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Quesnel Old Age Pensioners' Organization
A Tribute to the Past: Quesnel (British Columbia) & Area, 1808-1928
431 pages. Index. "Within the covers of this book, by verse, prose and pictures, an effort has been made to preserve something of the past and give to the reader an understanding of our heritage. When the idea of this book was given birth in late 1978, the time was set at 'prior to 1929' to coincide with the date of Incorporation of the Village of Quesnel. The area to be covered was to approximate that of School District No. 28... The following pages about with the history and stories of our here-to-fore 'unsung' residents." - from Introduction. Many dozens of black and white archival photos. Usual library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
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Mantler, J.P. (Signed)
School Days - An Autobiography
211 pages. An interesting and uncommon rural autobiography. Gift greetings atop opening page. Undated. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Circa 1986? Book
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Money, D.C.
Patterns of Settlement:Human Geography in Colour: Human Geography in Colour
152 pages. "Here we examine some of the locational patterns created by various groups of men, some living in simple rural communities strongly attached to the soil, occupying tiny hamlets or nucleated villages, others in modern urban complexes whose patterns and forms of growth are sometimes subject to rigorous planning, sometimes uncontrolled sprawls or obsolescent, deteriorating, residential relics." - from Introduction. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Sound copy Book
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Mulltiple Contributors
Frontier Times Magazine: July, 1971
Features: Last rig to Battle Mountain - the last family to take the Humboldt Trail by covered wagon, led by Sherman Wilhelm, makes one of Nevada's richest gold strikes; Motion Picture Vignettes - Neal Hart; Clues to Frontier Treasure; Over-kill in Apache land - Camp Grant Massacre; Last rails across North America - Building the Grand Trunk; A hundred miles of lonely river - the Missouri River; Toughest school in the county - Oklahoma; Stars over Chloride, New Mexico; "My God, My Hero, My Ideal" - Joaquin Miller; and more. Clean and unmarked with very light wear. Excellent copy. Magazine
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Smith, Peter L. (Signed)
Come Give a Cheer! - One Hundred Years of Victoria High School 1876-1976
146 pages. Founded in 1876, Victoria was not merely British Columbia's first secondary school: it is Canada's oldest public high school west of the Great Lakes. A carefully researched account of Victoria High School's origins and development, emphasis is placed upon the school's social values and attitudes, its colourful personalities, and its close interaction with the community. A wealth of historic photographs and verbal flashbacks offer a nostalgic, evocative picture of a representative Canadian Institution. Book unmarked and lightly worn. Moderate wear and sunning to spine of dust jacket. Very nice copy. Book
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McLean History Book Society
McLean School District #2900 1913-1946
371 pages. Numerous black and white archival illustrations. Presents the history of McLean School and District #2900, just east of Lethbridge, Alberta. Topics include: Original land grant; Irrigation; Farming and Industry; Subdivisions; Jail; Electric Car; Experimental Station; Smith Farm; C.P.R. Home Farm; Communications; Mail Order Houses; Daniel Airplane; Streetcar; Fires; Japanese Settlers; School; Family Histories; Maps. Prior owner's name on back of first leaf else clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Nice copy of this impressive and extensive compilation. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Ladysmith (British Columbia) Secondary School Yearbook - 1992
Clean, bright and unmarked but for prior owner's name inside front board. Very light wear. Nice glossy copy. Book
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Province of Ontario
Public (Or Separate) School Daily Register for Recording the Attendance of Pupils in Public (or Separate) School, No. 6 in the Township of Montague, Ontario for the Year 1922
Original daily hand-written attendance register for this small rural Ontario public school which was located near Merrickville, Ontario. Three of the pages are loose but present. Includes detailed guidelines re: Religious Instruction as well as Forms of Prayer. Inside front cover is printed a detailed provincial act entitled Act for the Protection of Insectivorous and Other Birds, presumably so teachers could instruct their young charges to not kill certain birds. Also included is a blank "Form of Engagement of a Public School Teacher". Surnames of students attending this school include Richardson, McKibbon, Jones, Martin, McTavish and McRitchie. The teacher was Miss Ruth Bates. This register was examined and signed (twice) by inspector R. Rose. A wonderful piece of history from Montague Township and a rare memento of the way Ontario's public education system used to operate. Book
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Magee High School Yearbook 1959-60, Vancouver, British Columbia
96 pages. Includes photos of the official opening of Magee's new addition on 11 March, 1960. Loaded with great black and white photos. Two inscriptions inside back cover. Dab of liquid paper inside front cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding sound. Book
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Newing, F.E.; Bowood, Richard
Levers, Pulleys and Engines - a Ladybird Junior Science Book
A typically excellent Ladybird book devoted to helping young ones understand simple machines used in everyday life. Appears to be a first edition - no contrary indications. Clean and unmarked with light wear. The binding is so tight that this copy may have never been read. Lovely! Book
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Multiple Contributors
The Georgian 2000 - Yearbook of St. George's School, Vancouver, British Columbia
Over 200 pages. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Book
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Sheane, G.K.; Brueckner, Leo J.
Arithmetic for Everyday Use - Grade V
261 pages. Index. Chapters include: Review; Long Division; Two-step problems; Addition and subtraction of like fractions; Addition and subtraction of unlike fractions/Addition and Subtraction of Decimals; Measurement of Distance and Area; Application of what has been learned. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Moderate quantity of markings. Some page corners folded. A sound working copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Journal of Art & Design Education: Volume 3, Number 3, 1984
Features: The Merger and the APU; Artistic Perception - The Cultural Context; Developing Craft Activities in Schools; Response to 'Aesthetic Development'; Teacher/Pupil Relationship - 'Should the teacher stand so near, my love'; The Last Word in Decorative Art - The Omega Workshops; Curriculum Development in Art and Design and Education - a Personal View; New Methodologies in Art History - Implications for School Teaching;; Art and Design - Interdependent and Interrelated?; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Journal of Art & Design Education: Volume 2, Number 3, 1983
Features: A Framework for the Consideration of Art Education; A Peasant's Tale; Problems of Assessment and Examination in Art Education; Art and Design in South Africa; Art Education in a Dutch Secondary School; The Crafts Study Centre, Bath; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Journal of Art & Design Education: Volume 3, Number 2, 1984
Features: Men for the Royal College; Learning Strategies in Fine Art; English Art Education Between the Wars; Originality and Originals, Copies and Reproduction - Reflections on a Primary School Project; Observation and Drawing - a Justification for their Inclusion in the Primary School Curriculum; Art as Graphicacy in the Common Curriculum; 'Lessons from Objects' - a Museum of Art and Design; Walter Smith's Influence in Brazil and the Efforts by Brazilian Liberals to overcome the Concept of Art as and Elitist Activity; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Dean, J.E.; Bainbridge, P.M.
Functional Mathematics
552 pages. Index. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. Few markings. A sound working copy. Book
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Lanctot, Guylaine
The Medical Mafia - How to Get Out of it Alive and Take Back Our Health and Wealth
249 pages. "I have a passion: unlimited health. In order to reduce this dream, I went to medical school. For many years, I was convinced that I was on the right track. Reality, however, was something else altogether. Thoughts, emotions and feelings, these invisible and untouchable antagonists invariably frustrated me in my scientific work. I then turned to alternative medicines and natural therapies, which offered other solutions for overall health. I set out in search of them to many countries and discovered the benefits they had to offer. But people continue to suffer and die all the same. Why? Why is our state of health constantly deteriorating? Why does our medical system cost so much? Why is it maintained when everyone is so dissatisfied with it? Whom does it profit? Not knowing where to go next, I turned inward. Unlimited health was waiting for me there!" - Author. Distributor's stamp upon half-title page else clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Appears unread. Nice copy. Book
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MacAulay, Susan Schaeffer
Something Beautiful from God
93 pages. "Tells of the wonder and worth of life. As a read-aloud book for children, the text explains the miracle of life before birth. This is complemented by remarkable in-the-womb photography reproduced in full colour..." - from back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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O'Connor, Vincent F.
Mathematics in the Circus Ring
Former library copy with minimal internal markings only. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear externally. A sound copy. Book
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Sawchuk (Samchek), Lena
Action Finger Rhymes, Centers & 52 Bible Lessons
25 pages. Intended for: Junior Church, Christian Schools, Home Study Christian Education, Sunday School, Religious Instruction Classes. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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Smith, Christine
How to Draw Wild Animals
"From a wonderful new step-by-step series of books which, using simple diagrams and shapes, allows young people to make complete pictures which would have otherwise been too difficult." - from back board. beUnmarked. Moderate wear. Binding sound. A quality copy. Book
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Demme, Steven P.
