- c1950
- Physical Description
- xvii, 300 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Lettering
- Type and type-founding
- Notes
- Includes bibliography and index
[Bound collection of pamphlets]| Burnaby Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Program, June 29th to July 5th, 1952.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6556
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.13.1
- Call Number
- 917.1 MIS
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, B.C?]
- Publication Date
- [1950s?]
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia--Description and travel
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Poetry
About fabrics and patterns : no. 1, lessons 1 and 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6619
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.6
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.1
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 1 Lesson 1 and 2
- Physical Description
- 16 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 1 of 7
Pattern layout, cutting and marking : no. 2, lesson 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6620
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.7
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.2
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 2 Lesson 3
- Physical Description
- 8 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "Corduroy - Smooth running up!" [handwritten in pencil on page 2]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 2 of 7
Fitting : buttonholes and pockets : no. 3, lesson 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6621
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.8
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.3
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 3 Lesson 4
- Physical Description
- 12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 3 of 7
Bastings, seams and slashes, no. 4, lesson 5
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6622
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.9
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.4
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 4 Lesson 5
- Physical Description
- 12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 4 of 7
Seam finishings, necklines and joinings : no. 5, lesson 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6623
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.10
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.5
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 5 Lesson 6
- Physical Description
- 12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 5 of 7
Sleeves, plackets and closings : no. 6, lesson 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6624
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.11
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.6
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 6 Lesson 7
- Physical Description
- 8 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 6 of 7