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64 pages. Features: Nice colour GM of Canada ad inside front cover says "25 Million Man-Hours ago", and illustrates wartime manufacture; News digest includes American attacks in the Pacific, Britain attacks at Dieppe, and Victory by Air Power?; Trans-Canada Telephone System one-page ad says "Day and Night, The Telephone is on the job for Victory"; Photo of Flt.-Lieut. H.T. Legge, D.F.C., of Calgary; Nice one-page Parker Pen ad; New Hearts for Old - article on medical advances; Hand Me Down the Moon (short story); Sabotage Strangles Hitler - photo-illustrated article with scenes of destruction in Germany and France; Great is the Glory (short story); One Grand (short story); Wings for the Infantry - photo-illustrated article explains how gliders and paratroops may play a vital role in our coming invasion of Nazi-controlled countries; Not in the Books (short story); Hollywood news and photos; Cotton at War - photo-illustrated article explains wartime uses of cotton; Ford Motor Company one-page illustration of young Windsor man training in machine shop; Fantastic centrefold Victory Bonds red and white ad says "Canadians Rally to the Call" and shows civilians marching; Pepsodent ad features photos of stewardess twins Athalie Davis and her sister; Woodbury Soap ad features photos of Lovely Denyse Quintal of Montreal; Woodbury Cold Cream ad features photo of Dorothy Lamour; Old Dutch Cleander illustrated ad titled "Housecleaning Hints for Wartime Wives!"; Article providing suggestings for packing overseas parcels; Recipes for wartime hospitality; Brazil - our new ally (brief article); Beauty tips article; Fashion illustrations; Quotes from around the world; Photo of children submitted by Mrs. J.L. Brood of Kenora; Rare one-page ad inside back cover in which the Government of Canada specifies "National Selectiver Service Regulations, Effective September 1, 1942; Back cover features unique ad by the H.J. Heinz Company titled "Keeping the Home Front... Fit!"; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this excellent wartime issue. Book
80 pages. Features: Photo of Frank Ifield with female admirers; Alice in Bachelor Land (fiction); Holiday Separates -#2 in fashion series, with nice colour photo; The Sultan's Daughter (serial); Careers - Choosing the Job That's Right for You; Photos of Cliff Richard, Rupert (Maigret) Davies and Brian (Z-Cars) Blessed; One-page colour-photo ad for Danish bacon features Nottingham Canteen Manager Arthur Cox; Monica Dickens with a strange story from the Riviera; SOS Radio Doctors - real life casebooks of London's emergency medical service; 4-page baby week special; Edge of Darkness (fiction); Diana Day and the search for teenage beauty; One-page colour ad for Crosse & Blackwell baked beans features sexy lady in swimsuit; Many lovely ads; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
56 pages. Features: ; Nostalgic RCA photo-ad inside front cover shows civilian walkie talkies (early 'cell phones') at work; Why Do Men Strike, and What's To Be Done?; Fear Dominates Japan - a first-hand report by Frank L. Kluckhorn on the difficulties we face in remaking a whole people's way of life and thought - with photos; Teaching men to be free - in colleges today courses in basic human knowledge replace traditional electives; Winning the Peace - It is Our Job; Our New Concept of the Universe, by Harry M.Davis; Opportunities for Veterans with the help of the Veteran's Administration (VA); In Lisbon Falls, Maine a benefit is held to raise funds for Virgil Healey after his home was burned; S.J. Woolf Talks About New York; Hollywood Movies Defended - An American View; Nice one-page color ad for Elco, the Electric Boat Company; "Traditional Modern' home design photos; Moscow is not New York - all the differences between socialism and individualism are reflected in the streets; A Farewell to Ration Books, although in their use Americans found profit and a sense of sharing; Half-page of cartoons of GI life in occupied Japan; Color Super Suds ad features Mrs. Lorett R. Kelly; Nice one-page color ad for Sara Lee Fruit Cake; Delinquency has hidden roots; Attractive one-page color ad for Face Powder Tabu by Dana; Hope for the Home Laundry - washing machines and irons are being mass-produced; Two pages of attractive fashion photos for women called "The Importance of Details"; Nice one-page color ad for Chateau Martin wine; Nice one-page color ad for B. Altman & Co. hats for men; Back cover color ad for Knit-tex topcoats for men; and more. Average external wear and soiling. Unmarked. Moderate age-toning to paper. A sound copy of this vintage WWII-era issue. Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Black and white diagrams throughout, charts, graphs, many fold-out pages, mathematical formulae. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering. Contents include: Detailing and fabricating structural steel ( Erection plans, Typical details, job standards, layouts and calculation sheets, Lists of bolts, Calculation of weights, ) The fabrication of structural steel, Fundaments of structural engineering, Connections -- bolted, Connections -- welded, ( welding processes, Weld types, Joint prequalification, Welding positions, Welding symbols, ) Columns, Framing for industruial buildings, (trusses, bracing systems, Roof and wall framing, Crane runway girders.) Approx. 200 pages with four appendices.
