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dish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40271
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.13
- Description
- Sauce dish, ceramic, white; four floral and leaf motifs around a central piece of fruit, in pink, green and yellow; underneath is "CHINA" in red; slight crack
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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dish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40272
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.14
- Description
- Sauce dish, ceramic, white; four floral and leaf motifs around a central piece of fruit, in pink, green and yellow; underneath is "CHINA" in red; four cracks
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
dish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40273
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.15
- Description
- Sauce dish, ceramic, white; four floral and leaf motifs around a central piece of fruit, in pink, green and yellow; underneath is "CHINA" in red;
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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dish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40274
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.16
- Description
- Sauce dish, ceramic, white; four floral and leaf motifs around a central piece of fruit, in pink, green and yellow; underneath is "CHINA" in red; small chips, small cracks; stain
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
dish
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40275
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.17
- Description
- Sauce dish, ceramic, white; four floral and leaf motifs around a central piece of fruit, in pink, green and yellow; underneath is "CHINA" in red; small chips
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating Vessels
- Object Term
- Dish, Eating
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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exercise book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7000
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.360.1
- Description
- Exercise book, "Globe Stationery", for Mun Pow of the Lake Forest Academy Francais I - 1910
- Object History
- Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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exercise book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7001
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.360.2
- Description
- Exercise book, for math, in very poor condition
- Object History
- Some books in this accession are marked: "Mr. Chan Y. Leong, 111 Pender St. E., Vancouver B.C., Canada, North America, Western H."
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38055
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.31.166
- Description
- Podmore's Ice Cream - Advertisement -- [1912]. Advertising fan for Podmore's Ice Cream in Edmonton. One side of the fan states "Podmore's Ice Cream/ Slips On The Plate/ All Flavors and Bricks/ Edmonton". On the other side is an illustration of a woman in a green winter coat and hat holding a branch of holly in one hand and a snow ball in the other. The illustration is titled "212 - Aiming High" and was produced by The American Art Works in Coshocton, Ohio in 1912. The bottom of the fan has a spot where a handle would be attached. The fan measures 22cm x 23cm.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Colour
- Beige
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game piece
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact85451
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.23.2
- Description
- Small domed disk of white porcelin used in gambling games, like Fantan or in the game of Go.
- Object History
- This game piece was found in the 1990s underneath the Chauffeur's cottage at Ceperley Mansion (Burnaby Art Gallery today). It bears resemblance to a game piece from Fantan set. There were Chinese Canadians working at the Fairacres Estate around 1912, so it is possible this piece is related to these workers.
- Measurements
- diameter 1.1 cm by .6 thick
- Subjects
- Games
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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hat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91751
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.7
- Description
- Conical straw or bamboo hat. The material is woven together and has a white nylon corded edge. There is an internal hat ring that would rest on the wearer's head. The ring is made out of plastic and is zap strapped to the inner structure of the woven hat. There is a black cord chin strap attached to the ring.
- The top of the cone is damaged and missing.
- There are three smudged marks evenly spaced around the outside of the hat, indicating some sort of design at one point.
- 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.
- Used by family and farm workers until 2022.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing - - Headwear
- Object Term
- Hat
- Measurements
- Diameter: 42 cm
- Names
- Hop on Farms
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jacket and pants
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23662
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.4.1
- Description
- Jacket and pants, man's, dark maroon/brown, Chinese; jacket has Mandarin collar. Fabric is an open weave used for summer pattern suggesting waves or clouds. glaising on outside. hand stitched Hip piece waistband of pants is ramie? Jacket is western influenced but pants are traditional.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14391
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.3
- Description
- Stoneware jug with some dark, brown glaze covering from top to body with some missing at the bottom. Small lipped opening on top with small spout beside it. Used for soya sauce. Item is second from left in photo.
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Measurements
- 12 cm H x 15 cm W
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jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14393
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.5
- Description
- Jug, square shaped, stoneware, for soya sauce, mostly glazed except for some areas on the bottom, small spout for pouring appears chipped, fluted opening for refilling, raised floral pattern around the lid, chinese characters in a box on one side of jar. Artifact is third from left in photograph
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Two chinese characters enclosed in a box embossed onto one side of jar. Floral pattern embossed around opening.
