Air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Fox to May Bateman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 Jul. 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an air mail letter written by Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery.
Colin is writing from ho…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family World War II letters series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of an air mail letter written by Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to his aunt Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery.
Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable from the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). Colin tells of how he's received many letters since being in hospital; of how he is healing from his wounds and how he and other wounded soldiers listen to radio shows while convalescing.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
- Names
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Fox, Colin Rhodes
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.21
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 5 Jul. 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Address on front of air mail letter reads: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Lund Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"
- Return address on air mail letter reads: "K 19022 / Sgt. C.R.Fox "
- Circular stamp in black ink on outside cover of air mail letter reads: "POST OFFICE 238 FIELD POST / JY 6 / 44"
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Air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Fox to May Bateman
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 28 Jun. 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery.
Colin is writing from hospit…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Series
- Bateman family World War II letters series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p. (double sided and folded)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a handwritten air mail letter from Sergeant Colin Rhodes Fox of the Royal Canadian Artillery Service to Marianne "May" Bateman while serving overseas during World War II. Colin Fox served in the 13th Canadian Field Regiment, 44th Canadian Field Battery.
Colin is writing from hospital after being wounded while laying communication cable on the Normandy beachhead on June 8, 1944 (two days after D-Day). Colin thanks May for her letters; tells of how he's been convalescing in bed for twenty days with damage to one of his lungs and how he and others in the ward have been listening to radio shows on a Red Cross radio.
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
- Names
- Fox, Colin Rhodes
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Accession Code
- BV020.27.25
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 28 Jun. 1944
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 10-Feb-2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Address on front of air mail letter reads: "Miss M. Bateman / c/o C.P.R. Land Dept. / Vancouver B.C. / Canada"
- Return address on air mail letter reads: "K 19022 / Sgt. C.R.Fox "
- Circular stamp in black ink on outside cover of air mail letter reads: "POST OFFICE 230 FIELD POST / JU 29 / 44"
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Albert Henry Love
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1955] (date of original)-1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of copies of newspaper articles, biographical and research notes, genealogical and vital statistic information about Henry Love. Henry was born in 1883 and is the son of Jesse and Martha Love, he married Elizabeth Lewis in 1907.
Albert Parker with dog
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1930 and 1940] (date of original), copied 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia print ; 13 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of young Albert Parker sitting on the ground with a dog. Behind him is the barn with a model "T" Ford parked inside. Albert is wearing a newsboy cap and is holding a black dog between his knees.
In 1928 after Sarah Parker's father, Jesse Love died, William and Sarah (nee Love) Parker pu…
Alice Sparman Sanders and brother Lestor Sparman
Alice Sparman Sanders and Gerald Sanders cutting wedding cake
Alice V. Sparman Sanders and son Kris
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice Sanders on the left with infant Kris Sanders on the right climbing a fence. Both pictured ouside in yard with a playpen in background.
All Canada interest tables : 3/4% to 6% ; from one day to 100 days and supplementary pages ; 200 days, 300 days and 365 days computed on the basis 365 day year, volume one
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X14
- Call Number
- 332.82 PAT
- Author
- Pate, James A.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Personal Stationary & Direct Mail
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Printer
- Personal Stationary & Direct Mail
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. ; 36 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Interest
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Al Moore with Simpsons-Sears manager and family
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 May 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of A. G. Moore, Assistant Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby (right) standing with two unidentified members of Simpsons-Sears staff and a young boy inside the Simpsons-Sears store on opening day.
A man, woman and child in front of a stone structure
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Collection/Fonds
- Rhoda Jeffers fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.5 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man, woman and child posing in front of the remains of a brick structure. There is an opening in the middle and through it you can see an old car with it's door open. The man is wearing a dark suit and vest and hat. The woman is wearing a dark coat and hat. The little boy is wearin…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Rhoda Jeffers fonds
- Series
- Jeffers family photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15.5 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a man, woman and child posing in front of the remains of a brick structure. There is an opening in the middle and through it you can see an old car with it's door open. The man is wearing a dark suit and vest and hat. The woman is wearing a dark coat and hat. The little boy is wearing a light coloured coat and holding a hat. The man and woman could be Albert and Eldora Jeffers.
