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sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91782
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.2
- Description
- Green store sign from Canada Way Food Market. Plasticized green sign with white lettering.
- There is a 2.5 cm band of residue running the length of the sign at the top and bottom.
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "CANADA WAY FOOD MARKET / OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK / GROCERIES CONFECTIONARY TOBACCO PRODUCTS"
- Measurements
- Height: 49.5 cm
- Width: 176.5
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91783
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.3
- Description
- Large plastic sign with internal backlighting for advertising. The sign has two sections for ad inserts and one section for price display.
- The price display is currently set up advertising the price of packs and cartons of cigarettes
- The first bank of prices are 3 digit with small windows that reveal the number on a roller behind. The second bank of prices are 4 digits.
- The sign was made by CDA Industries in Scarborough, Ontario and is stamped with "JULY 1986"
- There are three labels at the top of the sign including information about how to replace the lamps or reinsert unrolled numbers.
- There is a hole at the top of the sign for the electrical cord to come out.
- There are two white metal brackets attached to the ends of the sign and there is a rusted chain hanging from each bracket.
- The plastic at the bottom right corner on the back is broken and damaged.
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- See BV023.25.1 for photograph of sign in situ.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "PACKS / 20's Reg. & K. Size 5.58 / 25's Reg. & K.S. 5.58 / 30's Reg. 5.58 / 30's K. Size 5.58"
- "CARTONS / 200 Reg. & K.Size 11.11 / 180 Ctn. K. Size 11.11 / 240 Ctn. Reg. 11.11"
- Measurements
- Height: 57.5 cm
- Width: 133.5 cm
- Depth: 13 cm
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.4
- Description
- Wooden sandwich board advertising Dairyland products. The board consists of two wooden panels that were attached at the top with a piano hinge. The hinge is currently only attached to one panel. The wooden panels are painted white. The paint is chipping in many areas.
- Both panels feature the same information and have an large illustration of a cow's head an front body on the bottom left.
- The two panels are held together on the back with a rusty metal chain.
- Handwritten on the back of one of the panels is "Canada Way Food Market"
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "OPEN / Dairyland / Your / Fresh / Ideas / Dairy"
- Measurements
- Height: 74.5 cm
- Width: 49 cm
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91793
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.13
- Description
- Green plastic price sign with slots for numbers to be placed. There are four sets of slots with three currently being used: "FOR" / "2" / "9".
- The numbers 2 and 9 are bright orange in colour.
- There are two metal hooks on the back of the sign.
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign
- Measurements
- Height: 9 cm
- Width: 15 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
Images
slicer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26084
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.135.1
- Description
- Chinese herb slicer, wood, with metal blade. Blade has Chinese markings. Some damage to the right front of slicer.
- Object History
- Plane made by Lim Bong for use in the Kwong Chai Tong Herbalist shop at 122 East Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. The business was founded ca. 1915 by Lim Bong's father, Lim Butt (1889-1950) and closed in the 1970s.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Measurements
- 7 cm height x 7 cm width x 27 length
Images
stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91758
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.13
- Description
- Wooden stool with rectangular seat. The legs of the stool are two boards attached to the bottom of the seat go straight down to the ground. There are triangle notches out of the bottom of each board.
- In between the legs of the stool is a small board attached to the seat to provide support and structure to the legs.
- The pieces are nailed together.
- There are two blocks bolted to the under side of the seat.
- Object History
- These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.
- Stool made by Gay Tim Hong. Used regularly for 80 years around the family kitchen table for meals. The family often shared meals with the long time, close farm workers and had a table of 10-12 people for lunch everyday.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Furniture Sets
- Object Term
- Stool
- Measurements
- Height: 50 cm
- Width: 29 cm
- Depth: 26 cm
- Names
- Hop on Farms
- Hong, Gay Tim
Images
swizzle stick
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84498
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV014.25.23
- Description
- Swizzle Stick - "DRAGON INN" embossed at top. "VAN & BURNABY - BC" embossed on shaft."PAGE" and "MADE / IN / CANADA" embossed on the reverse side. The stick is molded from green plastic with a chinese fan at the top and a dragon curled around the shaft.
