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Application for Licence to Operate a Laundry Business
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69006
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60045
- Meeting Date
- 25-Sep-1922
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60045
- Meeting Date
- 25-Sep-1922
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's-maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. : also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda ; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1697
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.9.1
- Call Number
- 648 BEE
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- xxxix, 1112 p. : ill (some col) some fold out.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Home economics
- Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century
- Cooking
- Cooking, English
- Cookbooks--1900-1909
- Notes
- Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865.
- Includes index.
The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's-maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. : also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda ; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2141
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV978.36.1
- Call Number
- 648 BEE
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1880
- Physical Description
- xxxix, 1112 p. : ill (some col)
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Home economics
- Cooking, English
- Manners and customs
- Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century
- Cookbooks--1860-1869
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865.
- Includes index.
Catalogue of high-grade modern laundry machinery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2260
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.47
- Call Number
- 643
- Edition
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- Toronto Laundry Machine Co.
- Publication Date
- 1912
- Physical Description
- 232 p. : ill. : 27.5 cm.
- Inscription
- "Canadian General Appraisal" [Handwritten in blue ink on title page] "BOOK 12 CAT.# 1" [Handwritten in blue felt and taped to front cover] "Book 12 Launderies" [Handwritten in blue crayon on front cover] "6" [Handwritten in orange crayon on front cover] "____________ ______________ ________________" [Handwritten in pink crayon on front cover, faded] "460 14 -------- 184 46 ------- 644" [Handwritten in pencil on title page verso]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Laundry--Equipment and supplies
- Commercial catalogs
- Irons (Pressing)
- Catalogs
- Notes
- Includes index
Complaint re Condition of Overflow from Chinese Laundry on Venables Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport66614
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58913
- Meeting Date
- 6-Dec-1926
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58913
- Meeting Date
- 6-Dec-1926
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
![Hiemstra family outside the laundry and dry cleaning shop, [196-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0015_0006_001.jpg?width=280)
Hiemstra family outside the laundry and dry cleaning shop
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19126
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [196-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hiemstra family standing outside the laundry and dry cleaning shop in the Middlegate Shopping Centre. Family members are identified, left to right: Cor Hiemstra, Froukje Kok (aunt), Robert Hiemstra and Barb Hiemstra . Middlegate Bakery owner and operator, Cor Hiemstra i…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Cornelius and Lucy Hiemstra family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Material Details
- Right side of photograph is over exposed
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Hiemstra family standing outside the laundry and dry cleaning shop in the Middlegate Shopping Centre. Family members are identified, left to right: Cor Hiemstra, Froukje Kok (aunt), Robert Hiemstra and Barb Hiemstra . Middlegate Bakery owner and operator, Cor Hiemstra is dressed in white apron and hat. The dry cleaning shop is located next door to the Middlegate Bakery which is located inside the Middlegate Shopping Centre at 7155 Kingsway, Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Bakeries
- Names
- Middlegate Bakery
- Middlegate Shopping Centre
- Hiemstra, Barbara "Barb"
- Hiemstra, Cornelius "Cor"
- Hiemstra, Robert
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV022.15.6
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [196-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Richmond Park Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Hiemstra family outside the laundry and dry cleaning shop, [196-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2022/2022_0015_0006_001.jpg)
![Laundry and firewood, [between 1912 and 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1984/1984_0051_0031_001.jpg?width=280)
Laundry and firewood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription259
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1912 and 1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.62 x 10.16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women and a man standing at the back of a house. The women are standing by a large metal basin filled with laundry. One of the women is resting the basin on top of a barrel. The man is standing by and holding a large saw, the kind used in logging, that is half dug into a log on …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 7.62 x 10.16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women and a man standing at the back of a house. The women are standing by a large metal basin filled with laundry. One of the women is resting the basin on top of a barrel. The man is standing by and holding a large saw, the kind used in logging, that is half dug into a log on a holder. The house may be the same house as the one depicted in photographs HV984.51.17, .19 and .29. According to the accession register, the location of the house is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, between 1912 and 1925.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Accession Code
- HV984.51.31
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1912 and 1925]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-10-10
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Laundry and firewood, [between 1912 and 1925] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1984/1984_0051_0031_001.jpg)
Laundry and kitchen building with stack at Oakalla
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17854
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of laundry and kitchen building with stack at Oakalla Prison Farm (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of laundry and kitchen building with stack at Oakalla Prison Farm (Lower Mainland Regional Correctional Centre). Photograph was taken during Oakalla Prison Open House event.
- Subjects
- Public Services - Correctional
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.638
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1991
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Photographer
- Stevens, Colin
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photograph negative #20 from Roll 91-8
- 1 col. copy print accompanying
- Note in black ink on verso of accompanying copy print reads: "P91-8-20"
- Note in blue ink on verso of accompanying copy print reads: "KITCHEN & LAUNDRY / STACK"
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Laundry License Refund
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62988
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55520
- Meeting Date
- 18-Apr-1932
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55520
- Meeting Date
- 18-Apr-1932
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Meter Service Chinese Laundry on Victory Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport72720
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 80008
- Meeting Date
- 15-Feb-1915
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 80008
- Meeting Date
- 15-Feb-1915
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request for Council to Enforce Municipal Bylaws re Chinese Laundry at 3835 Venables Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64563
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55699
- Meeting Date
- 22-Apr-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55699
- Meeting Date
- 22-Apr-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Venables Street Chinese Laundry re Fire Hazard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport65881
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 57993
- Meeting Date
- 16-Dec-1929
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 57993
- Meeting Date
- 16-Dec-1929
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Catalog a
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2261
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.48
- Call Number
- 687 AME
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Publisher
- American Laundry Machinery Company
- Publication Date
- 1911
- Printer
- The Genesee Press: The Post Express Printing Co.
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. : 24 x 30 cm.
- Inscription
- "21" [Stamped in blue ink on front cover] "book 12 Launderies" [Handwritten in blue crayon on front cover] "3" [Stamped in blue ink on front cover] "6" [Handwritten in orange crayon on front cover "5" [Handwritten and underlined in black felt on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Laundry--Equipment and supplies
- Washing machines
- Dry-cleaning machines
- Catalogs
Catalogue "b"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary642
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.1249.1
- Call Number
- 646
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Publisher
- General Office and Factory
- Publication Date
- 1920
- Physical Description
- 206 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Laundry--Equipment and supplies
- Irons (Pressing)
- Catalogs
- Notes
- Includes index
- "Moore-Telford Limited, Toronto" --P. 4 of cover.
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
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
Images
Digital Books
Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282826
- Call Number
- 971.133 BUR COPY 3
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1994
- Physical Description
- 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
- 3 copies held: copy 3.
Digital Books
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2
Digital Books
Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.133 MCG COPY 4
- Author
- McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Century Park Museum Association
- Publication Date
- 1976
- c1975
- Physical Description
- 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- 4 copies held: copy 4.
Digital Books
Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
range
of pioneer industries that helped establish Burnaby
as a municipality. In Burnaby, historical records show
that Chinese Canadians worked in many different
occupations, such as farm workers, laundry workers,
lumber mill workers, house servants, cooks, vegetable
sellers and piggery operators
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- Accession Code
- BV022.8.1
- Call Number
- 971.1 CHI
- Contributor
- City of Burnaby
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, BC
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- [2022]
- Physical Description
- 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Chinese--British Columbia--History
- Pharmacy--Canada
- Pharmacy--United States
- Pharmaceutical museums
- Directories
- Object History
- Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.
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