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Discovering brasses and brass rubbing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1454
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Cook, Malcolm
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Publication Date
- c1971
- Call Number
- 739.52 COO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0852630409
- Call Number
- 739.52 COO
- Edition
- 6th ed.
- Author
- Cook, Malcolm
- Place of Publication
- Aylesbury, [U.K.]
- Publisher
- Shire
- Publication Date
- c1971
- Physical Description
- 48 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Brass rubbing
- Notes
- Includes index.
Drake's modern blacksmithing and horseshoeing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary962
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Holmström, John Gustaf
- Publication Date
- 1972
- c1971
- Call Number
- 682 HOL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0877490201
- 9780877490203
- Call Number
- 682 HOL
- Author
- Holmström, John Gustaf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Drake Publishers
- Publication Date
- 1972
- c1971
- Physical Description
- 114 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Blacksmithing
- Horseshoeing
- Notes
- First published in 1941 under title: Modern blacksmithing and horseshoeing.
- Includes index.
The drug book : from arsenic to Xanax, 250 milestones in the history of drugs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6761
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Gerald, Michael C.
- Publication Date
- c2013
- Call Number
- 615.109 GER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781402782640
- Call Number
- 615.109 GER
- Author
- Gerald, Michael C.
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Sterling Pub
- Publication Date
- c2013
- Series
- Sterling Milestones series
- Physical Description
- 528 p : ill. (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chemotherapy--History
- Pharmacology
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Summary : Throughout history, humans everywhere have searched for remedies to heal our bodies and minds. Covering everything from ancient herbs to cutting edge chemicals, this book in the hugely popular Milestones series looks at 250 of the most important moments in the development of life altering, life saving, and sometimes life endangering pharmaceuticals. Illustrated entries feature ancient drugs like alcohol, opium, and hemlock; the smallpox and the polio vaccines; homeopathic cures; and controversial medical treatments like ether, amphetamines, and Xanax while shining a light on the scientists, doctors, and companies who brought them to us.
Eaton's 76 winter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3385
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.1.4
- Call Number
- 381 EAT
- Author
- Eaton's
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Eaton's
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 179 p. : ill. : 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Manufactures
- Catalogs
- Names
- T. Eaton Company Limited
- Notes
- "Good values plus convenience...always in season at Eaton's" -- Spine
- Includes index.
Eaton's catalogue: fall and winter, 1975
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5421
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.14.166
- Call Number
- 381 EAT 1975
- Edition
- [Winnipeg]
- Place of Publication
- [Toronto]
- Publisher
- [T. Eaton Co. Ltd.]
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Series
- Eaton's catalogue
- Physical Description
- 894 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Manufactures
- Department stores--Canada
- Catalogs
- Names
- T. Eaton Company Limited
Images
Eaton's catalogue: spring and summer, 1976
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5423
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV012.14.165
- Call Number
- 381 EAT 1976
- Edition
- [Winnipeg]
- Place of Publication
- [Toronto]
- Publisher
- [T. Eaton Co. Ltd.]
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Series
- Eaton's catalogue
- Physical Description
- 698 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Manufactures
- Department stores--Canada
- Catalogs
- Names
- T. Eaton Company Limited
Images
Eaton's christmas 1975
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3383
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.1.2
- Call Number
- 381 EAT
- Author
- Eaton's
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Eaton's
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 434 p. : ill. : 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Manufactures
- Catalogs
- Names
- T. Eaton Company Limited
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Let Eaton's Share a Special Moment with You" -- Spine
Images
Eaton's spring and summer 1975
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3382
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.1.1
- Call Number
- 381 EAT
- Author
- Eaton's
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Eaton's
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 802 p. : ill. : 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Manufactures
- Catalogs
- Names
- T. Eaton Company Limited
- Notes
- Includes index.
Eaton's spring & summer 1976
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3384
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.1.3
- Call Number
- 381 EAT
- Author
- Eaton's
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Eaton's
- Publication Date
- 1976
- Physical Description
- 698 p. : ill. : 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Manufactures
- Catalogs
- Names
- T. Eaton Company Limited
- Notes
- Includes index.
The Edwardians
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1104
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 941.082 PRI
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Sphere Books
- Publication Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 302 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "Nora Heakes", handwritten in ink on cover page.
- "Colin Stevens", handwritten in pencil on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century
- Great Britain--History--Edward VII, 1901-1910
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291) and index.
Edward Sands Frost's hooked rug patterns
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1051
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Frost, Edward Sands
- Publication Date
- c1970
- Call Number
- 746.79 FRO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 746.79 FRO
- Author
- Frost, Edward Sands
- Place of Publication
- Dearborn, Mich.
- Publisher
- Greenfield Village and Henry Ford Museum
- Publication Date
- c1970
- Physical Description
- 59 p. : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Rugs, Hooked
- Catalogs
Electric railway dictionary : definitions and illustrations of the parts and equipment of electric railway cars and trucks, compiled under the direction of a committee appointed by the American Electric Railway Association.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7448
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Hitt, Rodney
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publication Date
- c1911
- 1972
- Call Number
- 621.33 HIT
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 091231821x
- Call Number
- 621.33 HIT
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Hitt, Rodney
- Contributor
- American Electric Railway Association
- Place of Publication
- Novato, Calif.
- Publisher
- Newton K. Gregg
- Publication Date
- c1911
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 63 p. , 292 p., 55 p. : ill. ; 22 x 31 cm.
- Notes
- "McGraw Publishing Company, Publishers of Electric Railway Journal, 1911" -- title page.
- Includes advertisements of different interurban manufactories and parts.
Encyclopedia of automatic musical instruments : including a dictionary of automatic musical instrument terms.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1293
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Bowers, Q. David
- Publication Date
- c1972
- Call Number
- 789.7 BOW
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0911572082
- Call Number
- 789.7 BOW
- Author
- Bowers, Q. David
- Place of Publication
- Vestal, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Vestal Press
- Publication Date
- c1972
- Physical Description
- 1008 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Musical instruments
- Mechanical musical instruments
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
Encyclopedia of Victorian needlework [Dictionary of needlework], vol.2 M-Z and supplement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1050
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486228010
- Call Number
- 746.403 CAU
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- 1972
- Physical Description
- 2 v. (xvii, 697 p.) : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Needlework--Dictionaries
- Notes
- "An unabridged republication of the second edition (1887) of the work originally published ... in 1882 under the title The dictionary of needlework: an encyclopedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework."
- Includes index.
The ethical behaviour of museum professionals
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1447
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Canadian Museums Association
- Publication Date
- c1979
- Call Number
- 060 CAN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 919106110
- Call Number
- 060 CAN
- Author
- Canadian Museums Association
- Place of Publication
- Ottawa, Ont.
- Publisher
- Canadian Museums Association
- Publication Date
- c1979
- Physical Description
- [8] p. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Museums--Employees--Professional ethics--Canada
- Museums
- Notes
- Text in English and French.
Exploring Vancouver 2 : ten tours of the city and its buildings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary999
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kalman, Harold, 1943-
- Edition
- Rev. and enl. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1978
- c1974
- Call Number
- 720.971 KAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0774801042
- Call Number
- 720.971 KAL
- Edition
- Rev. and enl. ed.
- Author
- Kalman, Harold, 1943-
- Contributor
- Roaf, John, 1939-
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver]
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press
- Publication Date
- 1978
- c1974
- Physical Description
- 299 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- "The official guidebook of the Greater Vancouver Chapter of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 277) and index.
The fairground organ : its music, mechanism and history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1360
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Cockayne, Eric V.
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Call Number
- 789.7 COC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0715349856
- Call Number
- 789.7 COC
- Author
- Cockayne, Eric V.
- Contributor
- Leach, Ronald, Sir, 1907-
- Place of Publication
- England
- Publisher
- Newton Abbot, - David & Charles
- Publication Date
- 1970
- Physical Description
- 239 p. : ill. (1 col), music ; 23 cm
- Inscription
- "Unknown source / via Maurice / Technical info / on Wurlitzers", written on post-it note inserted in front cover.
- "WITHDRAWN FROM / NEW WESTMINSTER / PUBLIC LIBRARY", stamped on inside front cover page and title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Musical instruments
- Organ (musical Instrument)
- Mechanical organs--History
- Mechanical musical instruments
- Subjects
- Musical Instruments
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 234) and index.
Fantasy postcards
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1016
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Ouellette, William
- Jones, Barbara
- Edition
- 1st ed. in the U.S.A
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Call Number
- 741.68 OUE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0385112300
- 0385111754
- Call Number
- 741.68 OUE
- Edition
- 1st ed. in the U.S.A
- Author
- Ouellette, William
- Jones, Barbara
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Publication Date
- 1975
- Physical Description
- 87, [9] p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 24 x 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Postcards
- Fantasy in art
- Notes
- Includes index.
The fascinating story of dolls
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1037
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Johl, Janet Pagter
- Publication Date
- 1970
- c1941
- Call Number
- 745.592 JOH
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 745.592 JOH
- Author
- Johl, Janet Pagter
- Place of Publication
- Watkins Glen, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Century House
- Publication Date
- 1970
- c1941
- Physical Description
- 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dolls
- Notes
- "Reissuing Johl's 'Fascinating story' of her 1941 classic with added material."
Favorite songs of the nineties complete original sheet music for 89 songs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1074
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Fremont, Robert A.
- Publication Date
- c1973
- Call Number
- 786.4 FRE
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0486215369
- Call Number
- 786.4 FRE
- Author
- Fremont, Robert A.
- Contributor
- Morath, Max
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dover
- Publication Date
- c1973
- Physical Description
- 1 score (xiv, 401 p.) : ill., fascim. ; 31 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Songs with piano
- Popular music
- Notes
- "Consists of unabridged, unaltered republications of the sheet music for 89 popular songs (original publishers and dates of publication are indicated in the Contents)." -- verso.
