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Sulphur and molasses : home remedies and other echoes of the Canadian past

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1101
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Armstrong, Audrey I.
Publication Date
1977
Call Number
971 ARM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Reference Collection
Material Type
Book
ISBN
0773710132
9780773710139
Call Number
971 ARM
Author
Armstrong, Audrey I.
Place of Publication
Don Mills, Ont.
Publisher
Musson
Publication Date
1977
Physical Description
96 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Frontier and pioneer life
Traditional medicine
Folklore
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Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. Store front.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9381
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C. There is a red entrance door with two display windows on either side. The left window is smaller than the right side. There are materia medica and patent medicines in the window displays.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 12.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the store front of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co in Victoria, B.C. There is a red entrance door with two display windows on either side. The left window is smaller than the right side. There are materia medica and patent medicines in the window displays.
Names
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
BV017.7.191
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1975
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
29-Jul-2018
Scale
96
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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The Table Top chopper

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9535
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Material Details
On the lower front border of the photograph, the word "DRUG […]" and the number "26" is written with a faded, fine, purple felt marker. The back side of the photograph have a lightly, stamped set of numbers "03[…]]1" and "10.5.7[…]".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. Above the item is a handwritten sign all in caps taped to the wall, "PLEASE LEAVE HANDLE DOWN THANK YOU."
Names
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Accession Code
BV017.7.345
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1975
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
3-Jul-2018
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
This photograph is an itemized copy of the items in photograph BV017.7.341.
Images
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Medicine boat grinder

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9543
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of wooden medicine boat grinder inside room of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. The medicine boat grinder appears to have a circular, flat, wooden wheel or disc, with two spokes attached to each side. It is placed in a wooden boat like structure, where it …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of wooden medicine boat grinder inside room of Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. The medicine boat grinder appears to have a circular, flat, wooden wheel or disc, with two spokes attached to each side. It is placed in a wooden boat like structure, where it can be used to roll and grind. It is situated on a wooden board floor among stacked wooden boxes and tin can, a wooden stool chair and some woven, natural material. Some of the boxes and tin can around the grinder have labels on them with Chinese characters.
Names
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Accession Code
BV017.7.353
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1975
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
3-Jul-2018
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Trades license for Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription10551
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1970
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 textual record
Scope and Content
Item consists of a Trades License from the Corporation of the City of Victoria issued to "Lim Yow, / Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. / 1620 Government St., / Victoria, B.C." for "Patent Medicines".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 textual record
Scope and Content
Item consists of a Trades License from the Corporation of the City of Victoria issued to "Lim Yow, / Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. / 1620 Government St., / Victoria, B.C." for "Patent Medicines".
Names
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Accession Code
HV975.5.10ac
Date
1970
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Veterinary guide for farmers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7283
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Stamm, G. W. (Gustav William), 1890-
Edition
New and rev. ed.
Publication Date
1963
Call Number
636.089 STA
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV988.68.36
Call Number
636.089 STA
Edition
New and rev. ed.
Author
Stamm, G. W. (Gustav William), 1890-
Contributor
Burch, D. S. (Dallas Stockwell), 1886-
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Hawthorn Books
Publication Date
1963
Series
A popular mechanics press book
Physical Description
384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Inscription
"Nov 13 1968 Pharmaceutical Association of the Province of British Columbia ###-207 W. Hastings St Vancouver, BC" [stamped on front endpapers]
Library Subject (LOC)
Veterinary medicine
Names
Henderson, Gibb Gilmour
University of British Columbia
Notes
Author's given name and date: G. W. Stamm (Gustav William), 1890-
"Edited by Dallas S. Burch, formerly, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture". - - title page
Includes index.
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T. Boyd Haskell on stage

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1959]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 21.5 x 25.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears store in Burnaby performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
Subjects
Performances - Dramatic Performances
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Haskell, T. Boyd
Accession Code
BV021.26.154
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1959]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
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Men dressed as women performing on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17406
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1959]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four unidentified men dressed in women's clothing while peforming on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
Subjects
Performances - Dramatic Performances
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.155
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1959]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
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Four men performing on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17407
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1959]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of four unidentified men performing on stage. Performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
Subjects
Performances - Dramatic Performances
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.156
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1959]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
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Haskell and woman dressed as an Indigenous person

