Rail classics, vol. 2, no. 2
Certificate of membership for Norman Thomas Carson
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1 Jan. 1944
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Document collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Certificate of Membership for Norman Thomas Carson who was admitted as a member of the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes [sic] of America by Division No. 134 of New Westminster, British Columbia. Certification was granted on January 1, 1…
BC studies, Number 11, Fall 1971
A century of model trains
A collector's guide and history to Lionel Trains
B.C. rail guides, No. 2 1973
Flight training notebook
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 notebook ; red cardstock cover, coil bound ; 23.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a coilbound notebook used by Flight Officer Robert Leonard Love while attending Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flying training school at RCAF Station Summerside Prince Edward Island. Notebook includes handwritten entries created by Robert Leonard Love.
Flight training notes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of training notes taken by Robert Leonard Love while attending Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) flying training school at RCAF Station Summerside Prince Edward Island.
List of names arriving by Pacific Coaster at Vancouver Airport
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 12 Jul. 1954
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a notification with list of names of exectuive and managers arriving on the Sears-Roebuck "Pacific Coaster" July 12, 1954. List of names includes: Mr. A.T. Cushman (Vice President Pacific Coast Territory); Mr. C.E. Brabyn (Pacific Coast Personnel Manager; Mr. R.G. Curry, Territori…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
- Series
- Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a notification with list of names of exectuive and managers arriving on the Sears-Roebuck "Pacific Coaster" July 12, 1954. List of names includes: Mr. A.T. Cushman (Vice President Pacific Coast Territory); Mr. C.E. Brabyn (Pacific Coast Personnel Manager; Mr. R.G. Curry, Territorial Auditor, Pacific Coast; Mr. W.H. Hochmuth, Service Manager, Pacific Coast; Mr. S.W. Pettigrew, Public Relations Manager, Pacific Coast; Mr. R. Barclay, Regional Manager, Henry Rose L.W. & Western Districts; Mr. D.F. Craib, Boyle Street Manager; Mr. K.R. Barton, Los Angeles Group Manager; Mr. W.G. Kees, General Manager, Los Angeles Mail Order; Mr. H.S. Brown, California Zone Manager; Mr. J.L. Williams, San Diego Manager; Mr. W.P. Sullivan, Pacific Northwest Zone Manager; Mr. S.W. Donogh, Seattle Group Manager; Mr. N. Ash, Regional Manager, Henry Rose Seattle; Mr. C.B. Bennett, Regional Auditor Seattle and crew members, Mr. R.C. Waggoner and Mr. P.M. Carabelli.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Air
- Names
- Simpsons-Sears Limited
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.95
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 12 Jul. 1954
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Item was removed from original scrapbook with newspaper clippings, photographs and ephemera
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Personal material
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlai…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910-1978]
- Collection/Fonds
- Hazel Simnett collection
- Series
- Simnett personal papers series
- Physical Description
- 9 paintings : colour print, 2 photographs : b&w, and 1 folder of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS167-008
- Accession Number
- 2013-22
- Scope and Content
- File consists of application for a driver's license, Kingsway Driving School report card, driver's examination receipt and a letter addressed to Hazel Simnett from the Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada. Also included is an immigration inspection card of Fred Simnett aboard the S.S. Lake Champlain from Liverpool and a letter from the Office of the Mayor addressed to Mary Ann Simnett for her ninetieth birthday. Also included is a photograph (see item 559-001). Also included are newsclippings regarding Robert Burnaby and the "Bygones of Burnaby" book, a programme of the Robert Burnaby Commemorative Dinner, a photocopy of "The Argus" (Burnaby South High School's newspaper) from 1938, a programme from Madys Pridmore Brown's Variety Programme, "The Buzzer" Volume 40 Issue 16 advertising Vancouver street cars, New Vista Society certificate addressed to Hazel Simnett, an envelope of Fenwick Lansdowne bird prints from 1957 and a print of the Royal Family found in a cardboard envelope postmarked 1972.
