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$1000.00 Debenture Issued by Burnaby 1893 June 01

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
Item is a framed 1893 $1000.00 debenture issued on June 1, 1893 pursuant to the Burnaby Loan Bylaw, 1893. Twenty-five of these debentures were issued on June 1 and they bore an interest rate of 6 percent and matured in 1943, 50 years after the date of issue. The purpose for this issue was to pay …
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Series
Clerk's Department record series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
Item
Record No.
39509
Accession Number
2001-01
Scope and Content
Item is a framed 1893 $1000.00 debenture issued on June 1, 1893 pursuant to the Burnaby Loan Bylaw, 1893. Twenty-five of these debentures were issued on June 1 and they bore an interest rate of 6 percent and matured in 1943, 50 years after the date of issue. The purpose for this issue was to pay for the construction of roads in Burnaby.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jessie Love and J.E. Armstrong

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
9 Feb. 1894
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item consists of an affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong signed by Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Series
Love and Leonard land records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item consists of an affidavit certificate re H.A. Eastman, Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong signed by Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Accession Code
BV992.26.22
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
9 Feb. 1894
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Certificate, blue paper with black print, blank areas filled in with handwriting in brown ink; "I hereby certify that" "H.A. Eastman" "personally known to me, appeared before me and acknowledged to me that" "he" "the person whose name is subscribed to the annexed Instrument as Witness, and having been duly sworn by me, did prove to me that" "Jesse Love & J.C. Armstrong" "did execute the same in his presence voluntarily." "IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have hereto set my Hand and Seal of Office, at" "New Westminster" ", British Columbia, this" "9th" "day of" "February" "in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-" "four"; signed in black ink, "J. Brisere Cheny"?; stamped purple "A Commissioner for taking affidavits to be used in the Supreme Court of British Columbia".
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Agreement for sale of land between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love re District Lot 25

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
6 Oct. 1893
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records + 1 plan : red and black ink on linen ; 16 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of an Agreement for Sale of Land dated October 6, 1893 between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love for District Lot 25, Group one, New Westminster District and a small hand drawn plan showing District Lot 25, Cumberland Road and location of building. Land Agreement was registered Febru…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Series
Love and Leonard land records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records + 1 plan : red and black ink on linen ; 16 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of an Agreement for Sale of Land dated October 6, 1893 between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love for District Lot 25, Group one, New Westminster District and a small hand drawn plan showing District Lot 25, Cumberland Road and location of building. Land Agreement was registered February 13, 1894.
Accession Code
BV992.26.8
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
6 Oct. 1893
Media Type
Textual Record
Cartographic Material
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Document dated Oct 6 1893; "ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT" between Joseph C. Armstrong and Jesse Love; one page, folded on buff, legal-sized paper with pink borders; black print; handwritten in faded brown ink; for a parcel of land in the New Westminster District, all that portion of Lot 25, Group I, from a point on the Easterly side 20 chains from the South Easterly corner, then from the South Easterly corner, then northerly and parallel with the Cumberland Road for 10 chains and 52 links, then southerly 10 chains, then Easterly 14 chains and 52 links, total 14 acres and 52/100; for $1161 in 17 instalments at 6% interest; signed by Jesse Love and J.C. Armstrong, witnessed by H.A. Eastman; two seals are missing, pink stains on paper; addition May 1900 signed by Jesse Love and H.A. Eastman; folds twice; when folded, panel showing is "AGREEMENT for Sale of Land." "on Cumberland road in Lot 25 Group I"; handwritten "H.A. Eastman" over printed "E.H. PORT & CO.", "REAL ESTATE BROKERS" "NEW WESTMINSTER BRITISH COLUMBIA"; back panel has blue stamping and pink additions, giving No. 546C, registered February 13, 1894, Charge Book Vol. 13, Folio 51, signed C.S. Corrigan? District Registrar; with hand-drawn plan on stained linen, pink ink with black additions, shows Cumberland Road and city limits.
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Baptismal certificate

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 25, 1899
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 certificate
Scope and Content
Item is a certificate authenticating Hazel Erickson's (later Peterson) birth date and baptism.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 25, 1899
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Hazel Peterson subseries
Physical Description
1 certificate
Material Details
Elaborate cross-hatched drawing of a baptism adorns the certificate
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS094-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-08
Scope and Content
Item is a certificate authenticating Hazel Erickson's (later Peterson) birth date and baptism.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Births of Jesse and Martha Love

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1879-1902
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. : 24 x 30 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a births record page listing the children of Jesse and Martha Love. The page is presumed to be removed from a bible, potentially the Love family bible (BV992.26.1). The information on the obverse reads "Births / George Richard Love born 6:30 P.M March 22nd 1880 / Annie Elizabeth " …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Series
Love family vital events and correspondence series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. : 24 x 30 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a births record page listing the children of Jesse and Martha Love. The page is presumed to be removed from a bible, potentially the Love family bible (BV992.26.1). The information on the obverse reads "Births / George Richard Love born 6:30 P.M March 22nd 1880 / Annie Elizabeth " August 24 1881 / Henry Love " August 24th 1883 / Edith Minnie " October 9th 1885 / Thomas Robert " September 17th 1887 / Martha "December 17th 1889 / Sarah Maria " February 8th 1892 / Phoebe Leonard April 15th 1894 / Esther August 28th 1896 / John Leonard June 7th 1899 / Hannah May 12th 1902". The reverse reads "Deaths" with no further notations.
Accession Code
BV992.26.30
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1879-1902
Media Type
Textual Record
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-06-10
Notes
Title based on the content of the page
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Burnaby School House contract

