Building Letters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90803
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.40.1
- Description
- Eight bronze capital letters: "OURT ROOM" Each letter has small protrusions on the backside where they were afixed to the exterior wall of Burnaby's Provincial courtroom.
- Object History
- The Court Room letters came from the 1965 Provincial Courthouse built adjacent to City Hall at 4949 Canada Way. This courtroom closed down in 2002.
- Object Term
- Sign, Identification
- Marks/Labels
- "OUR ROOM" is missing the C and the "T" to finish spelling courtroom.
- Colour
- Bronze
- Measurements
- 6" in height
- Subjects
- Building Components
- Buildings - Judicial - Courthouses
- Government - Provincial Government
- Officials - Judges
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91397
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.2122
- Description
- Flyer; mimeographed; legal size white sheet of paper with black ink with text and illustrations inside border. Text from top to bottom reads: "we need your help! / to show Burnaby's history / OLD PICTURES THROUGH OBJECTS / OLD PHOTOGRAPHS - DRAWINGS - SNAPSHOTS / of people - special occasions - buildings - bandstands - tram stations / schools - class pictures / - anything whish shows / Burnaby in its early days / We will mount for display if received by Monday, September 20, 1971 / Send to: Centennial Office / 4949 Canada Way / Burnaby 2, B.C.". illustration of an attic with antique furnishings and an open book.
- Object History
- Flier created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee calling for artifacts and photographs to display in Heritage Village in the latter months of 1971. Items could have been placed on display for the opening of Heritage Village in November 1971.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Flier
- Colour
- White
- Black
- Measurements
- Length:35.5 cm x Width: 21.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1971
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennials
Images
flyer
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91441
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.2147
- Description
- Flyer; mimeographed with blue ink on orange paper. B.C. Centennial '71 logo at top of Flyer; text beneath reads: "BURNABY CENTENNIAL '71 COMMITTEE AND BURNABY PARKS AND RECREATION / ARE SPONSORING / A Salute to Burnaby Senior Citizens / Time - Wednesday, September 22, 1971 / Come anytime between hours 2 p.m. and 9 p.m. / Place - Cowan Centre, Century Gardn / Programme - Games -- indoor and outdoor / Entertainment -- dancing / Fun for All / Refreshements - Served between... / PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW AND SENT TO BURNABY CENTENNIAL / 71 COMMITTEE, 4949 CANADA WAY, BURNABY 2, B.LC. FOR YOUR Invitation"; includes cut away fillable form below and illustrations of a birthday cake, ballowns, couples dancing and the B.C. Centennial logo.
- Object History
- Advertising flier created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee - Publicity Committee. This event was part of the Burnaby Centennial festivities to celebrate British Columbia's Centennial in 1971. Don Copan was the head of the Publicity Committee.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Flier
- Colour
- Orange
- Measurements
- Length: 28 cm x Width: 21.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennials
Images
honour roll
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact47246
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.54.1
- Description
- Roll of Honor [sic]; 1916; Burnaby; large wooden tripartate frame with typed lists of names in each panel; left list "Burnaby Roll of Honour / Dec. 1915"; centre list "Dec. 1915 May 1916"; right list "May 1916"; watercolour images of war at top of each list; "The Great War" on brass plaque bottom centre.
- Object History
- Honour rolls that recognize individuals that serve in the time of war have been used by communities throughout Canada and the Commonwealth as a traditional act of remembrance. These memorials consist of a list of veterans that is compiled to ensure that names of all service men and women are included, with their rank and service acknowledged. The "Heroic Dead" have been traditionally marked on Canadian honour rolls with the addition of a cross and/or maple leaf beside the honoured name. Typically this sombre memorial is crafted in traditional style using calligraphy for the names listed on the "tablets" and native woods and brass for the frame materials. Burnaby has a proud history of men and women who served by volunteering for active service. The community honoured its war heroes during World War I with an impressive Honour Roll crafted by civic staff and dedicated at the former Municipal Hall at Edmonds on July 14, 1916. The intention of this memorial was to "keep the record bright before the people of the municipality". At the conclusion of this war over 1,200 names of service men and women were listed including over 90 "Heroic Dead" who paid the "ultimate sacrifice". The Burnaby Honour Roll remained as an important civic memorial on public display in the old municipal hall and was the focus of many annual Remembrance Day services. It consisted of a wooden frame with three paper "rolls." The Honour Roll unit was removed from the old municipal hall in 1956 when municipal council chambers and offices were relocated to the 4949 Canada Way hall site. It languished in storage and obscurity for decades until being "rediscovered" by a city works crew in 1993 and relocated to Burnaby Village Museum. It was professionally conserved by museum staff and in 2004 was placed in secure storage at the Museum. In 2005, the Heritage Commission approved a project that would provide a World War II Honour Roll to compliment the first one from 1916. The Government of Canada declared 2005 the "Year of the Veteran" so the City decided to create the new World War II honour roll by November 11, 2005 (Accession number X2834). It was determined that no complete Honour Roll of Burnaby's contribution to World War II yet existed. The research and creatin was completed so that both honour rolls could be displayed in City Hall in 2005. The intention was set that both honour rolls would be stored at the Museum and exhibited at City Hall during the month of November as part of the City's commemoration.
- Marks/Labels
- BURNABY / ROLL / OF HONOR", hand lettered in black ink, title at top of first panel. "DEC. 1915"/ May 1916", hand lettered in red ink at top of first panel. "DEC 1915 / MAY 1916", hand lettered in red at top of second panel. "MAY 1916", handlettered at top of third panel. "Designed by John Dunlop", handlettered in lower left corner of first panel "Compiled by Jack Browne", handlettered in lower right corner of first panel "THE GREAT WAR", etched into brass plaque in centre of bottom frame cross bar
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Subjects
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
Images
Documents
invitation
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91045
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1770
- Description
- Invitation; orange textured cardstock with black ink; decorative clipart border with text beneath that reads: "YOU ARE CORIDALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE FOUNDING MEETING OF / THE CENTURY PARK MUSEUM ASSOCIATION / on Tuesday, October 26, 1971 at 7:30 pm / in The Council Chambers, Burnaby Municipal Hall / 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, British Columbia"
- Object History
- Item was found in Burnaby Village Museum printshop along with other Heritage Village / Burnaby Village Museum ephemera created between 1971 and 1990
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Request, Invitation
- Measurements
- 10 x 22.5
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Publication Date
- 1971
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
Images
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
