Elsie's womanhood
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.21
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1875
- Series
- The Elsie books
- Printer
- W. Jolly & Sons
- Physical Description
- 406 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "2nd book" [handwritten on front pastedown in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian life
- Family--Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Object History
- This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
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Eventide at Bethel, or, the night-dream of the desert : an Old Testament chapter in providence and grace
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.38
- Call Number
- 242 MAC
- Author
- Macduff, John R. (John Ross), 1818-1895
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- James Nisbet & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1878
- Physical Description
- xiii, 277 p. : ill ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village", crossed out "B136 n" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front) with tag.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Jacob (Biblical patriarch)
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Farmer in the dell
- 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"
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Fill 'er up! : the story of fifty years of motoring
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.4 PAR
- Author
- Partridge, Bellamy, 1877-1960
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Publication Date
- c1952
- Physical Description
- x, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Inscription
- "Sheridan and Ernest Street / 3049 Walter Ave, / South Burnaby, B.C. / from / Uncle Will Pound / Christmas 1954", handwritten in ink on inside of front cover.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--History
- Automobile driving
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Fitting : buttonholes and pockets : no. 3, lesson 4
Five hundred years of printing
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV999.40.1
- Call Number
- 686.2 STE
- Author
- Steinberg, S. H. (Sigfrid Henry), 1899-1969
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Publication Date
- 1955
- Physical Description
- 277 p., 32 plates
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Printing--History
- Printing
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With a foreword by Beatrice Warde" Tp.
- Author's given name and dates: Steinberg, S. H. (Sigfrid Henry), 1899-1969
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Fleck bros. limited industrial supplies : catalog no. 57
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.148
- Call Number
- 381 FLE
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Fleck Bros. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1959
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. ; ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
- Inscription
- "Foreman of Works" [handwritten on first divider in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Industrial equipment
- Catalogs
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site in October 1991
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Froggy's little brother
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.230.24
- Call Number
- 823.8 BRE
- Author
- Brenda
- Contributor
- Cheshire, William
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- John F. Shaw And Co.
- Publication Date
- c1875
- Physical Description
- 199, [14] p. : ill.
- Inscription
- "Aberdeen School Board. / CONTINUATION EVENING CLASSES." printed on label
"A", handwritten, then "Prize / AWARDED TO", printed
"Kate Moir / Causeway End", handwritten
"School, / for EXCELLENCE in", printed
"the general work of the class. / Helen A. May", handwritten
"Teacher.", printed
"Thomas Hector", stamped signature
"Clerk of the Board", printed
"24th March", handwritten
"1899", "18" printed, "99" handwritten
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--19th century
- Notes
- Pseudonym for Georgina Castle Smith (nee Meyrick).
- Cheshire, W. (illustrator)
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Fundamentals for Brown Owls and Tawny Owls
Gay Adventurers : book 5
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV009.4.5
- Call Number
- 428.4 DIC v.5
- Contributor
- Dickie, D. J., 1883-1972
- Kerr, Illingworth H.
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, B.C.]
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent and Sons (Canada) Limited
- Publication Date
- 1953
- Series
- Canadian parade readers
- Physical Description
- x, 438 p. : ill.(some col.) ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "GAY / ADVENTURERS" on cover.
"CANADIAN PARADE READERS" on bottom of cover.
"BOOK FIVE" on back of cover at bottom.
"SUNCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / 4511 RUMBLE STREET / SOUTH BURNABY, B.C." stamped on endpaper (front).
"SEP 8 1953" stamped on endpaper (front).
Handwritten names in ink and pencil: "Knud Andrson" [sic], "Knud", "Douglas Anderson", "Grant Didmon", "Kenny Leo".
- "PRINTED AND BOUND IN CANADA / WRIGLEY PRINTING CO. LTD., VANCOUVER" on copyright page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Object History
- The artifacts are from the Robins family of Burnaby 1930's 1940'd
- Notes
- includes bibliographical references and index.
