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Object History: Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."; Sam Kee & Company merchants is the business located at 111 Pender St. E. Vancouver - originally owned by Chan Toy (many alternative names including Chang Toy) which was later run by Chang Yat Leong - presumably the same person as Chan Y. Leong.

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Erla radio : years ahead

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Electrical Research Laboratories

Publication Date: c1927

Call Number: 537.5 ELE

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV999.32.4

Call Number: 537.5 ELE

Author: Electrical Research Laboratories

Place of Publication: Evansville, Ind.

Publisher: Electrical Research Laboratories

Publication Date: c1927

Printer: Margil-Weinsheimer Co.

Physical Description: 19 p. : ill. : 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Electrical Research Laboratories; Radio--Equipment and supplies; Industries--Indiana--Evansville; Commercial catalogs; Catalogs

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Essential stitches and seams

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1922

Call Number: 646 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.11

Call Number: 646 WOM

Author: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: c1922

Physical Description: 38 p. : ill. : 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Dressmaking--Study and teaching; Sewing; Stitches (Sewing); Seams (Sewing); Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Booklets

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: "401" -- cover

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Field book

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1920

Call Number: 002 FIE

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV977.65.9

Call Number: 002 FIE

Publication Date: 1920

Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) ; 22 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Field note book; Notebooks

Notes: "Field notes of..." -- Title page

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Follow that fire : the history of the Burnaby Fire Department

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Penn, Douglas H. (Douglas Harold), 1947-

Publication Date: 1997

Call Number: 363.378 PEN COPY 3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282826

Call Number: 363.378 PEN COPY 3

Author: Penn, Douglas H. (Douglas Harold), 1947-

Place of Publication: [Burnaby, B.C.]

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 1997

Physical Description: 160 p. : ill. (some col.), 2 maps, ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Fire departments; Fire fighters

Name Access: Burnaby Fire Department

Notes: Maps on lining papers.; 3 copies held: copy 3.

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General chemical division Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1949

Call Number: 661 GEN

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book; Catalogue

Accession Code: BV022.22.1

Call Number: 661 GEN

Publisher: General Chemical Division, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation

Publication Date: 1949

Physical Description: 175 p. : illustrations ; 26 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Chemical industry; Catalogs

Names: Nichols Chemical Company Limited

Object History: Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation catalogue at one time used by the Manager of the The Nichols Chemical Company Limited, William H. Main in Barnet BC. His business card is paper clipped to the first page. Page 106 has an ad from the Nichols company.

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The gold stripe no. 2 : a tribute to the British Columbia men who have been killed, crippled and wounded in the Great War

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1919

Call Number: 940.46771 GOL

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.136.6

Call Number: 940.46771 GOL

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1919

Printer: Pacific Printers

Physical Description: 160, xxviii : ill. ; 30 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): World War, 1914-1918--Literary collections; World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Canadian; World War, 1914-1918--Registers of dead--British Columbia; Veterans, Disabled--British Columbia; World War, 1914-1918--Canada--Registers

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books; Wars - World War, 1914-1918

Notes: "A book of war, peace, and reconstruction" -- Title page; "Published for the benefit of The Amputation Club of B.C. in May 1919, the centenary of 'Victoria the Good'" -- Title page; "A souvenir of the centenary of 'Victoria the Good' 1819-1919" -- Cover; "The net profits of this publication will go to the Amputation Club of B.C., Vancouver for men who have been maimed and wounded in the Great War" -- Cover; Includes index.

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Go slow, Mary : a farce-comedy in three acts

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Mortimer, Lillian, -1946

Publication Date: c1925

Call Number: 812 MOR

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV982.24.24

Call Number: 812 MOR

Author: Mortimer, Lillian, -1946

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: T. S. Denison & Co.

Publication Date: c1925

Physical Description: 100 p. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: "Danny Grubb" [Handwritten on cover, title page and page 3] "J. B. Street 6176 Walker Ave. Burnaby 1, B.C." [Stamped in blue ink on title page] Calculations on title page. Page notations on page 3. Names written beside characters on page 3.

Library Subject (LOC): Marriage--Drama; Housewives--Drama; Housewives; Marriage; Drama

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Books; Documentary Artifacts - Scripts

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Harmony in dress

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981

Publication Date: 1924

Call Number: 646 WOM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV007.6.5

Call Number: 646 WOM

Author: Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981

Place of Publication: Scranton, Pa.