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893 (date of original), copied 1988
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
2 p. (photocopied)
Scope and Content
Item is the (photocopied pages of the) original Public Works contract between W.S. Gore Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works and John M. Archibald, Contractor for the construction of Burnaby School House.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893 (date of original), copied 1988
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Ephemera subseries
Physical Description
2 p. (photocopied)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS034-001
Accession Number
BHS1988-02
Scope and Content
Item is the (photocopied pages of the) original Public Works contract between W.S. Gore Deputy Commissioner of Lands and Works and John M. Archibald, Contractor for the construction of Burnaby School House.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Debenture certificate

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 certificate (framed)
Scope and Content
Item is a debenture (a certificate of agreement of loans which carries an undertaking that the debenture holder will get a fixed return and the principal amount whenever the debenture matures) given by the District of Burnaby. It was presented to George A. Grant in July of 1958 as a memento for his…
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Grant subseries
Physical Description
1 certificate (framed)
Material Details
Debenture no. 5
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS048-004
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1990-06
Scope and Content
Item is a debenture (a certificate of agreement of loans which carries an undertaking that the debenture holder will get a fixed return and the principal amount whenever the debenture matures) given by the District of Burnaby. It was presented to George A. Grant in July of 1958 as a memento for his service as a Burnaby debt retirement fund trustee.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Newspaper clipping attached to back of frame dated May 4, 1857 describes the history of the debentures in Burnaby and how their debt was to be honoured
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Debenture Register

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893-1936
Collection/Fonds
Finance Department fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
Textual record
Scope and Content
Ledger contains the record of the debentures authorized under the authority of bylaws number 59, 67, 78, 82, 85, 89, 90, 97, 98, 100, 101, 122, 128, 129, 120, 121, 129, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 157, 159, 203, 244, 294 and 345.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1893-1936
Collection/Fonds
Finance Department fonds
Series
Historical Finance records series
Physical Description
Textual record
Description Level
Item
Record No.
40106
Accession Number
2009-02
Scope and Content
Ledger contains the record of the debentures authorized under the authority of bylaws number 59, 67, 78, 82, 85, 89, 90, 97, 98, 100, 101, 122, 128, 129, 120, 121, 129, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 157, 159, 203, 244, 294 and 345.
Media Type
Textual Record
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Deed of Land Sale - fragment

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1893]
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item consists of the bottom portion of a Deed of Land Sale. It contains a hand written, legal description of property which reads: "Cumberland Road in Lot 25, G. 1, N.W. Dist the / same being distant 14.18 Chs. S. 63.30 (degrees) E, from / the Northeast corner of said Lot 25; thense S. 63.30 E....a…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Series
Love and Leonard land records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item consists of the bottom portion of a Deed of Land Sale. It contains a hand written, legal description of property which reads: "Cumberland Road in Lot 25, G. 1, N.W. Dist the / same being distant 14.18 Chs. S. 63.30 (degrees) E, from / the Northeast corner of said Lot 25; thense S. 63.30 E....and containing by estimaton ten (10) acres...".
History
See extensive history of Love Family and Love farmhouse located at Burnaby Village Museum.
Accession Code
BV012.31.21
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1893]
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on content of file
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Description of Mr. Love's Property

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1894]
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item consists of a document titled "Description of Mr. Love's Property". The document describes Jesse Love's property located at the north east corner of District Lot 25 located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Love family fonds
Series
Love and Leonard land records series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p. of textual records
Scope and Content
Item consists of a document titled "Description of Mr. Love's Property". The document describes Jesse Love's property located at the north east corner of District Lot 25 located on Cumberland Road in Burnaby.
Accession Code
BV992.26.24
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1894]
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Transcribed title
Document, buff paper, legal-sized, typed in black carbon; "DESCRIPTION OF MR. LOVE'S PROPERTY" at top, underlined; "Commencing at a post at the north-east corner of lot twenty-five (25); thence southerly along the westerly line of the Cumberland Road thirty-four (34) chains and eighty-four (84) links; thence westerly and parallel with the line between/ district lots twenty-five (25) and eighty-eight (88) fourteen (14) chains and fifty (50) links thence northerly and parallel with the Cumberland Road thirty-four (34) chains and eighty-four (84) links thence eatserly along the line between said lots twenty-five and eighty eight (88) to point of commencement containing fifty and five hundred and eighteen thousandths (50.518) acres more or less" [NOTE "eatserly" is as written on document]
watermark "WESTMINSTER BOND"; pencilled on reverse, "63 - 00", line, "31 1-0" and six short marks like checks
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Map of South Western Part of British Columbia

