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Interview with W.H. O'Brien July / August 1975 - Track 8

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date Range
[1932]-1936
Length
0:11:12
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Summary
This portion of the interview pertains to W.H. "Harry" O'Brien's involvement with the formation of the Army of the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union).
Date Range
[1932]-1936
Photo Info
Harry and Gertrude (Sutherland) O'Brien on their wedding day, October 12, 1940. Item no. 315-005
Length
0:11:12
Names
Darling, Gordon
Phillips, Turnie
Subjects
Organizations
Interviewer
Bradbury, Dr. Bettina
Interview Date
July / August 1975
Scope and Content
Recording is a taped interview with W.H. "Harry" O'Brien by SFU (Simon Fraser University) graduate student Bettina Bradbury. Major themes discussed are: the Army of the Common Good, the Union of the Unemployed and the Common Good Credit Union (now the South Burnaby Credit Union). To view "Narrow By" terms for each track expand this description and see "Notes".
Biographical Notes
W.H. “Harry” O’Brien was born in the coal mining town of Nanaimo, British Columbia on October 20, 1914. He came to Burnaby with his parents and five siblings in 1927. Harry’s mother, a school teacher, wanted her children to live closer to school in order to obtain a better education, so the O’Brien family settled at Inman Avenue, Burnaby. Harry's mother, Mary Anne Crossan, was Gilmore Avenue School's first teacher. Harry left school in June of 1929. Harry’s father worked as the caretaker at Central Park around this time and Harry helped him to clear brush, plant trees and enforce the land clearing and wood cutting permit regulations held by men who were on script. Although too young to vote by just over a week, Harry O'Brien worked as a scrutineer for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) during the 1935 Federal Election. On October 12, 1940 Harry O'Brien married Gertrude Sutherland at St. John the Divine in Burnaby. The Sutherland family came to Burnaby from Winnipeg in 1933 and settled at Nelson Avenue. Harry began his involvement with the Unemployment Organization in Burnaby by participating in an organised protest against the municipality for homeowner evictions brought on by unpaid taxes. The South Burnaby Union of the Unemployed organised in order to protest rules around receiving Relief. Harry became involved, eventually becoming one of the spearheads of the organization, taking over as secretary by 1936. Harry was an original member of the Army of the Common Good, helping to produce over one hundred and twenty-five tons of vegetables from its own gardens to feed Burnaby citizens suffering from the lack of resources during the Depression years. The members of the Army of the Common Good who cut wood for consumption or worked in the gardens were given credit for their work through LU (Labour Units) which they could then use to buy groceries and that at the Army's Cooperative stores, one of which was at McKay Avenue, where Harry began working as Manager of Groceries in 1937. The Credit Union movement of British Columbia was also organized by Harry O'Brien and his fellow Army of the Common Good members. W.H. "Harry" O'Brien died July 1, 1992.
Total Tracks
9
Total Length
1:17:56
Interviewee Name
O'Brien, Harry
Interviewer Bio
Bettina Bradbury teaches history and women's studies at York University. She is the author of Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in Nineteenth-century Montreal. (Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, June 2011), 520p; Working Families. Age, Gender and Daily Survival in Industrializing Montreal. (Toronto: Canadian Social History Series, McClelland and Stewart, 1993); (Republished Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1996) (3rd edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007). These interviews were undertaken after she completed her MA at Simon Fraser University in 1975 with the support of an LIP grant.
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Oral history subseries
Transcript Available
None
Media Type
Sound Recording
Web Notes
Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.
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Ellenor Murray's brother

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Collection/Fonds
Murray family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Collection/Fonds
Murray family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia (cabinet card) ; 9 x 6 cm, mounted on card 10 x 6 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
548-002
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2012-31
Scope and Content
Photograph of a family of three taken at a photographic studio in Newcastle-On-Tyne. Either the man or the child in the photograph has been identified as Ellenor Murray's brother.
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Dickson, Jas.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Mother's Brother"
Photographer's studio markings on recto of cabinet card read: "Jas. Dickinson / Newcastle-On-Tyne"
Photographers studio markings on verso of cabinet card read: "The Portrait / City Gallery / Photographic Artist / Jas Dickinson / Grainger Street Newcastle-On-Tyne / Negatives Kept / Additional Copies Can Always Be Obtained / Portraits of Every Description Enlarged / Portrait Clubs."
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Brothers Earl and Norman Wild

