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[Construction records for 3439 West 11th Avenue]
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1929-1947 (Creation)
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- 0.02 m of textual records
- 1 photograph
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Collected records relating to the construction of 3439 West 11th Avenue. In 1929, Susannah Jane Dods, a recently widowed mother of five children, undertook the construction of a family home at 3439 West 11th Avenue, carefully documenting all expenditures associated with the construction.
Records include original building permit, June 1, 1929; sewer hook-up application; invoices, statements, delivery notices, quotations, etc. including the following materials and service suppliers: West Point Hardware, F.N. Hamilton Plumbing, Rat Portage Lumber Co., Henry Darling and Son Ltd. (paint), Harris Paint and Wallpaper Company Limited, Wm. N. O'Neil Company Ltd., E. H. Shockley, Banks Electric, Inlaid Floor Co., Mackie & Co., B.C. Contractors Supply Co. Ltd. Also includes one photograph of the house, property tax statements for 1930-1933, 1941, 1946; home fuel bills from 1947; Federal Department of Trasport-issued Private Receiving Station licences, 1943-1945; as well as reminiscences of the Dods family and home prepared by Susannah Dods' daughter, Meryl M. Lynch.
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Donated in August, 2008, by Meryl M. Lynch.