Publisher: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

Publication Date: 1924

Series: Woman's Institute library of dressmaking, v. 2

Printer: International Textbook Co.

Physical Description: vi, xiii, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Clothing and dress; Dressmaking--Study and teaching

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts - Books

Object History: Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's

Notes: Includes index.

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Harmsworth's wireless encyclopedia

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949; Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940

Publication Date: 1925

Call Number: 537 JOH

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV999.32.7

Call Number: 537 JOH

Author: Hammerton, J. A. (John Alexander), 1871-1949; Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Harmsworth Encyclopedias

Publication Date: 1925

Physical Description: 1889-1984 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Radio; Dictionaries; Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Notes: Includes index.

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History of Burnaby and vicinity

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Green, George, 1872-1955

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV017.17.1

Call Number: 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1

Author: Green, George, 1872-1955

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1947

Printer: Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch

Physical Description: 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Name Access: Green, George

Notes: Autographed by author; "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."; Copy 2 of 2

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How to do pickling : a book of tested recipes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: D. Jayne and Son

Publication Date: c1917

Call Number: 641.42 JAY

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV005.11.2

Call Number: 641.42 JAY

Author: D. Jayne and Son

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa.

Publisher: Dr. D. Jayne & Son

Publication Date: c1917

Physical Description: 16] leaves ; 16 cm.

Inscription: A Handbook / How to do Pickling / Compiled by / Dr. D. Jayne & Son / Phila. / Copyright, 1917 by..

Library Subject (LOC): Canning and preserving; Patent medicines; Cookbooks--1910-1919; Cooking

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New instructions on how to fight fire bombs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 358.3 CAN v.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.47.20

Call Number: 358.3 CAN v.2

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: Edmond Cloutier

Publication Date: 1942

Physical Description: 4 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--Civil defense; Incendiary bombs; Fire extinction

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets; Wars; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Emergency Measures - Civil Defence

Notes: Version 2 of 2

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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume i

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 032 HOL v.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.36.1

Call Number: 032 HOL v.1

Contributor: Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-

Place of Publication: Chicago; Regina

Publisher: Holst Pub. Co.

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Inscription: Front endpaper: "Kellie" [written and underlined in pencil]

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Notes: editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst; Contributor's given name and dates: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-; Volume 1 of 8

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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume ii

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 032 HOL v.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.36.2

Call Number: 032 HOL v.2

Contributor: Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-

Place of Publication: Chicago; Regina

Publisher: Holst Pub. Co.

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Notes: editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst; Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-; pages 577-1152.; Volume 2 of 8.; 2016 Library Technology exhibit

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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume iii

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 032 HOL v.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.36.3

Call Number: 032 HOL v.3

Contributor: Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-

Place of Publication: Chicago; Regina

Publisher: Holst Pub. Co.

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Notes: editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst; Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-; pages 1153-1728; Volume 3 of 8.; 2016 Library Technology exhibit

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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume iv

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 032 HOL v.4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.36.4

Call Number: 032 HOL v.4

Contributor: Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-

Place of Publication: Chicago; Regina

Publisher: Holst Pub. Co.

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Notes: editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst; Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-; pages 1729-2304.; Volume 4 of 8.; 2016 Library Technology exhibit

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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume v

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 032 HOL v.5

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.36.5

Call Number: 032 HOL v.5

Contributor: Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-

Place of Publication: Chicago; Regina

Publisher: Holst Pub. Co.

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 576 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Notes: editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst; Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-; page 2305-2880; Volume 5 of 8.; 2016 Library Technology exhibit

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The new teachers' and pupils' cyclopaedia : a reference library of history, geography, biography, literature, economics, civics, arts, sciences, discoveries and inventions, volume vi

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1926

Call Number: 032 HOL v.6

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.36.6

Call Number: 032 HOL v.6

Contributor: Holst, Bernhart Paul, 1861-

Place of Publication: Chicago; Regina

Publisher: Holst Pub. Co.

Publication Date: 1926

Physical Description: 576, 143 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Encyclopedias and dictionaries

Notes: editor-in-chief, Bernhart P. Holst; Contributor's given name and date: Holst, Bernhart P. (Bernhart Paul), 1861-; pages 2881-3260; includes index for volumes 1-6.; Volume 6 of 8.; 2016 Library Technology exhibit