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925] - 1990
Collection/Fonds
Murray family fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1925] - 1990
Collection/Fonds
Murray family fonds
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
548-003
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2012-31
Scope and Content
Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
Names
Wild, Norman
Wild, Earl
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Norman's brother Earl + Norman. Idaho USA"
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How to electrify your radio set

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Osgood, Victor L.
Publication Date
c1927
Call Number
537 OSG Copy 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Accession Code
BV999.32.1
Call Number
537 OSG Copy 1
Author
Osgood, Victor L.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
The E. I. Co.
Publication Date
c1927
Physical Description
30 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Do-it-yourself work
Radio
Radio--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Electricity
Notes
Copy 1 of 2
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Erla radio : years ahead

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Electrical Research Laboratories
Publication Date
c1927
Call Number
537.5 ELE
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV999.32.4
Call Number
537.5 ELE
Author
Electrical Research Laboratories
Place of Publication
Evansville, Ind.
Publisher
Electrical Research Laboratories
Publication Date
c1927
Printer
Margil-Weinsheimer Co.
Physical Description
19 p. : ill. : 29 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Electrical Research Laboratories
Radio--Equipment and supplies
Industries--Indiana--Evansville
Commercial catalogs
Catalogs
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Alice Sparman with group of children

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
Scope and Content
Group photograph of seventeen children pictured outside. Alice Sparman in front row, far right, wearing dark jacket. In background: trees, hillside with scrub, and log cabin with woodpile. Shadow of photographer on lower right.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Series
Sanders-Sparman photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7 x 11.5 cm
Material Details
Text in blue ink on top front "34".
Scope and Content
Group photograph of seventeen children pictured outside. Alice Sparman in front row, far right, wearing dark jacket. In background: trees, hillside with scrub, and log cabin with woodpile. Shadow of photographer on lower right.
Subjects
Persons - Children
Names
Sanders, Alice Viola Sparman
Accession Code
BV018.34.28
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[193-]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cascade-Schou Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-07-12
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Sparman family

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w print ; 7.6 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Sparman family pictured outside with trees in background. Front row left to right: Alice Sparman, Nester Sparman holding May Sparman on lap, Lester Sparman, Marie Sparman. Back row left to right: Elizabeth Marie Sparman and Lillian "Lil" Sparman.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Gerald F. Sanders and Alice Sparman Sanders fonds
Series
Sanders-Sparman photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w print ; 7.6 x 11 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Sparman family pictured outside with trees in background. Front row left to right: Alice Sparman, Nester Sparman holding May Sparman on lap, Lester Sparman, Marie Sparman. Back row left to right: Elizabeth Marie Sparman and Lillian "Lil" Sparman.
Names
Sanders, Alice Viola Sparman
Sparman, Lester
Sparman, Elizabeth Marie
Sparman, Lillian
Sparman, Mary
Sparman, Nester
Accession Code
BV018.34.29
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[193-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2022-07-12
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Penmanship stories and busy work

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Maclean, H. B.
Arnold, Frank H.
Publication Date
c1923
Call Number
372.634 MAC
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV985.99.5
Call Number
372.634 MAC
Author
Maclean, H. B.
Arnold, Frank H.
Publication Date
c1923
Physical Description
46 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Inscription
"H. B. MacLean" [handwritten on front cover in black ink]
Library Subject (LOC)
Penmanship
Notes
Author's given name and dates: MacLean, Henry Bovyer, 1884 - 1976
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The pied piper

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Publication Date
c1924
Call Number
398 JOH
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV993.24.1
Call Number
398 JOH
Author
Johnson, Clifton, 1865-1940
Contributor
Smith, Harry L.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Cupples & Leon Company
Publication Date
c1924
Series
Bedtime Wonder Tales
Physical Description
128, [2] p. : ill.
Inscription
"10", in pencil on front endpaper "W/50", in pencil on pre-title page "10c", in black crayon inside back cover
Library Subject (LOC)
Fiction--20th century
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Go slow, Mary : a farce-comedy in three acts

