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button pin

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV975.61.194

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV975.61.194

Description: Lapel pin, button type, round. White ground with blue border and blue "SUBSCRIBER" at top, "1918 / VICTORY LOAN" at bottom. Red-bordered flag is at centre of image, flying from pole, rope visible. Five blue diagonal stripes are at upper left of flag, blue-bordered shield is at lower right, divided into three columns by thin blue lines. Shield also has horizontal red and yellow marks. Flag is shaded and edges curved to suggest movement. "TRADE MARK REG." in white in blue border at bottom. Pin front is formed over a metal back and held by pressure. Spring clasp back doesn't lock closed as pin extends .6 cm beyond edge of button and there is no clasp. Reverse of pin is silver-coloured metal with stamping, "B CO / UNION / -H N Y" ?, symbols ? in circle. Metal of back is tarnished, white on front is yellowing. Image is poorly stamped, making border wider at right and colours in shield are blurred and extend outside its border.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Advertising Media

Object Term: Button, Promotional

Marks/Labels: "SUBSCRIBER / 1918 / VICTORY LOAN", in blue paint "TRADE MARK REG", in smaller white paint on bottom edge

Measurements: Dia: 2.1 cm

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Advertising Medium; Wars; Wars - World War, 1914-1918; Occupations - War Worker

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button pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact32894

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV972.142.22

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV972.142.22

Description: Badge, button, small. White background with dark brown maple leaf and photograph portraits of George V and Mary. Small piece of blue, white, and red ribbon attached to the back of the button's pin.

Marks/Labels: In brown; "WELCOME" "DUKE AND DUCHESS OF YORK" under photograph portraits of George V and Mary.

Subjects: Persons - Royalty; Souvenirs; Souvenirs - Royalty; Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins

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button pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45853

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV003.57.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV003.57.3

Description: The pin badge is a round, flat, plastic disc with pin fastener on back. The front is white with a black shield outline highlighted with yellow. Inside of this is black "BURNABY", then black hockey puck with yellow and black hockey stick behind it and yellow wings, then below, "WINTER CLUB". Below the shield, on a black bar, is a yellow "TOURNAMENT". Above the shield and partially covered by it is red maple leaf. The pin was issued by the Burnaby Winter Club. On the reverse in red is the manufacturers name.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia

Object Term: Commemorative

Marks/Labels: "BURNABY / WINTER CLUB", text printed on the shield. "TOURNAMENT", text printed on the bar below th shield "THE GOLD LEAF IMPRINTERS / 2603 - 41ST STREET PHONE 542-7831 / VERNON, B.C. / POSTAL CODE V1T 6K3", there is a logo at left of 'G' and 'L' in red maple leaf. all of this is printed on the reverse face of the badge.

Measurements: Overall measurements diameter 4.6 cm.

Maker: Gold Leaf Imprinters

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Vernon

Subjects: Adornment - Lapel Pins; Events - Competitions; Sports - Ice Hockey; Souvenirs

Names: Burnaby Winter Club

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button pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87602

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV015.35.143

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV015.35.143

Description: button pin, Girl Guides; dark teal and yellow; Enrolment Pin; used in early 1940's when brass pins were unavailable; paper label on back reads: "MADE BY / Manitoba Stencil / and / Stamp Works / Winnipeg".

Reference: http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Guide%20Badges%20A%20to%20G%20v3.pdf

Category: 03. Personal Artifacts

Classification: Adornment; Personal Symbols; Personal Symbols - - Personal Identification; Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols

Maker: Manitoba Stencil and Stamp Works

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: Manitoba

Site/City Made: Winnipeg

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Personal Symbols - Pins; Organizations; Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs

Names: Girl Guides of Canada

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Interview with Tony Fabian by Eric Damer October 10, 2012 - Track 4

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory325

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1972-2012

Length: 0:11:59

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Tony Fabian's involvement in the development of the Stream Preservation Bylaw in Burnaby. He discusses fish populations, air quality, and bird populations in Burnaby as well.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Tony Fabian's involvement in the development of the Stream Preservation Bylaw in Burnaby. He discusses fish populations, air quality, and bird populations in Burnaby as well.

Date Range: 1972-2012

Photo Info: Tony Fabian relaxing at a picnic table, [1970]. Item no. 549-026.

Length: 0:11:59

Subjects: Geographic Features - Streams; Animals - Birds

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: October 10, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Tony Fabian conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, October 10, 2012. Major theme discussed: environmental conservation practices in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Tony Fabian was born and raised in rural Saskatchewan in 1934. He and his wife moved to Burnaby in 1957, where he worked for the telephone company and raised a family. Tony has been an advocate for preservation of parklands and watercourses, helping to protect Burnaby and Deer Lake Parks and to create the Burnaby Fraser Foreshore and Barnet Marine Parks in the early nineteen-seventies, serving as a member of Burnaby’s Parks and Recreation Commission. Tony Fabian was presented with the 2008 City of Burnaby Environment Award for Community Stewardship.

