1936 pillar
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment bui…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm
- Material Details
- Decorative border printed around the photograph on recto
- Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner
- Stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment building are all visible in the background. The pillar is believed to be a commemorative pillar marking Vancouver's Golden Jubilee in 1936.
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Monuments
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.5770.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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3001 at Edmonton
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1949]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 3001 at Edmonton with an engineer inside (at the locomotive's window). The train also bears the name "CHINOOK".
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway locomotive no. 3001 at Edmonton with an engineer inside (at the locomotive's window). The train also bears the name "CHINOOK".
- Subjects
- Transportation - Locomotives
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Canadian Pacific Railway Company
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.54
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1949]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-19
- Notes
- Title based on note written on verso of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "CP 3001 at Edmonton"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "41 9"
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7333 Laburnum Street
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mabel Hawkshaw's house located at 7333 Laburnum Street, Vancouver.
A book about Longfellow
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV976.105.8
- Call Number
- 811.3 MCI
- Author
- McIlwraith, Jean N. (Jean Newton), 1859-1938
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1900
- Physical Description
- 165 p., [13] leaves of plates : ports. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Victoria Council School,
Wrexham
Prize
Presented to" [glued in label on front pastedown with following filled in]
"Reginald Hunter
Good Attendance
October 1910" [handwritten in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Poets, American--19th century
- Notes
- "with illustrations" -title page
- "by J. N. M'Ilwraith ("Jean Forsyth")" --title page
- Author's given name and dates: McIlwraith, Jean N. (Jean Newton), 1859-1938
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A book concerning Wickes gangs : illustrating and describing the various styles and sizes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.20
- Call Number
- 670 WIC
- Author
- Wickes Brothers
- Place of Publication
- Saginaw, Mich.
- Publisher
- Wickes Brothers
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Printer
- Valley Printing Co.
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. : 27 cm.
- Inscription
- "Book 6
_____" [Handwritten in orange crayon on front cover]
"C_du_e #3" [Handwritten in black crayon on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Gang saws
- Saws
- Machinery
- Lumbering--Equipment and supplies
- Catalogs
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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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A book of toasts
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.58
- Call Number
- 808.51 RAM
- Author
- Ramsay, William
- Contributor
- Schroedter, Gerta
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Dodge Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- c1906
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (unpaged) ; 16 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Public speaking
- Notes
- "With decorations by Gerta Schroedter"--title page.
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Abraham Lincoln : a play
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.28
- Call Number
- 822.9 DRI
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Copp, Clark
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Series
- Copp Clark literature series ; no. 28
- Physical Description
- xiv, 112 p. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"Department of Education
Text-Book Branch" [sticker adhered to book]
"1934" [written on sticker in blue ink]
"A 30" [written in pencil]
Throughout book:
Study notes and markings highlighting passages of text, written in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Presidents--United States--Drama
- Notes
- "With Introduction and Study Helps" -- t.p.
- School ed.
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A Canadian high school arithmetic
A Canadian school geography
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.7
- Call Number
- 917.1 COR 1929
- Author
- Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
- Contributor
- Denton, V. L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Son Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- xiv, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Department of Education
Text-Book Branch" [label pasted onto front pastedown]
"W-2d" [handwritten in black ink on "Department of Education" label on front pastedown]
"218-227 supplement
as regards your ____" [handwritten in black ink on front pastedown]
"Canada 1932" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
"F94" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"In case of fire
Throw this in" [handwritten in pencil on back of front endpaper]
"Patricia Jeffery" [stamped in black ink on supplement title page]
"Class 4
P. N. S." [handwritten in black ink on supplement title page]
"Patricia Jeffery" [handwritten in black ink on title page verso]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Textbooks
- Canada--Description and travel
- Geography--Historical texts
- Notes
- "with numberous sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations"--T.p.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan" --T.p.
- "With a supplementary chapter on British Columbia by V.L. Denton"
- Supplementary chapter on British Columbia p. 451-498
- Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
- Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
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A Canadian school geography
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV989.9.22
- Call Number
- 917.1 COR 1924 Copy 1
- Author
- Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
- Contributor
- Denton, V. L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Son Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- xiv, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ethel Anderson,
9387 Fullerton Ave.,
Victoria, B.C." [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
"Ethel Anderson" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
Provinces and their capitals handwritten in pencil on back pastedown.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Textbooks
- Canada--Description and travel
- Geography--Historical texts
- Notes
- "with numberous sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations"--T.p.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia" --T.p.
- "With a supplementary chapter on British Columbia by V.L. Denton"
- Supplementary chapter on British Columbia p. 451-498
- Copy 1 of 2
- Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
- Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
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A Canadian school geography
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.135
- Call Number
- 917.1 COR 1927
- Author
- Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-
- Contributor
- Denton, V. L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Son Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1927
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- xiv, 498 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "WOODWARDS LTD.
BOOK DEPT.
