"w 83" -handwritten in ink inside front cover. crossed out in pencil.
"Ex-- True Bark / Ring growers. / petals - 4 + 5. / net - veined / Dicatyledon" -handwritten in ink inside front cover.
"Alice P Macdugall." -handwritten in ink inside front cover.
"3 6" -written in pencil inside front cover. crossed out in pencil.
"Allie Mc Dougall. / Pleased to meet you." -handwritten in pencil on cover page.
various chapter and page number references handwritten in pencil on cover page.
"125" -written in pencil inside back cover.
"p. 56 - 79. / 90 - 95." -written in pencil inside back cover.
Item is a photograph of a group of delegates or officials watching a guard dog demonstration at a military facility in Quebec. This photograph may be related to Harold Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
Item is a photograph of a group of delegates or officials watching a guard dog demonstration at a military facility in Quebec. This photograph may be related to Harold Winch's work on one of three defence committees during the 1960s.
Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge.…
Item is a digitized silent film segment identified as Reel 8. Most of the film is in black and white but switches to a pinky hue about 3/4 of the way through. The film footage provides views of road travels with the Digney family as they drive around Ontario and into Detroit via the Windsor Bridge. Footage includes travels to Niagara Falls and the power plant, the gates of the CNE and the Toronto skyline, a scene in Quebec where the Digney car is being loaded on board a large ship, followed by glimpses of life aboard the oceanliner as the family travels to England. Once in England, the family is seen enjoying a picnic with relatives and the film cuts and ends with a scene of a polo match.
This home was built for Francois Xavier “Frank” Comeau (1863-1943), a blacksmith who moved from Quebec to Vancouver in about 1890, and his wife Cezarie Marie (née Fortin, 1860-1950), also from Quebec, whom he married in 1903. Featuring a front gabled roof with decorative triangular eave brackets, this comfortable Craftsman bungalow displays other characteristics typical of the style such as lapped siding at the foundation, a shingle-clad main floor, casement windows and stained glass transoms on the front elevation. The most notable feature of the plan is the inset verandah with subtle segmental-arched openings and tapered square columns.
This house was constructed as an investment rental property by Nova Scotia-born Dr. James Collins Farish (1866-1952). Farish was a Vancouver physician and surgeon and an eye, ear, nose & throat specialist; he retired in 1941 after fifty years of practice. In 1903, he married his first wife, Annie Gower Revely (died 1922). His second wife, Ella Jean Morrison (1887-1953) was originally from Winslow, Quebec. With its hipped roof and gabled projections, this house displays the typical elements of the Edwardian era domestic architecture. Features such as exposed rafter tails, paired square porch columns and bracketed bay windows display the emerging influence of the Arts and Crafts style. The ground floor windows are excellent examples of the multiple assemblies of casement, fixed and transom windows favoured during the era. A recent restoration project has extensively altered the original appearance and character of this impressive home.
Located on the shore of Burrard Inlet, these poured concrete piers of the smokestack burner and the former boiler and plant of the North Pacific Lumber Company are among the only remains of the once-thriving industrial site located on the waterfront on the south shore of Burrard Inlet. The sawmill and the Village of Barnet were initiated by David MacLaren, a wealthy lumberman from Buckingham, Quebec, who had previously established the Fraser Mills in Coquitlam in 1889. McLaren gambled that a sawmill on the main line of the C.P.R near Vancouver would serve the Canadian domestic market and be a profitable venture. The North Pacific Lumber Company established itself on this peninsula on Burrard Inlet and was fully operational in 1900. In 1909, the mill was completely burned out by a fire starting in the boiler room. Immediately the plant was rebuilt, modern in every respect and absolutely fireproof, as the entire power plant and boiler room was built of reinforced concrete and steel, of which these ruins are the last remains. The plant closed during the First World War and reopened as the Barnet Lumber Company in 1925 only to close forever in 1931 after a strike during the Great Depression.
The O.G. Naud House is a south facing, two-storey house with a bellcast hipped roof, set on a high basement. It features a double-height front verandah supported by classical columns. It is located on Victory Street in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of South Burnaby, and is one of the oldest houses i…
The O.G. Naud House is a south facing, two-storey house with a bellcast hipped roof, set on a high basement. It features a double-height front verandah supported by classical columns. It is located on Victory Street in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of South Burnaby, and is one of the oldest houses in the area.
