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B.C.E.R. Video: Then and now

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
c2004
Call Number
388.46 TRA VR Ver 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Moving Images
Accession Code
BV013.27.21
Call Number
388.46 TRA VR Ver 1
Place of Publication
Vancouver
Publisher
Transit Museum Society
Publication Date
c2004
Physical Description
1 videodisc (128 min, 43 sec.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Library Subject (LOC)
Street-railroads
Electric railroads
Transportation
Subjects
Transportation - Rail
Transportation - Electric Railroads
Transportation
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Notes
Original footage shot on 16mm film in the early 1950's by Ken Hodgsen.
Summary : Historical film footage of Lower Mainland trams on their various routes as well as an excursion train. Film footage is part of the B.C. Transit Centennial and includes a voice over commentary by Frank Horn and Vic Sharman. Frank worked as a motorman on the BC Electric Railway. The trams are shown travelling through Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, North Delta, Langley, Abbotsford, and Chilliwack. The excursion train was filmed in Washington State, U.S.A. The narrators give commentary, describing the routes, landmarks of the past and present, the various kinds of trams and buses seen, drivers’ protocols, and historical information.
Produced by David Asselin, President, Transit Musem Society
Cover on verso of DVD case includes photos with description: "Here are three instructors... Vic Sharman, Frank Horne & Don Bellamy for the Downtown Historic Railway (D.H.R.) Who have all had previous experience driving interurbans in the Vancouver area in the 1940's & 1950's"
Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view video.
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Canadian pharmaceutical journal, v. 80, no. 14

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1947
Call Number
615.1 CAN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Accession Code
BV988.6.108
Call Number
615.1 CAN
Contributor
Damude, E. F.
Place of Publication
Whitby, Ont.
Publication Date
1947
Series
Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal, v. 80, no. 14
Physical Description
p. 730-782 : ill. ; 30 cm
Library Subject (LOC)
Pharmaceutical industry
Pharmacy
Periodicals
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Names
University of British Columbia
Object History
This item was transferred from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
Notes
"E. F. Damude, Editor" --title page
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Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1967] (date of original), copied 2019
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
Scope and Content
Film footage of Joyce Digney, her mother, Dorothy Brookes and her young son Drew Digney visiting the Vancouver Zoo located in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Film clip documents them watching pelicans feeding and swimming in a pond and walking along the pathways within the park.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (1 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
Scope and Content
Film footage of Joyce Digney, her mother, Dorothy Brookes and her young son Drew Digney visiting the Vancouver Zoo located in Stanley Park in Vancouver. Film clip documents them watching pelicans feeding and swimming in a pond and walking along the pathways within the park.
Creator
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Subjects
Exhibitions - Zoos
Animals
Animals - Birds
Names
Digney, Joyce
Digney, Drew
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV019.18.5.4
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1967] (date of original), copied 2019
Media Type
Moving Images
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Photographer
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Notes
Title based on contents of film segment
Film segment originates from digitized version of original 8 mm film (See BV019.18.5)
Images
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Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019

Digney Film 3 - Visit to Vancouver Zoo in Stanley Park, [1967] (date of original), copied 2019

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Digney Film 4 - Seattle World Fair, Lawn Bowling and visit to Stanley Park Zoo

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1962 and 1969] (date of original), copied 2019
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (27 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a film compliation created by Ernest "Dig" Digney. The film footage is a combination of eight short segments taken at different times in various locations. The film footage documents Joyce, Ernest "Dig", Paul and Bruce Digney's visit to the Seattle World Fair in 1962 as well as law…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Digney Family fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (27 min., 15 sec.) : digital, 23 fps, col., si.
Scope and Content
Item consists of a film compliation created by Ernest "Dig" Digney. The film footage is a combination of eight short segments taken at different times in various locations. The film footage documents Joyce, Ernest "Dig", Paul and Bruce Digney's visit to the Seattle World Fair in 1962 as well as lawn bowling at Stanley Park and Central Park in Burnaby and a visit to the Vancouver Zoo at Stanley Park.
Creator
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Subjects
Sports - Lawn Bowling
Exhibitions - Fairs
Exhibitions - Zoos
Names
Digney, Paul
Digney, Joyce
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Digney, Bruce
Central Park Lawn Bowling Club
Swan, Sydney
Geographic Access
Central Park
Vancouver
Accession Code
BV019.18.6
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1962 and 1969] (date of original), copied 2019
Media Type
Moving Images
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Photographer
Digney, Ernest Frank "Dig"
Notes
Title based on contents of film segment
A selection of film segments from this compilation are described at item level and available for viewing on Heritage Burnaby. Contact Burnaby Village Museum to view full content.
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Mathison the printer : special issue Vancouver's first printer, Amphora, no. 150

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
2008
Call Number
686 MAT
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
ISBN
0003200X
Call Number
686 MAT
Contributor
Milroy, Rollin
Pauls, Naomi
Place of Publication
[Vancouver, B.C.]
Publisher
Alcuin Society
Publication Date
2008
Printer
Still Creek Press
Physical Description
32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Printing--History
Printing
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Notes
"Robert Mathison Jr's 'Tasty Printing' by Stephen Lunsford, page 3 . . . .'Yesterday's Paper' by John S. Keenlyside, Page 18"
"A unique collection of material from Vancouver's first job printer records the hopes, prejudices and routine business of a bygone era."
Contributor: Rollin Milroy - editor Naomi Pauls - copy editor
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Progress report

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
c1947
Call Number
388.46 BCH VR
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Moving Images
Call Number
388.46 BCH VR
Contributor
British Columbia Electric Company
Place of Publication
[British Columbia, Canada]
Publisher
BC Hydro
Publication Date
c1947
Physical Description
1 videodisc (13 min.) : sd., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
Library Subject (LOC)
Natural gas industry
Local transit
Hydroelectric power plants
Electric railroads
Electric power-plants
Transportation
British Columbia--History
Subjects
Transportation
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Names
British Columbia Electric Railway Company
Notes
Summary: Promotional film. The BC Electric Railway Company's $50 million post-war expansion and modernization program, to be completed by 1950. Includes: expansion of transit services, including start of the switch from streetcars to trolley buses; water gas plant; explanation of the Bridge River project, with footage of construction (including La Joie Falls storage dam); Lower Mainland power sub-stations. Various Vancouver street scenes, especially Fraser Street and downtown
Credit note : sponsored/presented by: British Columbia Electric Company; producer: Lew M. Parry; producing agency/company: Trans-Canada Films Ltd.
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