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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.

Engineering Department fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-2014

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1912-2014

Collection/Fonds: Engineering Department fonds

Physical Description: 1m of textual records, approximately 2000 cartographic and architecural drawings

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of records created by the Engineering department including environmental service files, physical plant plans, and administrative records.

History: In 2020, responsibility for environmental management transferred to Climate Action and Energy, with Engineering retaining responsibility for geotechnical investigations and graffiti management. In 2022, Engineering became responsible for a consolidated Transportation group that aligns transportation planning and implementation functions. Green Fleet and Equipment also moved from Climate Action and Energy to the Public Works division of the Engineering Department. In 2022, Facilities Management was transferred from Engineering to the newly-created Lands and Facilities Department. James Lota served as General Manager, Engineering from 2021-2022. Jozsef Dioszeghy has served in the role since April 2022.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material; Architectural Drawing

Creator: City of Burnaby

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds.

Eventide at Bethel, or, the night-dream of the desert : an Old Testament chapter in providence and grace

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Macduff, John R. (John Ross), 1818-1895

Publication Date: 1878

Call Number: 242 MAC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV971.169.38

Call Number: 242 MAC

Author: Macduff, John R. (John Ross), 1818-1895

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: James Nisbet & Co.

Publication Date: 1878

Physical Description: xiii, 277 p. : ill ; 18 cm.

Inscription: "Heritage Village", crossed out "B136 n" -- handwritten in pen on endpaper (front) with tag.

Library Subject (LOC): Jacob (Biblical patriarch)

Notes: Includes index.

Feeding the family: 100 years of food and drink in Victoria

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Oke, Nancy, 1930-; Griffin, Robert Brian, 1951-

Publication Date: c2011

Call Number: 641.3 OKE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780772663436

Call Number: 641.3 OKE

Author: Oke, Nancy, 1930-; Griffin, Robert Brian, 1951-

Place of Publication: Victoria

Publisher: Royal BC Museum

Publication Date: c2011

Physical Description: 168 p. : ill.

Library Subject (LOC): Food--British Columbia--Victoria--History; Food industry and trade--British Columbia--Victoria--History; Victoria (B.C.)--History

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Fire Department fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920-2019

Collection/Fonds: Fire Department fonds

Description Level: Fonds

Physical Description: 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direct…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1920-2019

Collection/Fonds: Fire Department fonds

Physical Description: 1 m of textual records, graphic material, and cartographic material

Description Level: Fonds

Access Restriction: Subject to FOIPPA

Reproduction Restriction: Reproductions subject to FOIPPA

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of news clippings; notes correspondence; and layout and research materials used in the development and creation of the Burnaby Fire Department history entitled “Follow that Fire.” Also consists of administrative records created by the Fire Department related to its management, direction, coordination, training services, and planning, including daily record books, emergency preparedness pamphlets, a departmental practice manual, procedural directives, scrapbooks, and an orthophoto map (in 63 pieces) of the City of Burnaby.

History: Serving the City since 1911, the Burnaby Fire Department is committed to providing timely, professional, and effective fire-related emergency services to save lives, property and the environment. Their dedicated staff serves the City via seven fire stations located strategically across Burnaby. Each of our stations is equipped with up-to-date vehicles and equipment. Their highly skilled and trained team of men and women provide many services, including fire suppression and prevention, investigation, inspection, training, medical, vehicle extrication, technical and other speciality rescues, hazardous materials response and public education services. The following information pertains to the publication "Follow That Fire": Communities have always lived with the threat of fire. Early Burnaby residents banded together to extinguish out-of-control brush fires. In the 1920s, the Municipal Police were responsible for fire-related matters, earning three dollars for attending a fire. Donations to the Vancouver and New Westminster Fire Departments' Benevolent Funds brought the first fire engines to Burnaby's rescue. As the population increased, by-laws were enacted to develop a full-time fire service. Several members saw the value in jotting down recollections of their experiences as Burnaby firemen, which sparked an interest in completing the History of the Burnaby Fire Department. While researching this project, the author was fortunate in being able to draw from the resources of retired chiefs Fred Blake and Lewis Auvache, who were original members of the Department. The Department's progression includes heated and sometimes humorous debates regarding who should be responsible for fire protection, deciding if there was a need for a fire services, and how taxes would be levied to support the service. Photographs throughout the text represent stages of development which include a pictorial record of Burnaby fire trucks from 1923 to the present platform ladder trucks. From its humble beginning as two separate fire departments operating from a converted police horse stable and a water pumping station, the Burnaby Fire Department has developed into a professional organization serving its citizens from six fire stations.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Cartographic Material

Creator: City of Burnaby

Notes: Title based on contents of fonds.