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 176 pages. Very slight edge wear to cover.
120 pages. Reproductions of black and white photos. Index of advertisers. Features: Sell Your Customer Service Economy and Not Just First Cost; On the Job Service Record; Newly Devised Drier-Graph Matches Drier to Job; Mind Your Own Business Figures; New Components for Beverage Dispensing; This Business of Service; Let's Look the Gift Horse in the Mouth; Ashley of Carrier Reports on Carrene-7; How the 59 cent dollar got that way; and much more. Many vintage ads. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this uncommon vintage trade journal. Nice gift idea for a modern refrigeration technician. Magazine
365 pages. A public health inspector spends twenty-five frustrating years trying to be of service to his community (Victoria, British Columbia). At fifty he resigns and goes in search of a more satisfying life. He finds it in tropical Northern Queensland. This is his story. It is a novel and an anthology. Essays, verses, short fiction, travel, observations, character sketches. It is the compellingly written, informative, enlightening, thought-provoking, always entertaining experience of a man with intelligence, wit, and humour. The reader will find that she/he is seeing himself and his own community, because this book is not just about a small Canadian city or one corner of the sunny South Pacific. Nor is it just about one man's escape from a frustrating job. It is a forthright assessment of a society in trouble by a man who has a wider view because he deliberately stepped outside. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
130 pages. Features: Skylights in the Eaves; Construction Epoxies; Plate Joinery on the job site; Superinsulated Saltbox on the Maine coast; Tools and Techniques for Cutting Tile; Cool Details; Maintaining a Worm-Drive Saw; Railing Against the Elements; Swiss Chalets; Relining a Chimney; Facelift for a Loft; A Cantilivered Kitchen Addition; A Freestanding Spiral Stair. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
217 pages including bibliography. "...arms readers with an edge and a sense of humour. It is an essential tool for first time job hunters." - Jonathan Torrens, CBC's Jonovision. Very light wear. Clean and unmarked. Excellent copy. Book
pp. v, (3), (5)-224. Text beginning to brown but not brittle. Light dampstain. New marbled endpapers. 12mo. 180 mm. Rebound in brown cloth. Leather spine label. Hardbound. Very Good. 'Squire' Job Roberts (1757-1851) was a remarkable man of Welsh Quaker decent. He was born, lived, and died in Whitpain, close to Gwynedd, and for many years he was one of the most conspicuous figures in the farming, business and social circles of Gwynedd. He did much to improve the methods of farming, planted hedges, introduced the feeding of green fodder to cattle, instead of grazing, built a barn which was enormously large, according to the usual standard, and very early introduced the use of gypsum on fields. He was one of the first in Pennsylvania to introduce and breed Merino sheep, and during the movement to establish the manufacture of silk he was one of its most zealous promoters. In 1791, Gov. Mifflin appointed him a justice of the peace, and he continued as such until 1820, when he resigned and returned to farming and other entreprenureal pursuits. S&S/AI 7203; Sabin 71898; Rink 1148. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PAIMP 10
Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Sections include: Job, The Mahabharata, The Kalevala, Sappho, Aeschylus, The Oresteia, Euripides, Plato, The trial and death of Socrates, The Republic, Lucretius, Chaucer, Tu Fu, Poems, Ben Jonson, Folpone, Casanova, History of my life, Walt Whitman, Tolstoy, Rimbaud, etc.
