Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
plaque
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1006
- Description
- Red-stained wood rectangular signage plaque with hook for hanging in the middle of the top edge. Chinese characters and the numbers 1-70 are black-inked vertically from the top right corner to bottom left corner.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
Plaque is the legend for the arrangement of apothecary drawers (HV975.5.2) used in at Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. and currently on display in the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit. Each drawer has Chinese words on the side and sequence of drawers was arranged according to The Thousand-Character Writing (QianZiWen). The Thousand-Character Text, is a Chinese poem that has been used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children from the sixth century onward. It contains exactly one thousand characters, each used only once, arranged into 250 lines of four characters apiece and grouped into four line rhyming stanzas to make it easy to memorize. It is sung in a way similar to children learning the Latin alphabet singing an "alphabet song." Along with the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Surnames, it formed the basis of literacy training in traditional China.
There are some rules for allocating Chinese medicinal material into the apothecary drawers. Chinese medicinal materials are assigned into different drawers based on their scent and property in general. Usually Chinese medicinal material with similar property would be put together (in the same drawer or nearby). Processed Chinese medicinal materials are separated from minerals.
The staff responsible for preparing the medicine for the patient should remember the location, content and the effect of the Chinese medicinal materials in order to have their work done efficiently.
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E
- Measurements
- 30 cm height x 45 cm width
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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Burnaby Girl Guides
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Series
- Burnaby Girl Guides scrapbooks and photographs series
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 scrapbook (textual records + 2 digital files : (pdfs) + 102 photographs : (tiffs))
- Scope and Content
- File consists of images and selected contents from a scrapbook with 38 double sided pages containing mostly photographs with some newspaper clippings, written material and emphemera including a page of badges and ribbons which reads "Enrolment & Membership Card of / Joan Bailey 1926 / 1st Burnaby" and an embroidered alphabet of the Morse Code. The third page of the scrapbook includes a four page chronology titled "History of Guiding - Burnaby / 1913 - 1960" compiled by Mrs. Dolly Weber, Mrs. J. Heaps, Miss Eileen Periton, Mrs. J. Albertson and D. Fowler. The scrapbook also includes an original letter and post-script from Lady Olave Baden-Powell to Mrs. Fowler dated November 5, 1961; a typewritten copy of: "TSOONA" / PROVINCIAL GUIDE CAMPSITE - ROSEDALE B.C." and a three page typewritten copy of "THE CAMPFIRE / Volume 1, No. 4 _ November 1935 _ Vancouver, B.C.".
Many of the events documented in photographs [between 1914 and 1969] are identified on each page and read as the following: "Burnaby Brownies - Guides & Rangers" / "Early 1920" (1 photograph); "Ambulance / Display / 1st. Co."; "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Girl Guide Rally - New Westminster and / Burnaby - June 16, 1923" (5 photographs); "Burnaby Guides and / Brownies / June 17, 1923" (5 photographs); "April 1923" (1 photograph); "June 1923 / 2nd Burnaby Company" (1 photograph); "Burnaby May Day / 26.5.28"(2 photographs); "Sechelt 1929_ 2nd "B" Company" (2 photographs); "Leaders and Seconds / 2nd Burnaby / Grouse Mountain" (1 photograph); "Sechelt 1929 / Commandant Mrs. Peal" (1 photograph); "2nd Company / June 1930" (1 photograph); "1932 / 2nd Company at Rally / Municipal Hall Grounds" (1 photograph) ; "First Burnaby Folk Dancing team / Winners of the E.F.D. cup 1940--41-42" (1 photograph); "1st Burnaby Company / winners of Bessborough Shield / 1942 / Captain L. Crane" (1 photograph); "May 6th 1935 / Dedication of flag at Central Park" (1 photograph); "May Day Celebration / Burnaby B.C. May 6th 1935 / Stride Studios Photos" (1 photograph); "Mrs. Don Wilks / Mrs. Georgie / Runcie / Publicity Photo re- / Brownie / Training / 1958-60" (1 photograph); "Kathleen Anderson / about 1958-60?" (1 photograph); "1957 / Burnaby Camp Site / at / Wilson Creek" (1 photograph); "Work Party (1958)" (1 photograph); "Burnaby Camp Site / Spring 1958 / Cabins & Staff Houses / Dining Shelter / Cabins" (3 photographs); "Can. Girl Guide Assoc. - Provincial Leaders Conference / April 14-15/61 Civic Centre, Prince George, BC" (1 photograph) ; "June 8th, 1958 / Opening / Ceremonies / Burnaby Site / Wilson Creek / Camp Site" (4 photographs); 2 unidentified photographs [ca.1915] of a large group of Girl Guides gathered on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds (photo credit- Leonard Frank); 1 unidentified photograph of a group of Girl Guides gathered for a group portrait [ca.1914]; "Girl Guide Camp / Granthams / Landing / July 1923" (4 photographs); 4 unidentified photographs of girl guides gathered on the ship "Lady Evelyn" [ca. 1920]; "Burnaby Girl Guides" 1918; "First Burnaby Girl Guides 1920" (2 photographs on page); "2nd Co. 1923" (1 photograph) "1st Burnaby Co." [1923] (1 photograph); "Gypsy Scene - Concert / Mar 17, 1923 / Unveiling / War / Memorial / Edmonds / 1923" (3 photographs on page); "Faith Jacobson / 1961" (2 photographs); "Eve MacLean / 1961" (1 photograph); "Beverley Simkin of Montreal and Judy Robins / of the S.R.S. Royal Oak taken on the day they / sailed from Montreal for the Ranger Camp at / "Our Chalet" in Adelboden, Switzerland, May 1962" (1 photograph) and "Religion & Life Emblem / Diane Peters 11th Bby. Co. / Rev. G.W. Luetkehodeter / 1961" (2 photographs on one page).
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Events - May Day
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.164
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920 (date of original), copied 2016
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Textual Record
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Maywood Area
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Digital images were created of the scrapbook prior to selective retention of original records that were removed for conservation purposes
- Some textual records that were selected for retention have been described at file level under BV015.35.164: "Tsoona" Provincial Guide Campsite - Rosedale B.C." and Burnaby Girl Guides newsletter, "The Campfire" (November 1935)
- Photographs that were retained from scrapbook have been described at item level (BV015.35.221 to BV015.35.284)
- Some textual records and ephemera that were selected for retention have been described at item level (BV015.35.320, BV015.35.321, and BV015.35.334 to BV015.35.348).
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Classroom
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.1 x 14.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class sitting at their desks. The desks are attached to the backs of the chairs. The name of the class and school is unknown. An earlier catalogue record conjectures it is probably a Burnaby school, possibly Gilmore Avenue School. The inscription in pencil of the date 1920 is of unk…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.1 x 14.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a class sitting at their desks. The desks are attached to the backs of the chairs. The name of the class and school is unknown. An earlier catalogue record conjectures it is probably a Burnaby school, possibly Gilmore Avenue School. The inscription in pencil of the date 1920 is of unknown origin, but the clothing styles of the students indicate this date is probably close to being correct. There are 10 girls and 22 boys in the class, unsegregated in seating arrangement. The boys are wearing dark turtle neck sweaters, some with a dark sports jacket over the sweater. The boys' hair is moppish, some parted, most not. The girls are wearing dresses (little detail visible) and long hair, some with a ribbon on top and pulled back. A black board on the right side of the students has a large map of South America drawn on it. A Red Cross Nurse's picture is above this board. The alphabet is written in large block capitals in chalk across the top of the rear blackboard. Queen Mary's picture is above this board. A female teacher is standing beneath Queen Mary. The dangling lights have conical shades. Inscribed on the negative, lower left of the print: "267." Annotations in pencil read, "1920" (front of photo, upper right) and "Mr. Tom Browning" (back of photo).