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17408
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1959
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 25.5 x 20.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of T. Boyd Haskell, Manager of Simpsons-Sears, Burnaby and an unidentified woman dressed up in cosutme as an indigenous person on stage during a skit. The woman has her hair in two braids and is wearing a head band with a feather poking out of the back. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW / 5 YEARS OF SATISFACTION...".
History
The use of costumes by non Indigenous peoples depicting Indigenous peoples are not neutral forms of entertainment. Damaging stereotypes of Indigenous peoples feeds injustice and racism towards Indigenous peoples.
Subjects
Performances - Dramatic Performances
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.157
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
1959
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Birthday Sale [sic] 1959"
Images
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Performers on stage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription17410
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1959]
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Simpsons-Sears Limited Burnaby fonds
Series
Simpsons-Sears scrapbook series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 18 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of group of performers on stage during a skit. The performance was part of a skit performed by Simpsons-Sears staff. Painted back drop reads "HASKELL'S MEDICINE SHOW". A man dressed in a cowboy hat is standing at a microphone and some of the performers behind them appear to be singing.
Subjects
Performances - Dramatic Performances
Names
Simpsons-Sears Limited
Accession Code
BV021.26.159
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Date
[1959]
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph was removed from original scrapbook that included photographs, newspaper clippings, textual records and ephemera
Images
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Burnaby Branch correspondence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65123
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
File
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch correspondence. Also included in the file is an advertisement for "The Canadian / smooth diesel power" train as well as a transcript of the address by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto on "The V.O.N. and…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1956
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 file of textual records
Description Level
File
Record No.
MSS021-025
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch correspondence. Also included in the file is an advertisement for "The Canadian / smooth diesel power" train as well as a transcript of the address by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto on "The V.O.N. and the Nursing Profession."
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of file
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Formal Opening of the Crease Clinic of Psychological Medicine

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport47816
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
47971
Meeting Date
14-Nov-1949
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
47971
Meeting Date
14-Nov-1949
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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History of Burnaby and vicinity

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Green, George, 1872-1955
Publication Date
1947
Call Number
971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Digital Reference Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV017.17.1
Call Number
971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
Author
Green, George, 1872-1955
Place of Publication
[S.l.]
Publisher
[s.n.]
Publication Date
1947
Printer
Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
Physical Description
233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Inscription
"Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
Library Subject (LOC)
Burnaby (B.C.)--History
Burnaby (B.C.)
Biography
Name Access
Green, George
Notes
Autographed by author
"By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
Copy 2 of 2
Images
Digital Books
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Morris family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription90
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1942
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
3 photographs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs of the Dr. Morris family and home at Marine Drive and Boundary Road.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1942
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Morris family subseries
Physical Description
3 photographs
Description Level
Subseries
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1992-08
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of photographs of the Dr. Morris family and home at Marine Drive and Boundary Road.
History
Wesley Gardiner Morris was born in Summerside Prince Edward Island in 1884; his wife Laura Maude Weegar was born in Maxville, Ontario in 1886. Wesley graduated from McGill University in 1914, becoming a doctor, and received a gold medal in Chemistry. The couple was married in Maxville, Ontario in 1914 and lived in their first home in Chauvin, Alberta before moving to Burnaby in 1916. They lived on Imperial Street until their new home at 4265 Trafalgar Street (now 4241 Maywood Street) was built. Dr. Wesley Morris practiced medicine at his office at the corner of Kingsway and Sussex in part of Miss George’s Drugstore. During and following the Depression years, Dr. Morris was often paid in kind by his patients or they would pay off their bills by assisting with jobs around the family home. The couple lived in the home on Trafalgar Street raising their six daughters: Margaret, Betty, Dorothy, Jessie, Gertrude and Muriel until the Depression when they were forced to sell their home and move to ‘the ranch’ on Marine Drive. The ranch covered 13 acres of property on either side of Marine Drive from Boundary Road east including a ravine with a creek. Dr. Morris was known for his skill in setting fractures and due to his expertise he was called to an accident in the 1940s at the McMillan Bloedel mill on the Fraser River. Except for Gertrude (Ramage) all of their daughters graduated from Burnaby South High School. Following graduation from high school, Margaret (Sheldon) completed a business course, while both Betty (Purrot) and Dorothy (Johston) became nurses. Jessie (Hunter) joined the R.C.A.F. and after learning Morse code was posted to communications. Gertrude taught piano lessons and later received her real estate license. All of the girls were married in the 1950s and moved away from the property on Marine Drive with the exception of Muriel who was still in high school. Laura suddenly took ill in 1945 and died. Soon after her passing, Wesley purchased a lot at 4648 Marine Drive (DL 175) and built a small two bedroom home for himself and daughter Muriel. The old family home was rented, then sold, and later demolished around 1980. Dr. Wesley Morris died in 1960 and was buried alongside his wife Laura at Ocean View Memorial Cemetery in Burnaby. After her father died, Muriel continued to live in the small house later marrying Tom Di Guistini who settled there with her. Tom died in 1981 just two years before Muriel’s retirement as the secretary of Magee Secondary School in Vancouver. Soon after retirement, Muriel sold their home on Marine Drive and moved to a condominium near Central Park.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Morris, Dr. Wesley Gardier
Morris, Laura Maude Weegar
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC278
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British Columbia Formulary : for the use and guidance of physicians, hospitals and pharmacists