- Contents: After the ball -- Asleep in the deep -- Beautiful isle of somewhere -- Band played on -- Because song -- Bedelia -- Bill Bailey, won't you please come home? -- Bird in a gilded cage -- Bird on Nellie's hat -- Bowery [from A trip to China] -- Break the news to mother -- Cat came back -- Go on and coax me -- Comrades (song) -- Daisy Bell (Bicycle made for two) -- Dear old girl -- Down went McGinty -- Everybody works but Father -- Forty-five minutes from Broadway -- Fountain in the park -- Give my regards to Broadway -- Good bye, my lady love -- Gipsy love song [from Fortune Teller] -- Hearts and flowers = Coeurs et fleurs -- Hello! ma baby -- Her eyes don't shine like diamonds (Three little lads love-story) -- Hot time in the old town -- Ida! sweet as apple cider -- I don't care -- I don't want to play in your yard -- If I were on the stage (Kiss me again) -- I love you truly -- In my merry oldsmobile -- In the baggage coach ahead -- In the good old summer time -- In the shade of the old apple tree -- Just tell them that you saw me -- Kentucky babe -- Little Annie Rooney -- Love's old sweet song -- Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo -- Mary's a grand old name -- Meet me in St. Louis, Louis -- Mighty lak' a rose -- Moth and the flame -- Mother pin a rose on me -- Mother was a lady (If Jack were only here) -- My gal Sal (They called her frivolous Sal) -- My wild Irish Rose [from Romance of Athlone] -- Oh promise me -- On a Sunday afternoon -- On the banks of the Wabash, far away -- Rock-a-bye baby [from Songs of the old homestead] -- Rosary -- Say au revoir but not good-bye -- She is more to be pitied than censured -- She may have seen better days -- She was bred in old Kentucky -- Sidewalks of New York -- Somebody's sweetheart I want to be -- Story of the rose [from Last Rohans] -- Streets of Cairo (Poor little country maid) -- Streets of New York [Red Mill] -- Sunshine of Paradise Alley -- Sweetest story ever told (Tell me, do you love me?) -- Sweet Rosie O'Grady -- Take back your gold (Make me your wife) -- Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay! -- Teasing (I was only, only teasing you) -- Tell me pretty maiden [from Florodora] -- Those wedding bells shall not ring out! -- Throw him down McCloskey (Throw him down M'Closkey) (M'Closkey's great fight -- Toyland [from Babes in Toyland] -- Under the bamboo tree -- Waiting at the church (My wife won't let me) -- Wait 'till the sun shines Nellie -- Waltz me around again Willie ('Round - 'Round - 'Round) [from Miss Dolly Dollars] -- When you were sweet sixteen -- Where did you get that hat? -- Where the River Shannon flows -- Whistler and his dog -- Who threw the overalls in Mistress Murphy's chowder -- Will you love me in December as you do in May? -- Yale boola ! -- Yankee Doodle Boy [from Little Johnny Jones] -- You're a grand old flag [from George Washington Jr.] -- You're not the only pebble on the beach -- You're the flower of my heart, Sweet Adeline -- You tell me your dream, I'll tell you mine.
Feeding the family: 100 years of food and drink in Victoria
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5158
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9780772663436
- Call Number
- 641.3 OKE
- Place of Publication
- Victoria
- Publisher
- Royal BC Museum
- Publication Date
- c2011
- Physical Description
- 168 p. : ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Food--British Columbia--Victoria--History
- Food industry and trade--British Columbia--Victoria--History
- Victoria (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
First approaches to the Northwest coast
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1098
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Pethick, Derek, 1920-
- Publication Date
- c1976
- Call Number
- 970.009 PET
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0888940610
- 9780888940612
- Call Number
- 970.009 PET
- Author
- Pethick, Derek, 1920-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Publication Date
- c1976
- Physical Description
- xix, 232 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Northwest, Pacific--Discovery and exploration
- Fur trade
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-227) and index.
Fishing : British Columbia's commercial fishing history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary724
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0919654436
- Call Number
- 338.3 FOR
- Place of Publication
- Saanichton, B.C.
- Publisher
- Hancock House
- Publication Date
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 224 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fisheries
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 221) and index.
Fly : the national aeronautic magazine, volume I, no's. 1 to 10, November 1908 through August 1909.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary909
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 629.13 FLY
- Place of Publication
- Seattle , Washington
- Publisher
- Salisbury Press
- Publication Date
- c1971
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 36 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Aeronautics
- Notes
- "A facsimile copy made from the original magazines in the collection of Jerry M. Straub."
- "A division of Superior Publishing Company."
- Oversized book
For good measure : the ways we say how much, how far, how heavy, how big, how old
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6754
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Robbins, Ken
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Call Number
- 530.8 ROB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 9781596433441
- Call Number
- 530.8 ROB
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Robbins, Ken
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Publication Date
- 2010
- Physical Description
- [48 p.] : col. ill ; 22 x 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Weights and measures
- Measurement
- Time
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- "A Neal Porter book."
- "Published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press."
- Summary : Delves into the past to show where words such as pound, quart, feet, yard, mile, and other terms of measurement originated and why.