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Bea and Don Carpenter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37549
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.9 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of siblings Bea and Don Carpenter seated in a chair at the front of their home on the 4000 block of Cambridge Street. The photograph was taken facing the street. Note the carpet in front of the chair.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1926] (date of original), copied 1991
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Burnaby Image Bank subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.9 x 2.7 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-137
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of siblings Bea and Don Carpenter seated in a chair at the front of their home on the 4000 block of Cambridge Street. The photograph was taken facing the street. Note the carpet in front of the chair.
Subjects
Furniture
Names
Carpenter, Donald "Don"
Hunter, Beatrice "Bea" Carpenter
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Geographic Access
Cambridge Street
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Images
Less detail

chair

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91628
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV022.21.102
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV022.21.102
Description
Director's chair made of wood with canvas seat and back rest. The canvas is a dark maroon colour. The back of the back rest has an illustration of Roald Dahl's Big Friendly Giant
The chair is foldable with hinges on each side of the seat.
On the bottom of each leg is a white plastic floor glide.
Object History
Director's chair custom made for Jimmy by a colleague on the set of the BFG. A similar one was made for Steven Spielberg by the same colleague.
Jimmy Chow worked in TV and film as a property master for more than 42 years. A property master is responsible for building and procuring props that actors handle and use. This sometimes means making replica items that are lighter, false or make filming easier on the actor. This differs from set decoration, which uses props to create a backdrop and is less central to the action on set.
Jimmy Chow was responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, and Once a Thief.
He entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver and gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career.
Category
02. Furnishings
Classification
Furniture - - Seating Furniture
Object Term
Chair, Director's
Marks/Labels
Front of backrest: JIMMY CHOW / Property Master Back of backrest: The BFG
Measurements
Height: 86 cm
Width: 61 cm
Depth: 44 cm
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Furniture
Names
Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
Images
Less detail

apothecary case

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91630
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV022.21.104
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV022.21.104
Description
Wood case covered in leather filled with various items including spoons, feathers, gauze, and paper packets.
The case was assembled to act as an apothecary case for a movie.
Object History
This apothecary case was a prop used in the 1994 film "Little Women"
For more information about the donor, see Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
Category
02. Furnishings
Classification
Furniture - - Storage & Display Furniture
Object Term
Chest
Subjects
Persons - Chinese Canadians
Names
Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
Images
Less detail