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5884
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Pharmaceutical Association of British Columbia
Publication Date
1942
Call Number
615.11 BRI
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV985.3700.1
Call Number
615.11 BRI
Author
Pharmaceutical Association of British Columbia
Place of Publication
British Columbia
Publisher
Pharmaceutical Association of the Province of British Columbia
Publication Date
1942
Physical Description
1 v. (loose-leaf) ; 16 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Pharmacopoeias--Canada--British Columbia
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
Notes
Includes index.
"for the Use and Guidance of Physicians, Hospitals and Pharmacists".
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The Vancouver Medical Association bulletin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5893
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Vancouver Medical Association
Publication Date
1942
Call Number
610 VAN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV988.6.113
Call Number
610 VAN
Author
Vancouver Medical Association
Contributor
MacDermot, J. H.
Place of Publication
Vancouver
Publisher
Vancouver Medical Association
Publication Date
1942
Physical Description
61 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Medicine
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Names
University of British Columbia
Object History
This item was transferred from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
Notes
Issue: November 1942, Vol XIX - No. 2
Editor MacDermot, J. H.
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Modern home medical adviser

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7507
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976
Publication Date
1942
Call Number
610 BEI
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV020.14.1
Call Number
610 BEI
Author
Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976
Place of Publication
Chicago, IL
Publisher
JG Ferguson and Associates
Publication Date
1942
Printer
Doubleday, Doarn & Company, Inc.
Physical Description
5 cm thick. ill.
Library Subject (LOC)
Medicine
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Subjects
Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment
Object History
This book is to believed to have been used in a Burnaby family home in the 1940s and 1950s.
Notes
Contains a table of contents and index.
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Knight family subseries

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64497
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1982
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photgraphs
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1938-1982
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Knight family subseries
Physical Description
Textual records and photgraphs
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1992-53
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of newspaper clippings, manuals on health and training of talking birds, correspondence and photographs pertaining to "Bird Doctor" Virginia Knight and her husband Milton, the owners of Lakeview Aviaries in Burnaby.
History
Milton "Milt" Waller Knight was born in Canada circa 1904. His wife Virginia Harrington was born in Duluth, Minnesota circa 1905 and lived most of her life in Canada. Virginia was the first person in British Columbia to breed budgies when she began in 1932 and by 1939 she and her husband created the first crested budgie in the world. By 1942, Virginia was also housing two-hundred and fifty birds at the home of her mother, Mrs. N.M. Herington, which was located at 1775 West 13th Avenue in Burnaby. Milton and Virginia Knight moved into their own home during the war years but, as they could not get their large aviary moved, they were forced to sell their crested birds. When they started up in their birds again, they obtained some of their crested back. By 1948 they had created two types of crested: those with a miniature cockatiel crest and those with a crest like a crested canary. By 1950 they had created the crested in over twelve colours of budgie, including cobalt and yellow-wing greens. The Knights lived together at 3718 Sperling Avenue (later renumbered 5255 Sperling Avenue) and opened Lakeview Aviaries on their one acre property at Deer Lake where Virginia specialized in budgies (Budgerigars) and bred the first albino in Canada and the first crested variety in the world. She kept Java rice birds, button quail, red factor canaries, cockatiels, finches, love birds and twelve varieties of budgerigar. She was a member of the British Columbia Budgerigar and Foreign Bird Society. The facilities at Lakeview Aviaries included two heated aviary cages and three outdoor flight cages constructed by Milton. Lakeview housed the only "hospital" facilities in the city for cage birds, which featured an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled hospital cage. Virginia, known in the community as “the Bird Doctor” nursed many sick birds back to health free of charge for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or SPCA. The Knights often donated their trained birds to sick and injured children, for Virginia believed, “Budgies do wonders for the kiddies. They make them forget their troubles and of course a happy mental outlook is a definite aid to better physical health.” The couple’s personal pets included eight different types of parrot, three talking budgies, a dancing bare-eyes cockatoo, three talking cockatiel, and “Hoppy” her pet owl. By 1952, they had a toucan and a macaw as pets. In later years, they added two small dogs. By 1965, Milton had over 25 years of service as a truck driver at the Vancouver Service Department. He was also an avid collector of antique watches and clocks. He reconditioned the timepieces, systematically restoring them to their original condition. He was a member of the National Association of Clock and Watch Collectors. Milt also treasured old music boxes and restored their large metal discs and rolls to “as new” condition. Milton Knight died March 7, 1966 at 62 years of age. Virginia Knight lived alone at 5755 Sperling Avenue after her husband’s death and continued her work at the Lakeview Aviary where she “doctored 700-800 [birds] a year free of charge (except medicine) and gave SPCA donations up to $1000 a year.” Virginia Knight passed away November 10, 1987 at 82 years of age.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Knight, Milton
Knight, Virginia
Notes
MSS117, PC510
Title based on contents and creator of subseries
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Manitoba Medical Association review : Vol. XVI, No. 1

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Manitoba Medical Association
Publication Date
1936
Call Number
610 MAN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV988.6.114
Call Number
610 MAN
Author
Manitoba Medical Association
Place of Publication
Manitoba
Publisher
Manitoba Medical Association
Publication Date
1936
Physical Description
16 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Medicine--Manitoba
Medicine
Periodicals
Geographic Access
Vancouver
Names
University of British Columbia
Object History
This item was transferred from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
Notes
Issue: Vol. XVI, No. 1
Last page has a section torn out.
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