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1967658c9763Quesnel British Columbia: Northwest Digest Ltd. Good. 1967. First Edition. Paperback. 62 pages. Features: B.C.'s Natural History; Waterfowl Sanctuary on the Fraser Delta - The George C. Reifal Waterfowl Refuge; Outdoorsman's Observations; Around B.C.-Yukon with Rod and Gun; Pollution in Canada Conference; Naturalist's Notebook - Steve Cannings; B.C.'s Log Fences; Coastal Crusing - Will Dawson; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Pioneers of British Columbia - Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie; Canadian Forestry Association News; Upper Fraser Sternwheel Days - Part 4; and more. Advertisements: B.C. Tel; Nice full-page photo ad for CJOR 600 featuring Phil Gaglardi; Bowell McLean Motor Ltd.; Lucky Lager Beer on back cover; and many more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; British Columbia Digest Magazine February 1967 B.C.'s Natural History; Waterfowl Sanctuary on the Fraser Delta - The George C. Reifal Waterfowl Refuge; Outdoorsman's Observations; Around B.C.-Yukon with Rod and Gun; Pollution in Canada Conference; Natura . Northwest Digest Ltd. paperback
1966658c9767Quesnel British Columbia: Northwest Digest Ltd. 1966. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 62 pages. Features: Chilanko Marsh; Tagging the Yukon Grizzly by A.M. Pearson; Wildlife Federation has 10th birthday; Fish and Wildlife in B.C.'s Future by Roderick Haig-Brown; Old Locomotive #52 arrived in Skagway 8n 1898; Pioneers of British Columbia - John Nilsen of South Bentinck Arm; Sternwheel Days on the Upper Fraser - Part One; and more. Interesting ads include: Carling Pilsener Beer; B.C. Tel Long Distance; Molson's Old Style Beer; C-I-L Ammunition; Pil'Can Beer; Beaver Hoists; Mercury outboards; Lucky Lager Beer; Jiger 6-wheeled vehicle. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Northwest Digest Ltd. Paperback
1967658c9764Quesnel British Columbia: Northwest Digest Ltd. 1967. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 64 pages. Features: Cover photo of Bridal Lake; B.C.'s Natural History; To Pack River for Grayling - Harry Lomax; Outdoorsman's Observations - W.P. Keller; B.C. Wildlife Park; Don't Fear the Tick - J.D. Gregson; Around B.C. - Yukon with Rod and Gun; C.F.A. News and Views; Landmarks of HIstory - Cariboo Gold Quartz Mine; Coastal Cruising; Frank Rothenfluh - Pioneer of the Foothills; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Upper Fraser Sternwheel Days - Part Six; and more. Interesting ads include: Lucky Lager Beer inside front cover; McCulloch boat motors; Dueck Truck Sales; C-I-L Ammunition; Pil'Can Brewing Ltd. of Prince George; Psychadelic full-page ad for CJOR 600 radio; Vanguard Trailers of Richmond B.C.; Fogg Motors Ltd.; Brno Guns; Lindquist Bros. Bait Co.; International Pickup Trucks inside back cover; Colour ad for Carling Black Label beer on back cover. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy. Northwest Digest Ltd. Paperback
1966658c9766Quesnel British Columbia: Northwest Digest Ltd. 1966. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 70 pages. Features: Bowron Lake Park cover photo; Parks are for People not Profit by George P. James; Wilderness Waterway - Bowron Lake Park; Are Coyotes losing the battle for survival; Vancouver's 1966 Boat Show; Man Water And Fish - the destruction of fish habitat; Pioneers of British Columbia - Tsimshian Indians; A Hiking trail to parallel the Fraser; Landmarks of History - Cumberland B.C.; Adventure in Rocks - Ron Purvis; Babiche Land - Conclusion as told by Mathilda Kealing; and more. Advertisements include: U.B.C. Beer inside front cover; International Scout 4WD; Dueck Truck Sales; McCulloch Boat Motors; Johnson motors; B.C. Tel - radiotelephone; Jeep Gladiator; Tartan Pilsner; Mercury outboards; Lucky Lager. Minor markings to page 48. Average wear. A sound copy. Northwest Digest Ltd. Paperback
1976228G3405Canada: Environment Canada Lands Directorate 1976. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Catalogue No. En 64-14w/7N-7S. Folds open to reveal two large fold-out maps. Average wear. Minimal markings. A sound working copy. Environment Canada, Lands Directorate Paperback
1984758G0565North Vancouver British Columbia Canada: Whitecap/David Robinson. Good. 1984. First Printing. Plastic Comb. 0920620604 . 124 pages. Index. "Includes 161 recipes - many named after the places they came from or the people who provided them to the author. The first book to explore in depth the unique regional cooking of British Columbia." - from back cover. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; British Columbia Heritage Cookbook - A Treasury of British Columbia Treats Cookery Canadian Recipes . Whitecap/David Robinson unknown