For good measure : the ways we say how much, how far, how heavy, how big, how old

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Robbins, Ken

Edition: 1st ed.

Publication Date: 2010

Call Number: 530.8 ROB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9781596433441

Call Number: 530.8 ROB

Edition: 1st ed.

Author: Robbins, Ken

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: [48 p.] : col. ill ; 22 x 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Weights and measures; Measurement; Time; Juvenile literature

Notes: "A Neal Porter book."; "Published by Flash Point, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press."; Summary : Delves into the past to show where words such as pound, quart, feet, yard, mile, and other terms of measurement originated and why.

Fragile and fanciful : the story of Nova Scotia glass

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Trask, Deborah E.

Publication Date: 2011

Call Number: 748.209 TRA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 978086492655

Call Number: 748.209 TRA

Author: Trask, Deborah E.

Place of Publication: Fredericton, N.B.

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 120 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Pressed glass--Nova Scotia--History; Pressed glass--Nova Scotia--Patterns; Glass manufacture--Nova Scotia--History

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Froggy's little brother

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Brenda

Publication Date: c1875

Call Number: 823.8 BRE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV976.230.24

Call Number: 823.8 BRE

Author: Brenda

Contributor: Cheshire, William

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: John F. Shaw And Co.

Publication Date: c1875

Physical Description: 199, [14] p. : ill.

Inscription: "Aberdeen School Board. / CONTINUATION EVENING CLASSES." printed on label "A", handwritten, then "Prize / AWARDED TO", printed "Kate Moir / Causeway End", handwritten "School, / for EXCELLENCE in", printed "the general work of the class. / Helen A. May", handwritten "Teacher.", printed "Thomas Hector", stamped signature "Clerk of the Board", printed "24th March", handwritten "1899", "18" printed, "99" handwritten

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--19th century

Notes: Pseudonym for Georgina Castle Smith (nee Meyrick).; Cheshire, W. (illustrator)

Good words for 1870

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1870

Call Number: 828.8 MAC

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.122.1

Call Number: 828.8 MAC

Contributor: Macleod, Norman, 1812-1872; Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915; et al.

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: Strahan & Co.

Publication Date: 1870

Physical Description: 870, 52 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Inscription: Front endcover: "W194" [written in blue ink, crossed out in black ink]

Library Subject (LOC): Religion; English literature; Literature--Collections; Periodicals

Subjects: Religions

Notes: A compilation of the monthly issues of Good Words magazine in 1870.; edited by Normal Macleod; illustrated by Arthur Hughes, G.J. Pinwell, F.A. Fraser, J. Mahoney, Francis Walker, and others; Includes index.

Have yourself a very vintage Christmas : crafts, decorating tips, and recipes, 1920s-1960s

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Waggoner, Susan

Publication Date: 2011

Call Number: 745.594 WAG

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 978158479923

Call Number: 745.594 WAG

Author: Waggoner, Susan

Contributor: Elkins, Jeff

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang

Publication Date: 2011

Physical Description: 144 p.: ill. (some col.) ,photos.; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Christmas decorations; Handicraft--United States; Christmas--United States--History

Notes: Includes index

History of Burnaby Resource Guide

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 2019

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Digital Resource

Accession Code: BV019.63.1

Author: Burnaby Village Museum

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2019

Physical Description: 21 p. : ill.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Directories

Object History: Created from research gathered by Burnaby Village Museum staff into the diverse History of Burnaby.

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Digital Books

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1877

Call Number: 220.5 RIV

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV002.58.38

Call Number: 220.5 RIV

Place of Publication: London

Publication Date: 1877

Physical Description: (unpaged) : ill (col.) ; 14 cm.

