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whistle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39911
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.24.21
- Description
- Whistle. Metal, World War 1 military, whistle on cord. Cord is attached to whistle's ring by metal clip.
- Object History
- Whistle belonged to Frederick Homer Cassels who was a World War I Veterinary Service Army veteran. Frederick immigrated to Burnaby from England in 1919.
- Frederick Homer Cassels was born June 25th 1870 or 1872 in Paisley, Ontario. He moved to BC in 1914 and settled in Vancouver. Cassels was a veterinary surgeon in the 103rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.
- Prior to that, Cassels worked in Washington State. He married Emily Frances McMullen in England in 1919. They came back to Canada and settled in Burnaby the same year.
- He later worked as a marble worker, sticker and polisher at Continental Marble Works until 1932. The family settled in Burnaby's "Skunk Hollow" area, an area off Boundary Road at 13th Avenue and Clydesdale. Their children attended Schou St. School.
- He passed away July 31 1948.
- Classification
- Sound Communication T&E - - Sound Communication Devices
- Object Term
- Whistle
- Marks/Labels
- "Patent 57208" "PATENT"
- Subjects
- Sound Communication Tools and Equipment
- Wars
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Clothing
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
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shoes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41431
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.207
- Description
- Pair of shoes, woman's; wooden sole and heel, metal strips at edges; leather uppers nailed to soles; brown/grey colour; hook-and-eye closure
- Object History
- These shoes belonged to Minnie Uter (nee Coe). She was born on January 7 1884 in England to Jhon James Coe and Elizabeth Price. came to Canada in 1913, and had the shoes before then. She married George William Uter in 1919 at the age of 35 in Burnaby. George worked as an orderly in a hospital. She died on November 18 1953 at age 69. Upon her death, her address is listed as 6394 Bruce St, Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Footwear