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invitation and envelopes
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91398
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.2123
- Description
- Invitation and envelopes; printed Invitation; gold coloured front; white on verso; blue ink printed on gold background; perforated tear away section on right side. Invitation with logo of "British Columbia Centennial '71" in upper left corner and rhododendron flower in upper right corner; Invitation reads: "The Burnaby Centennial '71 Commitee / And / The British Columbia Centennial Committee / Coridially Invite You To Attend / The / Burnaby Centennial '71 Ball / On Saturday May 15, 1971 / At The / British Columbia Institute of Technology..."; perforated section of Invitation reads: "REQUEST FOR TICKET" with fillable form to be returned to "Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee". Large white envelope with centennial logo "1871 / 1971" in blue in bottom left corner enclosed the Invitation. Small white envelope to return "Request for Ticket" stub with addressed printed in blue on front of envelope "THE BURNABY CENTENNAIL '71 COMMITTEE / 4949 CANADA WAY - BURNABY 2, B.C."
- Object History
- Invitation was created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and sent out to citizens in Burnaby to attend the Burnaby Centennial Ball as part of the Burnaby Centennial festivities held in Burnaby.
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- Request, Invitation
- Container, Document
- Colour
- White
- Gold
- Blue
- Measurements
- invitation: Length: 24 cm x Width: 14.5 cm; envelope: Length: 19.5 cm x Width: 16 cm; envelope: Length: 16.5 cm x Width: 9.2 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1971
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennials
Images
fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88761
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- LHV974.8.2
- Description
- Fan, silk and lace; hand-painted.
- The fant contains 22 wooden reibs, flat on the back side, somewhat rounded on the front side. Each is panted a bronze colour. The buttom of the ribs are all secured together by means of a brass pin which passed through each one.
- Attached to this pin is a brass hook. the fan itself consists of a piece of brown sheer silk approximately 16.5 cm wise, edged along the top with a piece of brown machine made lace with a scalloped top border. The lace is approximately 5 cm wide. The lace is sewn to the silk. The silk is secured to each rib along their etire common surface by means of glue.
- The face of the fan when unfurled is painted in a very delicate spray of snowdrops and forget-me-nots. This painting appears to be done by hand.
- Object History
- Bessie Choate was the Secretary of the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Fan, Hand
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Names
- Choate, Bessie Perley
Images
vase
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88775
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- LHV974.8.16
- Description
- Vase, glass; conical; clear vase with pink glass base; base has been broken and poorly repaired
- Object History
- Bessie Choate was the Secretary of the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Horticultural Containers
- Object Term
- Vase
- Subjects
- Household Accessory
- Names
- Choate, Bessie Perley
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