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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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
2861 at Drake Street Yard
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.
The AAM guide to collections planning
Abbott's selected Webster's dictionary of the English language : modernized, self-pronoucing for home, school, and commerical use
The ABC British Columbia lumber trade directory and yearbook
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 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 of better stories
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4053.1
- Call Number
- 808.8 LAN
- Contributor
- Langford, W. F. (Walter Frederick)
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Series
- The Heritage of Literature Series
- Printer
- The Hunter-Rose Co., Limited
- Physical Description
- x, 173 p.
- Inscription
- "E. Harrison a 2B", handwritten in black ink on front endpaper
"10" "3" "25c" "RT/75", in pencil on front endpaper
"Phone 22211", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fiction--20th century
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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 monograms and initials for embroidery
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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About fabrics and patterns : no. 1, lessons 1 and 2