160 pages including index and resource list. Faint wear. Sticker patch inside front cover. A concise manual for medical students, interns, residents, and postdoctoral fellows in all areas of specialization. Provides practical tips on coping with stress, sleep deprivation, time pressures, etc. Provides guidance on career choices and financial planning plus suggestions for enhancing relationships. Discusses ethical and legal matters pertinent to women, parents, and minority residents. Book
Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: In the Grip of the "Hip Sings" - Part II - an American businessman is also secretly a member of a lawless tong/Chinese secret society; How We Foiled "U 39" - H.O. Read, Late First Officer S.S. "Anglo-Californian", a horse transport, explains what happened when his vessel was attacked by a German U-Boat; Our Wanderings in Northern Africa - another of the popular "Penelope" articles covers Tunis, Kairouan, and Algeria (includes photo of Tunisian Jewesses in towering head-dresses intended to make them, all fat to enhance their marriage prospects); The Trapped Diver - Charles Margerison recounts his terrible underwater predicament working for the City of Toronto's Department of Works; On the Trail in Wonderland - Part I - Mary Roberts Rinehart explores the new Glacier Park in North-Western Montana; The Old Man of Tregennon Lodge - a very remarkable ghost story from Cornwall, England; From Job to Job Around the World - Part VIII - two young Americans begin broke in London but soon Mr. Fletcher travels to Norway under contract to do Arctic coal-mining; A Boy Hero of the Midi - translated from the diary of Eugene Escloupie, a 14-year-old French boy who smuggled himself to the front and took part in some hot WWI fighting; Our Fijian Field-Day - three young white men compete in sports contests against sport-loving Fijians (with nice photos); The Great Wire Mystery - copper wire was constantly stolen from South-East Pennsylvania railroad, telegraph, and telephone companies until the elusive culprit was caught; Fishing With Spades and Ploughs for the sand eel on the Normandy coast; and more. pp. 9 [ads], [2], 484-576, 10-16 [ads]. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 385-480 plus 32 pages of wonderful vintage advertisements. Features: In the grip of the "Hip Sings" - Walter G. Patterson became a member of a Chinese secret society (Part I); Hunting the sword-fish on the south coast of Nova Scotia - with great photos; The fatal wood - a graphic account of a dramatic episode in the great Battle of Verdun; Minnie Florea's ordeal - a hurricane swept her to sea where she, the only member of her father's party of 13 to survive, battled the storm for 24 hours; The heart of Sweden - an interesting description of rural Sweden with wonderful photos; Three men in a tree - how they survived a flood in Australia; Comedies of the war - WWI anecdotes; Sandy McLain's Log-Jam - how a young Scotsman broke up one of the biggest log-jams in the history of Minnesota; Our adventures at the Chincha Islands - a lively time picking up a load of guano; From Job to Job around the World - part VII - Alfred Fletcher describes his adventures in Constantinople, his trip through Italy and across Europe to Paris - where he was shut in Voltaire's tomb for a night!; Where Grass is King - a woman's account of her live on a homestead in a region of America where grass is used for everything - with nice photos; My Romance - how Miss L.V. Smith saved a crowded train from destruction; Photo of a six-foot shark caught in the Tigris at Baghdad Great full-page ad for the Red Cross Line. Average wear. Small protective pieces of tape at each end of backsrip. Binding intact. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
66 pages. Short Stories: Queen's Gate Incident; Competition at Slush Creek; Big Game; Jacobs' Beachcombers. Articles: Basketball Beanpoles - with action photo of 6'-7" Howie Schultz of Hamline; Delayed Combat Fatigue - an alarming new trend in the increase of neuropsychiatric disorders among veterans who have been discharged for a year or more;; Inside Spain; I Deserted Franco - a Spanish Republican who was forced into Franco's Army goes over the hill and describes what made him desert; Eager Beaver - photo-illustrated article on playwright Garson Kanin - with sexy backdoor photo of Judy Holliday; Bradley's Beachhead - General Omar N. Bradley reviews his first year as chief of the VA (Veteran's Administration); How Job Training Became a Scandal; My Lost Division - John Hillard Dunn, his 106th Division, and the Battle of the Bulge; Robbers on the Racetrack - Don Meade says Arcaro and other jockeys will steal a horse race as quick as they flash a whip ; Murder in the Soap Operas - Dan Banion detects too many corpses among the cornflakes; Iron Roof Over Harlem - article on prospects for the people of Harlem, with photos of Billie Holliday, Canada Lee, Romare Beardon, Bert Alves, Kenneth Spencer and Vivian Richardson; You Don't Die Bored; Happy Landing - Gerald L.K. Smith is now on Los Angeles City Council - article with photos. Picture Stories: Anything Goes - great photo-illustrated feature of "The Painted Post - America's only True Western Dance Hall", in the San Fernando Valley; Hot on Ice - people pay big money to see figures skaters such as Donna Atwood, Phil Taylor, Don Condon and Mary Irwin. Labor's Publicity Battle - with sexy photos of Colleen Sullivan of Detroit, and Elayne Keenan of Detroit; Bergen College Boom - great photo feature on how this sleepy college suddenly snapped awake under the GI Bill of Rights; One Block West of Broadway. Special Features: Merry Christmas; Salute of the Month - one-page photo of Elliott Roosevelt; Reconverted; Photos of three vets in the new lives - Alan Rockwell, David Pressman, and Milton Burns; Pin-Up - Martha Vickers. And more. Ads: Great one-page ad for movie "Never Say Goodbye" with photo of Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker; Lovely back cover color ad for Eagle Clothes features man and woman at airport. Light wear. Unmarked. Light age-toning to contents. A high-quality vintage copy. Book
Two volumes. pp. 108; 140 + Photo frontis. 12mo. Original cloth bindings in blue and green. Interesting examples of job printing. Scarce. PA 27
68 pages. Features: One-page colour Eaton's ad features the logos of many of the brands which have helped in their success; Dr. W.E. Mann of the Anglican Church of Canada says the church should meddle in politics; Dictaphone one-page ad shows gruff executive at work; Fantastic one-page colour ad for the '57 Chevy (1957 Chevroley) features large illustration of aqua tail fin; Long Diistance telephone ad lists prices per minute, such as Toronto to Vancouver for $2.95 per minute; One-page colour-ad for Confederation Life features painting of Jacques Cartier by J.D. Kelly; One-page colour-photo ad for GE's floor cleaner and polisher shows housewife in high heels at work; The Changing Face of Canada - five pages of colour photos of Canada's new architecture and art/design; She's TV's First Atlantic commuter - photo-illustrated article on Elaine Grand; What I Saw on Red Election Day - photo-illustrated article of Election Day in Poland; The Story of the Conachers (part 3) - article featuring one-page photo of Charlie Conacher shaking hands with Stafford Smythe in 1929 on the day he signed with the Leafs; History's Biggest Quiz Show; Why Don't We Brag About Maple Syrup? - photo-illustrated article; Their Job is Other People's Business - photo-illustrated article on the girls of the telephone answering services who answer the phone for 30,000 Canadians; Thomas Radall describes his most memorable meal, December 6, 1917, after the massive Halifax explosion; and more. One-page colour-photo Canadian Club ad features pearl diving in Mexico; Crown & Anchor beer ad features colour photo of adults gathered around the record player; Dramatic one-page colour Buick ad features pink and white car and huge lettering; Colour ad for Philadelphia's Sheraton Hotel; Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside back cover shows adults watching home movies on reel-to-reel projector; Back cover colour Coke ad features Snow Valley winter scene; and more. Page 27/28 missing (we believe they contained an ad and movie reviews). Page 41 loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
232p. Hardcover Very good condition good
