receipt
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.17.5
- Description
- Used Machine Bill of Sale - Receipt -- [1929]. Receipt for the selling of a White Sewing machine from Mrs. McNair to the Singer Sewing Machine Company in exchange for money towards a new Singer Sewing Machine. The company paid $45 for the machine on August 27th, 1929. The receipt states that all ownership of the machine was transfered to the Singer Sewing Machine Company. J. Blackman signed as a witness to the transfer. The receipt was printed in 1927.
- Object History
- Sewing machine receipt for Mary Vida McNair (nee McMillan). Mary was born on April 11 1892 in Vancouver to John McMillan and Elisabeth Morton. She married Thomas Seaborn McNair in 1917. Thomas ran Edwards, McNair and Russell in Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
- Textileworking Tools and Equipment
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV998.61.72
- Description
- Short Cuts to Home Sewing - Booklet -- [1930]. Booklet produced by the Singer Sewing Machine Company Incorporated on Short Cuts to Home Sewing: The Modern Singer Way. The booklet is from the Singer Sewing Library - No. 1. The front cover of the booklet has an illustration of two women, one sitting in front of the Singer Sewing Machine, the other standing above looking at the machine. Handwritten on the front cover is "F.A. Gray". On the back cover is an illustration of the globe with a large red "S" in the middle. Written across the globe is "The Sign of Singer Service Throughout the World". The booklet was copyrighted in 1930 and printed in Canada. The booklet measures 14cm x 21cm.
- Object History
- Object from the estate of Burnaby pioneer Elsie Wilson.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- Short Cuts to Home Sewing The Modern Singer Way
Singer Sewing Library -- No. 1
- Publication Date
- 1930
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Textileworking Tools and Equipment
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Singer Sewing Machine contract and receipts
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1916-1919
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a rental contract between Singer Sewing Machine Company and Mrs. Bertha Stewart along with receipts for payments between 1916 and 1919.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hugh H. Stewart fonds
- Series
- Hugh H. Stewart personal documents series
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of a rental contract between Singer Sewing Machine Company and Mrs. Bertha Stewart along with receipts for payments between 1916 and 1919.
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.274
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1916-1919
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
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Machine sewing : a treatise on the care and use of family sewing machines and their attachments : specially prepared for teachers of home economics