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1967-1968 Yearbook: Killarney Secondary School, Vancouver, British Columbia
145 pages. Average wear. Binding intact. Few autographs. A sound copy. Book
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1972-1973 Yearbook: Alberni District Secondary School, Port Alberni, British Columbia
96 pages. Average wear. Two autographs. A sound copy. Book
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1973-1974 Yearbook: McPherson Park Junior Secondary School, Burnaby, British Columbia
97 pages. Above-average wear. Many autographs. Binding intact. Book
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1974-1975 Yearbook: McPherson Park Junior Secondary School, Burnaby, British Columbia
96 pages. Many autographs. Photos of trip to the U.S. southwest. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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1975-1976 Yearbook: McPherson Park Junior Secondary School, Burnaby, British Columbia
104 pages. Average wear. Many autographs. A sound copy. Book
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1981-1982 Yearbook, Wellington Junior Secondary High School, Nanaimo, British Columbia
97 pages. Lots of autographs. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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1983-1984 Yearbook: Ladysmith Secondary School (L.S.S.), Ladysmith, British Columbia
Few autographs. Light wear. Nice clean copy. Book
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1984-1985 Yearbook: Carihi Secondary School/Campbell River (British Columbia) Senior Secondary School
135 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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1984-1985 Yearbook: Ladysmith Secondary School (L.S.S.), Ladysmith, British Columbia
Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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1985-1986 Yearbook: John Barsby Junior High School, Nanaimo, British Columbia
95 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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1986-1987 Yearbook, Phoenix Secondary School, Campbell River, British Columbia
Many colour photos and autograohs. Average wear. Book
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1987-1988 Yearbook, Phoenix Secondar School, Campbell River, British Columbia
96 pages. Many colour photos and autographs. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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1988-1989 Yearbook, Southgate Secondary School, Campbell River, British Columbia
148 pages. Colour and black and white photos. Prior owner's name inside front board else clean and unmarked. Moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
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1989-1990 Yearbook: Ladysmith Secondary School (L.S.S.), Ladysmith, British Columbia
Clean with light wear. Usual autographs. A nice copy. Book
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1989-1990 Yearbook: N.D.S.S./Nanaimo District Secondary School, Nanaimo, British Columbia
128 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Very nice copy. Book
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1990 Yearbook of Edward Milne Community School (EMCS), Sooke, B.C.
113 pages. Lots of autographs. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy copy. Book
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1990-1991 Yearbook: Ladysmith Secondary School/L.S.S., Ladysmith, British Columbia
Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
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1992-1993 Yearbook: Cowichan Secondary School, Duncan, British Columbia
Clean and unmarked with negligible wear. Lovely copy. Book
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1992-1993 Yearbook: Esquimalt Secondary School, Victoria, British Columbia
135 pages. Many autographs. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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2000 Student Yearbook - Windsor Secondary, North Vancouver B.C.
200 pages. Moderate warp to boards. Occasional markings. Book
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2001 Sardis Secondary School Yearbook, Sardis, British Columbia
144 pages. Light wear. Clean, bright and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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2003 - A Fantastic Year: Yearbook of Highland Secondary School, Comox, B.C.
144 pages. Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. A superb copy. Book
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A World Apart 2004 - Yearbook of Highland Secondary School, Comox, B.C.
