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uniform jacket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89992
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.22.6
- Description
- uniform jacket; BC Electric driver's jacket; slate blue wool, waist length with adjustable waist band, long sleeves. Six black buttons down front (two buttons missing). Three front pockets, two hip flap pockets with black button closures (one button missing), and one chest patch pockets with faux flap black button closure. Two inside pockets. The jacket forearms are reinforced on the outside and back is tailored with expansion vents. Label at the hem of the jacket reads: "GORDON CAMPBELL LTD. / VANCOUVER, CANADA"; lines on label in typewritten text reading: " 3246 W. OHL / Date FEB/58 / No. [ill.] N-2906".
- Object History
- Donor's husband was a BVM volunteer who worked on the restoration of the 1223 Interurban tram. He started working with BC Electric right out of the army after World War II. He first drove the trams until they stopped running, then he switched to driving buses. In 1962, he began working in the rail yard.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Outerwear
- Clothing - Uniforms
Images
wedding dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6267
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.18.1
- Description
- Wedding dress, c.1907. Converted to day dress. Cream and white pouter pigeon bodice with lace and high collar. Full skirt and separate cumberbund. The shape of this dress is exemplary of the Edwardian pouter pigeon front, with a tiny waist to match. In museum records, there is a copy of the original wedding photo; on the back is written "shows dress before alteration to current state as day dress." The only readily noticeable differences are the absences of lace trim in the cuff and on the china silk bodice rosettes.
- Object History
- Made by Pattie Adelina Pearson, for her marriage to Charles James Mitchell in Gravesend, Kent, England on September 26, 1907. After, they travelled immediately to Canada, living in the provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, her daughter and son being born in the latter province. Pattie moved to Vancouver in 1918, where with the exception of the period when she lived in Victoria, she lived until her death in October 1981 at the age of 101 years. She would have been 27 years old when she wore the dress.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
Images
whistle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39911
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.24.21
- Description
- Whistle. Metal, World War 1 military, whistle on cord. Cord is attached to whistle's ring by metal clip.
- Object History
- Whistle belonged to Frederick Homer Cassels who was a World War I Veterinary Service Army veteran. Frederick immigrated to Burnaby from England in 1919.
- Frederick Homer Cassels was born June 25th 1870 or 1872 in Paisley, Ontario. He moved to BC in 1914 and settled in Vancouver. Cassels was a veterinary surgeon in the 103rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.
- Prior to that, Cassels worked in Washington State. He married Emily Frances McMullen in England in 1919. They came back to Canada and settled in Burnaby the same year.
- He later worked as a marble worker, sticker and polisher at Continental Marble Works until 1932. The family settled in Burnaby's "Skunk Hollow" area, an area off Boundary Road at 13th Avenue and Clydesdale. Their children attended Schou St. School.
- He passed away July 31 1948.
- Classification
- Sound Communication T&E - - Sound Communication Devices
- Object Term
- Whistle
- Marks/Labels
- "Patent 57208" "PATENT"
- Subjects
- Sound Communication Tools and Equipment
- Wars
- Wars - World War, 1914-1918
- Clothing
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact10802
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5825.1
- Description
- Souvenir Program - Booklet -- [1947]. Booklet produced by the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) to detail the events and success of the exhibition. The front cover has an aerial photograph of the exhibition grounds with an illustration of a drumming majorette in a red uniform. At the top of the program is "Canada's Show-Window On The Pacific". The PNE was open from August 25 to September 1, 1947. The program cost 25 cents. The program is 21.5cm x 28cm.
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88675
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.47
- Description
- English Name: Cassia bark tree Twig Chinese Pinyin Name: Guizhi (GuiZhi) Physical Description: twigs, short, light brown, varying thicknesses, with some ridging and wrinkling along their lengths; some have short pieces branching off, some show a scar where a branching piece has broken off; some are cut or broken to blunt ends, others have bark missing at end, some have protruding bark ends with no wood inside Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi. Functions: Promotes sweating, resolves the flesh, warms and frees the channels and vessels, assists yang in transforming qi, downbears qi. Apply to wind-cold type of common cold, abdominal cold pain, amenorrhea due to cold blood, joint impediment, phlegm and retained fluid, edema, palpitations, renal mass.
- Object History
- Collection of original raw contents of the Chinese Herbalist Shop, Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee, Victoria BC, as purchased from Rodney Pain in 1974. Cassia bark twig is also known as Chinese cinnamon and has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries. Most of the cinnamon sold in Canada’s supermarkets is Chinese cinnamon.
- Reference
- Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. URL: http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=47953&lang=eng&searchword=pid=B00138 Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003; Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia, 2014.