1995524j0861British Columbia: Footprint Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 0969162154 . "With an extensive history introducing this 456 glossy page volume of 466 colour photographs that depict the railway from the 1950s to the early 1990s the chapters on the PGE and BCR show the evolution of the railway over the years in chronological sequence." - dust jacket. Lavishly produced. Illustrated endpapers. Clean bright and unmarked with very light wear. Binding tight. Gentle undulations to text. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A wonderful example of this superb feast for the eyes of any serious rail fan. Oblong 29 x 26.5cm. 2.4kg.; Maps; Sm 4to . Footprint Publishing hardcover
1930715G2990Victoria: Government of British Columbia 1930. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 36 pages. Incudes 17 pages of maps of Provincial locales. Sepia-tone reproductions of photos of picturesque Provincial scenes. Unmarked. Average wear and external soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of the lovely B.C. tourism memento. Government of British Columbia Paperback
2016413H4325Canada: C.L.Publishing 2016. Book. Illus. by Harris Chris. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed and generically inscribed by Chris Harris upon title page. x 262 pages. Gloriously illustrated with colour photography. In 1984 Harris "moved to the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region of British Columbia where for over three decades people had been campaigning to protect this the largest most biodiverse contiguous wilderness complex in the termperate world now called the Chilcotin Ark. This book is a portrait of the men and women who fought for it and of a planetary refuge in a time of global change. In stories and pictures Chris Harris brings us home to this intact region of the planet reprieved from the human rush to dominate it." - dust jacket. This is a hardcover copy with dust jacket. Clean bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A lovely copy. Gift quality. C.L.Publishing Hardcover
1980817c9941Canada: Self-Published Van Coillie Dries 1980. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. pp. 400. Adds seven years of additional research to prior publications issued by a dedicated group of researchers. Black and white illustrations/rubbings throughout. Includes list of mavericks attributed to B.C. An old/new numbering cross-reference for 1969-1973 and current numbering system is also included. Errata list affixed inside front cover. Unmarked with average external wear and soiling. Binding intact. A sound copy of this superlative reference. Self-Published (Van Coillie, Dries) Paperback
1928644g0449Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1928. Book. Fair. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 289 pages including index and bibliography. Black and white illustrations. A history of British Columbia to 1927. Back hinge open. Front hinge tender. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. The Ryerson Press Hardcover
1943155G3718British Columbia: B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n 1943. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes photos of horses Papworth Imp. Gallator Dolan and Shasta Pebble. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia 1941 - 1942 - 1943. Part II reviews the racing seasons 1941 - 1942 - 1943. Printed upon glossy stock. Grey card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Page 36 was removed and cut horizontally into two pieces both of which are present. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the early 1940s. B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n Paperback
1945155G3719British Columbia: B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n/B.C. Turf & C.C. Ltd. 1945. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 128 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes photos of horses Papworth Imp. Gallator Dolan and Shasta Pebble. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia 1944 - 1945. Part II reviews the racing seasons 1944 - 1945. Printed upon glossy stock. Green card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the mid-1940s. B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n/B.C. Turf & C.C. Ltd. Paperback
1946155G3720British Columbia: B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n/B.C. Turf & C.C. Ltd. 1946. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 136 pages. A very detailed and informative treatment of this topic. Includes one-page photo of Dr. Lyon H. Appleby President of the B.C. Racing Breeders' Society plus excellent one-page aerial photos of Landsdowne and Brighouse tracks and one-page photos of the Hastings Park track and Victoria's Willows Park - all tracks are jammed with race fans. Includes photos of horses Cum Laude Dalkeith Koraway Mouse Hole Pacific Pearl Spangle Cock Brighton King Fort Garry Saffworth Meadowvale Boy Mabe Monday Pasha Papworth Imp. Dolan and Carm's Victory. Part I provides a register of Thoroughbred Horse-Breeders and Breeding Stock of British Columbia 1945 - 1946. Part II reviews the racing season 1946. Printed upon glossy stock. Blue card covers. Unmarked. Binding intact. Moderate wear. A sound copy of this encyclopedic history of British Columbia horse racing in the mid-1940s. B.C. Racing Breeders' Society/Vancouver Thoroughbred Ass'n/B.C. Turf & C.C. Ltd. Paperback
1978121a7135British Columbia: B.C. Studies/UBC 1978. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 199 pages. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Sound working copy. Location: Reference Collection. B.C. Studies/UBC Paperback
1960121a6795Victoria British Columbia: Self-Published 1960. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 39 pages including bibliography. Hand-numbered copy number 26 of limited edition of 100. "By the time the Act 'to provide for the celebration of the mainland colony of British Columbia' was passed on February 23rd 1956 the idea of a commemorative medal had taken firm root and the Victoria Numismatic Society set up a committee to carry out the work of planning the design size presentation and other technical details of a suitable medal. this work places on permanent record the general course of events that led up to the striking of the medal and some of the problems successfully encountered and overcome." - from Foreward. Illustrations tipped in. Light wear. Very nice copy. Self-Published Hardcover
1937617G1246Victoria British Columbia: The Archives of British Columbia/British Columbia Historical Association. Good. 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Seventeen volumes individually and uniformly bound in green cloth with with red labels and gilt lettering upon backstrips. Index in each volume. Fold-out maps. Black and white plates. Includes all issues from 1937 through 1945 and 1947 through 1954. Bindings tight. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A magnificent repository of early British Columbia history. Very heavy. Special shipping considerations may apply.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; British Columbia Quarterly History . The Archives of British Columbia/British Columbia Historical Association hardcover
1999664G2892Vancouver B.C.: Business in Vancouver 1999. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 146 pages. Presents fifty brief but informative photo-illustrated biographies of British Columbia's business leaders of the day. Moderate wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this very informative and engaging compilation which provides an easily digestible overview of the business drivers of the province. Business in Vancouver Paperback
191173aa1987British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. 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 portrait of the late J.M. Lefevre - father of the company; The Year Ahead; Development of the British Columbia Telephone Company until now; Vancouver rejects dial telephones; Simultaneous telephony and telegraphy; Selling telephone service; Lesson in Telephone Life; Portrait of Mr. H.W. Kent former company General Superintendant; Company meeting the situation; First Telephones in British Columbia; Portrait of Mr. C.F. Bollschweiler General Superintendant of Plant; New North Vancouver Office; Rough tests on Toll Circuits; When Phones were Novelties; Exchanges ranked in order of per cent good toll calls as of January 1911; Statement of Development - # of phones operating in each exchange as of 1 February 1911; Construction activity; An ideal telephone office - Mount Pleasant; Canada's telephone business; Canada - Birthplace of the Phone - summary of events since; Portrait of A.L. Littig; Coast-Kootenay Telephone Line; Many Messages over single wire; San Francisco Telephone Rates; New Telephone Office for Victoria; Photo of George McCartney; Loaded Cables in Submarine Work; Criticism of Government Service regarding phone installation in Winnipeg; What makes a good supervisor; photo of Victoria Exchange; Handling Press Messages by Phone; photo of new Fairmont office; Endorsement for Measured Rate System; Electrolytic Corrosion of Cables; Seymour Office Load Curves; Photo Portrait of George H. Halse; Telphone Cable Development; What the Two-Number System Is; photo of frame of new Victoria building; photo of aftermath of Grand Forks fire; Photo Portrait of Mr. William Farrell Company President; Trend of Electrical Practice; Photo of Conduit Trench along Broadway in Vancouver; Nineteen arguments for telephone directory advertising; Photos of two Vancouver operators; Toll Operators' Contest; Aerial Cable Across the Fraser - two steel strands replace cable washed away last year - photos; Portrait of Miss Mary Dickson Chief Operator at Seymour; Long Distance Telephony; Renewing Section of Gulf Cable with photos of several cable-laying scenes; Continuous service now in Ladysmith; Photo portrait of B.C. Tel. Officials; Nice photo of new Bayview office in Vancouver; Handling a Long Distance call; New Bayview Branch Exchange - model office - 3 pages; and more. Half-leather binding. Front board loose but present. Backstrip open along front and missing chips. Back hinge open. Signature of later company executive E.P. LaBelle upon front free endpaper. Mr. LaBelle's initials penned to top edge. Textblock sound.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
193873aa1971British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Good. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: Photo of new office at Hope; 3 pages re: 'Up-to-the-minute' phone system for Vancouver's city hall; Article and photo of J.C. Joe Armstrong founder of the B.C. Telephone Co.; Hope Joins our Phone System; 3 page article with photos re: The Jeffrees and the Pendrays - telephone pioneers in Victoria; The Birthplace of the Telephone - 2 page article; Employee sales plan resutls; Table of number of phone sets per B.C. community January 1 1937; The McMicking Family Tradition - 3 pages with photos; Roland Sam Nosworthy; North Vancouver Phones to Llanerchymedd; E.J. Haughton of Victoria; Linemen best Coquihalla avalanches; Lloyd Purdy; Peter McNeish; 'Thank-you' replaces repetition of numbers in Vancouver; George H. Halse former CEO passes away - 3 pages with photos; Cavalsky's Store was Nanaimo's first telephone office - 2 pages with photos; E. Purcell Johnston; Fire sweeps the Vancouver Sun - 2 pages; Harry Wilson; Great photo of construction men in front of Nanaimo phone office 25 years ago; 1886 fire leaves the Janes family home as Vancouver's telephone office - with photo; Robert Daniel Davies; We can telephone to China!; Life as a Vancouver operator; Low rates for Long-Distance calls Sundays and every night - with full-page rate sheet; Service to Britannia and Texada; Mrs. George Pittendrigh - Vancouver's first Toll Operator; PNE parade float cover photo; Service to Alaska now available; Operators rally to relieve load during Marpole fire; Edmund Esson; Juanita Booth Seymour chief operator; James Cummins of Victoria - pioneer phone man; Newcastle Island picnic; Flat Rate Telephone Service for Greater Vancouver - 4 pages with photos; Dominion phone organization meets at Minaki Lodge; We can now talk to Haiti; "Operator Get Me to the Police!" - 3 pages with photos; Anchor fouls North Vancouver cable; Engineers 'see' by phone during construction of new Pattullo Bridge with photo; Photo of the London international switchboard - heart of the world telephone network; Ocean Falls and Edinburgh linked; Vancouver's phone directory - with photos; Vancouver can now 'magic carpet' from Vancouver to Bagdad; T. Percy Waters; Ten Years of Transoceanic Telephone Service with photos; B.C. ship-to-shore service now available on commercial basis; Voices under the sea by Al Miller; Reginald H. Milner; Pioneer James Cowherd; Submarine link with Britannia - 4 page article with photos; New Whytecliff office; Alfred Crickmay and his brothers; Development of the phone in B.C. by James Hamilton V.P.; Operators used to need great memories - 2 page article with great Victorian-era operating room photo; Zeballos and Alert bay join phone system - article and photos; Prince Rupert centre of new radiotelephone network; Police session told of proposed teletype network; First call from Atlantic ship to Vancouver; Radio hams in our company; Newcastle Island picnic; Miss Almina Eligh; West Van exchange now includes Whytecliff; PNE float details and photos; F.C. Patterson retires replaced by C.C. Simpson; Two submarine cables severed by Pier D Fire - with photos and text; Ship-to-shore demonstration on CJOR radio; Vancouver's telephone system will be converted to dial; C.A. Charlie Price; Frank C. Paterson; Beware of the common cold; Vancouver toll ro; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
1922733a1982British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: Nice photo montage of six female lower mainland agents; Commendation for Excellent service; Industrial Review - statistics for the province; Bar graph of phones in service between 1903 and 1921; When the telephone was a curiosity in the Capital City - nice seven page feature on the history of telephony in Victoria beginning in 1877; Page of the 1880 Victoria and Esquimalt phone book; Facsimile of letter dated 1878 from the Bell Telephone office in Brantford Ontario which says Mr. R.B. McMicking has accepted the agency of the company in British Columbia; City of Vancouver gets new phone number; Telephone development keeps pace with progress; Cover photo of the operating room of the Nanaimo exchange; Five-page illustrated article on Nanaimo including 35 year-old photo of downtown with Bastion visible and an 1890 photo of a portion of the downtown and bowl area; Trouble shooting in Kootenay; The manufacture of porcelain; photo of operators at work in New Westminster; 6-page illustrated feature on New Westminster with mid-90s photo of the Colonial Hotel and area plus a photo of Columbia street before the fire of 1898; Composite cables will be important betterment; Fairmont operating room photo; Great photo montage of the old wooden bridge connecting Nanaimo's Fitzwilliam St. with downtown the caption mentions E.P. LaBelle whose name is stamped on the top edge of this book; 11 page feature on the history of telephony in Vancouver with several photos from before 1900; pulling coils of duplex wire through the mountains by snow shoe!; Nice photos of the following exchanges - Seymour Fairmont Highland Bayview Victoria New Westminster North Vancouver Nanaimo Chemainus Cobble Hill Cumberland Belmont Duncan Courtenay Port Alberni Colquitz Ladysmith Keating Aldergrove Abbottsford Collingwood Fraser Port Moody Port Coquitlam West Vancouver Ladner Kerrisdale Eburne Milner Cloverdale Steveston Sidney Hammond Mission City Kamloops Agassiz Trail Rossland Kaslo Nelson Grand Forks Greenwood New Denver plus plant headquarters for the Mainland and Victoria; statement of development showing number of operating phones per community; Cover photo of the Foul Bay area of Victoria; More Switchboards for Seymour; Bayview Extension; Centralization of observation equipment; Demo. switchboard for school; Much outside construction; Seven duct miles of conduit laid in Seymour underground; Table showing exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Alexander Graham Bell dies; Oaks Point snap shots; new motor control switchboard; Wireless telophony in early nineties article; Laying underground conduit in Shaughnessy; New aerial cable across Capilano River; Passing of William Farrell Company President; Rejuvinating used Plant material in machine shop; a peculiar case of hydrolysis; photo of Georgia street conduit trench; Second Annual Telephone Convention; 1885 B.C. Provincial Directory - article with 1885 photo of Vancouver Harbour; Autobiography of a switchboard plug; photo of burying conduit on Seymour in 1905; Appreciation shown by Port Alberni business men; Long Distance operators usually get their man; 7000 mile motor trip of B.C. Telephone man; The telephone directory - my favourite book; Map showing routing of two cable between; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
192673aa1978British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1926. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: Great photo of cable-pulling gang; The progress of the phone in greater Vancouver; New record set by Vancouver installers; Cartridge fuses defend against foreign currents; Providing phone facilities is a co-operative task; New Kerrisdale exchange being equipped; How a switchboard lamp is made; William Buckle and Splicing; Construction/splicing in Vancouver; A Switchboard Plug and Cord Explains its troubles; Where the cables end when they crawl out of the sea; Chilliwack's first telephone agent John McCutcheon passes away; Nice photo of Granville and Hastings; Nice photo of Richmond Road and area near Victoria; Operator training - 8 pages with nice photos; Peter Grant helped equip Canada's first common battery office; Nanaimo and New West. offices to be expanded; Preparing the pay cheques; George P. Kelly - installed 80' poles; More trunks in Vancouver; Lightning damage on mainland; Repeaters aid voice currents on long journeys; automatic typewriters - chief repeaterman William Faulkes; New Kerrisdale office; Bar Graph of growth of the B.C. system; Statement of Development: # of phones in operation in towns across the province; Victoria and Vancouver to be united by new route; how the phone bill was paid 20 years ago; Kootenays get service; The service application; High tension hazards; draughting the system; Mr. C.E.S. Fisher; Operator Grant gets a phone in her home; Arithmetic is paramount in traffic man's life; Phone shattered by lightning strike; Kamloops now connected to coast; Despatching yellow cabs from 'seymour 4000'; New Carlton office; plant garage serves many cars; new Langley office; Long Kamloops feature with many photos; Grouse Mountain yields to phone's advance - long article with many photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear overall with the exception of backstrip which shows significant wear and is loose along back edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
195273aa1964British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Very Good. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: "Our Ladies of Ladysmith" - 4 photos and text re: operators in this Vancouver Island town; Photos of equipment upgrade in Victoria; New Haney office; Emerald central office in Vancouver; W.S. Pipes Appointed General Manager; Company seeks permission to increase capital; R.S. Argue; Penny Wise; Statement of Development - # of phones operating per exchange; Company fails to earn full dividends; Two fires; Forty years in company trucks; Port Moody-Ioco cable photos; Victoria's largest phone cable; C.C.F. Hall fire; New Union Bay office; rate increase sought; new pole-setting technique with crane - photo; 4 pages of photos and captions from Courtenay; Exchange comes to Fruitvale; Post-war development program continues; Border line pole; H.W. Stevens; Kerrisdale reunion; Haney Conversion; Mission may join B.C. Tel.; Royal Visit; Prize-winning float; North West and Richmond endorse extended service; G.L. Frost; Company seeks new rates at hearing; Earl Squire; Memoriam for E.P. LaBelle "Recognized as one of the outstanding men in telephony". Mr. LaBelle retired in 1947 after spending 27 years as General Plant Manager of the company. An impressive concise bio is presented. This book bears the ink-stamped name 'E.P. LaBelle' on the top edge of the text. Presumably this book belonged to Eugene LaBelle Jr.; Vancouver City Hall joins Automatic Systems; Vancouver dial service completes move to new quarters; Haney cut to automatic; Automatic service for Yarrow; Charlie Davis helped publish every issue of Telephone Talk from inception in 1911 to the end of 1951; George McCartney - memoriam with photo; Elgin installation; New Cable for West Van; J.D. Johnston ends long service; Mission's new building; North Central Office Expansion; Square Dancing; Surrey program pushes ahead - photos; Chilliwack equipment added; Elgin automatic unit now in service; Photo of men working above Rock Creek Canyon at Bridesville; Hastings Reunion; Vancouver Toll Expansion; Powell River Photos; New automatic system for Aldergrove; New outdoor pay stations pay phones; photos of construction of B.C.'s portion of the trans-Canada telephone line; Hammond Photos; Victoria Expansion - photos and text; Abbottsford-Mission cutover; Chilliwack telephone personalities - photos; Nelson-Penticton Toll Line construction photos; our biggest cable goes underground in Vancouver - photos; J.E. Carlile retires; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical Our Ladies of Ladysmith" - 4 photos and text re: operators in this Vancouver Island town; Photos of equipment upgrade in Victoria; New Haney of . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
192173aa1983British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Fair. 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: Greatest growth of company was during past year; Sound - a non-technical talk on a technical subject; Accidents which a careless workman may cause; Graph of the number of phones in service from 1903 through 1920; Table listing the exchanges in order of percent good toll calls; Statement of development - a table listing the number of phones in service per exchange across the province; Photo montage of three of the Agents of lower mainland offices; Proposed central office extensions indicate a busy year; Snow and wind storms seriously damage toll leads on Vancouver Island; Repairing submarine cable near Friday Harbor was trying experience; Preparing to lay a third cable between the mainland and Vancouver Island; Magnets - non-technical talk on a technical subject; Statistical Review of the province's industries; Nice photo montage of 5 lady Vancouver Island company representatives; Planned additions; Start of Export Trade in Bulk Wheat - nice photos; Naming a telephone office; Fourty Years of the Telephone; Photo montage of 4 lady company representatives on southern Vancouver Island; The Gathering of Material for Use of Telephone Men - 5-page illustrated article; Application for increased rates before Railway Board; Shipping railway ties to Egypt; Plant activities; Excellent 