Photo-illustrated in colour and black and white. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Scratching to lower portion of front cover, otherwise an excellent copy. Book
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Air Combat Magazine - Vol. 9, No. 3 May 1981
74 pages. Features include: School for Aces - this new leadership program helps upgrade the combat readiness of NATO pilots; Air Intelligence File - Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; Sea Harrier Goes Operational - the BAe Sea Harrier has become the first S/VTOL maritime combat; New Tanker for the Navy - a most unusual new aircraft has been added to the Navy's air fleet; Jaguars meet the Eagles - RAF Jaguars in joint operations with USAF F-15 Eagles; America's Top Guns - How California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honors at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's New Helicopter - The Chinook will provide heavy duty helicopter service for the RAF; Lizard Fighting Falcon - Experimental paint scheme is tried out on the F-16; Bear Intercept! - How the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet's Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - This rugged Canadian training aircraft has given years of faithful service and shows no sighs of slowing down. Light wear. Unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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Air Combat Magazine, Volume 9, 1981, All Issues Bound in One Volume
Features: Contemporary happenings in the military aerospace world; HMS Invincible; Re-Engined 135 - Re-engining of the existing KC-135 tanker fleet may mean operation into the next century; HiMAT - this flying test bed is used to develop combat aircraft of the future; New York's Finest - visiting with the Voodoos of the 107th Fighter Interceptor Group; MiG Killer - an interview with a Marine fighter pilot; Greeks over Britain - the first ever visit by Royal Hellenic A-7s to Britain; Corsair II Markings; Lone Eagles - Hungarian Ju 88s battle the Russians during WWII; Turbo Trojan - flying the North American YAT-28E Turbo Trojan; Lightning Deployment - Royal Air Force Lightnings deploy for combat practice; Farnborough military report; Flugtag at Ramstein; Vought's Rugged Corsair II - part II of a markings feature on the Corsair II; "The Face of God" - the life and times of North Vietnam's leading ace; School for Aces - leadership program for NATO pilots; Sea Harrier goes operational; New tanker for the Navy - Modified Convair 8E80; Jaguars meet the Eagles - how California's 144th Fighter Interceptor Wing won top honours at the 1980 William Tell meet; RAF's new helicopter - the Chinook; Lizard fighting Falcon - experimental paint scheme for the F-16; Bear Intercept! - how the USAF Phantoms intercept and track Soviet Bears that prowl the North Atlantic shipping lanes; Canadair's Tutor - the rugged Canadian training aircraft shows no signs of slowing down; Salute to the Skyraider; Navy accepts first operational Hornet; These two pilots have recorded over 1,000 flying hours each in the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird; Falcons of Georgia - History of Reserve Squadron VA-205; Igloo White - how we listened to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in stereo; Angel of another color - a new paint scheme for the Blue Angels aircraft; Fighting Falcon for Export - re-engined F-16 planned for sale to smaller countries; Marines fighting helicopters - how the USMC developed the helicopter into a fighting machine for aerial envelopment; Stratojet - looking back at the USAF's Boeing B-47 bomber; Scratch five MiGs - the story behind the only enemy aircraft ever destroyed by the Boeing B-52; Mirages over Spain - an exclusive look at a rarely illustrated fighter operated by the Spanish Air Force; Down by not out - last flight or new future for the B-1?; An old-fashioned dogfight - aerial combat during the early days of the Vietnam war were not unlike some of the free-wheeling fights of WWII; A time for change - the changing look in USN aircraft camouflage; New Sea Harrier Squadron - Fleet Arm Air takes on another Sea Harrier unit; The Aggressors - these specially tasked units are some of the most unique in the USAF; Tigershark - Detailed portrait of Northrop's new fighter; Mirage IIIE in Spanish Service; Strike Command - can the RAF's Strike Command stop Soviet air strikes in Britain and Europe?; Fists of the Fleet - a close look at the markings of USN Phantoms and Tomcats; Blowtorch built for two - the life and times of the two TF-86 training Sabres. Privately bound in blue hard cover. Book
