A history of the wire rope industry of Great Britain
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV006.24.56
- Call Number
- 670 FOR
- Author
- Forestier-Walker, E. R.
- Federation of Wire Rope Manufacturers
- Place of Publication
- s.l.
- Publisher
- Newport Johns
- Publication Date
- 1952
- Printer
- R. H. Johns Ltd.
- Physical Description
- 163 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "E. P. Lathry" [Handwritten in blue ink on front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Wire-rope industry
- Great Britain
- Notes
- "Compiled, written and designed by E. R. Forestier-Walker for the Federation of Wire Rope Manufacturers of Great Britain" -- Title page
- Includes index.
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A new history of Great Britain and Canada
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.149
- Call Number
- 942 WAL
- Edition
- New and enl. ed.
- Author
- Wallace, W. Stewart (William Stewart), 1884-1970
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- The MacMillan Company
- Publication Date
- 1928
- Series
- Western Canada series
- Printer
- T.H. Best Printing Co.
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. (various pagings) : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Names written throughout book in pen and pencil
"Kitsilano High and Junior High School" stamp on front pastedown
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Great Britain--History
- Canada--History
- Notes
- "Authorized for the Department of Education for Alberta"--t.p.
- Includes index.
- Author's full name and dates: Wallace, W. Stewart (William Stewart), 1884-1970.
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The Brownie stories of the world : no. i, Belgium, Great Britain, Greece, South Africa
The new century perfect speaker : a complete encyclopedia of elocution, oratory and etiquette : including portraits and biographies of the most distinguished statesmen, diplomarts, divines and public speakers of Canada, Great Britain and the United States ; also the complete etiquette of home, social, public and official life and a special department for children
Pharmacographia : history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India
Pharmacy history : a pictorial record, photographs from the Museum of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
The story of South Africa : an account of the historical transformation of the dark continent by the European powers and the culminating contest between Great Britain and the South African Republic in the Transvaal War
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.30.22
- Call Number
- 968 RID Copy 1
- Author
- Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- Guelph, Ont.
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company
- Publication Date
- c1899
- Physical Description
- xvi, 888 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- South African War, 1899-1902
- South Africa--History
- Notes
- "by John Clark Ridpath, Edward S. Ellis, John A. Cooper, and J.H. Aiken"
Author's given name and dates: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Author's given name and dates: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916
"Copiously illustrated with colored maps, half-tone portraits, sketches, scenes of war pictures, in the best style of reproduction"
- Copy 1 of 2
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Alice and George Grant meet Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 12.6 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alice and George Grant meeting Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh at Burnaby Municipal Hall.
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, riding in an open car during their 1939 visit to Canada. They are seen from chest up in their vehicle, and crowds can also be seen in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Material Details
- stamped on verso, u.l. "J.E. UNDERHILL/ 4078 West 12th Avenue/ Vancouver, B.C."
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, riding in an open car during their 1939 visit to Canada. They are seen from chest up in their vehicle, and crowds can also be seen in the background.
- Subjects
- Events - Royal Visits
- Names
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
- Accession Code
- BV985.5884.1
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 31-Aug-06
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Underhill, James E.
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth's visit to Burnaby. A large group of spectators stand on either side of the street watching as the two royals pass by the Municipal Hall in a motorcade. Men and women are waving, many with hats in their raised hands and the Burnaby Municipal Hall…
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- May 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 24.5 x 29.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George VI and Queen Elizabeth on their visit to Canada, introducing themselves to Alice Grant's nephew John Brown.
Meeting Their Royal Highnesses
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 11 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bill and Christine Grieve meeting Their Royal Highnesses, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh outside Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds Street and Kingsway.
Motorcade carrying Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10.2 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the car carrying Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as it drives past a crowd of people gathered to see them during their visit to Burnaby in 1971.
Our gracious King and Queen
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 30 May 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 6.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth seated in the back of an automobile while travelling in a motorcade procession down Main Street in Vancouver on May 30, 1939.
Our Royal Guests
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 15.5 x 11 cm mounted inside card ; 21.5 x 31.5 cm, folded to 21.5 x 15.5. cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Their Royal Highnesses, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh leaving New Westminster. The photograph is mounted on card-stock and fashioned into a Christmas card.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Grieve family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w hand-tinted into col. ; 15.5 x 11 cm mounted inside card ; 21.5 x 31.5 cm, folded to 21.5 x 15.5. cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 523-008
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2011-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Their Royal Highnesses, Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh leaving New Westminster. The photograph is mounted on card-stock and fashioned into a Christmas card.
- Subjects
- Events - Royal Visits
- Names
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Written on recto of card: "At this time of year it is pleasant to extend the Season's Greetings. It is pleasant, also, to remember friends both old and new. / So to you and yours goes our wish that your Christmas may be joyful and your New Year filled with good health, happiness and prosperity. / Mackenzie, White & Dunsmuir, Limited / Christmas 1951"
- Written on interior of card at base of photograph: "Our Royal Guests"
- Written on verso of card: "Their Royal Highnesses The Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh leaving New Westminster, B.C., October 26th, 1951, on the occasion of their Canadian tour."
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Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinbugh
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card 25 x 35 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Police Magistrate George A. Grant and his wife Alice meeting Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at the Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- October 26, 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- George Grant subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card 25 x 35 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 243-024
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Police Magistrate George A. Grant and his wife Alice meeting Princess Elizabeth and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at the Burnaby Municipal Hall.
- Subjects
- Events - Royal Visits
- Names
- Grant, George Alford
- Grant, Alice Taylor
- Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
- Philip, Prince, consort of Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1921-
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Filion, Harry Francis
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph mount is a folder.
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 7282 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Stride Avenue Area
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Princess Elizabeth at Burnaby Municipal Hall
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951
- Collection/Fonds
- John Shaw fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Princess Elizabeth's 1951 visit to Burnaby. Reeve William R. Beamish and Princess Elizabeth are seen with a crowd outside Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds Street and Kingsway. Prince Philip can be seen standing behind the Princess.
Princess Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and Reeve Beamish
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951 (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 9 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Reeve Beamish, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip at the Municipal Hall at Kingsway and Edmonds Street. Her bouquet is made of orchids from Burnaby Orchids Ltd.
Queen Elizabeth and King George VI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Queen Elizabeth and King George VI seated in an open vehicle during their 1939 Royal Tour visit to British Columbia.
Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10.1 x 15.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth during their visit to Burnaby in 1971.