A very interesting issue. Features: Triangulation - why and how this precise surveying job is done; Editorials - The Nicaragua Canal - The "R-101" disaster - Spiritism exposed - Why a navy is needed - Sick railroads - Lessons learned; Our changing transportation - competitors to the railroads; Zone television and the television arc - television transmission via three channels; Tudying up the constellations - archaic method of outlining roups is being simplified; Problems of calendar improvement - the importance of the movment ot change our calendar; Tons of human hair in industry - woven into press-clth, hair serves a most useful purpose; This new big business of gardening - food raising becomes a gigantic mechanized industry; From the archeologist's Notebook - bronze bowl - home of a notorious Roman - Lid of Canopic jar - a Roman portrait - Chinese head-dress ornament; Man's insect allies - an insect that feeds on cacti and destroys them; Change - the great competitor; Sulfur - the second of three related articles on salt, sulfur and petroleum; Clemenceau and Foch - the United States enters the war - the Armistice and peace conference; Diesel versus gasoline-engined plane - the diesel-engined plane has a higher "ceiling"; A flexible amusement building in New Orleans - a municipal auditorium with a movable stage platform; A two-mile industrial water tunnel - tunnel for the ford plant carries enough water for several cities. Chip loose at top of spine. One inch opening between top of spine and front cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Tear to page 402. Book
Features: Announcement, with photos, that after seven years of research, the Caterpillar Tractor Company has applied the diesel engine successfully to the tractor. Contains fascinating two-page wide graphic which illustrates and describes business cycles and patent applications from 1840 to 1932 Articles: The transmission engineer's job - to design a n electrical transmission line, tie in a number of power stations, and solve the many attendant problems oftern requires years of work; Editorials - too old at 40? - airplane engine reliability - peace in radio - expensive babies; Gold from goldfish - goldfish, once imported, now raised in great numbers here; Star colors and star temperatures - the problems with which astrophysicists deal in determining the heat given off by flaming heavenly bodies; The business man takes wings - an account of an actual business trip around the country in which much time and money were saved; New light on Sasanian culture - culture of the peoples whose lands were the scene of the wars of Alexander the Great, as shown by recent archeological finds; Concrete bridge makes new record - George Westinghouse Bridge has America's longest concrete span; Is space curved? - some confusing concepts of the physicists cleared up by simple scissors work; Looking at stresses - complex stresses in structures directly vivible by new method; Big Springs - Some springs in this country flow great rivers of water; Why a watch keeps time - two years' time is often required to design a watch that will consistently keep accurate time; Gun recoil control - simple muzzle attachment reduces recoil of guns and prevents lift of the muzzle off the target; Endurance cut from the hillside - stone for modern buildings is cut in huge blocks by methods that have felt the touch of the machine age. Moderate to average wear. Magazine
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: New Year's Greetings telephoned to Mother in England; Echoes of Turkish Telephony; What people talk about during long distanc calls; Industry advances in 1932 despite business losses; First Bermuda call was boon to navigation company; Statement of Development, January 1, 1933 - provides statistics on the number of telephones working in each community of B.C.; West Vancouver celebrates 21st birthday; Entertainment programme telephoned from Vancouver to Victoria; John Lawson - phone pioneer of West Vancouver; John Henry Ward retires; Royal City students visit phone office; New employee sales campaign has been organized; An ounce of prevention; Fred Meloche has retired; We can talk to the Holy Land; Bowen Island annual picnic; C.A. McMaster; Telephone echoes from India; Who can solve the mystery of B.C.'s first telephone?; Telephone people on job despite earthquake; Hungry people make most work for telephone operators; B.C. Telephone Basketball Team; Statement of Development, May 1, 1933 - a table showing the number of telephones in each community of the province; W.H. Cooke; Victoria to London via All-Red Telephone Route; Vancouver-London conversation heard across Canada; Bowen Island Picnic; Gold Rush turns spotlight on Bridge River Valley; R.G. Roach Retires; An address by Miss Nell Rowbottom, agent, Nanaimo; Beware of Holiday Hazards; Port of New Westminster sets new shipping record; Speedy repairs after Cumberland fire - text and