- Object History
- Dragon Inn belonged to the Lee family. The Dragon Inn restaurant was located at at 4510 Kingsway, on the corner of Kingsway and Willingdon Avenue (opened in the 1970s) and later at Hastings Street near Willingdon (opened in the 1990s). The Dragon Inn was known for its exterior neon sign which was removed in 1997.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Dragon Inn
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Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90318
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.2
- Description
- A white package with raw ingredients of "Pile-rid Tea" / Sufferers from Piles (hemorrhoids). The cardboard box is covered with a white sleeve. The text is purple and red with a green image on the top and right corner. The box has directions for use and an explanation of what piles are from a medical perspective. The contents of the tea are as follows: pilewort herb, mullein flowers, mullein leaves, red clover tops, calendula flowers, Dal sage, white oak bark, pellitory of the Wall herb, Shepher's purse.
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Colour
- White
- Brown
- Purple
- Red
- Green
- Measurements
- 9 cm l x 14 cm h x 4 cm d
- Maker
- Thuna Herbal Remedies
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Title
- Pile-Rid Tea
Images
Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90319
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.3
- Description
- A cardboard package with raw ingredients for "Fem-Health Tea." The cardboard box is covered iwth a pink sleeve. The text is orange and blue. The box has directions for use and an explanation of what what symptoms of irregular and painful menstruation it will remedy. The contents of the tea are as follows: Squaw vine, helonias root, blackhaw bark, ginger root, chamomille flowers, aleitris root, motherwort herb, celery seeds, Uva Ursi leaves, cascara bark, cramp bark, cyani flowers.
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Marks/Labels
- Contents 4 Ounces when packed
- Colour
- Pink
- Orange
- Blue
- Measurements
- 9 cm l x 14 cm h x 4 cm d
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Title
- Fem-Health Tea
Images
Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90320
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.4
- Description
- A yellowed package with raw ingredients of "No. 47 Tea for the Menopause" / Change of life in Women". The cardboard box is covered with a yellowed sleeve. The text is orange and blue. There is a floral pattern along the top of the front of the box with a side profile of a woman with flowers in her hair. The woman has a dark background behind her. The box has directions for use and an explanation of what menopause is and what the symptoms are The contents of the tea are as follows:
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Colour
- Orange
- Blue
- Measurements
- 9 cm l x 14 cm h x 4 cm d
- Maker
- Thuna Herbal Remedies
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Title
- Tea for the Menopause
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40276
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.18
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; outside is orange with four designs in pink, green and yellow; inside is white with pink and green design on bottom; on underside is orange square with Chinese characters; crack and chip
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40277
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.19
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; outside is orange with four designs in pink, green and yellow; inside is white; two cracks; colours are faded
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40282
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.20
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; outside is orange with four designs in pink, green and yellow; inside is white; five cracks; colours are faded; chips on edge
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40283
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.21
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; white with red decorative border at top; three green and three red Chinese characters alternate around cup; red "China" on underside
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40284
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.22
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; white with red decorative border at top; three green and three red Chinese characters alternate around cup; red square on underside with characters inside it
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40285
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.23
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; white with red decorative border at top; three green and three red Chinese characters alternate around cup
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40286
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.24
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; white with red decorative border at top; three green and three red Chinese characters alternate around cup
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40287
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.25
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; white with red decorative border at top; three green and three red Chinese characters alternate around cup; red spots on underside
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40288
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.26
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; white with red decorative border at top; three green and three red Chinese characters alternate around cup; red character on under- side; inside bottom is fruit and leaves motif
Images
teacup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40289
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.27
- Description
- Teacup, ceramic; white with red decorative border at top; three round red Chinese character motifs on side
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