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Common Good Co-op Store

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[1938]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man in an apron standing in front of a co-op store bearing the sign "C.G. Co-operative Association", otherwise known as the Army of the Common Good. Window displays include the goods he carries and advertising signs for Coca-Cola and Orange Crush are put up below the windows. In fro…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 6.8 x 11.2 cm
Material Details
Inscribed in pencil, recto, b. "Co op store Douglas R." and in blue ink, verso, t. "Coop Store Douglas Road/ C.G. Co-op 1939", b. "Mr Love Mayor of/ store/ no 2", in blue ball point pen, l.l. "Main Store was at McKay station/ this is No 1 Branch store" stamped on verso, c. "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD/ SEP 12 1938/ Nu-Gloss"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a man in an apron standing in front of a co-op store bearing the sign "C.G. Co-operative Association", otherwise known as the Army of the Common Good. Window displays include the goods he carries and advertising signs for Coca-Cola and Orange Crush are put up below the windows. In front of the store is wood plank sidewalk.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Sidewalks
Buildings - Commercial - Stores
Occupations - Clerks
Names
C G Co-operative Association
Army of Common Good
Geographic Access
Douglas Road
Accession Code
HV976.46.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[1938]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-06-20
Notes
Title based on caption of photograph
Images
Less detail

postcard

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV018.20.4
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
Images
Less detail