152 records – page 4 of 8.

Cathedral

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39468
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cathedral in an unidentified location. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-787
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cathedral in an unidentified location. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Cathedral

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39472
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cathedral in an unidentified location. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-791
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cathedral in an unidentified location. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Cathedral

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39473
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cathedral in an unidentified location. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-792
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a cathedral in an unidentified location. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Cathedral interior

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39467
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of an unidentified cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-786
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of an unidentified cathedral. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Cathedral interior

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39474
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.8 x 13.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-793
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the interior of a cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Chester Cathedral, Bedford

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39498
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Chester Cathedral in Bedford. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 20 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-817
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Chester Cathedral in Bedford. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Buildings - Heritage
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

City of Bacharach, Germany

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39481
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the city of Bacharach in Germany, boardering the river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-800
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the city of Bacharach in Germany, boardering the river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Aerial Photographs
Geographic Features - Rivers
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

City of Bacharach, Germany

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39482
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the city of Bacharach in Germany, boardering the river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-801
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the city of Bacharach in Germany, boardering the river. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Aerial Photographs
Geographic Features - Rivers
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

City of Mainz, Germany

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39479
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the City of Mainz in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-798
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the City of Mainz in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Aerial Photographs
Geographic Features - Neighbourhoods
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Cleopatra's Needle

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39450
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.7 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the monument known as Cleopatra's Needle, flanked by a sphinx on either side. The monument was built [1460 BC] and brought to London in 1819. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.7 x 17.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-769
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the monument known as Cleopatra's Needle, flanked by a sphinx on either side. The monument was built [1460 BC] and brought to London in 1819. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Monuments
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Cologne Cathedral

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39489
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-808
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Buildings - Heritage
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Cologne Cathedral

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39490
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 9.6 x 15.3 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-809
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Religious - Churches
Buildings - Heritage
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Conway Castle

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39502
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 19.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Conway Castle in Wales. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 13.5 x 19.7 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-821
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Conway Castle in Wales. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Structures - Bridges
Buildings - Residential - Palaces
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Correspondence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64758
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1898-1952
Collection/Fonds
Ernest Winch fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence from Ernest Winch sent from Canada to his mother and sister Carolyn (Carrie) in England. As well, correspondence from Ernest to his brothers Alfred and Walter, containing many of Ernest's early Socialist ideas.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1898-1952
Collection/Fonds
Ernest Winch fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS129-004
Accession Number
2010-06
Scope and Content
File consists of correspondence from Ernest Winch sent from Canada to his mother and sister Carolyn (Carrie) in England. As well, correspondence from Ernest to his brothers Alfred and Walter, containing many of Ernest's early Socialist ideas.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Denbigh Castle Keep

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39496
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 20.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Denbigh Castle Keep. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 20.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-815
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Denbigh Castle Keep. This photograph was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Palaces
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Denbigh, North Wales

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39495
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 20.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Denbigh, North Wales. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 20.2 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-814
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Denbigh, North Wales. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Cities
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Less detail

Dyserth Cascade

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39585
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 20.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of a waterfall identified as Dyserth Cascade, Wales. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1880]
Collection/Fonds
Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
Series
Kitty Hill Peers family photograph series
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 20.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-904
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of a waterfall identified as Dyserth Cascade, Wales. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Waterfalls
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on caption accompanying photograph
Images
Less detail

Edwin Wettenhall Bateman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription906
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1881]
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.9 x 6.1 cm mounted on card 10.4 x 6.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman, about age twenty-two, taken in 1881 according to the inscription on the back. Edwin Bateman is wearing his hair short and parted down the middle, with sideburns and a moustache. His dark coat is buttoned high with one button and his tie is a band that fits on…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
E.W. Bateman family fonds
Series
Bateman family photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.9 x 6.1 cm mounted on card 10.4 x 6.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman, about age twenty-two, taken in 1881 according to the inscription on the back. Edwin Bateman is wearing his hair short and parted down the middle, with sideburns and a moustache. His dark coat is buttoned high with one button and his tie is a band that fits only under the collar and does not hang down below it. This photograph was probably taken shortly before E.W. Bateman left England for Manitoba. E.W. Bateman built the house "Elworth" at the Burnaby Village Museum.
Names
Bateman, Edwin W.
Accession Code
HV975.120.8
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1881]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-13
Photographer
Leech, B.R.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Printed on the bottom front of the photograph: "B.R. Leech. Photo. / Macclesfield." P
Printed inscription on veso of card reads: "B.R. Leech / 30, Roe Street. Macclesfield."
Annotations on verso of card reads: "EW Bateman / About 1881 / Age 22 / E.W. / B."
Images
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Elsie and the Raymonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3564
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Publication Date
c1889
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.45.8
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Place of Publication
London, England
Publisher
George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
Publication Date
c1889
Series
The Elsie books
Printer
William Clowes and Sons
Physical Description
324 p. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"Mrs. W Whiting" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown]
Library Subject (LOC)
Christian life
Families
Southern States--History--1865-1877
Juvenile fiction
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
Street Address
4687 Kingsway
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.
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Elsie at Nantucket

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3566
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Publication Date
c1884
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.45.10
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Place of Publication
London, England
Publisher
George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
Publication Date
c1884
Series
The Elsie books
Printer
Bradbury, Agnew & Co.
Physical Description
334 p. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten in red pencil on back pastedown, and on front endpapers in black ink]
Library Subject (LOC)
Christian life
Families
Obedience
Juvenile fiction
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
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.
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152 records – page 4 of 8.