Inscription: "Mary Ann Gladwin / A Reward From The Wesleyan [?] Sabbath School / --oo-ke -en / Aug 12th / 1877" -- handwritten in ink on the first page "WM/41" -- handwritten in pencil on the sencond page; "Elizabeth Wamsley / Born November / the 7th 1983" --handwritten in ink on endpaper (back). "Samuel William Wamsley of -- -- to May. -- -- the 15th of Oct. in the Year 1882" -- handwritten in coloured pencil on the last page

Library Subject (LOC): Bible; Bible. New Testament; Bible. Old Testament

Notes: "Newcomb bookseller Boston" -- Stickered under the cover.; "Translated out of the original tongues; and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command." -- title page; "Appointed to be read in Churches." -- title page; Includes index.

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by His Majesty's special command : appointed to be read in churches

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Cobbin, Ingram, 1777-1851

Publication Date: 1874

Call Number: 220 COB

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV975.40.22

Call Number: 220 COB

Author: Cobbin, Ingram, 1777-1851

Place of Publication: London

Publisher: R. & A. Suttaby

Publication Date: 1874

Printer: Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works

Physical Description: 1 v. (multiple pagings) ; 17 cm.

Inscription: "John Pots Leur + Blan han d. S Vetnia" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Margaret Sutherland Feb 14, 1874 London Philippians 1-6th verse" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf] "Tapper Stationer, Bookseller, Engraver, & Printer 40 Westbourne Grove, W." [Sticker on back endpaper] Prayer handwritten on front flyleaf verso and next page, Feb 12, 1874] Notes on last few pages.

Library Subject (LOC): Bible; Bible. New Testament; Bible. Old Testament

Notes: "With the most approved marginal references, explanatory notes, selected from the most esteemed biblical writers." -- Title page

Hygienic physiology: with special reference to the use of alcoholic drinks and narcotics

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886

Edition: Enl. ed. with sel. rea.

Publication Date: 1888; c1884; c1872

Call Number: 612 STE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV972.113.4

Call Number: 612 STE

Edition: Enl. ed. with sel. rea.

Author: Steele, Joel Dorman, 1836-1886

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: American Book Company

Publication Date: 1888; c1884; c1872

Series: Pathfinder physiology

Printer: A.S. Barnes & Co.

Physical Description: xiv, 276 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.

Inscription: "XIII" written above "150" on inside front page in pencil.

Library Subject (LOC): Physiology; Hygiene

Notes: "Being a revised edition of the author's Fourteen Weeks in Human Physiology."; "Edited for the use of Schools, in accordance with the recent Legislation upon Temperance Instruction."; Includes index and a glossary.

Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Burnaby Village Museum; Fortney, Sharon

Edition: First

Publication Date: 2019

Call Number: 971.100497 BVM

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Digital Resource

Accession Code: BV019.64.1

Call Number: 971.100497 BVM

Edition: First

Author: Burnaby Village Museum; Fortney, Sharon

Contributor: Kwantlen First Nation; Sḵwx̱wú7mesh First Nation; Tsleil-Waututh First Nation; ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) First Nation

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2019

Library Subject (LOC): Indigenous peoples--British Columbia; Indigenous peoples--British Columbia--History; Indigenous peoples--Canada--History

Subjects: Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Languages; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia - Societies, etc.

Name Access: Burnaby Village Museum

Object History: 2019 version of working document developed by Burnaby Village Museum in collaboration with a number of First Nations partners over the course of several years. We recognize that Burnaby falls within the shared, ancestral and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking people. We equally respect each of the Nations who share territory in Burnaby, and invite and welcome their ongoing participation in developing the contents of the Indigenous History in Burnaby Resource Guide.

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Digital Books

Interior finishes & fittings for historic building conservation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Forsyth, Michael; White, Lisa, 1950-

Publication Date: 2012

Call Number: 747 FOR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9781405190220

Call Number: 747 FOR

Author: Forsyth, Michael; White, Lisa, 1950-

Place of Publication: Chichester, West Sussex, UK

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Publication Date: 2012

Series: Historic Building Conservation

Physical Description: xii, 220 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Building fittings; Finishes and finishing; Interior decoration; Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index

Iron road west : an illustrated history of British Columbia's railways

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Hayes, Derek, 1947-

Publication Date: c2018

Call Number: 385.0971 HAY

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9781550178388

Call Number: 385.0971 HAY

Author: Hayes, Derek, 1947-

Publisher: Harbour Pub.

