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booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35941
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV994.11.7
- Description
- The Singer Portable Electric Sewing Machine - Booklet -- [192-?]. Instructional booklet produced by Singer Manufacturing Company for their Portable Electric Sewing Machine, 99-13, with knee control. The booklet has many pictures demonstrating the set up, usage and maintenance. The booklet measures 8.5cm x 14cm.
- Object History
- Donor inherited objects from the estate of her father, Michael James Tighe.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- Instructions for using the Singer Portable Electric Sewing Machine 99-13
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lease contract
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34855
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.4.1
- Description
- The Singer Manufacturing Co - Lease Contract -- [1896]. Lease contract for Mrs. Jane Bonner of 524 Church Street Vancouver, for a Singer Sewing Machine. The lease was signed on May 2nd, 1896, and $75 was owed for the rental of the machine. The contract includes sections for references, security and certification. The contract measures 20cm x 26.5cm.
- Colour
- Beige
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receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17836
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.17.5
- Description
- Used Machine Bill of Sale - Receipt -- [1929]. Receipt for the selling of a White Sewing machine from Mrs. McNair to the Singer Sewing Machine Company in exchange for money towards a new Singer Sewing Machine. The company paid $45 for the machine on August 27th, 1929. The receipt states that all ownership of the machine was transfered to the Singer Sewing Machine Company. J. Blackman signed as a witness to the transfer. The receipt was printed in 1927.
- Object History
- Sewing machine receipt for Mary Vida McNair (nee McMillan). Mary was born on April 11 1892 in Vancouver to John McMillan and Elisabeth Morton. She married Thomas Seaborn McNair in 1917. Thomas ran Edwards, McNair and Russell in Vancouver.
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booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39452
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV998.61.72
- Description
- Short Cuts to Home Sewing - Booklet -- [1930]. Booklet produced by the Singer Sewing Machine Company Incorporated on Short Cuts to Home Sewing: The Modern Singer Way. The booklet is from the Singer Sewing Library - No. 1. The front cover of the booklet has an illustration of two women, one sitting in front of the Singer Sewing Machine, the other standing above looking at the machine. Handwritten on the front cover is "F.A. Gray". On the back cover is an illustration of the globe with a large red "S" in the middle. Written across the globe is "The Sign of Singer Service Throughout the World". The booklet was copyrighted in 1930 and printed in Canada. The booklet measures 14cm x 21cm.
- Object History
- Object from the estate of Burnaby pioneer Elsie Wilson.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- Short Cuts to Home Sewing The Modern Singer Way Singer Sewing Library -- No. 1
- Publication Date
- 1930
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Singer Sewing Machine contract and receipts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9766
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1916-1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a rental contract between Singer Sewing Machine Company and Mrs. Bertha Stewart along with receipts for payments between 1916 and 1919.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a rental contract between Singer Sewing Machine Company and Mrs. Bertha Stewart along with receipts for payments between 1916 and 1919.
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.274
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1916-1919
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Machine sewing : a treatise on the care and use of family sewing machines and their attachments : specially prepared for teachers of home economics
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3721
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV001.11.4
- Call Number
- 646.2 SIN
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Singer Sewing Machine Company
- Publication Date
- 1925
- c1924
- Physical Description
- 159 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Inscription
- "Ruth Bryson" [handwritten in orange pencil on front pastedown] "Burnaby North Secondary School 751 Hammarskjold Drive Burnaby, B.C. V5B 4A1" [stamped in purple ink on front and back pastedowns] "369 Granville Street Vancouver, B.C." [stamped in purple ink on series page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Sewing machines--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Machine sewing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.