Math-U-See: Advanced Mathematics - Student Text
Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Lovely copy. Approximately 3/4" thick. Book
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Multiple Contributors
The War Illustrated - Part 181, 2 February 1918 - Problems That Must be Solved
Features: Problems that must be solved (story); Hun Energy Expressed in High Explosives; Courtesy and Carefulness Diversely Displayed; Camouflage and contrasts from Flanders to Alsace; Democracy Tests Autocracy with Terms of Peace; Captain Sword and Captain Pen at Brest Litovsk; War in the Air from Home to the Holy Land; Some Sidelights on the Temperament of the Slav (story); Service merciful and military 'mid wintry snow; Tracking the Slinking Jackals of the Sea; Some Episodes in the story of the Seaplane Service (story); Monster Machines that Battle in the Blue; Persistent Pursuit of the Turk in Palestine; Men of the East Render Ready help to the west; How France Faced Hun Spies (story); Titanic feat of Italian Seamen at Trieste; R.G.A. Officer Cadets at a Training School; Pierrots and Pantomime Players from France. The Welsh Guards (story). Average wear. Staples disintegrated. Book
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The Sydneian, December 1948 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
95 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Binding intact. Unmarked. Covers tanned with age. Book
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The Sydneian, June 1949 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
115 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Binding intact. Unmarked. Covers tanned with age. Faint name atop front cover. Book
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The Sydneian, December 1950 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
107 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Textblock free from covers which are present. Last page affixed inside back cover. Book
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The Sydneian, June 1951 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
113 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Last page affixed inside back cover. Book
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The Sydneian, December 1951 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
106 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Sydneian, June 1952 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
120 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Covers free from textblock but present. Prior owner's name neatly inside front cover. Book
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The Sydneian, December 1952 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
111 pages. Black and white photos. Above-average wear externally. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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The Sydneian, June 1953 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
124 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Prior owner's name neatly atop front cover. A sound copy. Book
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The Sydneian, December 1953 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
126 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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The Sydneian, December 1954 - Sydney (Australia) Grammar School
130 pages. Black and white photos. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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The Wide World Magazine - Volume 24: March and April 1904 Plus November 1909 Through February 1910
Features: The "White Avengers" - III; A German Venice; Hassoo the Traitor; A Record Trip in the Yoho Valley; The Raiding of Robben Island; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - II; A Bolt from the Blue; Across America on an Automobile; How I became a Lion-Tamer; The Bird-Charmer of Paris; The Strange Story of John Evans; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - I; The Stronghold of the Snakes; My Spanish Servants; The Mystery of the Cross-Marked Trail; Sword-Fishing; Caught in a Death-Trap; The Haunted House by the Creek; On Foot to Thibet (Tibet) - II; At Sea with a Lioness; A Railway Race with Robbers; Through the Copland Pass; The Tale of the Tiger-People; The Voyage of the "Vaskapu"; Two Remarkable Walking Competitions; The Story of Vasili the Fisherman; "Up a Tree"; A Lonely Trans-African Tramp - III; "Dead or Alive"; In Search of a Treasure Island; The Fairy-Tale Castle; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - III; In the Far North-West - II; The Medicine Wagon; A Wonderer in Asia Minor - II; The "Bandit Hunters" - The Disappearing Islands; The "Mountain Mystery"; A Californian Rabbit-Drive; Two Bachelor Girls in Madeira; A Home in a Tree-Top; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - I; With Pen and Camera in Nigeria - III; The Legend of Manaia; The "Boy Police"; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - I; Christopher the Bear; The Monkey Gods of India; How We Settled the Tie; The Last Fire-Dance of the Sabobas; The Story of Kusanga; A Training School for Cowboys; Trooper Lovelace, T.T.P. - IV; The Hold-Up at Hugo; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - I; Peasants at Play; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - II; An Open-Air School in France; The Grey Scourge; Mistletoe Farming; The Bear and the Barrel; The Hut in the Jungle; The Romance of Seal-Hunting; The Haunted Ferry; A City inside a Palace; What Happened to Ferguson; Christmas in Many Lands; The Great Feuds of Kentucky - III; Amidst Snow and Swamp in Central Africa - II; The Squatter's Cup; Riding on the Sea; On the Trail in Texas and New Mexico - II; Down the Wire; The Alligator Pool; A Race with a Flood; A Maori Wedding; My Debut at Kimberley; The Wild Ponies of Exmoor; The Quest for the "Biggest Bear"; Fun on a Liner; Two Ladies and a Pony-Cart in Central Japan - I; Captured by Filipinos - I;; The Dog-Derby of the Far North; My Turkish Wife; Into Unknown Papua - I; The Strike; The "Servant Problem" in East Africa; A Battle with Ice-Floes. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
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Berry, John; etc.
AS Mathematics
712 pages. Light wear. Unmarked. Tight and square. Nice copy. Book
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Berry, Gordon S.
Biology of Ourselves : A Study of Human Biology
523 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Binding sound. Nice copy. 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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Bowers, H.; Miller, N.;Rourke, R.E.K.
Mathematics for Canadians: Book III (3, Three) - Authorized In the Province of Alberta
365 pages. Topics include: Review of basic skills; Graphs; Ratio, Proportion, and Variation; Factoring; Applications of Factoring - Fractions; Indices; Equations and Problems; Square Roots; Rational and Irrational Numbers; Quadratic Equations; Systems of Equations; Logarithms; plus answers. Very clean and unmarked with slight wear. Tight and square. This book appears to have never seen a student's hand. A splendid copy! Book
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Dahlberg, E.M.
Conservation of Renewable Resources
208 pages. Many black and white photos. This text arose as a result of the Wisconsin requirement that all public schools teach the conservation of natural resources. The nineteen chapters include topics such as: Animal Resources, Mammals; Birds; Fish; Lower Animal Life; Fire Protection; Fire Lanes; Tree Propagation; Forest Ownership and Management; Biological Enemies of the Forest; Forest Conservation; Conservation of Soil; and more. Prior owner's name upon front free endpaper and title page else clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
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Paterson, Gilbert
The Story of Our People
429 pages. Index. Authorized by the Departments of Education for Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island. Above-average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner details upon front free endpaper. Staining to front board and part of backstrip. A worthy reading copy. Book
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Multiple Contributors
True West Magazine, August 1968
Features: Arizona in the '50's (conclusion) - a paradise of devils; Bear River Loot - Lafe Roberts and train robbery money; Scoreboard of the Raiders - how fast horses could change ownership in 1870 Texas; Lightning Stealers - manipulating a telegraph line to 'peddle calamity' could give men an easy fortune!; Pleasant Valley and Cowboy Flat - a last glimpse of the Doolin-Dalton outlaws before they turned to banks; A brush with death - the Arnett Hotel, Boulder, Colorado; Last Victim of the Vigilantes - Con Murphy; Mysterious Lady of Yankee Fork - Agnes Elizabeth King Hawthorne and one wedding too many, Bonanza, Idaho; King of the Windmillers - Ray D. Knox, installer of 7 in 10 windmills in the range country near Roswell, New Mexico; Miner's Finishing School - Tuscarora; Wild Old Days. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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The Waterloo Historical Society
Waterloo Historical Society Reports: Volume III (Three), 1923-1927
The Eleventh annual report from 1923 includes: Annual Meeting, President's Address - Early Settlements in Upper Canada - W.H. Breithaupt; Aboriginal Agriculture in Southwest Ontario - William Herriot; War Memorials of Waterloo County - Miss L.M. Bruce; Brubacher Family History - Benjamin Brubacher; Eby Family - A.A. Eby; Biography of Miss L.M. Bruce; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier; Illustrations of the Ayr Monument, Trinity Church Tablet (Galt), and Miss L.M. Bruce. Twelfth Annual Report from 1924 includes: Early Days in Ayr - Miss E.D. Watson; The Trees of Waterloo County - William Herriot; Jacob Y. Shantz and Russian Mennonites - H.M. Bowman; Reminiscences of Freeport - M.G. Sherk; Biography of Thomas Carscadden; Biography of David Forsyth; Illustrations of Jacob Y. Shantz, Shantz homestead, Shantz barns, Freeport Academy, Group photo of Freeport Academy teachers and students (with names) circa 1869, Thomas Carscadden, David Forsyth. Thirteenth Annual Report from 1925 contains: History of the Galt Collegiate Institute, 1881-1914; Reminiscences of Early Waterloo; Galt, Sixty Years Ago; The Exiles of 1838; Biography of Sir Adam Beck; Biography of Dr. John Beattie Crozier (Supplemental). Includes illustrations of Galt Collegiate Institute, Thomas Carscadden, The Old Galt Hish School, Sheriff A.S. Allan and Sir Adam Beck. Fourteenth Annual Report from 1926 includes: The Galt Collegiate Institute 1914-1926; The Waterloo County Pioneers Memorial Tower; The Public Schools of Galt; Also includes a biography of Dr. Augustus Stephen Vogt. Illustrations include: Pioneers' Memorial Tower; Galt Collegiate Institute, 1924; Dr. Augustus Vogt; Officers Pioneers' Memorial Association. Additional articles: Blazing the Trail in New Dumfries; The Pennsylvania-German in History; Significance of the