photos; George McCartney (Mr. Mac) retires; A Haircut for the Trans-Canadian Line; George Williamson of the Slocan retires; Toll Lines Restored for Christmas after two weeks of havoc - 6 pages of amazing photos and text; We can talk to the Flathead Valley; The Plant Library is at your service; Two Mining Areas Brought Within Telephone Reach - Anyox and Campbell River (opens up Stewart, Alice Arm and Premier Arm) - great photo of the Anyox plant of the Granby Consolidated Mining, Smelting & Power Company, Limited; Col. Victor Spencer's voice travels record distance by phone; Telephone to the rescue; Operators' Problems Explained in Radio Interview; Telephone plays prominent part in fight against forest fires - 2 pages with photos; Telephone queries add spice to newspaper life; Electrical Men Meet at Nanaimo; Ernest Moore passes away; New construction project to improve Bridge River service - 2 pages with photos; B.C. Nickel project given service; A telephone pole becomes a Bug's Breakfast - 3 pages with interesting photos and text; Barnston Island receives service; Sculling champ, Edward Snead, retires; Telephone Exchange Established in Bridge River Area - 3 pages of text and photos; Construction programme under way in the Albernis; Ralph S. MacPherson; Photo of the 'Morro Castle' afire; Roy (Dutch) Harris of East Kootenay dies; 'Mystery Mountain' claims life of Alec H. Dalgleish; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon fore- and top edges, and inside front board, else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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: Cover photo of the Victoria Exchange; Company launches employee sales plan; feature on Leo Griggs with photos; Ladner forges to the front as a farming district - with photos; Important changes in Prince George; Mission and Revelstoke; Remodelling Victoria Exchange; Our Trans-Canada Link is growing; - 3 pages with photos; Record holiday load handled by Vancouver toll office; Vancouver-Victoria Cable line severed by Dredge; Engineeers walking all over the province - 4 pages with photos and text; Proper posture; Statement of Development - a table listing the number of operating phones in towns across the province; Campbell River - Cape Lazo Cable is big job for this month - 2 pages; Keeping pace with Schedule on Trans-Canada Line; Philip Creagh - Nanaimo wire chief; Centralized billing system now in effect; Breaking of insulators may have serious consequences; Ocean Falls joins our system and receives first toll service - great photo; Powell River - Cape Lazo Cable successfully laid - 3 pages with photos; Harvey Sauder; A P.A.B.X. is now serving the B.C. Electric Railway Co.; Cover photo of the Victoria exchange; Victoria traffic and commercial staffs now under same roof - text and great art deco photos; One-Fourth of Work on Trans-Canada line completed; C. Whitmore Halford; new phone system in Powell river - 2 pages with photos; All Canadian route from Vancouver to Winnipeg; Trans-Canada construction photos; Vancouver talks with Berlin; Coal Harbour Regatta broadcast from radiotelephone ship; A telephone man in Turkey; Thrilling events preceded opening of Ocean Falls service - with photos; The Huntingdon System is Acquired; The Municipality of Maple Ridge; N.J. Dunlop; A telephone man in South America; Telephone Co-operators; Cover photo of Vancouver fire alarm switchboard; Telephone to the rescue when fire threatens; Great photos of laying cables across Victoria Harbour; Selling Telephone Service; A telephone man in India; Three Nanaimo phone men attempt to save three children in Nanaimo River; Gerald C. Clarke; Two-Thirds of Trans-Canada line complete; Prince George visits plant where our dial equipment was made, in Lancashire; Successful picnic; Princeton to be important link in Trans-Canada line; Wiring plans; The Modern Mouse must have a Telephone House (mouse moves into pay phone); Bigger phone directory - 2 pages with interesting photos; Phone poles go over mountains - several photos; Ervin J. Davis; Trans-Atlantic service growing; Herman A. Nicholson; and more. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Book