10-page article describes the laying of the second submarine cable to Vancouver Island Point Grey to Nanaimo - many great photos; Photo montage of four lovely ladies who serve as supervising officials in the traffic department; Railway board accedes to request for rate increase; Repair job on North Vancouver Submarine Cable - photos and map; First Convention of Canadian telephone companies very successful - 10 page article with photos; Convention Delegates tour Capilano Timber Company operations - photo montage; Photo montage of chief operators of mainland two-number offices; new Kerrisdale exchange opens; New P.B.X at Spencers Department Store; Current phone directory is an improvement; 2 pages of samples of past phone directories; Construction of switchboard cords; laying conduit along Georgia St. Vancouver 2 photos; Emergency reveals bravery of B.C. telephone operators; photos of Port Coquitlam flood; amazing photo of washed out bridge over Capilano River; Pioneer line construction - telegraph line between Toronto and Buffalo NY in 1846; Good Qualities of Loud Speakers; photo of timber cutting to clear a right-of-way to give service to the Broadview district; photo of underground conduit being laid in downtown Nanaimo with horses and wagon in picture; What constitutes Central's activities at the Capital City Exchange - 4 pages with photos; Rubber covered wires and cables - 3 page article with photos; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Backstrip loose along front edge. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge else unmarked. Binding intact. Aside from backstrip a sound copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical and technological news traffic levels expansion plans personnel announcements publicity and social events deaths weddings lists of exc . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
195873aa1961British Columbia: British Columbia Telephone Company. Very Good. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 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: Laying cable for the new United States - Alaska telephone link; Working around the sudden collapse of a 150-foot span of the Mission Abbotsford Bridge in 1955photos; New truck digs its own post holes in the Peace River area; Storm cripples telephone plant; Overseas Rates Cut; More Long Distance Circuits; Repeater key to Trans-Atlantic Cable; Telephone man Clifford Sherlock treads trapline on weekends; 1956 review; Recruiting Program; microwave towers to carry second Radio Telephone system - article and photo; List of Exchanges i.e. # of phones operating in each community; photo of microwave relay truck; Dog Mountain tramway completed - text and photos; Howe Sound Line Rebuild -photos with captions; Squamish Exchange - photos; Private radiotelephone system feeds sawmill operations - two pages of photos and text; Nanaimo to be SATT dialing center - article; photos of 'microwaves across the mountains; passing of Mr. R.S. Argue; Great photos of the Vedder Crossing; Ladner goes automatic; Photos of Terrace staff; 'floating phones' - nice set of photos of phones at work at sea; Training; photos from atop Promontory Mountain and Greenstone Mountain; Gordon Farrell now Board Chairman Karsh photo; Cyrus H. McLean now President photo; B.C. Microwave to open 1 July - great photos; microwave opening previewed; 1958 big year for radiotelephone - article and map; 7000 mile trade goodwill call; picture of a Moore "Formorama"; Coverage of the Ripple Rock Blase - with photo; increasew will not give required revenue; Microwave Skyway - text and photos; B.C. Centennial coverage facilities very complex; Oliver cutover; photo of men at work over the Sumas River; TOC - the Television Operating Center inside the Farrell Building in Vancouver; Lloyd Purdy and John Martin retire; Creston Cutover; Photos of the radiotelephon serving an active paving company; Meet Fred Feeney - article with photo; Ladysmith converts to Automatic - photos; Lloyd Purdy and Percy Crute retire after a combined 82 years of service; Victoria 2-5 conversion; photos of microwave sites readying for onslaught of winter; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight and square. Marbled endpapers. Name of E.P. LaBelle stamped on bottom- and fore-edges of text. Mr. Labelle was a second-generation employee off the company.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Telus History British Columbia Telephone Company Telephony Telephone Talk Internal House Magazine Periodical Laying cable for the new United States - Alaska telephone link; Working around the sudden collapse of a 150-foot span of the Mission Abbotsford . British Columbia Telephone Company hardcover