- Measurements
- 15cm height x 10cm width
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14394
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.6
- Description
- Earthenware brown jug with sloped shoulders and rounded shape, flat on bottom. Raised round hole in middle of top; smaller hole for pouring spout near top. Artifact is first on left in photograph.
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 12 cm height x 10 cm diameter
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jug
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14466
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.21.78
- Description
- Earthenware brown jug with sloped shoulders and rounded shape, flat on bottom. Raised round hole in middle of top; smaller hole for pouring spout near top. Artifact is third from left in photograph.
- Object History
- Objects in this accession were inherited by donor from the estate of her parents, Leslie and Ina Morrow of Vancouver.
- Note in accession file states: "Stoneware pots & glass bottles found at cook campsite of shingle bolt camp on McNab Creek operating about turn of century. Found about 1970.".
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 12.5 cm height x 10.5 cm diameter
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mancho suit
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact21316
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.49.1
- Description
- Mancho suit; kimono-style jacket and two wrap-around panel skirts. Blind embroidery on jacket.
- Object History
- Item dates from before the 1900s, possibly as early as the 1860s. Was likely made for a wealthy Chinese family, rather than being produced for the tourist market.
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matchbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89161
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.37.8
- Description
- matchbook; red folded paper with gold ink text and illustration of a dragon; "Dragon Inn / 4510 KINGSWAY, BURNABY, B.C. / 4524 E. HASTINGS, BURNABY B.C." printed on face; "THE HOUSE OF / CHINESE SMORGASBORD / Dragon Inn / 4510 Kingsway, Burnaby . . . 435-4148 / 4524 E. Hastings . . . 298-6481". There are pink-tipped matches in the book.
- 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.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Temperature Control Equipment - - Firemaking Equipment
- Object Term
- Matchbook
- Names
- Dragon Inn
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4510 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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matchbook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89162
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.37.9
- Description
- matchbook; white folded paper with blue and red ink text and illustration of a dragon; "Dragon / Inn / CHINESE / Smorgasbord / EVERY DAY / 4510 KINGSWAY / BURNABY, B.C." printed on face; business hours printed on back. There are blue-tipped matches in the book; manufactured by "DAHL AGENCIES LTD, B.C. * CANADA MATCH TORONTO".
- 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.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Temperature Control Equipment - - Firemaking Equipment
- Object Term
- Matchbook
- Names
- Dragon Inn
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4510 Kingsway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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matchbox
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact50021
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.3.27
- Description
- Red and white paper match box The tray slides out of the outer covering. Outer covering features a red dragon "The House of / Chinese Smorgasbord / Dragon Inn." One side of the outer covering features a strike area the other " For Free / Home Delivery / 298 - 6481..." The other side of the outer covering " ...4524 E. hastings St. / N. Burnaby, B.C.".
- 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.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Temperature Control Equipment - - Firemaking Equipment
- Object Term
- Matchbox
- Names
- Dragon Inn
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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menu
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91035
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1681
- Description
- Menu; black ink on beige paper; text in black reads: "MENU / . / 10c. / Candy Stick _ Cookie / ...../ 25c. / Ice Cream Cone {Strawberry, Chocolate, Vanilla} / Fudgesicle_Creamsicle / Ice Cream Sandwich / Tea_Coffee_Soup / Coca Cola_Orange_Lemonade / .... / 40c. / Pie (Apple Cherry Raison) / .... / 60 c. / Pie with Ice Cream [Cherry Apple Raison] / Ice Cream Float (Coke Orange) / Ice Cream Soda (Chocolate Strawberry) / .... / Cash Only Please"; [197-]
- Object History
- Poster was created by Heritage Village Print Shop and used at Heritage Village in the 1970s.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Menu
- Colour
- Beige
- Black
- Measurements
- 43.5 cm x 28 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
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