Total Tracks: 5

Total Length: 0:47:48

Interviewee Name: Fabian, Tony

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Audio Tracks

Track four of recording of interview with Tony Fabian

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-009/MSS171-009_Track_4.mp3

journal

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact15164

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV984.63.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV984.63.1

Description: Journal; hand bound journal tied together with three ribbons along the left edge. Green coloured cardstock cover of journal includes hand drawn art nouveau style border illustration and title in black and gold; title in centre reads: "Observations / from / NATURE". Original water-soluable ink drawings of flora and fauna throughout. Nine black and white photographs of Deer Lake and "Class VI Boys" and "Farmerettes of Class VI" working in school garden are glued onto the last seven pages. Preface on page 3 of journal indicates that the content includes personal observations of the woods around Deer Lake made by the author, S. Herbert Price and is dated May 8, 1923. Content on pages within journal document the creator's observations with texts and illustrations between January 1923 and May 1923.

Object History: Sydney Herbert Price was born on December 18 1903 in England to Frank Price (1872-1952) and Ruth Parlour (1875-1941). He was a school teacher for the Burnaby School Board and lived at 6050 Clinton Street, Burnaby. He died in 1969. The family lived at 3113 Royal Oak in Burnaby (later renumbered to 6290). In 1906, his uncle (Herbert Price) purchased the land on which Oakalla Prison Farm was to be built on. The Price family farm grew strawberries and then raspberry canes. The business grew so big that the family hired up to 100 berry pickers to help out.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents

Object Term: Book

Colour: Green; Gold; Black; Blue; Yellow

Measurements: Height: 9.8 cm; Width: 7.7 cm; Depth: 2 cm

Subjects: Plants - Flowers; Animals - Birds

Names: Price, Sydney Herbert

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lapel pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41405

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV001.1.183

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV001.1.183

Description: Button pin, round, buff ground with wide brownish red border and green print. Around edge from left, "JULY / AUG / SEPT". Logo below 'AUG', illegible, "LI--HA" ?, then "1920". At bottom is brownish red dot at centre of "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L." in circle. Pin is paper formed over a metal back and held in place by pressure. Clear coating over front. Back is dark metal with remains of pin clasp closure ?, coil of wire one side, lighter-coloured patch of metal around opening other side. Back is hollow. Manufacturer's stamp, mostly illegible, "--- CO" "--H.N.Y." and hallmark ?. Metal of back is tarnished, some scratches and wear on front.

Object History: Union dues button for the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railroad Shop Laborers which was affiliated with the American Federation of Labour. Railroad way workers oversaw the maintenace of railroad tracks. (For more information see http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_186.html)

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols

Object Term: Insignia

Marks/Labels: "JULY / AUG / SEPT", green letters printed around top "1920", larger green numbers printed in centre "U.B.M.W.E.R.S.L.", green letters printed around dot and surrounded by a green circle

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Industries; Occupations - Railroad Labourers; Organizations - Unions; Transportation - Rail

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lapel pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact42917

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV001.21.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV001.21.3

Description: Pin, silver-coloured metal, enamelled. Centre is image of landscape, blue water with waves, green hills, purple mountains with white snow and blue sky. Around most of centre, from upper left around bottom to upper right, is wide yellow border with silver "BURNABY . CENTRE . LAKE . DISTRICT". Details of landscape and border edges are silver. Back of pin is silver-coloured, lightly textured, with locking pin back closure. Stamped raised lettering "ALBERT" ? / TROPHIES LTD / VANCOUVER / TAIWAN"

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols

Object Term: Insignia

Measurements: L: 2.5 cm x W: 2.1 cm

Country Made: Taiwan

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Advertising Medium; Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Personal Symbols - Pins

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lapel pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47165

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.9

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.9

Description: Pin, Canadian Legion crest on blue ground; "North Burnaby B.C." "Legion" "148"

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols

Object Term: Insignia

Marks/Labels: North Burnaby B.C. / Legion / 148

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Personal Symbols - Pins

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lapel pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47170

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.14

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.14

Description: Pin, white, gold, red, black; "Burnaby Laphounds" "of Burnaby British Columbia" "1957"

Object History: The Guild founded in 1957.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Personal Symbols

Object Term: Insignia

Marks/Labels: Burnaby Laphounds / British Columbia / 1957

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Personal Symbols - Pins; Organizations

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lapel pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47171

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.15

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.15

Description: Lapel pin made of stamped brass finished with enamel and gold plating. The pin has a pin back. The pin is round with a bear facing head on at the centre. The background is dark brown and the bear face is highlighted with dark brown. There is a perimiter ring with a white background. Text in the ring says "BWC INVITATIONAL / ATOM "AAA" TOURNAMENT" The pin was issued by the Burnaby Winter Club for an Atom, triple "A" tournament

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia

Object Term: Commemorative

Marks/Labels: "B.W.C. INVITATIONAL / ATOM AAA TOURNAMENT", embossed on the perimiter ring of the pin.

Subjects: Adornment; Adornment - Lapel Pins; Personal Symbols - Pins; Sports - Ice Hockey; Souvenirs

Names: Burnaby Winter Club

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lapel pin

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47175

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.19

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV004.43.19

Description: Pin, yellow and gold; "Burnaby Parks & Recreation" "Skating Lessons"

Object History: Used in the late 1980s (perhaps earlier, perhaps later as well), pins were given to children who completed coloured levels in the Burnaby Parks and Recreation Skating Lessons program.