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Elsie at Ion

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Publication Date
c1893
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV997.45.19
Call Number
813.4 FIN
Author
Finley, Martha, 1828-1909
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
George Routledge And Sons, Ltd.
Publication Date
c1893
Physical Description
291 p. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"H. Morey & Co. Booksellers, New Westminster, B. C." [sticker on back pastedown] "Mrs. W. Whiting" [handwritten on page opposing front pastedown in black ink]
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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Plot of Royal Engineers' Surveys - North Road

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1890]
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 61 x 45 cm
Scope and Content
Survey plan of "Plot of Royal Engineers' Surveys," "North Road."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Ronald G. Scobbie collection
Series
Subdivision and survey plans series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 61 x 45 cm
Material Details
Scale 10 chains = 1 inch
Scope and Content
Survey plan of "Plot of Royal Engineers' Surveys," "North Road."
Geographic Access
North Road
Accession Code
BV003.83.34
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1890]
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
440
Scan Date
December 2020
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of plan
Handwritten notes on verso read: "Envelope 369", and mathematical calculat- ions
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