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Capitol Hill Auxiliary of Victorian Order of Nurses

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1929] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of the women of the Capitol Hill auxiliary of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). Identified are: (front row, 3rd from left) Annie Eshelby and (front) Grace Eshelby. The Auxiliary raised money through teas, concerts and canvassing to help fund VON work. Annie Eshelby served as vice-p…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1929] (date of original), copied 1986
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Pioneer Tales subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
204-223
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1988-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of the women of the Capitol Hill auxiliary of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). Identified are: (front row, 3rd from left) Annie Eshelby and (front) Grace Eshelby. The Auxiliary raised money through teas, concerts and canvassing to help fund VON work. Annie Eshelby served as vice-president and secretary-treasurer over the years.
Subjects
Organizations - Charities
Names
Eshelby, Annie Perrey
Eshelby, Grace
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Capitol Hill Area
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Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Victorian Order of Nurses

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1963
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of participants at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Victorian Order of Nurses. A large table filled with daffodils in a vase, teapots and cups and saucers is in the foreground with men and women crowding around it in fancy dress, drinking tea.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1963
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-051
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of participants at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the Victorian Order of Nurses. A large table filled with daffodils in a vase, teapots and cups and saucers is in the foreground with men and women crowding around it in fancy dress, drinking tea.
Subjects
Events - Anniversaries
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Victorian Order of Nurses

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34883
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published March 1965
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 14.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the newly elected executive of the auxillary to the Burnaby Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). From left; president of the provincial Victorian Order of Nurses Bart McCafferty, president of the Burnaby branch George Armson, recording secretary Mrs. Harold Huggins, and director of nurses…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published March 1965
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.8 x 14.2 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1985-26
Scope and Content
Photograph of the newly elected executive of the auxillary to the Burnaby Victorian Order of Nurses (VON). From left; president of the provincial Victorian Order of Nurses Bart McCafferty, president of the Burnaby branch George Armson, recording secretary Mrs. Harold Huggins, and director of nurses Miss Margaret Standerwick.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Occupations - Civic Workers
Organizations
Names
Armson, George
McCafferty, S.B. "Bart"
Standerwick, Margaret
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
An annotation on the back of the photograph identifies: "McAfferty [sic], Burnaby Treasurer and VON"; "George Armson, Health and Sanitation, Burnaby and President VON"; [an unidentified woman]; and, "Miss Margaret Standerwicke [sic], Burnaby VON Head Nurse."
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Victorian Order of Nurses bag

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 12 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Victorian Order of Nurses bag open to display its contents.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 11.5 x 12 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-055
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of a Victorian Order of Nurses bag open to display its contents.
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Victorian Order of Nurses fonds

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97234
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1978
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Fonds
Physical Description
143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
Scope and Content
Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1978
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
Description Level
Fonds
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
History
The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women (and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen) was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
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Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby scrapbook

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1931
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 scrapbook
Scope and Content
Item is a scrapbook "... depicting the History, growth and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby, British Columbia." Complied by the South Burnaby Auxiliary, this scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 43 photographs and text. Also included are fiftieth anniversary napkins and loose pap…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1912-1931
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 scrapbook
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS021-052
Access Restriction
In Archives only
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Item is a scrapbook "... depicting the History, growth and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby, British Columbia." Complied by the South Burnaby Auxiliary, this scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, 43 photographs and text. Also included are fiftieth anniversary napkins and loose papers containing personnel polices.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Victorian Order of Nurses subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-]-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of papers and photographs related to the history and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-]-1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
Physical Description
Photographs and textual records
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1985-26
BHS1995-01
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of papers and photographs related to the history and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby.
History
The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen, was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
Media Type
Textual Record
Photograph
Creator
Victorian Order of Nurses
Notes
MSS021, PC153
Title based on contents of subseries
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Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34884
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-], published February 1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 12.6 cm print
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women modelling Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms. "The VON uniform has changed through the years - left, the 1898 version; centre, the 1925 model and on the right, the style of 1940."
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[194-], published February 1973
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.8 x 12.6 cm print
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
BHS1985-26
Scope and Content
Photograph of three women modelling Victorian Order of Nurses uniforms. "The VON uniform has changed through the years - left, the 1898 version; centre, the 1925 model and on the right, the style of 1940."
Subjects
Clothing - Uniforms
Occupations - Nurses
Organizations
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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A special occasion