Heritage Value
Built in 1908, the O.G. Naud House is valued as one of the first houses to be built in the Alta Vista neighbourhood and is a direct link to the first settlement of the area. Close proximity to the B.C. Electric Railway streetcar line, at Royal Oak and Highland Park, permitted easy access to New Westminster and Vancouver. These transportation links, combined with spectacular views of the Fraser Valley, encouraged the early development of this South Burnaby neighbourhood.
The O.G. Naud House is architecturally significant as an example of the influence of the Classical Revival style that had been popularized in Eastern Canada. The basic form of the house is a Foursquare, with a double-height verandah that dominates the symmetrically balanced façade, supported on lathe-turned columns. A central entry and regular fenestration further unify the façade composition. Construction employed locally available materials. The rough-cut foundation stone was harvested from boulders from the G. Ledingham property on the south side of Victory Street. The builder and first owner, Onezime George Naud (1858-1951), was originally from St. Albans, Quebec. He worked on railway construction in Alabama, where he met his wife, Charlsie Elizabeth Sims (1869-1974). He later took part in the 1898 Gold Rush in Atlin, then worked as a stonemason on CPR culverts and bridges across B.C. An accomplished stonemason, Naud also worked on the original Vancouver and New Westminster post offices, the Parliament buildings in Victoria, and the Capitol building in Olympia, Washington.
Defining Elements
The key characteristics that define the heritage character of the O.G. Naud House include its:
- south-facing location, with generous set back from the street, in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of South Burnaby
- residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two-storey height plus full basement, bellcast hipped roof, rectangular plan and front projecting double-height verandah
- masonry construction materials such as the rough-cut granite foundation
- wood-frame construction, including lapped wooden siding and shingle siding extant under later cladding
- Edwardian era features including lathe-turned columns, balustrades of dimensional lumber, scroll-cut bargeboards in front gable, and scroll-cut eave brackets
- associated landscape features including lane access to the east, large cedar trees and perimeter plantings
The Sandersons were pioneer settlers in the Central Park area, arriving in Burnaby in 1904. Thomas Sanderson (1878-1936) was born in Morningside, Scotland and immigrated to British Columbia in 1899. In Vancouver in 1903, he married Ellen Jane Garvin (1883-1965), a native of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Thomas was chief of the Accounting Department at Hastings Mill, and served as Reeve of Burnaby in 1919 and 1920. One of his sons, Thomas, was a long-time teacher in Burnaby. The Sandersons’ house was built in 1905 as a small Edwardian bungalow but was extensively remodelled in the 1920s and is a fine example of the Craftsman style and today remains in good condition. Typical of the Late Craftsman style, the house has a front gabled roof, triangular eave brackets, tapered window surrounds and a mix of textural finishes, including shingles and lapped siding.
Dress, c.1920-1925. Brown crepe with false ivory taffeta undershirt and scarf. Long sleeves, pleated fringe, celluloid buttons, slightly flared calf length skirt.
The dress has a low rounded V neck with a collar that extends around the bottom with a pleated edge sewn on. Underneath the collar there is a panel of ivory fabric with two sashes that hang to the waist, tied at the bottom of the V neck. The panel is tacked on underneath the neckline. The sleeves have two small pleats at the sleeves. The ends are finished with a bias binding and placket, closed by snap fasteners.
At the waistline there is a wide band that extends around the front and back of the dress. On the front left there are two vertical pleated scalloped bands on the left. To the left of each scallop is a gold and silver coloured celluloid button with a basket weave pattern on it.
Beneath the band at the waist there is a slightly flared skirt. It opens on the left front side, under lapped by itself from the other side and tacked in place. The skirt ends at calf length, finished with a small double fold hem.
On the right sleeve cuff, there is a label that reads: `Style', `Cloth', `11763', `Size...42', `Operator... CGG', `Remarks', `89', `Finisher...26', `E'; "Deckelbaum Inc. Montreal." The seams are left unfinished.
