Fitting : buttonholes and pockets : no. 3, lesson 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6621
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.8
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.3
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 3 Lesson 4
- Physical Description
- 12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 3 of 7
Harmony in dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4991
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.5
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1924
- Printer
- International Textbook Co.
- Physical Description
- vi, xiii, 203 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Clothing and dress
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Includes index.
Images
Hems, belts and finishes : no. 7, lesson 8
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6625
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.12
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.7
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 7 Lesson 8
- Physical Description
- 12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 7 of 7
How to make dresses the modern Singer way
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2167
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV978.57.28
- Call Number
- 646.43 PIC
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Singer Sewing Machine Co., Inc.
- Publication Date
- c1927
- Series
- Singer Sewing Library, no. 2
- Physical Description
- 48 p. : ill. : 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Sewing
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "By Mary Brooks Picken" -- Page 1
The Mary Brooks Picken method of modern dressmaking
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary241
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV990.1.2
- Call Number
- 646.43 PIC
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Pictorial Review Co.
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill. : 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "Helen Blair" [Handwritten twice in black ink on front endpaper] "Helen Blair Class II" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Helen Blair Fernie, B. C. 1929" [Handwritten in black ink on front endpaper] Scribbles on front endpaper.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Textiles
- Sewing
- Object History
- Object purchased, along with a sign stand, from Jim Wolf. No information gathered as to where Jim obtained the items.
- Notes
- Includes index.
The Mary Brooks Picken method of modern dressmaking
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5407
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Call Number
- 646.4 PIC COPY 1
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- The Pictorial Review Company
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 96 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
- Inscription
- "copy 1", handwritten in pencil on title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
New Idea woman's magazine vol. XVIII, no. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2884
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV973.133.2
- Call Number
- 391.205 NEW
- Place of Publication
- New York City
- Publisher
- New Idea Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Series
- New Idea woman's magazine
- Physical Description
- 4-62 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fashion
- Dressmaking
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "50 cents per year in U.S.A., Alaska, Cuba, Porto Rico, Mexico, Hawaii, Philippines, Panama, Guam, Tutulia, and the City of Shanghai; in Canada, 75 cents per year; all others, $1 per year" --Cover.
- "August - 1908" --Cover.
Pattern layout, cutting and marking : no. 2, lesson 3
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6620
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.7
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.2
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 2 Lesson 3
- Physical Description
- 8 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Inscription
- "Corduroy - Smooth running up!" [handwritten in pencil on page 2]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 2 of 7
Seam finishings, necklines and joinings : no. 5, lesson 6
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6623
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.10
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.5
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 5 Lesson 6
- Physical Description
- 12 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 5 of 7
sewing machine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91513
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.8.1
- Description
- Wooden sewing table and machine. Top of table opens up to reveal a sewing machine, and expands to more work space. Front drawer flips open for more storage space. There is a black pedal attached to machine with a cord. Legs are curved, wood is polished and a warm brown colour.
- Object History
- This sewing machine and set was owned by Rose Tuff . The sewing machine represents a large part of Rose's life, who often sewed her siblings' clothing from a young age while growing up, and left school after Grade 8 to begin working as a dressmaker to help financially support her family. Rose moved to BC in 1941, met her husband Joseph, and the couple moved to South Burnaby. Later in life, Rose continued to pursue the creative arts in many ways including welding, sculpting and teaching creative arts to children aged 6-14 for the Burnaby School Board for eight years.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Textileworking T&E - - Needleworking Equipment
- Object Term
- Sewing Machine
- Colour
- Brown
- Subjects
- Furniture
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Simplified sewing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4998
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.12
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 51 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Sewing
- Stitches (Sewing)
- Seams (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "402" --cover
Images
Sleeves, plackets and closings : no. 6, lesson 7
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6624
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV014.38.11
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN v.6
- Publisher
- Singer Manufacturing Company
- Publication Date
- c1957
- Series
- No. 6 Lesson 7
- Physical Description
- 8 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Notes
- Part 6 of 7
![Staff reunion party, [between 1940 and 1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0038_0011_001.jpg?width=280)
Staff reunion party
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a staff reunion floor party for employees of the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons can be seen seated near the centre of the photograph in the white sweater.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a staff reunion floor party for employees of the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons can be seen seated near the centre of the photograph in the white sweater.
- History
- Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.38.11
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1940 and 1950]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 26-Mar-2018
Images
![Staff reunion party, [between 1940 and 1950] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0038_0011_001.jpg)
Tight linings and boning
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4996
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.10
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Education Corp. General
- Publication Date
- 1923
- c1915
- Physical Description
- 43 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "This instruction book is not included in your course of study, but is sent to show you just how to prepare your dress form for use. You will not be asked to report on this book." [Typed in purple ink and pasted to first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Sewing
- Linings (Sewing)
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "Department of sewing" -- cover
- "Instruction paper with examination questions ; 5-2" -- Cover
- "This lesson is optional. You are not required to report on it unless you so desire. However, you are urged to study it diligently, to apply the instruction contained in it, and to answer the Examination Questions for your own satisfaction." -- Cover
Images
Tissue-paper patterns, part 1
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4994
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.8
- Call Number
- 646 WOM pt. 1
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1923
- c1916
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 1 of 2
- "Department of dressmaking" -- coverXXX
- "Instruction paper with examination questions; 32A-2" -- Cover
Images
Tissue-paper patterns, part 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4995
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.9
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM pt. 2
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1916
- 1923
- Physical Description
- 24 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Answered" [Handwritten and underlined in pencil on front cover] "Netting Needle" [Handwritten, starred, and underlined in pencil on front cover] Some notes throughout.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Part 2 of 2
- "Department of dressmaking" -- cover
- "Instruction paper with examination questions" -- Cover
Images
![Work group from the Bay, [between 1920 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0038_0012_001.jpg?width=280)
Work group from the Bay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of staff who worked at the "Mirror Room" which was the dressmaking department at "The Bay" department store. Flossie Parsons (nee Smith) is identified in the third row, third person from the left.
- History
- Flossie Maude Parsons (nee Smith) was born to George Henry Smith, a farm labourer, and Harriet Ann Savage on February 13, 1896 in Ealing, England. She immigrated to Canada with some of her family members in the early 1920s. They lived in Winnipeg for a few years as an older brother had settled there in 1912. She married Herbert Russell Parsons on June 23, 1928. They first lived in Vancouver and finally bought a home at 7091 Jubilee Avenue, South Burnaby in the early 1930s. In 1943, Flossie was certified in Home Nursing. Herbert Parsons was active during the Second World War as a volunteer for Civil Defence in Burnaby and worked as a salesman for Woodwards. The couple had no children. Herbert passed away on May 23rd, 1957 (age 84) and Flossie passed away on April 6, 1996 (age 100).
- Other Title Information
- Title based on content of photograph
- Accession Code
- BV017.38.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 26-Mar-2018
Images
![Work group from the Bay, [between 1920 and 1930] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2017/2017_0038_0012_001.jpg)