Memorial Tower. Fifteenth Annual Report from 1927 covers: The Trail of the Aborigines through Waterloo County; History of the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School; Early Days of Elmira; Hespeler Public Schools; Hespeler Public Library; The Reserve of the Six Nations Indians on the Grand River, and the Mennonite Purchase; Origin of the Place and Stream Names of Waterloo County; Museum Report, etc.; Current History; plus biographies of Hugh McCulloch and John Mickleborough. Illustrations include: Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate & Vocational School; Map of Waterloo County-Places and Streams; Old Waterloo Mill. Unmarked with average wear. Binding sound. Gilt lettering upon green spine. Prior owner's small bookplate inside front board. A sound copy. Book
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Author Not Stated
Motion Songs: Drills and Marches
75 pages. The first eight pages are devoted to "Drills, Pantomines and Motion Songs - Swimming Drill" and are cutely illustrated with sketches of children performing the various motions. Next come 9 pages of "Marching and Motion Songs for Schools" which include words and piano music. Pages 19 through 61 cover Motion Songs with piano music included for most - songs include The Brook, Our Flag, The Violets, The Leaves, What the Wind Says, Fife and Drum, Little Things, On the Lake, Pussies, The Farm, The Meadows, Good Night, Song of the Waves, and Japanese Parasol Drill. Pages 62 through 75 are devoted to Marches and include diagrams. Heavily worn, soiled and stained yet binding remains intact. Page 17 missing. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper else unmarked. While copy has seen considerable use, it retains its vintage charm. Book
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Government of Alberta
Alberta Provincial Schools of Agriculture: Calendar for 1918-1919
48 pages. Black and white photos. Includes: separate group photos of staff and students of Claresholm School, Olds School, and Vermilion School, with name lists of staff; General Information; Admission Requirements; Regulations; Prizes; Details of Courses; Nice 5 panel fold-out photo of the "School of Agriculture and Demonstration Farm, Olds Alberta" (beneath which is a caption reading 'Buildings and Equipment are Identical at all Schools); Various photos of students at work and one shot of the Boys' Hockey Team. Blank 'Application for Admission to the Provincial School of Agriculture' remains affixed to perforated tab inside back cover. Prior owner's small ink stamp atop front cover else unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. A most wonderful item from Alberta's distant past! Book
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Marriott, J.A.R.
How We Live - The World's Manuals
142 pages. Index. "Endeavours to present a complicated subject (Economics) in the simplest possible terms. Chapters include: The Daily Miracle; The Shop; The Farm; Some Definitions; Capital; Labour; Modern Business; Money; Banks and Banking; Overseas Trade; The Machinery of Trade. Prior owner's name atop front free endpaper. School stamp inside front board. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A nice copy. Book
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Hales, B.J.
Selected Western Flora - Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta: Macmillan's Canadian School Series
181 pages. Index. Contains 81 families, 291 genera, and more than 650 species. Black and white illustrations. Prior owner's details, dated 1925, neatly upon front free endpaper. Occasional markings to text. Neat pencil notes to back endpapers. Binding brittle and open in places. Above-average wear. Still a worthy copy of this diminutive yet very informative vintage school text. Book
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Drummond, Anthony
United States Naval Test Pilot School: Historical Narrative and Class Information 1945 to 1983
180 pages. Profusely illustrated in black and white. "We have attempted to provide specific data for each class and at the same time develop an 'impression' of the School as it evolved against a background of the forty years of change in naval aviation since World War II. Hence, the book's structure: historical narrative for each year followed by specific class data for each year. A running line of classes appears on the narrative pages. Alumni activities (if any) are appended to each narrative... The service affiliations of military personnel are indicated... Where appropriate, the list of class members on a class page is headed by a an In Memoriam note." - from Foreward. Printed on glossy stock. Book clean and unmarked with very light wear - the only exception being a library stamp atop front free endpaper. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this excellent reference. Book
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