20th century typewriting : complete course
20,000 words for stenographers, students, authors and proofreaders
300 hour course in printing
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV016.2.3
- Call Number
- 686 RUD
- Author
- Rudolph, Jay D.
- Place of Publication
- Oswego, New York
- Publisher
- State Normal and Training School
- Publication Date
- 1935
- Physical Description
- 80, [36] p. : ill ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- On front cover, lower half:
"R. WELDEN" [White label with black type]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Printing--Study and teaching
- Printing
- Notes
- "Made by Students in the Publishing Shop".
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500 delicious dishes from leftovers : use your leftover bread, cakes, crackers and crumbs, eggs, cheese, meats, poultry, fish, sour milk and cream, fruits and vegetables, jams, jellies and preserves, coffee, cocoa, miscellaneous
1000 ways to get rich; or, Book of knowledge : an immense collection of the most saleable and money making discoveries, formulas, recipes, mechanical secrets and methods, from which persons of very moderate capital can commence a renumerative business in any city or village
The 1902 edition of the Sears Roebuck catalogue
1962 Ford Galaxie registered owner's manual and owner service policy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.94
- Call Number
- 629.2 FOR
- Edition
- Fifth ed.
- Place of Publication
- Oakville, Ont.
- Publisher
- Ford Motor Co. of Canada
- Publication Date
- 1962
- Printer
- Sumner Printing
- Inscription
- "J. H. Robins
3525 Dover St
Burnaby BC" [handwritten on cover in blue ink]
"Champion - F - 11 - Y
Autolite BF - 42
.032-.036
.014.016" [handwritten in pencil on back cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Ford automobiles--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Names
- Ford Motor Company
- Object History
- The tools included in this donation belonged to Samuel Robins. Samuel and his wife Sarah Ann Robins moved to Burnaby in 1918. Samuel was a stonemason who worked on many projects in the Lower Mainland, including constructing houses in Shaughnessy and he also worked in the Vancouver City Hall.
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1966-1967 official directory of Rotary International
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV003.68.29
- Call Number
- 367 ROT 1966
- Place of Publication
- Evanston, Ill.
- Publisher
- Rotary International
- Publication Date
- c1966
- Physical Description
- 480 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Paul's" [written in ink over title on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Directories
- Subjects
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
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1967-1968 official directory of Rotary International
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV003.68.30
- Call Number
- 367 ROT 1967
- Place of Publication
- Evanston, Ill.
- Publisher
- Rotary International
- Publication Date
- c1967
- Physical Description
- 506 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Paul DiFonzo" [underlined, and handwritten in blue ink on cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Directories
- Subjects
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
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2000 useful facts about food : labor, time and money-saving hints, advice and suggestions
The a.b.c. of spice cookery
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.65.10
- Call Number
- 641.59 LAN
- Contributor
- Lane, Betty
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- American Spice Trade Association
- Publication Date
- c1950
- Physical Description
- 48 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking
- Spices
- Cookbooks--1950-1959
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "Recipe supervision: Fritzi Swanstrom"-title page
- "price: twenty-five cents"-cover page
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A book of general science
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3840.1
- Call Number
- 500 HIL
- Author
- Hilton, M. J.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Publication Date
- 1931
- Physical Description
- xiii, 399 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION / THE GOVERNMENT OF / THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA / TEXT BOOK BRANCH" - printed on pink sticker affixed to inside of front cover.
"My Creed / I believe in Canada. / I love her as my home. / I honour her institutions. / I rejoice in the abundance of her achievements. / I have unbounded confidence in the ability / of her people to excel in whatsoever / they undertake. / I cherish exalted ideals of her destiny as a / leader among world nations. / To her I pledge my loyalty. / To the promotion of her best interests I / pledge my support. / To her products I pledge my patronage. / And to the cause of her producers I pledge / my devotion. " - printed on paper affixed to inside of front cover.
"Joyce Crawhurst" - handwritten in pencil on inside of front cover.
"Joyce Crawhurst, / Agassiz High / School, / B.C." - handwritten in ink on cover page.
"Joyce Crawhurst / Harrison Hot Springs / B.C." - handwritten in ink on cover page.
"Joyce Crawhust. / A. H. S." - handwritten in ink on cover page.
"p. 6 to" - handwritten in pencil on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Science
- Notes
- "Authorzied by the Ministers of Education for Alberta and British Columbia."
- Includes index.
- Notes and sketch on back pages and inside of back cover.
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About fabrics and patterns : no. 1, lessons 1 and 2
Academic arithmetic : being part four of the Progressive School Series of arithmetics
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.134.1
- Call Number
- 513 KEN
- Author
- Kennedy, W. T. (William T.)
- O'Hearn, Peter
- Place of Publication
- Halifax [N.S.]
- Publisher
- T. C. Allen & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1898
- Series
- Progressive school series
- Physical Description
- 143 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "Thos O Murry / T O M / Thos O / Thos" - handwritten on front cover.
"John KcKeen" - stamped in ink and handwritten in pencil several times on cover pages.
"JOHN Mc KEEN / Importer and dealer in / Boots & Shoes, Hats, Caps, / Watches, Clocks, Jewellery &c. / Wholesale & Retail / Newcastle. N. B." - stamped many times on cover pages.
"C. J. MacDONALD / Stationery. / Books, Fancy Goods, / ANTIGONISH, N. S." - stamped on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Arithmetic
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A Canadian high school arithmetic
A child's Christmas cookbook
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 394.2663 CHA
- Author
- Chancellor, Betty
- Contributor
- Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902
- Place of Publication
- Walnut Creek, CA
- Publisher
- Evergreen
- Publication Date
- 1964
- Physical Description
- 39 p. : ill. ; 21 x 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Burnaby Village Museum", handwritten in ink on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christmas cooking
- Notes
- A collection of recipes and suggestions for simple meals and desserts as well as instructions for making easy Christmas gifts.
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition, Once upon a Christmas, at the Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, December, 1964."
- "Illustrations from Thomas Nast and the St. Nicholas books, originally published in the late Victorian period."
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A child's primer : a modern piano method for the very young, based on the story of Mrs. Middle C
A child's story of the bible
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.169.10
- Call Number
- 220.9505 ALT
- Author
- Altemus, Henry
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Publisher
- Henry Altemus Company
- Publication Date
- c1899
- Series
- Altemus’ young people’s library
- Physical Description
- 260 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Heritage Village S3 j" -- handwritten in ink on a white adhesive label
"Margaret Buttler with best wishes from Annie W. Atkins / Xmas 1914" -- handwritten in ink
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Bible stories
- Bible
- Juvenile literature
- Notes
- Includes seventy-two illustrations.
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A child's story of the bible : with seventy-two illustrations