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1897
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. ink on paper ; 68 x 88 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a "MAP OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF BRITISH COLUMBIA”. Map identifies geographic land districts of New Westminster District; Coast District; Lillooet District; Yale District, Kamloops Division, Yale Division and districts on Vancouver Island. Map also includes the northern portions…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Series
Maps of British Columbia and Canada series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : col. ink on paper ; 68 x 88 cm
Material Details
Scale [1:633600]
Scope and Content
Item consists of a "MAP OF THE SOUTH-WESTERN PART OF BRITISH COLUMBIA”. Map identifies geographic land districts of New Westminster District; Coast District; Lillooet District; Yale District, Kamloops Division, Yale Division and districts on Vancouver Island. Map also includes the northern portions of the State of Washington below the 49th parallel.
Creator
Government of British Columbia - Department of Lands and Works
Publisher
The Colonist Litho Victoria B.C.
Responsibility
Martin, George Bohun
Accession Code
BV993.12.12
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1897
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-08-17
Notes
Transcribed title
Scale equals 1 inch to 10 miles
"Compiled and drawn by direction of the Honouable G.B. Martin, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Victoria, B.C."
Signed by Surveyor General "Tom Kains"
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Marriage certificate

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 20, 1894
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 certificate (hand-coloured)
Scope and Content
Item is a certificate of marriage between Charles Victor Erickson and Hedvig Amanda Erickson. The two were married on January 20, 1894 in Oakland, California.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
January 20, 1894
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Hazel Peterson subseries
Physical Description
1 certificate (hand-coloured)
Material Details
Elaborate hand-coloured drawings adorn the certificate
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS094-005
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-08
Scope and Content
Item is a certificate of marriage between Charles Victor Erickson and Hedvig Amanda Erickson. The two were married on January 20, 1894 in Oakland, California.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Marriage license

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 25, 1899
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 p.
Scope and Content
Item is a marriage license between Charles Victor Erickson and Hedvig Amanda Erickson. The two were married on January 20, 1894 in Oakland, California.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
December 25, 1899
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Hazel Peterson subseries
Physical Description
1 p.
Material Details
Elaborate cross-hatched drawing adorns the license
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS094-006
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
BHS2000-08
Scope and Content
Item is a marriage license between Charles Victor Erickson and Hedvig Amanda Erickson. The two were married on January 20, 1894 in Oakland, California.
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on contents of item
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Part of the New Westminster District shewing the Proposed New Municipality of Burnaby

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1891 (date of original)
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : blueline print with col. ; 59 x 96 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of a map titled "Part of the New Westminster District shewing the Proposed New Municipality of Burnaby". The map shows boundaries of a proposed new municipality of Burnaby including all land outside of the "old" City of Vancouver between Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River and west of …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
Series
Maps of Burnaby and Greater Vancouver series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 map : blueline print with col. ; 59 x 96 cm
Material Details
Scale approx. [1:31,680]
Scope and Content
Item consists of a map titled "Part of the New Westminster District shewing the Proposed New Municipality of Burnaby". The map shows boundaries of a proposed new municipality of Burnaby including all land outside of the "old" City of Vancouver between Burrard Inlet and the Fraser River and west of North Road. Map also shows the boundaries of the District Lots. Signed by Garden, Hermon and Burwell Provincial Land Surveyors, Vancouver, June 5, 1891. Blueline print is hand-coloured highlighting Burnaby.
Creator
Garden, Hermon and Burwell
Accession Code
BV994.29.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1891 (date of original)
Media Type
Cartographic Material
Scan Resolution
300
Scan Date
2022-05-10
Notes
Transcribed title
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Penitentiary Regulations Canada 1899

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1899
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 book (hardcover)
Scope and Content
Item is a book entitled, "Penitentiary Regulations Canada 1899" printed in Ottawa at the Government Printing Bureau.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
1899
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
George Jeffery subseries
Physical Description
1 book (hardcover)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
MSS013-021
Accession Number
BHS2007-04
Scope and Content
Item is a book entitled, "Penitentiary Regulations Canada 1899" printed in Ottawa at the Government Printing Bureau.
Media Type
Textual Record
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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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Potato salad recipe

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[189_]
Collection/Fonds
Hugh H. Stewart fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 textual record
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page handwritten recipe for potato salad. The recipe is written on a blank invoice page from "Tho's Cassidy / 441 Powell Street _ Dealer in Groceries, Provisious etc." The name "Elwin V." is written over top of the name "Tho's".
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Hugh H. Stewart fonds
Series
Hugh H. Stewart personal documents series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 textual record
Scope and Content
Item consists of a one page handwritten recipe for potato salad. The recipe is written on a blank invoice page from "Tho's Cassidy / 441 Powell Street _ Dealer in Groceries, Provisious etc." The name "Elwin V." is written over top of the name "Tho's".
Accession Code
HV979.50.277
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[189_]
Media Type
Textual Record
Notes
Title based on content of item
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