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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.

Elsie at Nantucket

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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.

Elsie's Children

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Finley, Martha, 1828-1909

Publication Date: c1877

Call Number: 813.4 FIN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV997.45.2

Call Number: 813.4 FIN

Author: Finley, Martha, 1828-1909

Place of Publication: London, England

Publisher: George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.

Publication Date: c1877

Series: The Elsie books

Printer: W. Jolly and Sons

Physical Description: 340 p. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): Christian life; Family--Fiction; Juvenile fiction

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Geographic Access: Cumberland Street

Object History: 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.

Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1950 and 1960]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Mary Davis and her mother Edith Finney walking hand and hand down a busy commercial street.

History: Mary Davis was born February 3, 1910 in Stafford, England to Sam and Edith Finney and came to Canada as a child. Her family settled in Saskatchewan. She married her first husband, Clifford Reynolds Hamilton in 1940 in Rossland BC and was subsequently divorced in 1949 in Vancouver BC. She moved to Burnaby somtime between 1940 and the mid-1950's. Mary owned Davis Confectionary with her second husband (presumably named Davis) at the corner of Beresford and MacPherson. The store acted as a grocery store and also a drug store. Mary and her husband owned the store in the 1950's /1960's. Mary passed away in 2001, and had no children. Photograph was taken by famous Vancouver street photographer Foncie Pulice. Foncie began working as a street photographer in 1934 and retired in 1979. Foncie died in 2003.

Names: Finney, Edith; Davis, Mary

Geographic Access: Vancouver

Accession Code: BV017.50.4

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1950 and 1960]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 12-Jun-2018

Photographer: Pulice, Foncie

Notes: Title base on contents of photograph; Stamped on verso: "FONCIE'S FOTOS/ 505 GRANVILLE ST./ VANCOUVER, B.C."

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pharmaceutical bottle

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV972.3.6

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV972.3.6

Description: The item is a bulk product stocked by a pharmacy. Up until the 1950s, pharmacists provided most prescription medications by creating compounds of bulk products that were given to customers as pills, salves, or tonics. Large wide-mouthed amber glass (brown) bottle with brown plastic lid, three-quarters full with white powder. Paper commercial label with markings: "[company logo] / MANUFACTURED BY / HOWARDS & SONS LTD. / ILFORD NEAR LONDON. / MAGNES. OXID. POND. P.B. / (Magnesia Ponderosa) / HOWARDS SPECIAL / 1-lb / Printed in England". Black and white label with contents labelled in red.

Object History: This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.

Category: 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Classification: Chemical T&E

Marks/Labels: Paper commercial label with markings: "[company logo] / MANUFACTURED BY / HOWARDS & SONS LTD. / ILFORD NEAR LONDON. / MAGNES. OXID. POND. P.B. / (Magnesia Ponderosa) / HOWARDS SPECIAL / 1-lb / Printed in England". Black and white label with contents labelled in red.

Subjects: Science and Technology Tools and Equipment

Names: Cedar Cottage Pharmacy

Geographic Access: Vancouver

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