The Canadian readers, book IV
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV986.72.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 CAN 1883 Ver. 2
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage & Co.
- Publication Date
- c1883
- Series
- Canadian readers
- Physical Description
- 320 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Horatio H_____" [inside front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers (Elementary)
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Canadian readers : book V
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3716.3
- Call Number
- 428.2 MEI Copy 1
- Author
- Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow), 1836-1902
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- W. J. Gage and Company
- Publication Date
- 1883
- Series
- W.J. Gage & Co.'s educational series
- Physical Description
- vii, 384 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ernest Keyes
1333 Howe st.
Van. BC" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]
"Dr. Purdy, P.M.
East Selkirk" [stamped in purple ink on front pastedown]
"Ernest Keyes" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Readers
- Readers--19th century
- Object History
- Ernest Leslie Keyes was born August 29 1902 to Richard and Isabella Keyes (nee McGregor) in Vancouver. Richard Keyes worked for the CPR. Ernest Keyes later married Beryl Edna Palmer in 1930. Ernest died in 1954 in Victoria. His cousin by marriage was BVM donor Alma Keyes.
- Notes
- "Based on the series prepared by J. M. D. Meiklejohn" --t.p.
- "And edited by Canadian educationists for use in the schools of Canada" --t.p.
- Author's given name and dates: Meiklejohn, J. M. D. (John Miller Dow), 1830-1902
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Cannibals & convicts : notes of personal experiences in the western Pacific
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.12.6
- Call Number
- 919.5 VAG
- Edition
- Popular ed.
- Author
- Vagabond, 1843-1896
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Publication Date
- 1887
- Printer
- Cassell & Company, Limited
- Physical Description
- xvi, 407 p., [1] p., [16] p. : ill., col. map ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Melanesia--Description and travel
- Notes
- "By Julian Thomas ("The Vagabond,")" --title page
- "with portraits and a map" --title page
- P. 407 followed by appendix and 16 p. of "Selections from Cassell & Company's Publications"
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The carpenters' steel square, and its uses. : being a description of the square, and its uses in obtaining the lengths and bevels of all kinds of rafters, hips, groins, braces, brackets, purlins, collar beams, and jack-rafters ; also its application in obtaining the bevels and cuts for hoppers, spring mouldings, octagons, stairs, diminished stiles, etc., etc., etc.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.44.3
- Call Number
- 694 HOD
- Edition
- 3rd ed., rev. and greatly enl.
- Author
- Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Industrial Publication Co.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- c1880
- c1883
- Physical Description
- 98 p. : ill. : 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Claude De Vall
Seattle
June 3 1902" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf, underlined]
"CLAUDE L. DE VALL
1412 8 AVE. SEATTLE" [Stamped in purple ink on front flyleaf]
"469 - SINCLAIR ST
EDMONTON. ALTA." [Stamped in blue ink on front flyleaf]
"BUILDING DESIGNER
11 - DOMINON BLDG" [Stamped in black ink on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Carpentry--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Hodgson, Fred. T. (Frederick Thomas), 1836-1919
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The century illustrated monthly magazine : November 1886; to April 1887, vol. xxxiii, new series vol. xi
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.28
- Call Number
- 050 CEN
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Century
- Publication Date
- c1887
- Printer
- De Vinnie Press
- Physical Description
- 976 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- American literature
- Notes
- Includes index.
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Christmas with Grandma Elsie
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.45.23
- Call Number
- 813.4 FIN
- Author
- Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Series
- Elsie Books
- Printer
- L. Upcott Gill
- Physical Description
- 317 p. : 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children--Conduct of life
- Conduct of life
- Grandmothers
- Intergenerational relations
- Christmas
- Families
- Christian life
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States
- 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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Chrysler shop manual, 1942-46
The Clarion : Burnaby North High School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV023.2.1
- Call Number
- 373.71 BUR 1949
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Students of Burnaby North High School
- Publication Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 84 p. : ill. ; 25.5 cm
- Inscription
- There are various signatures throughout but specifically on page 46
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- School yearbooks
- Subjects
- Education
- Names
- Burnaby North High School
- Object History
- Mother of donor attended Burnaby North Secondary School
- Notes
- Annual yearbook for Burnaby North High School for the school year 1948 to 1949.
