Care of clothing : home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodeling, the upkeep of clothes, the budget
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4992
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.6
- Call Number
- 646.4 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- 1926
- c1925
- Physical Description
- vi, xxiv, 262 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Clothing and dress
- Laundry
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- Includes index.
Images
Children and misses' garments
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5003
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.17
- Call Number
- 746.9 PIC
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 62 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Children's clothing
- Sewing
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Cutting and fitting
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5002
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.16
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 63 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "ne__: Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Dressmaking
- Garment cutting
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Designing and planning clothes : the principles of design illustrated and explained in their practical application to correct dress for all types
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4987
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.1
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 55 p. : ill. : 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Dressmaking
- Dresses
- Fashion design
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Magazines
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "415" -- Cover
Images
Designing with foundation patterns
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5001
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.15
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 55 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Dressmaking
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Draping and designing with scissors and cloth : details and instructions for the creating and developing of garments from cloth without patterns
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4988
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.2
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1924
- Physical Description
- 55 p. : ill. : 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fashion design
- Dressmaking
- Garment cutting
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Magazines
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "416" -- Cover
Images
Dress construction and finishing
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5004
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.18
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- International Educational Pub. Co.
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 67 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Finished" [Handwritten in pencil on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Dress decoration and ornament : illustrations, instruction, ideas, and suggestions for the right application of decoration and ornament to dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4989
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.3
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1925
- Physical Description
- 47 p. : ill. : 30 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Clothing and dress
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Magazines
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
- Notes
- "417" -- Cover
Images
Dress development
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4999
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.13
- Call Number
- 746.9 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1923
- Physical Description
- 61 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Dressmaking--Study and teaching
- Garment cutting
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Object History
- Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Images
Essential stitches and seams
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary4997
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV007.6.11
- Call Number
- 646 WOM
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1922
- Physical Description
- 38 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
- "401" -- cover
Images
Fashion service : woman's institute magazine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3329
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV991.24.1
- Call Number
- 646 PIC
- Contributor
- Fellows, Alwilda
- Seipp, Alice
- Place of Publication
- Scranton, Pa.
- Publisher
- Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Publication Date
- c1921
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. : 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Fashion
- Textile fabrics
- Textile industry
- Periodicals
- Notes
- "Assisted by Alwilda Fellows" -- Title page
- "Illustrations by Alice Seipp" -- Title page
- "Prepared for the exclusive use of students of the Woman's Institute course in dressmaking and designing" -- Title page
- Spring & Summer 1921
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
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.
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
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)