- Subjects
- Arts - Paintings
- Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers
- Documentary Artifacts - Photographs
- Performances - Concerts
- Organizations - Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols - Certificates
- Transportation
- Persons - Royalty
- Names
- Simnett, Hazel
- Simnett, Frederick "Fred"
- Simnett, Mary Ann
- Lansdowne, James Fenwick
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Graphic Material
- Notes
- Title based on note accompanying file on folder ; The Argue was stapled together
- Simnett personal papers series
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
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Pilot certification for Ray Fleming
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 6.5 x 5 cm + 1 p. textual record
- Scope and Content
- Pilot certification and photograph of Ray Fleming used as indentification for his pilot's license. Ray Fleming was certified as a pilot on July 24, 1960, under the Aero Club of B.C. to fly Cessna and Fleet Canuck airplanes. The photograph is pasted to two sided document recording various aircraft f…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Waplington family fonds
- Series
- Waplington and Fleming families album series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w; 6.5 x 5 cm + 1 p. textual record
- Material Details
- Photograph is pasted to a large piece of paper for identification purposes
- Scope and Content
- Pilot certification and photograph of Ray Fleming used as indentification for his pilot's license. Ray Fleming was certified as a pilot on July 24, 1960, under the Aero Club of B.C. to fly Cessna and Fleet Canuck airplanes. The photograph is pasted to two sided document recording various aircraft flights along with a certification stamp and signature.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Air
- Names
- Fleming, John Reyland "Ray"
- Accession Code
- BV016.46.101
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproductions subject to FIPPA
- Date
- 1960
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 13-Aug-2018
- Notes
- Title based on information from photograph album
- Photograph is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52
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Pilot's flying log book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939-1940
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Royal Canadian Air Force, Pilot's Flying Log Book belonging to Elmer Wilson Martin (Can. C522). Book contains entries between June 29 and December 23, 1939 and January 13 and July 31, 1940 and Sept. 1940. Pilot training took place at Camp Borden where training for pilots, navigat…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Elmer Wilson Martin fonds
- Series
- E.W. Martin military records and photographs series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Royal Canadian Air Force, Pilot's Flying Log Book belonging to Elmer Wilson Martin (Can. C522). Book contains entries between June 29 and December 23, 1939 and January 13 and July 31, 1940 and Sept. 1940. Pilot training took place at Camp Borden where training for pilots, navigators, air gunners, air bombers and flight engineers for the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces. According to the log book, Elmer Martin was trained on various aircraft at this location. Canadian Forces Base Borden is located in Ontario.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Air
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Martin, Elmer Wilson
- Accession Code
- BV019.37.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1939-1940
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- February 4, 2021
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
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RCAF Flying Log Book and navigation maps
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 book (hardcover) + 1 map : b&w lithograph on paper with annotations in col. ink ; 34.5 x 40.5 cm + 7 maps : b&w lithograph on paper with annotations in col. ink ; 41.5 x 33.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a "Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot" assigned to J.H. Corsbie along with eight aircraft navigation maps for flying at night titled; "Newcastle to Prague" and "Hull to Venice" with navigational markings created by Joseph H. Corsbie. Entries in lo…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie fonds
- Series
- Joseph H.C. Corsbie RCAF records series
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 book (hardcover) + 1 map : b&w lithograph on paper with annotations in col. ink ; 34.5 x 40.5 cm + 7 maps : b&w lithograph on paper with annotations in col. ink ; 41.5 x 33.5 cm
- Material Details
- Scale : 1:2,890,000 (approx.)
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a "Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot" assigned to J.H. Corsbie along with eight aircraft navigation maps for flying at night titled; "Newcastle to Prague" and "Hull to Venice" with navigational markings created by Joseph H. Corsbie. Entries in log book provide detailed records of Corsbie's training and flights undertaken on RCAF service aircraft between March 1943 and July 1945 along with units which Corsbie served as observer or air gunner and the aircraft in which he's flown (1943-1944).
- Other Title Information
- Full title of book "Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for aircrew other than Pilot"
- Subjects
- Transportation - Air
- Wars - World War, 1939-1945
- Names
- Corsbie, Joseph Hardcastle-Cumberland "Joe"
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Responsibility
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- Accession Code
- BV020.31.44
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 19-09-2023
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- 7 maps titled "Hull to Venice / Heights in Feet" include identifier below bottom border reading: "O.R.1373 / Spot-Height Corrections, 1944"_"Compiled and drawn at H.Q./G.S.G.S.-1943"
- 1 map titled "Newcastle to Prague / Heights in Feet" include identifier below bottom border reading: "O.R.1373 / Spot-Height Corrections, 1944"_" H.Q./G.S.G.S.-1943"
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RCAF pilot training records
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1943]
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 8 p. textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Royal Canadian Air Force piolot training records including instructional docments titled "Pilot Bombing Training / Notes for Pupils"; "Aircraft Recognition", "Problems - Sheet 1", "Anson MK V Dinchy Drill - #1 G.R.S." and "Pyrotechnics - as used at No. R. & N.S.".
Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1943-1945
- Collection/Fonds
- Robert Leonard Love fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 book ; blue cardstock cover ; 22.5 x 19 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book issued to Flight Officer Robert Leonard Love and used between April 19, 1943 and June 22, 1945. Log book includes authorization documents pasted within.
The Sandhouse, vol. 37, no. 1, issue 145
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.29
- ISBN
- 18188-1755
- Call Number
- 625.6 CAN
- Contributor
- Smith, Ian
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Pacific Coast Divsion
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Physical Description
- 48 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Railroads--Canada--History
- Interurban Trams
- Periodicals
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Notes
- "In this issue : -- cover page
- "Riding all the way on the PGE, 1951"
- "By interurban to Fraser Mills"
- "125 years since 374's arival"
- Ackman wins battle for CP"
- "Ian Smith --Editor"-- page 46
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