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Air Pictorial Magazine, 1965 (Volume 27): All 12 Issues Bound in One Volume
Features: Window on South America; TSR-2 and Concord; Russian Trapeze Artists; W.W.I German Aircraft; Midget Racer Designs; Fortress is in R.A.F.; Sopwith 'Atlantic'; No. 20 Squadron History; Future of the H.S. 681; Mexican Air Force; Avro Arrow (4 pages with many black and white photos, structural cutaway, specs, expoded view and diagrams; No. 1 Air Navigation School; Finnish War Relics; Economical Motorspatz; Veteran Stratoliners; The Two Enemies; R.A.F. will be the loser - re-equipment plans discussed; Valiant to the last - the scrapping of the Vickers Valiant; Sir Winston Churchill; Hawker Nimrod; W.W. I. Miscellany; Light Autogyros in U.K.; Campbell-Benson B-11-2; British Airlines; TSR-2 - cardinal points; No. 18 (N.E.I.) Squadron; 'Zero' returns home; Defence White Paper; Between the Wars; Air Forces Middle East; Fleet Air Arm on Tour; Skyframe Museum; Fairey G.4/31; Revolt in Congo; Meteors over Korea; Piaggio P 166C; U.S.A.F. postscript; On Being Shot Down; France's Aero Exports; British Airlines Postscript; Shuttleworth Collection; Polish Air Force, 1940-45; H.S. 125 and Dominie; No. 70 Squadron History; Scintex Super Emeraude; Sonic Bangs (booms); Sir Geoffrey de Havilland; Pilatus History; Japan Air Lines; Visit to H.M.S. Ark Royal; No. 1 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; Plane that bombed America - Yokosuka E14Y1; Navigation - Part I; Escort to Bomb Raid; Paris Report; Suez 1956; Ancestor Airlines; PZL-104 Wilga; Navigation - part 2; Gliding Championships; The Auster Line; Battle of Britain; Italian Raids on the U.K.; Chaumont Weapons Meet; Army Flying; Open Day at Middle Wallop; Gloster Grebe; Kosciuszko Squadron; Suez 1956 - a lesson in air power; Between the Wars; Navigation - 3; The Parnall Story; No. 43 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; Sopwith Grasshopper; The R.A.F. Today; Extending the Buccaneer; Two-Seater Fighting; Navigation - Part 4; Scheibe SF-26 Standard; Hermes aide-memoire; Kestrel Evaluation; "Karel Doorman"; Whitehead Aircraft; Navigation - part 5; Victa Airtourer 115; The Parnall Story; Rhodesia's Air Force; Naval Fighter School; Hughes OH-6A; Mini-COIN; No. 23 Squadron History; B.A.C. Drone; Loss of Flight 19; Training Engineers; and much more. Includes index . Gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. Moderate wear. Slight lean to spine. A quality copy. Book
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Air Pictorial Magazine, 1967 (Volume 29): All 12 Issues Bound in One Volume
Features: SAAB J 35F Draken; No. 6 (R.C.A.F.) Bomber Group; Comper Swift; Between the Wars; Javelin Swan Song; Woodbridge; Sultan of Oman's A.F.; Flying Training Command; Air League on Defence; Piper Cherokee Range; Andovers in Service; Caudron Rafale Line; Fambridge Remembered; Indonesian Air Force - AURI's first 20 years; Canadian Forces Structure; A.F.V.G.; Trident and Autoland; South Cerney; Fleet Air Arm Museum; Rawcliffe to Rockcliffe; Vickers Type 253; Solo 1917; Lockheed StarLifter; SAAB-37 Viggen; STOL aircraft in Canada; Westland Lysander - I; No. 466 Squadron, R.A.A.F.; Defence; French Aircraft Industry; No. 5 Squadron, R.A.F.; Westland Lysander - II; Vimys and Vernons; 'Imperial - Beer George' - 1 - Handley Page W.8b G-EBBG, one of 3 in daily service from Croydon aerodrome in the 1920s; Britain and Carriers; No. 46 Squadron, R.A.F.; Westland Lysander - III; Aero Commander 200; Norwegian Northrops; Transport Command; 'Imperial - Beer George' - II; Paris Highlights; Biggin Hill Air Fair; Sunderlands in West Africa; Brize Norton; Balloon Strafe; School of Special Flying; Portuguese Beagles; R.N.A.S. Culdrose; Vickers Venom; Sunderlands in West Africa - II; Paris Postscript; Beagle 206-S; R.A.F. faces up to the '70s; Fighters for teh Battle; Pan Am's Planes - I; Piper Twin Comanche B; Battle of Britain Film; Taranto; Fleet Air Arm Round-up; F.A.A. Fighter Operations; F.A.A. Fighter Squadrons; Pan Am's Planes - 2; Beagle 206-S Air Test; British Military Aircraft; Concorde - A Presentation; Unison '67; The R.A.F.'s "Herky-Birds"; Pan Am's Planes - 3; Nipper Mk. III Air Test; Avro Bison; F.A.A. Fighter Operations; The New Luftwaffe; Jagdfliegertreffen; Austrian Airlines; No. 103 Squadron History; A Voice and Nothing More; Interned in Holland; Hungarian Trainers; and much more. Index laid in. Tight and clean with gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. A quality copy. Book