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Chinese New Year envelope
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89950
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.16.3
- Description
- Chinese New Year envelope; red paper with gummed, fold closure at top; text in Chinese and English in gold reading: "Jagmeet Singh / Leader of Canada's NDP / Burnaby South NDP Candidate / www.jagmeetsingh.ca / Paid for and authorized by official agent of the candidate."; contains a small, square orange-flavoured candy and a thin card; card has the candidate's name and photograph on one side, and the Chinese zodiac on the other.
- Object History
- Jagmeet Singh is a Canadian lawyer and politician serving as leader of the New Democratic Party since 2017. He was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Burnaby South in a February 25, 2019 by-election.
- Classification
- Merchandising T&E
- Object Term
- Envelope, Money
- Subjects
- Advertising Medium
- Holidays - Chinese New Year
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Officials - Elected Officials
- Celebrations
- Names
- Singh, Jagmeet
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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90999
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.7
- Description
- Metal pin on a white folded card; gold pin with a bend straight pin. The logo is "the symbol for the Centennial of Canadian Confederation: eleven equalteral triangles prepresenting the ten provinces and Canadian North, arranged to form a stylized maple leaf" as written in the interior in English and French. Also logo inside with "1867/1967" Card is white with a red square on front and red border on interior.
- Object History
- Produced as part of Canada's Centennial of Confederation celebrations
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts
- Object Term
- Souvenir
- Marks/Labels
- "Centennial Commission,/219 Laurier Avenue West/ P.O. Box 1967/ Ottawa, Canada / John Fisher/ Comission / Gilles Bergeron / Associate Commission"
- Measurements
- 8cm x 8cm card; 1.5cm pin
- Subjects
- Events - Anniversaries
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Advertising Medium
- Organizations
- Souvenirs
- Celebrations - Centennials
Images
nutcracker
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46932
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.15.91
- Description
- Nutcracker; "Wallace Bros."; rusty
- Object History
- Object obtained by the City of Burnaby from the Eagles Estate located within Deer Lake Park. The estate was owned by Dr. Blythe Alfred Eagles (1902-1990) and Dr. Violet Evelyn (Dunbar) Eagles (1899-1993). The couple married in Vancouver in 1930. Dr. Blythe Eagles served as dean of agriculture at U.B.C. from 1949 to 1967. Dr. Violet Eagles was one of Canada's leading enzyme chemists. More information can be found on Heritage Burnaby.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Object Term
- Nutcracker
- Marks/Labels
- Wallace Bros.
- Subjects
- Food Processing Tools and Equipment
Images
pamphlet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90996
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.4
- Description
- pamphlet; white center-folded paper titled "The Centenary of the Union of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, November, 19, 1866" with a logo of British Columbia Confederation Centennial. In the centre there are two oval headshot photos of "Governor A. E. Kennedy, Vancouver Island" and "Governor F. Seymour, British Columbia" above a drawing of "J.A.R. Homer, High Sheriff reading Proclaimation uniting the two colonies at New Westminster, November 19, 1866." At the bottom "Issued by/ THE CANADIAN CONFEDERATION CENTENNIAL COMITTEE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA" Interior has a story of BC's history and four landscape photos of Victoria and New Westminster in 1866, and Victoria Government Offices in 1868 and Royal Engineers' camp. Back has copy of signed declaration with two seals and signatures.
- Object History
- Pamphlet was produced as part of the British Columbia Centennial '71 celebrations. It contains a story of the history of the two colonies and their joining to form Canada's sixth province on July 20, 1871. Back of the pamplet has a scan of the 1866 union proclaimation with signatures.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Pamphlet
- Marks/Labels
- "LITHOGRAPHED IN CANADA BY A. SUTTON, QUEEN'S PRINTER, VICTORIA, B.C."
- Measurements
- Length: 21.5 cm x Width: 14 cm
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plaque
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46843
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.15.2
- Description
- Plaque, wooden, shield with round crest; crest has gold border, white background, partial laurel wreath, navy, open book, Arabic? characters; "Lux et Veritas" "Yale"; hanger on reverse; "Pat. No.191495", and manufacturer's label; two nails missing from crest, holes covered by tape
- Object History
- Object obtained by the City of Burnaby from the Eagles Estate located within Deer Lake Park. The estate was owned by Dr. Blythe Alfred Eagles (1902-1990) and Dr. Violet Evelyn (Dunbar) Eagles (1899-1993). The couple married in Vancouver in 1930. Dr. Blythe Eagles was a research fellow at Yale University from 1926 to 1928 and served as dean of agriculture at U.B.C. from 1949 to 1967. Dr. Violet Eagles was one of Canada's leading enzyme chemists. More information can be found on Heritage Burnaby.
- Marks/Labels
- Lux et Veritas Yale
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