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Mortimer, Lillian, -1946
Publication Date
c1925
Call Number
812 MOR
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV982.24.24
Call Number
812 MOR
Author
Mortimer, Lillian, -1946
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
T. S. Denison & Co.
Publication Date
c1925
Physical Description
100 p. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"Danny Grubb" [Handwritten on cover, title page and page 3] "J. B. Street 6176 Walker Ave. Burnaby 1, B.C." [Stamped in blue ink on title page] Calculations on title page. Page notations on page 3. Names written beside characters on page 3.
Library Subject (LOC)
Marriage--Drama
Housewives--Drama
Housewives
Marriage
Drama
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Books
Documentary Artifacts - Scripts
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Designing and planning clothes : the principles of design illustrated and explained in their practical application to correct dress for all types

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1925
Call Number
646 WOM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Accession Code
BV007.6.1
Call Number
646 WOM
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1925
Physical Description
55 p. : ill. : 30 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking--Study and teaching
Dressmaking
Dresses
Fashion design
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Magazines
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
"415" -- Cover
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Draping and designing with scissors and cloth : details and instructions for the creating and developing of garments from cloth without patterns

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1924
Call Number
646 WOM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Accession Code
BV007.6.2
Call Number
646 WOM
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1924
Physical Description
55 p. : ill. : 30 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Fashion design
Dressmaking
Garment cutting
Dressmaking--Study and teaching
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Magazines
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
"416" -- Cover
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Dress decoration and ornament : illustrations, instruction, ideas, and suggestions for the right application of decoration and ornament to dress

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1925
Call Number
746.9 WOM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Textual Record
Accession Code
BV007.6.3
Call Number
746.9 WOM
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1925
Physical Description
47 p. : ill. : 30 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking
Dressmaking--Study and teaching
Clothing and dress
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Magazines
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
"417" -- Cover
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Care of clothing : home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodeling, the upkeep of clothes, the budget

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
1926
c1925
Call Number
646.4 WOM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.6.6
Call Number
646.4 WOM
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
1926
c1925
Series
Woman's Institute library of dressmaking, v. 3
Physical Description
vi, xxiv, 262 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Clothing and dress
Laundry
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Books
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
Includes index.
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Tissue-paper patterns, part 1

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.6.8
Call Number
646 WOM pt. 1
Author
Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
1923
c1916
Series
Instruction paper with examination questions
Physical Description
32 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
Part 1 of 2
"Department of dressmaking" -- coverXXX
"Instruction paper with examination questions; 32A-2" -- Cover
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Tissue-paper patterns, part 2

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.6.9
Call Number
746.9 WOM pt. 2
Author
Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1916
1923
Series
Instruction paper with examination questions
Physical Description
24 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
Inscription
"Answered" [Handwritten and underlined in pencil on front cover] "Netting Needle" [Handwritten, starred, and underlined in pencil on front cover] Some notes throughout.
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
Part 2 of 2
"Department of dressmaking" -- cover
"Instruction paper with examination questions" -- Cover
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Tight linings and boning

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.6.10
Call Number
646 WOM
Author
Picken, Mary Brooks, 1886-1981
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Education Corp. General
Publication Date
1923
c1915
Physical Description
43 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
Inscription
"This instruction book is not included in your course of study, but is sent to show you just how to prepare your dress form for use. You will not be asked to report on this book." [Typed in purple ink and pasted to first page]
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking
Sewing
Linings (Sewing)
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
"Department of sewing" -- cover
"Instruction paper with examination questions ; 5-2" -- Cover
"This lesson is optional. You are not required to report on it unless you so desire. However, you are urged to study it diligently, to apply the instruction contained in it, and to answer the Examination Questions for your own satisfaction." -- Cover
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Essential stitches and seams

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1922
Call Number
646 WOM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.6.11
Call Number
646 WOM
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1922
Physical Description
38 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking--Study and teaching
Sewing
Stitches (Sewing)
Seams (Sewing)
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
"401" -- cover
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Simplified sewing

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1922
Call Number
646 WOM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.6.12
Call Number
646 WOM
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1922
Physical Description
51 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking--Study and teaching
Sewing
Stitches (Sewing)
Seams (Sewing)
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
Notes
"402" --cover
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Dress development

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1923
Call Number
746.9 WOM
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV007.6.13
Call Number
746.9 WOM
Author
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Place of Publication
Scranton, Pa.
Publisher
Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Publication Date
c1923
Physical Description
61 p. : ill. : 23 cm.
Library Subject (LOC)
Dressmaking--Study and teaching
Garment cutting
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Object History
Home sewing course used by Burnaby residents in the 1920's
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