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Action Line Housing Society subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of one photograph of Overlynn Mansion.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Action Line Housing Society subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1992-42
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of one photograph of Overlynn Mansion.
History
Overlynn Mansion was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909. Peter was the manager of G.F. & J. Galt Company and he pioneered the development of the Vancouver Heights area in North Burnaby, believing it was one of the most picturesque districts in Greater Vancouver. He developed his own estate with the hope that this would be an incentive to lure buyers to the subdivision. The house remained as the Peter home until 1936, when the estate was sold to the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, a Catholic order which had moved to Vancouver Heights in 1927 to operate a school. The mansion became their convent and new girls' school known as Seton Academy. The mansion's original conservatory was demolished and a two-storey addition was constructed. In 1970 when the school closed, Overlynn was purchased by Action Line Housing Society which developed the senior's development on the property. It was designated by Burnaby Council in 1995 and was the first heritage building in B.C. to have its interior features protected.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Action Line Housing Society
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC301
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The Chinese cookbook : covering the entire field of Chinese cookery in the Chinese order of serving, from nuts to soup

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Au, M. Sing, 1906-
Publication Date
c1936
Call Number
641.5951 AU
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV009.22.6
Call Number
641.5951 AU
Author
Au, M. Sing, 1906-
Contributor
Troutman, Warren G.
Place of Publication
Reading, Pa.
Publisher
Culinary Arts Press
Publication Date
c1936
Physical Description
47 p. : ill ; 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Cooking, Chinese
Cookbooks--1930-1939
Object History
The recipe book was owned by Julia Olea Kolot (nee Melland) born June 6, 1906. She was born in North Dakota and moved to Saskatchewan when she was about 20, met and married Harold Kolot and had three children, before moving to Vancouver for her health in 1944. Her parents came from Norway long before she was born, and she was one of 13 children. They ran a café in Vancouver (possibly the Copenhagan) and worked the kitchen of a small restaurant at Clear Water Lake in Saskatchewan in the summers for a number of years. She was also the cook at the North Shore Winter Club for a number of years. Her grand-daughter recalls that later in life she didn't use many recipes; she mostly cooked from memory. Her books contain many notes and other recipes that she (or someone else) added.
Notes
Includes index
"Compiled and edited for the American cook by Mr. M. Sing Au."
With Decorations by Warren G. Troutman.
"A dissertation on roast pig," by Charles Lamb: p. [4]-6.
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