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Complete catalogue products of Parke, Davis & Company, Ltd.
Cooking made easy : a domestic science course for users of Monach pastry flour
Cooking out-of-doors : fire building, outdoor kitchens, cook-out hikes, food planning, recipes
Corporal to field officer
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.17.21
- Call Number
- 356.10971 LAN
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Author
- Langford, Robert John Spinluff
- Contributor
- MacBrien, James Howden
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- 1941
- Printer
- Copp, Clark
- Physical Description
- xvi, 192 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "The Clarke & Stuart Co. Limited" "550 Seymour St. Vancouver, B.C." -- stamped on foreword page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada. Canadian Army
- Infantry drill and tactics
- Notes
- Maj.-Gen. Sir James Howden MacBrien,1878 - 1938, K.C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
- Lieut-Colonel, Robert John Spinluff Langford, 1887-?.
- 5th Edition amended up to date.
- Includes index.
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Daddy Darwin's dovecot : a country tale
Davis dainty dishes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.65.2
- Call Number
- 641.864 DAV
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Canada
- Publisher
- Davis Gelatine Organization
- Publication Date
- 1941
- Printer
- Brigdens Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 67p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Gelatin
- Cooking
- Cookbooks--1940-1949
- Notes
- Includes index
- "50c"- front cover
- "The Davis Gelatine Organization, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, England"-title page.
- "Davis Gelatine (Canada) Ltd. Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver" -back cover
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Dent's Canadian school atlas
Dictionary of the Bible : comprising its antiquities, geography, biography, and natural history
Discoveries and inventions of the nineteenth century
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.85.1
- Call Number
- 608 ROU
- Edition
- 5th ed.
- Author
- Routledge, Robert
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- George Routledge and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1881
- Physical Description
- xiii, 594 p., 9 leaves of plates : ill., map ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- "Science and Art Department / of the / Committee of Council / on / Education / Queen's Prize / Obtained by / Thomas [Ledward] / in the Examination of Science Schools / May 1881. / by the Order of the Lords of the Commitee / of Council on Education. / MDCCCLXI." -printed on a sticker on the inside cover. "Thomas [Ledward]" is handwritten on the sticker.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Inventions
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The dispensatory of the United States of America
The dolls of yesterday
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0517108100
- Call Number
- 745.592 STG
- Author
- St. George, Eleanor
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Bonanza
- Publication Date
- c1948
- Physical Description
- xvii, 204 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dolls
- Dolls--Collectors and collecting
- Notes
- "Dolls and doll collecting in Europe and America during the past 200 years, illustrated with photographs of more than 450 dolls" -- cover.
- Includes index.
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Dr. Chase's new receipt book, or, Information for everybody : the life-long observations of the author, embracing the choicest, most valuable and entirely new receipts in every department of medicine, mechanics and household economy : in fact a book for everybody, with remarks and explanations which adapt it to the every-day wants of the people, arrarged [sic] in departments, and copiously indexed.
Druggists circular and chemical gazette : a practical journal of chemistry as applied to pharmacy and sciences
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.25
- Call Number
- 615.19 WIL
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- William O. Allison
- Publication Date
- 1889
- Physical Description
- 288 p. ; 35 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmaceutical chemistry
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "A practical Journal of Chemistry as applied to Pharmacy and Sciences ; General Business Organ for Druggists, Chemists and Apothecaries and all branches connected with the Drug business".
- Volume XXXIII. - 1889.
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The druggists circular and chemical gazette : a practical journal of chemistry, as applied to pharmacy, arts and sciences; and general business organ for druggists, chemists, and apothecaries, and all branches connected with the drug business
Dyke's automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia : elementary principles, construction, operation and repair of automobiles, gasoline engines and automobile electric systems; including trucks, tractors, motorcoaches, automotive diesel engines, aircraft engines and motorcycles simple, thorough and practical