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: Twentieth Year of Telephone Talk; P.A.B.X. for Telephone Company in Vancouver; When this magazine was a bab - by the first editor of Telephone Talk; North-west Telephone Company acquires Prince George System; Hard battle for phone men in rough country along Howe Sound; Christmas gale puts 75% of toll lines out of order; cover photo of 20 ton cable reel for use in Fraser River link in Vancouver-Victoria line; Preparatory work on new trans-gulf cable job nears completion; Speeding Aeroplanes can keep in touch with the earth - two; George Gaetz - Victoria 'heavy' gang foreman; Cover photo of woman demonstrating how to use dial phone; Full page photo of cable barge Brico; First section of new trans-gulf cable successfully laid - 6 pages with many photos; New construction in Victoria; Night work required to build line across Ladner Marsh; The Brico succeeds the Iwalani; Heavy Gang Foreman Andrew Bertram (Andy) Jackson; Land portion of new Victoria-Vancouver cable route now complete - 3 pages with many photos; New Traffic Headquarters in the Georgia Building - several photos; Richmond is thriving Neighbour of big coast cities - photos and text; Picture for Telephone Talk obtained via ship-to-shore phone call; Over half of Trans-Atlantic calls are with Great Britain; We can now talk with South America; Nanaimo heavy gang restores Nanaimo-Victoria service; Vancouver can talk to ship on the Atlantic; Wilfred Calman; 5 page illustrated article announcing completion of Vancouver-Victoria cable; B.C.'s first radiotelephone service now open; Second Calgary Circuit provides Windermere Valley connection; Cable to link Europe with North America; New type of conduit being used for underground work; Record load handled by New Westminster staff; Work on Victoria's central office equipment progressing - many photos; Nice cover photo of the Prince Henry, first passenger ship on the Pacific equipped with dial phone system; New type of pay telephone in Vancouver; Burnaby feature - rapidly industrializing; Bob Perry - Blaster - The Lone Canadian; Ruined Burrard Inlet cable to be replaced; Phone service now available to/from a train; Dunsmuir residence in Victoria speaks with London, England; Dials being placed on Victoria phones - 4 pages with photos; Direct coast and Alberta service now available for Revelstoke; Phone men fight fire which takes 5 buildings in Nanaimo; Dial demonstration popular at Victoria Exhibition; John (Jack) C. Miles; Prince George Reconstruction; Many photos of new Plant and Engineering building in Vancouver; Radiotelephone experiments at coast points successful - 6 pages with photos; William Palliser; Powell River System joins phone family; Trans-Gulf cable now in service; The Terminal and Repeater Equipment of the all-cable toll route - 4 pages with photos; Victoria now using new dial system - photos; Nanaimo high span replaced with submarine cable; Building the B.C. link of the Trans-Canada Line; 17,500 mile link connects Vancouver to Australia; and more. Half-leather binding. Average wear. Ink stamp of company executive E.P. LaBelle upon top edge of text else unmarked. Binding intact. Backstrip almost entirely loose. Book
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. Book
154 pages. Features: Incredible two-page colour ad for Green Giant canned vegetables, featuring the bottom half of the Green Giant himself; Many great full-page ads for products such as Avon cosmetics, Pond's lipstick, Wabasso bedding, Carnation Milk Powder, Pond's ad featuring Elsa Martinelli, Pacific canned milk, Crane plumbing fixtures, Arborite, GE appliances, Heinz tomato products; The Quiet Revolution of Chinese Women - article with photos; How Close are We to Test-Tube Babies? - article by Christina McCall Newman; The Queen's Other Family - Recently Elizabeth added her husband's name to her own, and thereby raised a question - just who are her in-laws? - a scattered family the world hears so little about? - article with photos; House-Warming - story by Jean Loggie; How the Kesners Came to Canada - Jo and Fred Davis are involved in bringing a refugee family to Canada; - photos and article; Have Gun Will Shoot, by Sheila MacKay Russell; Death Comes to the Island - novel by Florence Ford; A Chatelaine Guide for Women Who are Going back to Work; Dos and Don'ts of Dressing for the Job; Special 14-page Homes '60 section featuring decorating news, housing, furnishings, etc.; Ad for Minute Spanish Rice inside back cover. Nice colour photo Red Rose tea ad on back cover shows lady in white dress pouring tea. Somewhat above-average wear. Chips from backstrip. Binding intact. A worthy copy particularly worthwhile for its lengthy illustrated 1960 Home Fashion section. Book
