Health, Home Nursing, Emergencies.

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salishan Place by the River currently maintains a collection of over 9000 photographs, 2000 archival documents, 9000 objects, 500 works of art, and 300 oral history recordings. This collection, spanning hundreds of years, is a wonderful window on the past and present life of our community.

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Object Description

Object Name

Book, Instruction

Manual

Object ID

2021.039.004

Title

Health, Home Nursing, Emergencies.

Date

1942.

Description

This 147 page book was printed in Canada, revised edition printed year 1942. Has a blue cover with the original price of "25 cents" printed on the corner. Contains 13 chapters with several diagrams and black and white photos. This book was printed for teachers and students of the Canadian Red Cross Society's course in Home Nursing, as well as general homeowners. The book's contents focus on hygiene, sanitization, and maintenance of good health; found inside the first aid kit (2021.039.001). Given to the MacLean family of Glen Valley in the spring of 1948 during the Fraser River flood.

People/Subject

Canadian Red Cross Society

The Canadian Red Cross Society is a Canadian humanitarian charitable organization founded in 1896, and is one of 192 national Red Cross societies. The organization receives funding from both private donations and from Canadian government departments. The organization also trains volunteers for emergency and disaster response, disaster assistance, and first aid training. The Canadian Red Cross also works internationally in various vulnerable populations

Fraser River Flood of 1948

Refers to the large, Fraser River flood of 1948. Similar subject term, "floods and flooding" refers more generally to floods and flooding.

MacLean Farm

The MacLean Farm was located in Glen Valley. The property went from River Road, just before Lefeuvre Road, and went all the way past the railway tracks, to the McLeod farm. It was about 100 acres. It was originally purchased by Francis MacLean's father in about 1920, and was taken over by Francis MacLean when his father did not want to run it anymore. Francis ran it with wife Violet (nee Holyoak), and had about 100 head of cattle. The couple had one daughter, Marilyn, and when the flood of 1948 hit, Marilyn and her mother Violet went into Vancouver and stayed with Violet's best friend for about a week and a half. During the 1948 flood, people used row boats to come down from the railway tracks to check on the houses along the river. All cattle from the farm was taken to whoever volunteered to help, sometimes all the way to Mount Lehman or Bradner. There was another smaller flood in 1954. Violet and Francis sold the farm in 1967-68 and moved to Hadden Street in Fort Langley.

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