90¢" [stamped in purple in on front endpaper]
"Vera Morrow" [handwritten in red ink on front endpaper]
"Section
Page" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"Vera Morrow" [handwritten in green ink on other side of front endpaper]
"[All rights reserved] to
Vera Morrow" [handwritten in red ink on page before t.p.]
"Vera Morrow
Kitchener St. school
Geography Book (text)" [handwritten in pencil on back endpaper]
Study notes handwritten in pencil in margins throughout the book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Geography--Textbooks
- Canada--Description and travel
- Geography--Historical texts
- Notes
- "with numberous sketch maps, diagrams and illustrations"--T.p.
- "Authorized for use in the schools of British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Quebec and Saskatchewan" --T.p.
- "With a supplementary chapter on British Columbia by V.L. Denton"
- Supplementary chapter on British Columbia p. 451-498
- Author's given name and dates: Cornish, George A. (George Augustus), 1872-1960
- Author's given name and dates: Denton, V.L. (Vernon Llewllyn), 1881-1944
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A Canadian song book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.21.3
- Call Number
- 784.8 MAC
- Contributor
- MacMillan, Ernest, 1893-1973
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- London
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Physical Description
- xii, 180 p.: music; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "With Mother's love/To Hazel/May 28, 1929./From Victoria/National Convention I.O.D.E." and "E. Fountain - 1957" written in pencil, endpapers (front).
"B. Geosits 1" written in ink, endpapers (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Songs, English
- United Church of Canada
- Hymns
- Methodist Church
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Documentary Artifacts - Sheet Music
- Notes
- "Edited by Ernest MacMillan"
- "Published under the auspices of the National Council of Education" -- Title page verso
- "'The exercise of singing is delightful to nature, and good to preserve the health of Man.' William Byrd" -- Title page
- Includes index.
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Accounting reports in business management : use of financial and operating statements, together with a system of standards and performance records, in maintaining efficient management and control
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.51.4
- Call Number
- 657 GRE
- Author
- Gregory, Homer Ewart
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Publisher
- Ronald Press Co.
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Physical Description
- xi, 445 p. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "S. Johnson / 1416 East 41st St." -- handwritten in pencil endpaper (front).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Accounting
- Business
- Notes
- Includes index.
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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 cook's tour with Minute Tapioca
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.109
- Call Number
- 641.6368 MIN
- Place of Publication
- Orange, Mass.
- Publisher
- Minute Tapioca Co. Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1929
- Physical Description
- 40 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Cooking
- Cookbooks--1920-1929
- Notes
- Includes index
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A country girl : a new and original musical play
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.34.9
- Call Number
- 789 TAN
- Edition
- New ed.
- Author
- Tanner, James T.
- Contributor
- Ross, Adrian, 1859-1933
- Monckton, Lionel, 1861-1924
- Rubens, Paul A. (Paul Alfred), 1875-1917
- Greenbank, Percy, 1878-1968
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Chappell & Co., Ltd.
- Publication Date
- c1904
- Printer
- Henderson and Spalding, Marylebone Press
- Physical Description
- 212 p. : 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. B. Wilson" [Handwritten twice in pencil on title page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Musical revues, comedies, etc.
- Musical plays--Vocal scores
- Musical plays
- Music
- Subjects
- Music
- Names
- Wilson, Elsie
- Object History
- Elsie Wilson - The material in the donation is from her estate. Miss Wilson was a Burnaby resident and music teacher. The brass plaque was on her fathers home "Penrith Castle" on Blenheim St. in Burnaby
- Notes
- "By James T. Tanner. Lyrics by Adrian Ross. Music by Lionel Monckton. Additional lyrics and numbers by Paul A. Rubens. Additional lyrics by Percy Greenbank" -- Title page
- Contributor's full name and dates: Rubens, Paul A. (Paul Alfred), 1875-1917
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Across the inlet from Barnet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- July 1934 (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking across Burrard Inlet from the Village of Barnet. The rugged coastline of the north shore of the inlet is visible with rock formations and forest.
Ada, Arthur and Con Stanley on deck chairs
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four people seated on deck chairs and man in front wearing a captain's hat. People are identified seated on deck chairs (left to right); Mrs. H., Ada Stanley, Arthur Stanley and Conquest John "Con" Stanley. Man seated in front is unidentified. Canvas backdrop hanging from wooden pole …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of four people seated on deck chairs and man in front wearing a captain's hat. People are identified seated on deck chairs (left to right); Mrs. H., Ada Stanley, Arthur Stanley and Conquest John "Con" Stanley. Man seated in front is unidentified. Canvas backdrop hanging from wooden pole or mast is visible behind the group.
- Names
- Stanley, Conquest John
- Stanley, Arthur Ewart
- Stanley, Ada Elizabeth
- Stanley Family
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.256
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 1 (BV022.32.1)
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "1936 / This year at Dedl / my neighbour / Mrs H & / Con & Arthur / came dow the / week end, the other Me"
- Annotation in white below photograph on album page reads: "1936 / _Ada_Arthur, Con"
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