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65535
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of women seated together outdoors at tables an unidentified occasion, possibly a tea party, believed to have affiliation to the Victoria Order of Nurses.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[196-]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-073
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of women seated together outdoors at tables an unidentified occasion, possibly a tea party, believed to have affiliation to the Victoria Order of Nurses.
Subjects
Events
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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At a VON coffee party

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65509
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1967
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women standing together and smiling at the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) coffee party held at F. Audrain’s house at 5711 Canada Way. The woman on the right is believed to be Florence "Florrie" Audrain.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
May 1967
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-047
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of two women standing together and smiling at the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) coffee party held at F. Audrain’s house at 5711 Canada Way. The woman on the right is believed to be Florence "Florrie" Audrain.
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: “May 1967/ Coffee Party / at 5711 Canada Way – F. Audrain’s”
Geographic Access
Canada Way
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Lady Byng's visit to Burnaby Well Babies Clinic

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
24 Jul. 1922
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w print
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lady Byng (holding flowers in centre) and Lady Margaret Boscawen (second from left) with members of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), women and mother's with babies gathered together on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds. The event took place during Lady Byng's inspecti…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w print
Material Details
embossed on the original print, recto, l.r. "LEONARD FRANK/ VANCOUVER, B.C."
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lady Byng (holding flowers in centre) and Lady Margaret Boscawen (second from left) with members of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), women and mother's with babies gathered together on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds. The event took place during Lady Byng's inspection of Victorian Order Centres where she visited "Well Babies Clinics" in Burnaby and South Vancouver on July 24, 1922. There are two men, including Reeve Alexander McLean, standing among the women, to the right side of the photograph.
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Byng, Lady Marie Evelyn Moreton
Boscawen, Lady Margaret Florence Lucy Byng
Street Address
7282 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV985.3137.10
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
24 Jul. 1922
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Related Material
See also BV995.8.20 for similar photograph (original-cropped)1
See also BV995.8.55
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Photographer
Frank, Leonard
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
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Lady Byng's visit to Burnaby Well Babies Clinic

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
24 Jul. 1922
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lady Byng (second from right-holding flowers) and Lady Margaret Boscawen (second from left) with members of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), women and mother's with babies gathered together on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds. The event took place during Lady Byng's …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
David Geoffrey Llewellyn collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Lady Byng (second from right-holding flowers) and Lady Margaret Boscawen (second from left) with members of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), women and mother's with babies gathered together on the steps of Burnaby Municipal Hall at Edmonds. The event took place during Lady Byng's inspection of Victorian Order Centres where she visited ""Well Babies Clinics"" in Burnaby and South Vancouver. There are two men, including Reeve Alexander McLean, standing among the women, to the right side of the photograph.
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Byng, Lady Marie Evelyn Moreton
Boscawen, Lady Margaret Florence Lucy Byng
McLean, Alexander K.
Street Address
7282 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV995.8.55
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
24 Jul. 1922
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Related Material
See also: BV985.3137.10
Scan Resolution
600
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photograph is part of photograph album BV995.8.1, pasted to page 19
Note in white ink on album page reads: "LADY BYNG VISITS BABIES CLINIC / AT / MUNICIPAL HALL BURNABY"
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Muriel Harmen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37902
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1954 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Muriel Harmen, a missionary in Africa and a former Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurse in Burnaby in the 1920s.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1954 (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 3.9 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 26.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-490
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of Muriel Harmen, a missionary in Africa and a former Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurse in Burnaby in the 1920s.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Harmen, Muriel
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Negative has a pink cast
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Nurse Barbara Whalen

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65508
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published January 9, 1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Victorian Order of Nurses nurse Barbara Whalen looking at the camera and smiling as she attempts to dig her car out of the snow.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published January 9, 1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-046
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby Victorian Order of Nurses nurse Barbara Whalen looking at the camera and smiling as she attempts to dig her car out of the snow.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Transportation - Automobiles
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Names
Whalen, Barbara
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: “1965 Miss Whalen”
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: “Columbian Photo / Room 5, 35 Sixth St. / New Westminster, B.C. / LA 1-2622 :: Local 229 / Basil King Photo”
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Nurse Dorothy Shields