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Air Pictorial Magazine, 1969 (Volume 31): All 12 Issues Bound in One Volume *includes 12 Articles on the History of the R.A.A.F.*
Features: Bristol Sycamore; No. 809 Squadron History; History of the R.A.A.F. - I; Birmingham Airport; Chilton Monoplane; Maritime Mainstay - Shackleton; Towards cheaper flying; H.M.S. 'Fearless'; History of the R.A.A.F. - II; Topdressing in New Zealand; Aboard the U.S.S. Forrestal; Thoughts on the Tu-144; History of the R.A.A.F. - III; Instant Invisibility; Spot the Gaps in our Air Cover - when the carriers have gone; The Air League is 60; Concorde's Structure; Golden Age of Flying; Commonwealth Air Forces; History of the R.A.A.F. - 4; German Fighter Production; DC-9s in Service; R.A.F. Tengah; History of the R.A.A.F. - 5; History at Yeovilton; France's Aircraft Industry; Sud Spin-off; Central Flying School; History of the R.A.A.F. - 6; Rollason's Luton Beta; British European Airways (BEA) History; No. 230 Squadron History; Civilian Coupe; Paris Photo Report; Britten-Norman BN-3 Nymph; History of the R.A.A.F. - 7; Air Power Needs Afloat; 'Emily' - Japanese flying boat; Paris Photo Report - 2; British European Airways; SAR Competition; History of the R.A.A.F. - 8; Battle of Britain film; 'Emil' Evaluation; Sywell Display; Italian Raids on Britain; Battle of Britain Displays; History of the R.A.A.F. - 9; Competition Sailplanes - 1; BEA fleet list; Aviation in Costa Rica; No. 27 Squadron History; Leeds-Bradford Airport; Sywell Display; History of the R.A.A.F. - 10; Competition Sailplanes - 2; Learning to Test; Vickers Virginia; History of the R.A.A.F. - 11; Competition Sailplanes - 3; Bristol Britannia; Reforger and Crested Cap; Newbury Eon; History of the R.A.A.F. - 12; Near East Air Force; and much more. Index laid in. Tight and clean with gilt lettering to front board and backstrip. A quality copy. Book
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Air Stories - Flying Thrills and Aerial Adventure: May 1935, Vol. 1, No. 1: Premier Issue
Volume I, No. I of this publication. Contents include two long complete novels of war flying entitled "One Man's War", a tale of a Handley-Page night-bomber, and "Gas-Bag Aces", a tale of Seaplane and Blimp adventures of the Coast Defence Forces in the Great War; Terror in the Sky - A Pilotless R.A.F. Fighter crashes in the centre of New York; Murder in the Air - The Red Prop School trained the Foreign Legion of the Air; Cundall of the Camels - The remarkable life of a Camel pilot of the R.F.C. on the Western Front; Real Life Adventures - Crashing Aeroplanes for Movie Thrills and Thrills and Spills in Parachuting; and more. Interesting cover illustration depicts kilt-wearing machine-gunner. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Airforce - The Magazine of the Air Force Association of Canada: Volume 19 No 1 Spring 1995
60 pages. Features include: The Last Requiem - Lancaster KW-1; Operation Boxtop - Resupplying the Frozen Chosen; William Barker, VC and the Formation of the RCAF - the conclusion; The Final Objective - the Halifax; Comox War Games; Nobody would have known - No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School Fingal, Ont. during WWII: Aerial Buffoonery; Cover rough. Contents sound. Book
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Airpower Magazine May, 1982 Volume 12 No. 3
Features: Aerial warfare of the future - the remotely piloted bomber, interceptor, Recon vehicle - a concise history. Exclusive: a visit to "Top Gun" - the Navy's graduate school of dogfighting. Italy's Cant bombers. Art: Northrop %-5Ds NAS Miramar; Northrop F-5Es and McDonnell Douglas A-4s; F-5, F-4 and F-14s in formation; F-5s and A-4 Skyhawks; Top Gun formations. Light moisture rippling along top edge. Book
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Aitchpe 1937: The Yearbook of Hyde Park High School, Chicago, Illinois
238 pages. Autographs. Loaded with great black and white photos. Average wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Bonus: Program for the January 27th, 1938 Commencement included. Book
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All Top Hits - Recorded By Today's Top Stars: Words, Music, Guitar Chords