Object History
This dress was part of a collection of dresses acquired from a dry goods store in the Okanagan. The dresses were mainly "new" old stock from the 1920s, from two Rand’s Dry Goods stores in Penticton and Summerland, B.C. The stores closed down in 1930. The dresses are estimated to date from circa 1925 to 1930.
Dress, c.1925-1929. Beige silk crepe, with brownish orange. Blouse front, long sleeves, waist pin tucks, pleated two tiered skirt with V points.
The V neck is plain, self-bound. There are two narrow tucks on each front shoulder, and two vertical rows of machine stitching on the bodice front left near the waist. The bodice front puffs out a bit at the dropped waist, held up by the cotton underlining attached at the shoulders and waist.
The long sleeves have two small pleats at the elbow. The cuffs have plackets that close with snaps.
At the waist there are ties sewn into the side seams, to be tied at the back. Beneath this on the front is a band with tiny horizontal pin tucks, on top of which sits a bow on the left side. The skirt hangs beneath this band with a cotton lining, which two tiers of pleated orange skirts are attached to. They have pointed V ends, finished with machine zig-zag stitches. They extend to knee length.
On the right sleeve cuff there is a paper label that reads: `Order No.', `Cloth', `Style...CGG', `Operator...18', `Remarks...10.00', `Finisher...25'; "Deckelbaum & Eisenberg, Montreal."
Object History
This dress was part of a collection of dresses acquired from a dry goods store in the Okanagan. The dresses were mainly "new" old stock from the 1920s, from two Rand’s Dry Goods stores in Penticton and Summerland, B.C. The stores closed down in 1930. The dresses are estimated to date from circa 1925 to 1930.
Dress, c.1925-1929. Green rayon crepe with beige. Straight cut, long sleeves, cross hatched pin tucks and sash on bodice, waist ties, two tiered pleated knee length skirt.
The neckline is round; to the right, four narrow vertical pin tucks extend from the shoulder to the waistline, and to the right of that there is a green panel edged with a beige crepe stitched down the right side of the bodice. The sleeves are full length, with cuffs that close with a snap.
At the dropped waist, there are straps that tie around the back, which is otherwise plain and unshaped. Below this there are two levels of skirt with tiny box pleats, lined with white cotton. The green panel is edged in beige and hangs down to the end of the top skirt. Its corner is tacked to this skirt.
On the left sleeve cuff, there is a label that reads, `Size 38', `11.00', `5' "Deckelbaum & Eisenberg."
Object History
This dress was part of a collection of dresses acquired from a dry goods store in the Okanagan. The dresses were mainly "new" old stock from the 1920s, from two Rand’s Dry Goods stores in Penticton and Summerland, B.C. The stores closed down in 1930. The dresses are estimated to date from circa 1925 to 1930.
Empty, square amber glass (brown) bottle with cork stopper. Some white powdery residue on the bottom of the bottle. Labeled front and back with commercial paper labels; black lettering on a white background. Front label indicates "100 / COMPRESSED / TABLETS / No. 231 / LITHIATED / ATOPHAN / (Schering's License / Reg. No. 65-15849 / 5 GRS. / Dose: - One to three tablets, \ followed by a copious draught / of water. / Charles E. Frosst & Co. / Montreal. Can." Charles E. Frosst & Co. is in script. Back label indicates that "After Oct. 1st., 1913, all tablets / containing Atophan will have the ad- / dition of a small quantitiy of cocoa, / which will change their color from / those previously offered."
Labeled front and back with commercial paper labels; black lettering on a white background. Front label indicates "100 / COMPRESSED / TABLETS / No. 231 / LITHIATED / ATOPHAN / (Schering's License / Reg. No. 65-15849 / 5 GRS. / Dose: - One to three tablets, \ followed by a copious draught / of water. / Charles E. Frosst & Co. / Montreal. Can." Charles E. Frosst & Co. is in script. Back label indicates that "After Oct. 1st., 1913, all tablets / containing Atophan will have the ad- / dition of a small quantitiy of cocoa, / which will change their color from / those previously offered."
