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whistle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87355
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.14
- Description
- whistle, Girl Guides; silver metal “CANADIAN / GIRL GUIDES / MADE IN / ENGLAND” whistle on white macramé cotton string lanyard
- Object History
- Guide uniform dress (1935). Worn with brown leather belt, navy hat, folded triangular company tie. BV015.36.10 to BV015.36.14
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Communication Artifacts
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
whistle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87469
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.78
- Description
- whistle, Girl Guides; silver metal whistle on white cotton string lanyard; plating is coming off surface of whistle.
- Object History
- Whistle belonged to Dorothy Pitman who was a Girl Guide in the 1st Burnaby Company. She was known to be involved with guiding from 1919 to 1931. Textual records and photographs of the Pitman family, including one of Dorothy and her sister Gwen, are held by the City of Burnaby Archives. Dorothy and Gwen's parents, Ernest and Jean Pitman, owned McKay Dry Goods and Jubilee Dry Goods.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Communication Artifacts
Images
Wax seal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36456
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.81.2
- Description
- Victorian Order of Nurses (V.O.N.) seal is the tabletop stamping type which imprints the words "VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES" and "BURNABY BRANCH"; official; stamper is black metal, lever at top; "MADE IN CANADA" at side of base; seal disc is brass; label at front transcribes the words on the seal.
- Object History
- The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse. Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster, and moved to Burnaby when she was 13. Her family lived in what is now known as Hart House. Both Florence and her husband Harold Godwin were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service. Hear her discuss her involvement with VON during the Great Depression: https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory13 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory14 https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory15
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- Wax, Sealing
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
- Occupations - Nurses
- Organizations - Charities
- Public Services - Health Services