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Elsie's holidays at Roselands

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Publication Date
c1868
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.45.17
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
Publication Date
c1868
Series
The Elsie books
Printer
W. Jolly & Sons
Physical Description
373 p. : 20 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Christian life
Families
Juvenile fiction
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Geographic Access
Cumberland Street
Object History
This artifact has been passed down to all the girls in subsequent generations of the family, eventually to the donor, Mrs. Whiting. This series of 26 "Elsie" girls books are said, by the donor, to have been purchased by Jesse Love and his son in law Wallace (Flash) Whiting for the youngest of Jesse and Martha Love's children Hannah Victoria (Girlie) Love, age 10 at the time, and Annie (Love) Whiting's daughter Edith, age 8 at the time. The book series seems to have made their way through some of Jesse Love's daughter's children. Mrs. Whiting. Sarah (Love) Parker, daughter of Jesse Love, even named her daughter Elsie (Parker) Hughes after the main character of the series. The books seem to have made their way through the children and grand children of Annie (Love) and Wallace Whiting. The were donated by Edna Whiting, the daughter in law of Alfred Whiting, one of Annie's sons.
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British pharmacopoeia

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
General Medical Council (Great Britain)
Publication Date
1867
Call Number
615.11 GEN 1867
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV002.84.25
Call Number
615.11 GEN 1867
Author
General Medical Council (Great Britain)
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Spottiswoode & Co.
Publication Date
1867
Printer
Spottiswoode & Co.
Physical Description
xxiv, 434 p. : 20 cm.
Inscription
"N. W. Minthorne Druggist & Bookseller Fenelon Falls" [Stamped in blue ink on front flyleaf] "E. B. Borland Orland Ont 1873" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf] "Sno S ____dy B 30/11/95" [Handwritten in pencil on front flyleaf] "Sno S ___dy Bolcaygeon Feb. 14th 1895" [Handwritten in pencil on pre-title page] Calculations on back flyleaf and endpaper.
Library Subject (LOC)
Pharmacopoeias--Great Britain
Pharmacopoeias
Great Britain
Notes
"Published under the direction of the General Council of medical education and registration of the United Kingdom pursuant to the Medical Act, 1858" -- Title page
Includes index.
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