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Occupations - Teachers
- Accession Code
- HV971.23.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1920]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-21
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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My first book of all
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.89.5
- Call Number
- 808.8 MYF
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson and Sons
- Publication Date
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper:
"Index" [written in pencil]
"Sunday Morning
My first book of all
Alphabet (printed)
Here we again" [written in pencil]
List of numbers from 1 to 10 going down the right side of the endpaper, written in pencil.
Throughout book:
Some illustrations have been coloured with crayon and marker.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's stories
- Children's poetry
- Notes
- Book 1 of 2 in series.
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Narrative English poems
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV999.62.1
- Call Number
- 821 MAC
- Author
- MacDonald, Wilbert Lorne, 1879-1966
- Walker, Francis C. (Francis Cox), 1873-1934
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- J. M. Dent & Sons Limited
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Printer
- Richard Clay & Sons, Limited
- Physical Description
- xiv, 274 p. ; 18 cm.
- Inscription
- "L.C.
Lloyd Cary
BNHS
9th
Grade
Com
Burnaby North High School
L.C." [handwritten in black ink on front cover]
"still is satler" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown beneath drawing of human head]
"first four
chapters comp" [handwritten in pencil on front pastedown]
"Lloyd Cary is a big nut" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper. "is a big nut" is crossed out]
"Lloyd
Cary" [handwritten in black ink on front endpaper]
"If my name
you wish to find
turn the page on hundred" [handwritten in pencil on front endpaper]
"1 Picture
no food in wigwam" [handwitten in faded dark ink on front endpaper with a drawing of two stick figures and wigwam]
"2 Phonetics
Be lief" [handwritten in faded dark ink on front endpaper with a drawing of a bee and leaf]
"3 Alphabet D=" [handwritten in faded dark ink on front endpaper with a drawing]
"The song of the open road - W. Wittman
Balder Dead - Mathew [sic] Arnold" [handwritten in black ink on page before t.p.]
"The ship is becalmed" [handwritten in black ink on back pastedown]
"Ballads -- Sands of Dee -- refrain __ has it
Rime of the ancient
mariner" [handwritten in pencil on back pastedown]
Handwritten notes through out book
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English literature--Textbooks
- Names
- Burnaby North High School
- Notes
- "Collected by W.L. MacDonald and F.C. Walker" --cover
- "Edited by W.L. MacDonald and F.C. Walker" --t.p.
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Semaphore data
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1960-1970]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Girl Guides fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 folder of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of pamphlets and instructions regarding excercises in using the flag semaphore system which utilizes two short poles with square flags, which are held in different positions to signal letters of the alphabet and numbers. The signalperson holds one pole in each hand, and extends each a…
Edison re-creations alphabetically classified
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- X3037
- Call Number
- 789 THO
- Place of Publication
- Orange, N.J.
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Inc.
- Publication Date
- 1918
- Physical Description
- 240 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "EDISON / RE-CREATIONS / Alphabetically Classified / . . . . . THOMAS A. EDISON, INC. / ORANGE, N.J., U.S.A. / A-4050 / DEC 1918", printed on cover of catalogue
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
- Music--Discography
- Sound recordings
- Catalogs
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Sectional map and street directory of Vancouver : Dial map of greater Vancouver including adjacent municipalities
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 maps and 1 p. of textual records on 1 sheet : lithographic prints, col. ; 55.5 x 75 cm + 2 dials and 25 x 72 cm + directory on sheet 55.5 x 75 cm, folded to 28.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Item is a sectional map and street directory titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and adjacent Municipalities" with a map on one side titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and Suburbs" including Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby and includes street car and bus lines, railways,…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Series
- Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 maps and 1 p. of textual records on 1 sheet : lithographic prints, col. ; 55.5 x 75 cm + 2 dials and 25 x 72 cm + directory on sheet 55.5 x 75 cm, folded to 28.5 x 12.5 cm
- Material Details
- Scales 1:42240, 1:144823
- 2 alphabetic dials on narrow strips of paper attached to map by grommets
- Scope and Content
- Item is a sectional map and street directory titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and adjacent Municipalities" with a map on one side titled "Dial Map of Greater Vancouver and Suburbs" including Vancouver, West Vancouver, North Vancouver and Burnaby and includes street car and bus lines, railways, hospitals, parks, block nos. and street indexes with two alphabetic dials, one for Vancouver, the other for New Westminster. The other side of the map includes a map of "Fraser Valley" along with a directory of Vancouver street car and bus routes, business blocks, public buildings, hospitals, bathing beaches, locations of Vancouver fire halls and Vancouver city schools.