111 pages. An awesome collection of blues songs including: All Your Love, Back Door Man, Blues Get Off My Shoulder, Boom Boom, Bring it on Home, Call Me, Can't Hold On Much Longer, Carol, Checkin' Up on my Baby, Close to You, Don't Start Me Talkin', Every Day I Have the Blues, Evil is Going On, Fattening Frogs for Snakes, Goin' Down Slow, Good Morning Little School Girl, Here Tis', I Can't Quit You Baby, I Love the Life I Live, I'd Rather Go Blind, It do me so Good, Killing Floor, Little Queenie, Mellow Down Easy, Mother Earth, Reconsider Baby, The Seventh Son, Sitting on Top of the World, Smokestack Lightnin', So Many Roads, Spoonful, Steppin' Out, The Sun is Shining, Susie-Q, Tell Me, That's All Right, Walking by Myself, Wang Dang Doodle, Who Do You Love, Who's Been Talking, You Shook Me. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Unmarked. Three-inch opening to front cover at base of spine. A worthy copy of this superlative compilation. Book
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Anecho 1948 - Yearbook of the Provincial Normal School (Precursor to the University of Victoria), Victoria, British Columbia
59 pages. Somewhat above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Unmarked. Book
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Aviation and Marine International - Atlantic Edition: July (August), 1977 *WARSAW PACT - POLITICS AND ARMED FORCES*
Features: The MIG-Hunting School (part II); Invincible launced; Bourget '77 - pictures from a show; The USSR and the Warsaw Pact - the Soviet Union's post-war strategies, from defense of the national territory to world expansion; Survey of the air forces of the Warsaw Pact Countries - the ever-increasing power of these forces; The Navies of Warsaw Pact Countries - their strength and strategy, upperly subservient to Soviet strategy; Sabres in Korea; Kaiten Guided Torpedoes (Part III); Many additional illustrated stories. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Quality copy. Book
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Ballenas Secondary School - Millennium Edition Student Yearbook
Includes many colour photos. Minimal markings. Very light wear. Some lean to spine. Excellent condition. Book
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Bastion Annual - NDSS Nanaimo District Senior Secondary School Yearbook
159 pages. In excellent condition. Glossy colourful boards. Unmarked but for back flyleaf. Very light wear. Book
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Black Gold Nineteen Hundred Fifty Nine (1959) - Yearbook of Ventura Senior High School, Ventura California
184 pages. Extensively adorned with wonderful signatures and inscriptions. Loaded with wonderful black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. This one will bring a smile to your face! Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January/February 1947 Through November/December1948
Half-leather binding. Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photos of operators at work in Haney, Nanaimo and Port Moody; $35 million improvement and expansion programme; Rotation billing will be inaugurated in March; Ed Tomer terminates 44-year career; Victoria says good-bye to George Gaetz; Daniel G. Houston - he installed phones in the horse-and-wagon days; Retirement of Thomas (Tom) Smith; photos of W.J. Jefree's clothing store and W.J. Pendray soap works, both in Victoria - the first commercial firms in British Columbia to be linked by a telephone line, in 1880; Photo of Nanaimo's first telephone office in 1887 at the fruit store of Mr. and Mrs. E.G. Cavalsky; Photo of splicer's school; Annual report reveals record demand for service as result of great growth of province; World telephone network is operating again; A farewell to Dave Falconer; The telephone situation as we see it today; Hammond-Haney toll charges eliminated; From Office Boy to District Plant Chief - Lindsay Morrison; High school visitors to the Hasting's operator area; New Building Commemorates Name of First Company President, William Farrell - article with photos; A Report on the telephone situation in B.C.; Thirty-Four Years of Phone Service at Parksville; First commercial VHF circuits now in service here; Toll Chief Operator weds Chief Engineer - A.H. Lemmon and Lila Boden; advertising slogans; Wirephoto service comes to Vancouver; Telephony made great Strides during Labelle Career - Eugene P. LaBelle retires after 44 years in telephony *THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PERSONAL COPY OF MR. LABELLE AS HIS NAME IS STAMPED ON TOP EDGE OF TEXT*; A.C. Bull