Photograph of George L. Donovan demonstrating the new L.C. Smith (later Smith-Corona) typewriter at the Vancouver Exhibition (later Pacific National Exhibition, PNE). He owned Vancouver Typewriters at 334 Seymour Street in Vancouver.
Photograph of George L. Donovan demonstrating the new L.C. Smith (later Smith-Corona) typewriter at the Vancouver Exhibition (later Pacific National Exhibition, PNE). He owned Vancouver Typewriters at 334 Seymour Street in Vancouver.
Photograph of a table filled with various household items including a manual typewriter and a manual slide projector at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor and young girl (most likely the vendor's daughter) are sitting behind the table.
Photograph of a table filled with various household items including a manual typewriter and a manual slide projector at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor and young girl (most likely the vendor's daughter) are sitting behind the table.
Photograph of Tony Antonias, the winner of the 2001 Bernie Legge Cultural Award, presented by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. He is leaning on an Olympia manual typewriter and holding autographed scripts toward the camera.
Photograph of Tony Antonias, the winner of the 2001 Bernie Legge Cultural Award, presented by the New Westminster Chamber of Commerce. He is leaning on an Olympia manual typewriter and holding autographed scripts toward the camera.
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata: "The winner of this year's Bernie Legge Cultural Award, Tony Antonias, still types on the old Olympia manual typewriter he used to compose his famous Woodward's $1.49 Day jingle. He's holding autographed scripts he wrote to introduce such stars as Ben Heppner, John Kimura Parker and Kiri Tikanawa."
Full-keyboard upstrike Smith Premier No. 2 typewriter made by Smith Premier Typewriter Company, 1904. It features a double keyboard, with rows of lowercase letters at the bottom and uppercase letters at the top. It includes typewriter, carrying lid, wooden platform, two typewriter ribbon spools, and an unrelated box that holds the spools.
Object History
Donor found object in an old building in Vancouver, ca. late 1950's - early 1960's.
Smith Premier manufactured double keyboards until 1921, long after their competitors had introduced the "Shift" key which allowed each key to type both an upper and lowercase letter.
Blickensderfer No. 7 portable typewriter in a wooden case, 1897.
Object History
The Model 7, offered in 1897, became the deluxe version of the basic design. Blickensderfer typewriters feature a keyboard with a "DHIATENSOR" layout (the sequence of letters on the bottomr row), even though the QWERTY keyboard was becoming the standard keyboard layout. Instead of typebars, they had a type cylinder which allowed an operator to change the typeface by replacing the cylinder.
Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Photograph of George L. Donovan's company's 1928 Ford. Beside the car is Alice Donovan, daughter of George L. Donovan. George L. Donovan and his son, George, drove all over B.C. selling Sundstrand oil burners; they also sold typewriters from same car, bought new in 1928. Note the spare wheel co…
Photograph of George L. Donovan's company's 1928 Ford. Beside the car is Alice Donovan, daughter of George L. Donovan. George L. Donovan and his son, George, drove all over B.C. selling Sundstrand oil burners; they also sold typewriters from same car, bought new in 1928. Note the spare wheel cover advertising Sunstrand oil burners.
Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum General Store. Pendant lamps hang from the ceiling and two wood counters are on either side of the store. The counter on the right holds two typewriters and a sharpening stone is visible in front. Various products line both sides of the store.
Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum General Store. Pendant lamps hang from the ceiling and two wood counters are on either side of the store. The counter on the right holds two typewriters and a sharpening stone is visible in front. Various products line both sides of the store.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-214) and index
"Dishwashers, electric light bulbs, gramophones, motion picture cameras, radios, roller skates, typewriters. While these inventions seem to speak of the 20th century, they all in fact date from the 19th century. The Victorian age (1837-1901) was a period of enormous technological progress in communications, transport and many other areas of life. Illustrated by the original patent drawing from The British Library's extensive collection, this attractive book chronicles the history of the 100 most important, innovative and memorable inventions of the 19th century. The vivid picture of the Victorian age unfolds as inventions from the ground-breaking such as aspirin, dynamite, and the telephone to the everyday like blue jeans and tiddlywinks are revealed decade by decade. Together they provide a vivid picture of Victorian life. Along with informative descriptions of how the inventions and their patenting came about, the lives of the inventors and their circumstances provide entertaining insights into this world." --Summary
Author's given name and date: Smith, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1872-
"Single Keyboard Edition" -- title page
"Students and teachers who may require additional matter for typewriting or shorthand practice, are recommended to purchase " ADVANCED TYPEWRITING AND OFFICE TRAINING,' price 50 cents, published by ISAAC PITMAN & SONS." -- title page
Text runs parallel to spine
Pages numbered as leaves from front to back and continuing from back to front
Pitman's high speed in typewriting : a series of advanced lessons for the development of expertness in the operation of the standard keyboard typewriter
Photograph of a typewriter, flashlight and unknown electronic device on a blanket, on top of the trunk of a car at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978.
Photograph of a typewriter, flashlight and unknown electronic device on a blanket, on top of the trunk of a car at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978.
Underwood Expert-Typing Tests - Pamphlet -- [1923]. Underwood typing test for October, 1923 part of the Underwood Expert-Typing program. The pamphlet consists of a short story that the student is given 15 minutes to type out. The pamphlet is four pages. The test is only to be completed on an Underwood Typewriter. The back of the pamphlet has an advertisement for the Underwood Prtable typewriter. Printed in U.S.A. The pamphlet measures 15.5cm x 23cm.
Was used by Burnaby resident Barbara Copan when she taught typing at Burnaby Central circa 1963-65. It may have originally belonged to Barbara's mother who also taught typing at Burnaby South High School circa 1957 to 1965. She mainly taught typing in night school.
Notes
Authors' given name and date as follows: Lessenberry, D.D. (David Daniel), 1896-
Crawford, T. James (Thomas James)