West Burnaby Pharmacy purchase coupon
George's Pharmacy
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the West Burnaby Pharmacy building on the corner of Kingsway and Sussex Avenue (4687 Kingsway). Miss Wilhelmina "Willie" George was pharmacist there for many years. The store was a hangout for Kingsway West students who stopped by for candies and soft drinks. The old George family …
postcard
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV018.20.4
- Description
- postcard; color lithographed scene of Second Avenue in Seattle, Washington. A sign says "The Gateway to Alaska, Seattle, Washington". There are trams and people in Edwardian clothes on the street, there's a horse and buggy and cars on the road. The back of the postcard addressed to Miss M. George. Postcard published by Trattner Post Card Co., Seattle, Washington. Cancelled in Seattle, Washington, Terminal Station on July 25, 1917 at 10am. "Rainier National Park opens June 15".
Postcard addressed to "Miss M. George / c/o National Drug / Vancouver / B.C." Handwritten in ink: "July 23 / Dear Miss George: Am sure in some lively place, not like N.V. Will see you again before long. / Budd"
- Object History
- Wilhelmina (Mina) George was the second female pharmacist in BC and ran the West Burnaby Pharmacy.
- Elsie Impett (later MacDonald) was born in 1902 in England. Her family setted at Fenwick Avenue, Burnaby. She worked as a clerk and married James MacDonald in 1923 in New Westminster.
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Measurements
- L: 19.5 cm W: 18.5 cm
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment
- Names
- George, Wilhelmina "Willie"
- West Burnaby Pharmacy
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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blotter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.156
- Description
- Blotter, advertising; white with black print; illustration of red box at left, "WAMPOLE'S" "Tasteless preparation of" "Extract of" "Cod Liver", with much print below, too small to read, Henry H. Wampole's signature across it, "PRICE ONE DOLLAR" at bottom; right side of card has "The Ideal Spring Tonic" "STIMULATES APPETITE" "INCREASES WEIGHT" "MAKES RICH RED BLOOD" "FOR GROWING CHILDREN" "KEEPS THEM HEALTHY and STRONG"; "WEST BURNABY PHARMACY" "3743 KINGSWAY" "WEST BURNABY, B.C."; inner black line border with squares at corners and outer double-line border around everything; some soiling and spotting; blotter is unused, some spotting at edge
- "Blotter, advertising; white with black print; illustration of red box at left, ""WAMPOLE'S"" ""Tasteless preparation of"" ""Extract of"" ""Cod Liver"", with much print below, too small to read, Henry H. Wampole's signature across it, ""PRICE ONE DOLLAR"" at bottom; right side of card has ""The Ideal Spring Tonic"" ""STIMULATES APPETITE"" ""INCREASES WEIGHT"" ""MAKES RICH RED BLOOD"" ""FOR GROWING CHILDREN"" ""KEEPS THEM HEALTHY and STRONG""; ""WEST BURNABY PHARMACY"" ""3743 KINGSWAY"" ""WEST BURNABY, B.C.""; inner black line border with squares at corners and outer double-line border around everything; some soiling and spotting; blotter is unused, some spotting at edge"
- Colour
- White
- Measurements
- H: 8.0 cm x W: 0.05 cm x L: 15.2 cm
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blotter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.116
- Description
- Blotter, advertising; white with black print and blue accents; in oval frame at left is illustration of sundial, clouds, trees; at right, "The.only.reward" "of.virtue.is.virtue" "The.only.way.to.have" "a.friend.is.to.be.one"; wavy blue lines between lines of type, flourishes at ends; at bottom, "GET YOUR SCHOOL SUPPLIES FROM" "West Burnaby Pharmacy" "3743 Kingsway" "WEST BURNABY"; darkened at right and top edges, spotting, light soiling; blotter is unused
- Colour
- White
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George family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1940 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the George family brother and sisters. Left to right, Grace George McGhee, Walter George, and Wilhelmina George. Wilhelmina also called Miss Willie. Miss Willie was known as a pioneer pharmacist at West Burnaby Pharmacy at Kingsway and Sussex Avenue.
George family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the George family. From left: Grace George, Bessie George, Peter McGhee (Grace's fiance), Hazel George, and father William George (foreground). The photograph was taken on the front steps of the George residence on northwest corner of Sussex Avenue and Kingsway, adjacent to West Burn…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1916] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-136
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the George family. From left: Grace George, Bessie George, Peter McGhee (Grace's fiance), Hazel George, and father William George (foreground). The photograph was taken on the front steps of the George residence on northwest corner of Sussex Avenue and Kingsway, adjacent to West Burnaby Pharmacy where Wilhelmina George (Miss Willie) was a pharmacist.
- Names
- George, Bessie
- George, Hazel
- George, William
- McGhee, Peter
- McGhee, Grace George
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4687 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
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