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Bridge Score Tallying Sheet
1970-1980
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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The Hillary women were commonly found sewing and knitting in the House.

The Hillary women were very handy, making much of the family's clothing and decorative household linens by hand. The Aurora Historical Society has an extensive collection of the sewing tools and supplies that belonged to the Hillary women throughout the many decades they inhabited the house.

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Thimble and case
Early 20th Century

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Embroidery Scissors
Early 20th Century

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Embroidery Threads
1930-1940

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Tailor's Tape Measure
Circa 1913
London, England

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Scissors
1920-1930

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Dressmaker's gauge
1915

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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'Witch' Needle Threader
1950
Germany

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Other indoor leisure activities included letter writing and reading books from their extensive library located in the study.

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Ink Well
Circa 1890-1900

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Robert Michael Hillary's journal
1928
The Brown Brothers Limited Manufacturing Stationers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society

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Children's Literature

The selection of books in the collection that were owned by Hillary children is representative of a change in children's literature that took place in the 19th century. From texts that were didactic and instructional, books now became those which respected a child's imagination and valued the idea of 'childhood'.

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Popular Tales by Maria Edgeworth
1900
Macmillan and Co. Limited, London, England

Credits:
Aurora Historical Society