- Creator
- Dominion Map and Blueprint Co.
- Publisher
- Sectional Map and Street Directory Company
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV000.3.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Scan Resolution
- 380
- Scan Date
- 22-Dec-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of map
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Wrigley's British Columbia directory 1930, volume 40
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV987.1.69
- Call Number
- 384.6 WRI
- Author
- Schetky, George L.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Wrigley Directories
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Physical Description
- 2218 p. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Directories
- British Columbia
- Notes
- "embracing an alphabetically arranged list of cities, towns, post offices and railway stations in British Columbia, with a description of each ; an alphabetically arranged list of business houses, private citizens, civic, provincial and dominion governments, churches, public and private schools, secret and benevolent organizations, associations, etc., also an avenue and street guide and directory of householders for Vancouver and Victoria, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory of British Columbia,"
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Alphabets for cross stitch or crochet, book number four
A practical guide to police magistrates and justices of the peace with an alphabetical synopsis of the criminal law and an analytical index
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.22
- Call Number
- 345.71 CRA
- Author
- Crankshaw, James, 1844-1921
- Place of Publication
- Montreal, Quebec.
- Publisher
- Whiteford & Theoret
- Publication Date
- 1895
- Printer
- Gazette Printing Company Ltd.
- Physical Description
- xxx, v, 707 p. ; 25 cm.
- Inscription
- "[J. Whezar] / [B Grualbor J.P.]" -- handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).
"W-2C" - crossed-out on endpaper (front).
"1. Information & Exams J 1.00" "Each copy .25", ".25", "hearing & delivery 1.00", ".25", "1." -- handwritten in last page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Canada
- Criminal law
- Justices of the peace
- Police
- Subjects
- Occupations
- Public Services
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"Atkinson" sign painting up to now : a complete manual of the art of sign painting, contains ninty [sic] six designs or layouts and accompanying color notes, seventy five alphabets embracing all standard styles, their modifications and alternates, comprehensive text covering all practical phases of the art, for every day reference in the shop
booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.6100.1
- Description
- The British Columbia Gazette - Booklet -- [1929]. Index of The British Columbia Gazette for the year 1929, Volume LXIX. The pages are listed in roman numerals and the list is in alphabetical order starting with "Advertisements".
- Marks/Labels
- The British Columbia Gazette For the Year 1929 / Volume LXIX"
- Title
- Index to The British Columbia Gazette
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.6101.1
- Description
- The British Columbia Gazette - Booklet -- [1930]. Index of The British Columbia Gazette for the year 1930, Volume LXX. The pages are listed in roman numerals and the list is in alphabetical order starting with "Advertisements". The publication is staple bound
- Marks/Labels
- The British Columbia Gazette For the Year 1930 / Volume LXX
- Title
- Index to The British Columbia Gazette
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.6102.1
- Description
- The British Columbia Gazette - Booklet -- [1931]. Index of The British Columbia Gazette for the year 1931, Volume LXXI. The pages are listed in roman numerals and the list is in alphabetical order starting with "Advertisements".
- Marks/Labels
- The British Columbia Gazette For the Year 1931 / Volume LXXI
- Title
- Index to The British Columbia Gazette
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
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