Elected Federation President; Photo of lovely twin sister operators in Vancouver; Photos behind the scenes at the Victoria Plant Building; New Dial Offic, 'Cedar', Now in Service; 800,000 phone calls per day in Vancouver; Wage increases for 1,000 plant employees; Meet the Executive Assistant's Department - many photos; Nearly 3,800 Bayview phones 'cut' to Cedar; Revenue accounting girls adopt three orphans; replica's of 3 recent billboards, 2 of which include suggestions for party line use; misc. photos of Fraser Valley operators; 1947 was record year despite shortages; *Car phone* service now available - with photo; Leo Griggs, Nanaimo Plant Head, retires; Fifteen years ago; Three blind mice in South America - Kathleen Stephen and Catherine Wilson recall their trip; Ads advise fewer calls, shorter calls - with 2 ads; "Newton" joins our telephone family - story and photos; 1947 progress was offset by record demand annual report points out; 37 years of ups and downs - Percy Turley, cable-splicing foreman; Miss Gertrude Greaves honoured; Photos of Seymour (Vancouver) operators; photo of radiotelephone transmitting station at Lulu Island; various photos inside Kamloops office with staff; article on John (Jack) C. Hemer; Operators learn Human Nature's Queer Quirks; Newspaper columnist visits new William Farrell Building; Trans-Canada phone system construction job resumed - text and photos; photos of staff and facilities at Princeton; Spirit of service triumphs over flood - photos of washed out Mission bridge and more, plus article; PNE float photos; Introducing the company's new business library; New submarine cable links Vancouver and North Shore - photos and text; T. Percy Waters Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January 1935 Through Dec. 1936 (Please Note - some Issues Called B.C. Tel. Co. Employee News and are Quite Short) *PERSONAL COPY OF E.P. LABELLE, FEATURED IN OCT/35 ARTICLE*
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Service to Japan, Hawaii and the Philippines now available; Anchors foul cable 4 times within 10 days - Burrard Inlet; Classified system will be extended to remainder of territory - includes full-page rate sheet; Company gains telephones in 1934 after 3 year decline (presumably due to the Great Depression); Company architect, Hugh D. Simpson; Our overseas service kept growing last year; Employee Sales Team Results; Statement of Development, 1 January 1935 - show # of phones per community; System suffers heaviest storm damage in history - January 1935 - 8 pages with photos; New exchange for the Albernis; John C. Miles succeeds John Johnston as Building Head; World Telephone network now includes 60 countries; Billy Palliser - champion salesman for Victoria Plant; Sechelt Company picnic; New phone system for thriving Alberni area - 4 pages with photos; Record 19,000 mile call from Vancouver to Perth, Australia; Dog's bark in Vancouver heard in Scotland; Round the world telephone talk sets record; Telephony's part in Canada's Jubilee celebration - 2 pages with photos; Parksville Exchange has Dial Unit at Qualicum Beach; Arthur R. Harness - garden awards; New switchboard handled by sightless operator - article with photos; PNE float details and photo; 2-page bio. with photo of Eugene P. LaBelle, the company's General Superintendant of Plant *MR. LABELLE'S NAME IS STAMPED ON THIS COPY*; Carrier circuits established between Vancouver and Calgary; Number of phones increased last year; Miss Elizabeth Murray, Vancouver's first chief operator, dies; New radio stations established; Fraser telephone building remodelled; Conference calls link Canadian cities by long distance (!); Operator school reopened; George E. Pittendrigh of Cloverdale, BC - installed Vancouver's first telephones; Telephone folks to the rescue; New Long Distance developments embrace Howe Sound Points; Key to Safety on the Job; New radio link serves Quesnel and adjacent mining area; Vancouver's first emergency phone calls; Newcastle Island Picnic; C.A. (Charlie) Price - Queer theories prove that people read the 'Yellow Pages"; James Welsh - our first formen; Article on the challenges of information operators; Seymour operating room photo; Mr. W.F. Salsbury - helped pave the way for our present telephone system; *CARICATURE OF E.P. LABELLE* and other company executives; Vancouver Arena fire damage quickly repaired; PNE float photo and details; Long Distance developments this year; Dominion Telephone organization meets in Victoria; Ex-policeman Ernest A. Harris recalls use of telephone in 1891; Monte Butler wins more rowing laurels; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Half-leather binding intact. Backstrip loose along front edge. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1923 Through December 1923