- Accession Code
- BV007.20.25
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1940]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13/05/2018
- Notes
- Title based on content of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "By the / old oven / I thought / it was very / good"
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Ambulance at the Cambie office
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1938]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 38/39 Ford, fitted with horn and lights for use as an ambulance, parked at the curb at a location identified only as the "Cambie office" (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a 38/39 Ford, fitted with horn and lights for use as an ambulance, parked at the curb at a location identified only as the "Cambie office" (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).
- Subjects
- Emergency Services - Ambulance Services
- Accession Code
- BV992.45.53
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [after 1938]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "Ambulance at/ Cambie office/ when we had City Contract"
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American Bowling Congress certificate
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1959
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 24.5 x 20 cm in frame 29 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to Harry Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1958-59 season.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 24.5 x 20 cm in frame 29 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to Harry Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1958-59 season.
- Subjects
- Sports - Bowling
- Names
- Royle, Henry "Harry" Cecil
- Rose Bowl
- Accession Code
- BV006.39.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1959
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-08
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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American Bowling Congress certificate
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1956
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 20 x 24.5 cm in frame 27 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to H. Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1955-1956 season in the "MAJOR "B" TEN PIN" league.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate : 20 x 24.5 cm in frame 27 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a certificate from the American Bowling Congress to H. Royle of Rose Bowl Alleys recognizing sponsorship of a League Championship in the 1955-1956 season in the "MAJOR "B" TEN PIN" league.
- Subjects
- Sports - Bowling
- Names
- Royle, Henry "Harry" Cecil
- Accession Code
- BV006.39.15
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1956
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-01-09
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Label with framer identified on verso of frame reads: "Seip's / Art / Store / Pictures / and / Picture Framing / 2703 Main St. / Vancouver B.C."
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American College of Surgeons : 1941 supplement to the twenty-sixth year book
American College of Surgeons : 1943 supplement to the 1942 year book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV974.27.16
- Call Number
- 610.69 AME 1943
- Author
- American college of surgeons
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- American College of Surgeons
- Publication Date
- 1943
- Printer
- Lakeside Press
- Physical Description
- 1135 p.: ill
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Surgeons
- Surgery
- Directories
- Notes
- "1943 Supplement to the 1942 Year Book" attached to the front cover and fly leaf.
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Amusement park operaters at Happyland
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
- Subseries
- Carousel photographs subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified amuseument park operators dressed in uniforms and standing in front of the C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel at Happyland in Hastings Park, Vancouver. One of these men could be Jimmy Robertson who was the supervisor of amusement park rides at Happyland.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Accession Code
- BV022.2.30
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950] (date of original), copied 1996
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 2400
- Scan Date
- 2021-08-17
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph from Roll P96-3, negative #1
- Photograph copied from Robertson family album
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An English harvest
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.21.6
- Call Number
- 428.2 MOO
- Author
- Moon, A. R. (Arthur Reginald)
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Edward Arnold & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1951
- Physical Description
- xii, 307 p. : 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "How to criticize or appreciate a poem
1) Discover the paint of the poem
2) Find out the methods employed by the poet to develop his quality
3) Mention any outstanding methods of style used by the poet
4) Give your own personal feelings about the poem" [handwritten on the last page in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Style
- English language--Composition and exercises
- Notes
- Author's full name : Moon, A. R. (Arthur Reginald)
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Annie and Flash Whiting
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 16 Sep. 1942
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Annie (Love) Whiting and her husband William "Flash" Whiting on their 40th wedding anniversary. The couple are standing together in a garden and Flash is holding a cake.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Esther Love Stanley fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Annie (Love) Whiting and her husband William "Flash" Whiting on their 40th wedding anniversary. The couple are standing together in a garden and Flash is holding a cake.
- Subjects
- Events - Anniversaries
- Names
- Whiting, Annie Elizabeth Love
- Whiting, Wallace "Flash"
- Accession Code
- BV022.32.532
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 16 Sep. 1942
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-07-25
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph is part of Esther Love Stanley photograph album 2 (BV032.22.431)
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Married 40 years / Sept 16th_1942 / Annie & Flash"
- Note in white ink on album page reads:"MARRIED 40 YEARS / SEPT. 16, 1942 / ANNIE & FLASH / WHITING"
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Annie Elizabeth (Love) Whiting
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1957] (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of notes and copies of biographical and genealogical information and photocopies of photographs. Ann (Annie) is the eldest daughter of Jesse and Martha Love of Burnaby.