- Author's given name and dates: Dickie, D. J. (Donalda James), 1883-1972.
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General catalog index of Marshall-Wells company, limited
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.50.45
- Call Number
- 621.9 MAR
- Author
- Marshall-Wells Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Marshall-Wells Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- xlv, 1858 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.
- Inscription
- "Form 48 1M 2-49
Marshall-Wells
British Columbia
Sectional Catalogue
DATE ISSUED October 2, 1950
ON LOAN TO Lakeview Lumber Co.
ADDRESS Powell River, B. C.
TO BE USED BY
LOCATION
PLEASE NOTE:--
This new Sectional Catalogue is entered in our Catalogue Records as shown above. we ask you to notify us promptly of any change of name or location, in order that new sections or revised sections may be sent to you correctly addressed as they are compiled in the future.
"WE CARRY THE STOCKS"
COMPLIMENTS OF:
MARSHALL-WELLS B. C. LIMITEDXXX549 CARRALL STREET - - VANCOUVER, B. C." [Typed and glued to front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Tools
- Mills and mill-work
- Catalogs
- Subjects
- Industries - Forestry
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Good words for 1870
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.122.1
- Call Number
- 828.8 MAC
- Contributor
- Macleod, Norman, 1812-1872
- Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Strahan & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1870
- Physical Description
- 870, 52 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endcover:
"W194" [written in blue ink, crossed out in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Religion
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Religions
- Notes
- A compilation of the monthly issues of Good Words magazine in 1870.
- edited by Normal Macleod
- illustrated by Arthur Hughes, G.J. Pinwell, F.A. Fraser, J. Mahoney, Francis Walker, and others
- Includes index.
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Guess who
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3234
- Call Number
- 428.6 GRA
- Author
- Gray, William S. (William Scott), 1885-1960
- Artley, A. Sterl
- Arbuthnot, May Hill, 1884-1969
- 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
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Hems, belts and finishes : no. 7, lesson 8
Henry's wonderful Model T, 1908-1927
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 629.2 CLY COPY 1
- Author
- Clymer, Floyd, 1895-1970
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books
- Publication Date
- c1955
- Physical Description
- 219 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "Donated by / Don L. Lamb / June 18, 2004 / XBV", handwritten in pencil on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Ford Model T automobile
- Notes
- 3 copies held : copy 1.
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Historical prints of American cities
History and technique of lettering
The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.38
- Call Number
- 220.5 RIV
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publication Date
- 1877
- Physical Description
- (unpaged) : ill (col.) ; 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "Mary Ann Gladwin / A Reward From The Wesleyan [?] Sabbath School / --oo-ke -en / Aug 12th / 1877" -- handwritten in ink on the first page
"WM/41" -- handwritten in pencil on the sencond page
- "Elizabeth Wamsley / Born November / the 7th 1983" --handwritten in ink on endpaper (back).
"Samuel William Wamsley of -- -- to May. -- -- the 15th of Oct. in the Year 1882" -- handwritten in coloured pencil on the last page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- "Newcomb bookseller Boston" -- Stickered under the cover.
- "Translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command." -- title page
- "Appointed to be read in Churches." -- title page
- Includes index.
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The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command : appointed to be read in churches
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.40.22
- Call Number
- 220 COB
- Author
- Cobbin, Ingram, 1777-1851
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- R. & A. Suttaby
- Publication Date
- 1874
- Printer
- Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (multiple pagings) ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "John Pots
Leur + Blan han d. S
Vetnia" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"Margaret Sutherland
Feb 14, 1874
London
Philippians 1-6th verse" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf]
"Tapper
Stationer,
Bookseller,
Engraver,
& Printer
40
Westbourne
Grove, W." [Sticker on back endpaper]
Prayer handwritten on front flyleaf verso and next page, Feb 12, 1874]
Notes on last few pages.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible
- Bible. New Testament
- Bible. Old Testament
- Notes
- "With the most approved marginal references, explanatory notes, selected from the most esteemed biblical writers." -- Title page
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