"Elixir No. 55 Saw Palmetto". Square amber glass bottle with cork stopper, one-eighth full of liquid. Blue and white commercial paper label indicating "ELIXIR / No. 55 / SAW PALMETTO / Corn Silk and Sandal / Each fluid ounce contains: / Saw Palmetto, 120 grs. / Corn Silk, 120 grs. / Sandal Wood, 30 grs. / Especially useful in the / treatment of weaknesses . and inflammation of the / bladder, urethra, etc. / DOSE / One to two teaspoonfuls before or / after meals. /
MANUFACTURED BY / FRANK W. HORNER LIMITED / MONTREAL
Object History
This item originates from the McDowell Pharmacy in North Vancouver.
Blue and white commercial paper label indicating "ELIXIR / No. 55 / SAW PALMETTO / Corn Silk and Sandal / Each fluid ounce contains: / Saw Palmetto, 120 grs. / Corn Silk, 120 grs. / Sandal Wood, 30 grs. / Especially useful in the / treatment of weaknesses . and inflammation of the / bladder, urethra, etc. / DOSE / One to two teaspoonfuls before or / after meals. /
MANUFACTURED BY /
FRANK W. HORNER LIMITED / MONTREAL
Clear glass stopper bottle, with rectangular base, with no stopper. White and orange, rectangular paper label is attached to the front, commerically printed, with black and white text. The bottle contains dark residue on the interior sides of the bottle, especially bottom right corner and the neck of the bottle, and small, loose pieces of material at the bottom.
Discoloured, rectangular cardboard box, torn at top and missing top flap. The box is labelled on all four long faces with black and white, commerically printed text. It contains a clear glass bottle, described above, and an orange-pink sheet of instructions.
Object History
This item originates from the National Drug Company.
"Shake the Bottle / ASPROLAX / TRADE MARK / 2 GRAINS ANTIPYRENE / 2 MINIMS TINCTURE BELLADONNA / LEAVES PER MAXIMUM DOSE / FOR COLDS, CORYZAm COUGHS, / AND LaGRIPPE, DUE TO COLDS" printed at top of paper label on bottle in black, "ASPROLAX" printed in white with black outline. Below, directions for use are printed, for adults and children, as well as the information about the distributor and patent in black text.
Partial piece of paper label attached to back of bottle, orange in colour.
"[ill.] / for / COLDS / and COUGHS / La GRIPPE / or Bronchitis / due to colds / Delightful to take and / leaves no unpleasant / afer effects. Child- / ren take it readily / ANTIPYRETIC / LAXATIVE" printed centrally in black and white on front paper label on box. Followed by information about the distributor and patent, below.
Left and back side of box feature instructions for use, in German, French, Spanish, Bohemian, and Swedish.
Right side of box describes the uses and effects of the patent medicine.
Measurements
Bottle: 3.8 cm height x 6 cm width x 14.5 cm length
Box: 4.3 cm height x 6.4 cm width x 15 cm length
"GREY'S / SYRUP / OF / RED SPRUCE GUM / NO. 4115 / PROPRIETARY OR PATENT / MEDICINE ACT / THIS SYRUP is prepar- / ed from the Spruce Gum / which is a most valuable / Gum for medicinal pur- / poses, to which is added / other ingredients, forming a valuable remedy for / Coughs, Asthma, Bron- / chitis, Hoarseness and all / other affections. "
Dose informtion below. "Shake well before using"
Makers name on bottom. Lable is white with black letters.
Clear glass bottle with silver metal screw cap. Labelled "Soda Mint compressed tablets'. Bottle is half full of white pills. Bottle has rounded shape with short neck
Bottle has round label 1.75 cm dia. black print on beige label glued on front of bottle. Labelled "COMPRESSED TABLETS / SODA MINT" with list of ingredients... "FOR DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION / HEARTBURN, ETC / DOSE - 1 to 2 tablets after eating".
White cardboard box with illustration and portrait. Box contains clear glass bottle with red metal screw-on lid and paper label on back and front. Bottle has square base. Bottle contains Brown liquid residue.
Label on box marked "PERRY DAVIS' / PAINKILLER" black text on white label Directions info. included. The number "49" has been written in pencil on front. Side of box marked "PERRY DAVIS' PAINKILLER". Back of box has same label printed in French.
Label on bottle marked "PERRY DAVIS' / PAINKILLER" underneath portrait. Directions included. Label on back of bottle contains directions info. in French and English.