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Robert & Mary B. McLennan House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark634
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Residential building.
- Associated Dates
- 1911
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Yale Street
- Associated Dates
- 1911
- Description
- Residential building.
- Heritage Value
- Robert McLennan was the vice-president of the prominent Vancouver hardware firm of McLennan, McFeely & Company, popularly known as Mc.& Mc. Born in Pictou, Nova Scotia in 1861, Robert McLennan entered the hardware business at age fifteen. The West was an irresistible lure, and after he moved to Victoria in 1884, he took on a friend, Edward J. McFeely, as a business partner. Their business was a success and they soon opened a branch in the rapidly-developing new city of Vancouver. In 1898, Robert went to Dawson, where he opened a branch operation and served as mayor for one year in 1903. He returned to Vancouver in 1904, and as the business expanded, E.G. Prior was taken on as partner. In addition to his business pursuits, the public-spirited McLennan served on many boards and committees. In 1887, Robert returned to Nova Scotia where he married Bessie Archibald McKenzie. They had nine children, one of whom was born in Dawson. Robert died in 1927, and Bessie died in 1941. This grand residence was one of the first to be built in the Vancouver Heights subdivision, and its spectacular location retains panoramic views of Burrard Inlet and the North Shore. This house was undoubtedly designed by a local architect as it is an excellent example of the British Arts and Crafts style, with a shingled exterior, half-timbered gables and prominent brick chimneys. Although the west verandah has been enclosed and the windows altered, the house has been well maintained. Although owned by the McLennans, it may have been an investment property, as they lived for many years at a Vancouver address. In 1926, the house was sold to Vancouver Medical Health Officer, F.T. Underhill.
- Locality
- Vancouver Heights
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
- Area
- 576.00
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 3789 Yale Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
blotter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41362
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.149
- Description
- Blotter, advertising, postcard size; upper left of background is yellow, rest is black, white "Don't just ask for a lamp -- ask for a", then yellow "LACO", white "The Quality Lamp", white bar at bottom with black "MCLENNAN, MCFEELY & CO. LTD."; illustration at left of blue box with yellow "LACO LAMPS" and bulb one side, "LACO QUALITY LAMPS" on other and bulb with "MADE IN CANADA", and lid shows "LACO LAMPS" and white "ALL SIZES" "ALL TYPES"; white border all around; slightly soiled; blotting side is blue, unused; slight mark
- "Blotter, advertising, postcard size; upper left of background is yellow, rest is black, white ""Don't just ask for a lamp -- ask for a"", then yellow ""LACO"", white ""The Quality Lamp"", white bar at bottom with black ""MCLENNAN, MCFEELY & CO. LTD.""; illustration at left of blue box with yellow ""LACO LAMPS"" and bulb one side, ""LACO QUALITY LAMPS"" on other and bulb with ""MADE IN CANADA"", and lid shows ""LACO LAMPS"" and white ""ALL SIZES"" ""ALL TYPES""; white border all around; slightly soiled; blotting side is blue, unused; slight mark"
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china doll
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact85780
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV016.10.1
- Description
- This doll has a china head, hands and feet with fabric body. The neck collar has been broken in the past and there is a crack in the neck of the doll. the dolls head is roughly 7.5 cm in diameter. The glaze is in flesh tones with brown hair and a pink ribbon in the hair. The glaze is worn on the proper left cheek and at the back of the head. The arms and hands and shins and shoes are porcelain. The costume is a pink gingham over skirt on top of a blue gingham ankle length skirt. A knitted blue cape covers both. The doll is also wearing a slip and pantaloons.
- Object History
- Doll named "Lily" who belonged to Muriel (nee McLennan) Allinger. Muriel was born to William and Margaret McLennan in 1915 in BC. The family moved to Capitol Hill in 1919 and the doll was given as a Christmas present the year before. The china head was purchased at Miller and Coe on Hastings Street, in Vancouver in 1918. Muriel's mother made the first body and the first clothing.
- Category
- 9. Recreational Artifacts
- Classification
- Toys
- Object Term
- Doll
Images
hamper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44957
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.61
- Description
- Clothes hamper, wooden; hinged lid; cloth-covered; lined with old newspaper; fabric on outside has green and beige Art Nouveau design; lid has striped canvas straps from lid to body; some stains; tacks around upper part, missing around base where fabric is torn; newspaper around rim is from "MINING EDITION" "MONTREAL HERALD"; ad visible from McLennan, McFeely & Co. inside
- Classification
- Maintenance T&E - - Laundry Equipment
- Object Term
- Container, Laundry
- School/Style
- Art Nouveau
- Names
- Wilson, Elsie
Images
storage basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4184.1
- Description
- Tub shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar root foundation and overcast rim. Walls of basket flare slightly towards rim. Imbricated with designs in red cherry bark and grass. Design is known as cluster of flies. The foot on the bottom of the basket, made from two extra rows of coiling, is a feature that protects the base of the basket from wear and tear. White beading on the foot. Interior Salish: Nlaka’pamux: Spuzzum possibly
- Object History
- White beading on the foot of the basket is said to be a feature typical of Spuzzum. This was reported by basket makers from that community during collections research conducted at MOA to Sharon Fortney and Bill Mclennan.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Culture
- Nlaka'pamux
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