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of downton Nelson; Bird's-eye photo of Nelson from atop a mountain on north shore of west arm; Kootenay Feature 'The Romance of the 1890s - 8 pages of text and archival photos, including electric street cars in Nelson!; Table showing 'Exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Cover advert. for Northern Electric Vacuum Cleaner!; Review of growth show steady expansion - 3 pages; Telephoning across Atlantic by AT&T Wireless continued for hours; When the Victoria and Esquimalt Telephone Company issued its own (one call) nickels; B.C. Industrial Review - statistics; Bar graph of # of phones operated from 1906 through 1923; the company's operator school; Issuing of monthly phone bills a work of magnitude - 4 page article with photos; photos of the halibut industry before 'the fish were scarcer in quantities and their habitats more scattered'; William Farrell- an appreciation of the former company president; 7 page article on B.C.'s deep sea fishing industry - great photos - halibut, herring, flounder; multiple photos from the Kootenays of snakes which have climbed up phone poles onto the wires!; photo of 25 year-old phone; Great full-page photo of the CIBC building at Hastings and Granville; 8 page article on the banks of vancouver with excellent photos; First interdepartmental football game; new power plant at Seymour office; A phone in B.C. for every 6 persons; Feature on Dams and the water-powers that turn the wheels of industry - photos of dams and various industries which use electricity, including the American Can factory and grain elevators; new power plant at Seymour office - illustrated; photos of productive farms and ideal homesites with super centerfold luxury Saanich home; Cover photo of U.S. President Harding in Stanley Park; Full-page photos of the U.S.S. Henderson entering the narrows and at dock with President Harding aboard; 13 page illustrated feature on the visit of President Harding - the first visit to Canada made by a President of the United States (President Harding died mere days later on August 2nd in San Francisco and this is reported as well); Photo of Crosland Bros. Farm in Duncan; 9 page illustrated feature on the seed growers of B.C.; photo of Duncan office under construction; Nice 8-page illustrated feature on Haney and area; photographing sound; Exploring Kootenay - Bill Skilling; 9 page illustrated feature on the Delta and Ladner district; Many miles of new long distance circuits; Improved inter-office trunk lines in Vancouver; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of the backstrip which is missing small chips and loose at back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Spine leaning moderately. Book
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British Columbia Telephone Company (B.C. Tel./Telus) Telephone Talk: Bound Issues January, 1912 Through December 1912 *INCLUDES JUNE SOUVENIR ISSUE - FEATURES VICTORIA*
Telephone Talk was the glossy bimonthly publication of the British Columbia Telephone Company. It was written by employees for employees to present information of interest to those engaged in the plant, traffic, commercial, operating, accounting and other departments of the service. Each issue is replete with black and white photos and information on topics such as: company, industry and technological news, traffic levels, expansion plans, personnel announcements, publicity and social events, deaths, weddings, lists of exchanges, and more. As such, these issues serve as a vital preserve of rare and fascinating British Columbia history. This volume covers topics including: Photo of new office in Victoria; Advances in rates; Increased Rates in Manitoba; Telephoning across the Atlantic; Exchanges ranked in order of per cent good toll calls, November 1911; Statement of development - number of phones operating in each exchange as of 1 December 1911; Cover photo of Grand Forks Switchboard; Photo montage of underground work at Victoria; Birth of the Telephone - 3 page article; Mr. F.J. MacGougan; Photo of types of protected terminals; Vancouver Switchboard photos from 1908 and 1898; Great 2-page photo of the huge 'A' switchboard at Seymour; Load