Publication Date: c2018

Physical Description: 240 p. : (mostly) col. ill ; 22 x 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--British Columbia--History; Railroads--British Columbia--History--Pictorial Works

Subjects: Transportation

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index; p 192-196 coloured photos of preserved interurbans and streetcars in BC including 1223. Note the 1223 built date is listed as 1913 instead of 1912.

Jewels of the Qila : the remarkable story of an Indo-Canadian family

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Johnston, Hugh J. M., 1939-

Publication Date: c2011

Call Number: 971.1004 JOH

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780774822169; 9780774822176

Call Number: 971.1004 JOH

Author: Johnston, Hugh J. M., 1939-

Place of Publication: Vancouver

Publisher: UBC Press

Publication Date: c2011

Physical Description: xviii, 305 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Siddoo family; Sikh Canadians--British Columbia; Sikhs--British Columbia; East Indian Canadians--British Columbia; British Columbia; Biography

Subjects: Persons - South Asian Canadians

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-291) and index.

Journeys of hope : challenging discrimination and building on Vancouver Chinatown's legacies

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Yu, Henry, 1967-

Publication Date: 2018

Call Number: 971.133 YU

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780993659317

Call Number: 971.133 YU

Author: Yu, Henry, 1967-

Contributor: Ling, Sarah; Shen, Szu; Wong, Baldwin

Place of Publication: Vancouver, British Columbia

Publisher: University of British Columbia, Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies

Publication Date: 2018

Physical Description: 116 p. : ill. (some color) ; 26 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--Social conditions; Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--History; Race discrimination--British Columbia--Vancouver--History; Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)--History; Vancouver (B.C.)--Race relations--History

Notes: Text in English and traditional Chinese; Contributors: Editors: Sarah Ling, Szu Shen, Baldwin Wong; Transaltor: Szu Shen

The last suffragist standing : the life and times of Laura Marshall Jamieson

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Strong-Boag, Veronica Jane

Publication Date: c2018

Call Number: 971.1040 STR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780774838689

Call Number: 971.1040 STR

Author: Strong-Boag, Veronica Jane

Place of Publication: Vancouver ; Toronto

Publisher: UBC Press

Publication Date: c2018

Printer: Friesens

Physical Description: xii, 271 p. ; ill. : 24 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Biography; Politicians--British Columbia

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Man turned to stone : T'xwelátse

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: T'xwelátse; Stó:lo Nation; Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford

Publication Date: c2012

Call Number: 971.1004 TXW

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780987966100

Call Number: 971.1004 TXW

Author: T'xwelátse; Stó:lo Nation; Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford

Place of Publication: Abbotsford, B.C.

Publisher: Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford

Publication Date: c2012

Physical Description: 71 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 36 cm

Library Subject (LOC): T'xwelátse; Stó:l¯o Indians--History--Pictorial works; Spirituality--Indigenous--North America; Cultural property--Repatriation--British Columbia--Pictorial works

Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia

Notes: Includes bibliographical references; Published in conjunction with the exhibition, Man turned to stone: T'xwelátse, held at the Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford, April 14-May 29, 2011; Oversized book

The mode in furs : a historical survey with 680 illustrations

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Wilcox, R. Turner (Ruth Turner), 1888-1970

Publication Date: 2010

Call Number: 391.009 WIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 9780486478722; 0486478726

Call Number: 391.009 WIL

Author: Wilcox, R. Turner (Ruth Turner), 1888-1970

Place of Publication: Mineola, New York

Publisher: Dover

Publication Date: 2010

Physical Description: xi, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Fur--History; Clothing and dress

Notes: "This Dover ed. is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1951, with the title The mode of furs : the history of furred costume of the world from the earliest times to the present."; Includes bibliographical references; Author's full name and dates: Wilcox, R. Turner (Ruth Turner), 1888-1970