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Object History: This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.

Object History: This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14.2 x 10.2 cm mounted on cardboard 16.7 x 10.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a baby in a white dress seated on a fur lined chair at a photographic studio. According to the gift form signed by the donor and the acquisition record, the baby in the picture is Kirner Henry Hammett, born 1869. Mr. Hammett came to North Vancouver from England in 1913. The dress he i…

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 14.2 x 10.2 cm mounted on cardboard 16.7 x 10.7 cm

Material Details: printed on the card, recto, l.l. , l.r. "STONEHOUSE/ PLYMOUTH.", verso, u.r. "Hill & Wakeling/ 61 UNION ST./ STONEHOUSE PLYMOUTH./ COPIES CAN ALWAYS BE HAD/ SEND No. 27997."

Scope and Content: Photograph of a baby in a white dress seated on a fur lined chair at a photographic studio. According to the gift form signed by the donor and the acquisition record, the baby in the picture is Kirner Henry Hammett, born 1869. Mr. Hammett came to North Vancouver from England in 1913. The dress he is wearing is in Burnaby Village Museum collections. Printed on the bottom front of the card: ""Hill & Wakeling / Stonehouse, Plymouth." Printed on the back of the card: "Hill & Wakeling / 61 Union St. / Stonehouse Plymouth. / Copies can always be had / Send No. 27997."