Curve Graph of Seymour Office; Cut-over of Victoria Plant - new epoch in phone history of B.C.'s capital; Vancouver Island Toll Rates; Special Victoria Issue - photo montage of city and district officials; Photo of New B.C. Office; Table showing # of phones in Victoria since 1880; Photos of underground work in Victoria; May 1880 list of Victoria subscribers; 1890 list of subscribers; cable-laying scenes from last September; Nanaimo and Sidny facilities; New Gulf Cable Ordered by William Farrell in England; Miss Mina Kerr; Record work at Highland; New Plant Department Building; How a Directory is Produced; Jolly moonlight excursion to Nanaimo aboard the steamer Princess Patricia; Great photo of 5 new auto wagons of the construction department in front of the Seymour Office (horses having been recently displaced); Some Victoria cable troubles; Photo montage of the Royal visitors, the Duke of Connaught, the Duchess of Connaught, and Princess Patricia; Training school for operators; interior and exterior views of the Royal trolley coach; 3-page Kamloops feature with photos; Functionalization of Plant - reorganization of the department; laying North Vancouver Cable; Photos of large buildings under construction in the Fairmont exchange - the Lee Building, the hospital buildintgs, Steel plant in G.N.R. yards; Fairmont feature - 4 pages with photos; Instructions for Operators; North Vancouver Cable Ready; Importance of Transmission; and more. Half-leather binding. Hinges tender but intact. Backstrip very rough. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge. Mr. LaBelle's signature upon front free endpaper and his initials are penned to top edge. He is mentioned on page 8 of the July issue as being the new Plant Engineer. Binding intact. Please note: small article clipped from page 18 of the December issue. Book
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Brock Memoirs 1972-1973 Altiora Peto: Brock District High School Yearbook
104 pages. Includes many student and teacher autographs. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
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Bwana: Yearbook of Roosevelt High School, St. Louis, Missouri 1929-1930
312 pages. Many great black and white photos. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A quality copy. Book
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Call of the Wild: 1991-1992 Yearbook of Colquitz Junior Secondary School, Victoria, B.C.
132 pages. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A lovely copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, January/February 1975, Vol. 10 No. 1 - The Cavalry at Oka
Features: On Collecting Canadian Antiques; The Calvary at Oka; Indian Artifacts from Canada's Past; Canadian Painting in the Thirties; The Egmondville Pottery - Huron County, Ontario 1852-1910; Studen Prize Books - Canadian School Life in the 19th Century; Silver Made in Plymouth; Royal Railcars; Collecting Locks; and more. Light wear. Nice copy. Magazine
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Canadian Forces Sentinel, February 1968, Volume 4, Number 2
Features: "The Military Profession - Lt. Gen. W.A.B. Anderson, Commander of Mobile Command; Biathalon Training; From North Star to Southern Cross - The Travels of a Yukon and its crew; Destroying a beached Second World War British Mine, lodged in driftwood on a Vancouver Island beach; Sea survival for Starfighter pilots; They were given a real bridge to blow up - 2 Field Squadron, Royal Canadian Engineers brings down the old Hawkshaw Bridge, mid-way between Fredericton and Woodstock, N.B.; Shades of Alley Oop - a CH-113A Voyageur removes dinosaur bones from their ancient resting place; Classroom for the sea - Fleet School (Pacific) at Esquimalt (5 pages); The Buffalo Aircraft - Our newest tactical transport; Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile systems. Sound copy. Magazine
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Cedar Junior Secondary School (C.J.S.S.) '95 Student Yearbook
64 pages. Student yearbook. Usual autographs and inscriptions. Average wear. Solid copy. Book
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Cedar Junior Secondary School Yearbook - 1994
64 pages. Major markings to front endpaper else clean with light to moderate wear. Book
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Cedar Secondary School 1996 Yearbook
64 pages. Many autographs. Light wear. Nice solid copy. Book
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