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65507
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1965 and 1968]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1965 and 1968]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-045
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Shields, Dorothy
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: “Mrs. Dorothy Shields”
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Nurse Dorothy Shields

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65529
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1965 and 1968]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. She is holding a nurses bag up high in her left hand. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[between 1965 and 1968]
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 16.5 x 11.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-067
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
May be restricted by third party rights
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Dorothy Shields standing in front of a Victorian Order of Nurses car, waving and looking to the right of the camera. She is holding a nurses bag up high in her left hand. Dorothy Shields retired from the VON in 1985.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Shields, Dorothy
Victorian Order of Nurses
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: “Mrs. Dorothy Shields / Retired Summer 1985”
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Nurse Elizabeth Smellie

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65536
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 1940
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm, matted in frame 35 x 28 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Elizabeth Smellie in uniform. She was Chief Superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses from 1924 to May 1947, except during World War II, when she was called back into the Canadian army as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps from 1940 …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 1940
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm, matted in frame 35 x 28 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-074
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Elizabeth Smellie in uniform. She was Chief Superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses from 1924 to May 1947, except during World War II, when she was called back into the Canadian army as Colonel and Matron-in-chief of the Canadian Women's Army Medical Corps from 1940 until 1944. She was the first woman to achieve the rank of colonel in the Canadian army.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Documentary Artifacts - Portraits
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Smellie, Elizabeth
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Karsh, Yousuf
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Photographer’s name "Karsh" signed on recto of card mount at bottom left, “Elizabeth Smellie” signed on card mount at bottom right.
Sticker on verso of frame reads: “Framed by The Stride Studios / Chas. E. Stride / 657 Columbia St. New Westminster B.C. / We carry an exclusive line of framed pictures”
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Nurse Franchini smiling at Antonio Di Tomaso

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65511
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published January 9, 1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Karen Franchini smiling down at Antonio Di Tomaso in his wheelchair. The nurse was helping him to recover from an operation.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published January 9, 1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 23.5 x 19 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-049
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Karen Franchini smiling down at Antonio Di Tomaso in his wheelchair. The nurse was helping him to recover from an operation.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Franchini, Karen
Tomaso, Antonio Di
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: “Columbian Photo / Room 5, 35 Sixth St. / New Westminster, B.C. / LA 1-2622 :: Local 229 / Basil King Photo”
Note on verso of photograph reads: “1965 / Mrs. Franchini / Mr. Thomas age 80 years.”
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Nurse Nettie Klokeid

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65510
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published January 9, 1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Nettie Klokeid holding up eleven-week-old swaddled baby James Henry Thomson for measuring.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965, published January 9, 1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-048
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of VON nurse Nettie Klokeid holding up eleven-week-old swaddled baby James Henry Thomson for measuring.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Klokeid, Nettie
Thomson, James Henry
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
King, Basil
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: “Columbian Photo / Room 5, 35 Sixth St. / New Westminster, B.C. / LA 1-2622 :: Local 229 / Basil King Photo”
Note on verso of photograph reads: “1965 / Mrs. Klokeid”
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Nurses on coffee break

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of five Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurses having coffee break together at the Municipal Hall in Burnaby. The nurses are; (from left) Sue Cornelisse, Margaret Standerwick, Nettie Klokeid, Betty-Lou Sundquist and Marguerite Dobson.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1965
Collection/Fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : col. ; 8 x 8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
153-052
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
Accession Number
2010-09
Scope and Content
Photograph of five Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) nurses having coffee break together at the Municipal Hall in Burnaby. The nurses are; (from left) Sue Cornelisse, Margaret Standerwick, Nettie Klokeid, Betty-Lou Sundquist and Marguerite Dobson.
Subjects
Occupations - Nurses
Names
Victorian Order of Nurses
Cornelisse, Sue
Standerwick, Margaret
Klokeid, Nettie
Sundquist, Betty-Lou
Dobson, Marguerite
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: “Coffee break in Municipal Hall / Cafeteria / L. to Right / Sue Cornelisse / Margaret Standerwick / Nettie Klokied [sic] / Betty-Lou Sundquist / Marguerite Dobson"
Note on recto of photograph reads: “1965”
Geographic Access
Canada Way
Street Address
4949 Canada Way
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
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