Light
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact49892
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.7.2
- Description
- Ceramic light socket, ribbed glass shade for the bulb and fixture for hanging; glass shade is held in a metal frame open at the top around the socket; takes a bulb with a 1.5 inch base. The bottom part of the metal frame has thumb nuts to allow for removing the shade.
- Object History
- Collected by Raymond Menah when the Central Park British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban Tram line was shut down in late 1950's. Station light used on the B.C.E.R. Interurban Tram line at Central Park.
- Measurements
- Height 39 cm. diameter 35 cm.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Natural Resources - Energy
- Lighting Devices
- Lighting Devices - Light Bulbs
- Geographic Access
- Central Park Interurban line
Images
Storage Box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact49891
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.7.1
- Description
- Storage box. Wooden box with slanting top, hinged to open upwards. Lid closes with a clasp. Box is painted black on the outside and is unfinished on the inside and bottom. The box is made from 3/4 inch thick boards. There are two rings at the back edge of the top.
- Object History
- Collected by Raymond Menah when the Central Park British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban Tram line was shut down in late 1950's. It appears that the box was designed to hang on a wall.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Container
- Container - Box
- Geographic Access
- Central Park Interurban line
Images
medicinal box with medicinal tube
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.76
- Description
- Rectangular, cardboard box, missing top closing flap. The box is brown with a green label with blue, commerically printed text, on all four long sides. Box contains thin, white medicinal tube, with black, plastic screw cap. Tube features similar paper label, commerically printed, as the above described box. End of tube is worn and discoloured.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "HEYWORTH'S / PILE / Ointment / GIVES QUICK RELIEF." printed at top of paper label, in blue and brown. Followed by directions for use and effects of the ointment as well as the ingredients. "Net Weight 1 1-2 ounces / Prepared for / JUBILEE DRUG STORE / 2500 Manle Ave. / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. / Price 75c" printed in blue at the bottom of the label. Back of box features the same label, printed in French, without the ingredient list or location of the pharmacy. "A safe and efficient remedy for internal and external / piles, in the treatment of which disease, healthy and reg- / ular action of the bowels, careful selection of diet and / avoidance of sedentary life are essential factors." printed in blue on green background, in French and English, on left and right side labels. The oiment tube features the same English and French labels, blue text on green paper label, on the back and front of the tube.
- Measurements
- Box: 4 cm height x 5.5 cm width x 13.4 cm length Tube: 4.3 cm width x 12.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- New Westminster
- Names
- Jubilee Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster