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chest
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40307
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.49.1
- Description
- Chest, wooden, black lacquer finish; hinged lid; metal carrying handle each side; two decorative edge plates; lock has plate and hasp on lid; inside is varnished reddish brown; paper remnants on lid, two pieces have red Chinese characters; glued-on picture of "Oyster Catcher"; with burlap and cotton protective covering inside; handles protrude through burlap; two black frog closures right side; one black one navy left side; three black one polka-dot on front; label residue; name tag sewn left side, in Cantonese, "Quon Yuen Chung"; and several metal parts broken off
- Object History
- Belonged to Donor's father, Quon Yuen Chung. He was also known as Johnny Quon.
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Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Digital Books
baby figure
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79135
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.9.1
- Description
- Molded plaster baby sitting up holding glass shelf. The baby is seated on the floor and there is a slot across its chest and its hands are turned palm upwards to hold the glass shelf (11 cm. X 34.5 cm). The body is open at the bottom and the chest slot. The figure has painted brown hair, brown eyes and is wearing a white diaper. There are chips on the right big toe, at the edge of the chest slot, edge of hair on the right side, back of the head and ends of the fingers. No makers mark inside.
- Object History
- Made for Helen's Children's Wear in early 1950's by Nettie Trainer, the mother of the store owner, Helen Arnold (nee Trainer). They were handmade. Nettie Trainer was a well known maker of custom figures for commercial displays. Helen's Children's Wear was located at 4142 Hastings Street. Owner Helen Arnold opened the store on East Hastings Street in 1948. She moved to the 4142 Hastings Street location in 1955, and added a landmark neon sign to the building in 1956. The sign featured a girl on a swing, and served as an important landmark in the neighbourhood. The store closed in 2007.
- Measurements
- Overall measurements Lth 25.5 cm. Wth 25.5 cm. Ht 38 cm.
- Subjects
- Furniture
- Furniture - Tables
- Names
- Helen's Childrens Wear
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History of Burnaby and vicinity
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6890
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV017.17.1
- Call Number
- 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1
- Author
- Green, George, 1872-1955
- Place of Publication
- [S.l.]
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Printer
- Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch
- Physical Description
- 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Burnaby (B.C.)
- Biography
- Name Access
- Green, George
- Notes
- Autographed by author
- "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
- Copy 2 of 2
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Digital Books
![Woman in a dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0129_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman in a dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription389
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.8 x 16.51 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She is wearing a dress with a bow at her chest and a string laced through buttons / hooks on the opening on the chest. She is wearing a blouse underneath with lace trimmings at the neck with a brooch in the middle.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.8 x 16.51 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the card mount, recto, l.l. "Johnson Bros", l.r. "Van Namee Block,/ Watertown, N. Y."
- Photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photographic studio
- On the back of the card mount, there is detailed information on the procedures for obtaining duplicate copies or enlargements
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She is wearing a dress with a bow at her chest and a string laced through buttons / hooks on the opening on the chest. She is wearing a blouse underneath with lace trimmings at the neck with a brooch in the middle.
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.129
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-11-21
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Johnson Brothers
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Woman in a dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0129_001.jpg)
![Woman with glasses on her dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0156_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman with glasses on her dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hangi…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil on the card mount, verso, u.l. "2144 Osler"
- Photograph is cut into an oval shape and mounted on a thick brown card
- Card is stained throughout
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hanging by a clip or a pin. She is wearing chains or rosary around her neck.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.156
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
Images
![Woman with glasses on her dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0156_001.jpg)
apothecary case
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91630
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.104
- Description
- Wood case covered in leather filled with various items including spoons, feathers, gauze, and paper packets.
- The case was assembled to act as an apothecary case for a movie.
- Object History
- This apothecary case was a prop used in the 1994 film "Little Women"
- For more information about the donor, see Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Storage & Display Furniture
- Object Term
- Chest
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
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apron
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6509
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.73.1
- Description
- Pinafore, black with woven-in stripe; black embroidery on chest; skirt is sewn up the back and does up at waist with hooks and eyes; possibly a jumper dress.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88673
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.45
- Description
- English Name: Chinese Eaglewood / Tambac Chinese Pinyin Name: Chenxiang (ChenXiang) Physical Description: wood fragments, small, light to medium brown; thin shavings or splinters in varying sizes Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan. Functions: Moves qi and relieves pain, warms the center and stops vomiting, promotes qi absorption and calms panting. Apply to chest and abdominal swelling pain, gastric cold and vomiting and hiccoughs, deficiency of kidney and inability to breathe due to adverse rising of qi.
- 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.
- 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=B00421 Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003; Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia, 2014.
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box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45329
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.78.111
- Description
- Box, metal, hinged lid; red, yellow, green, gold; "Tetley's Tea" "Reg'd"; design of flowers, bees, leaves; lid has elephant head, the trunk holding a tea chest; three pounds?; dented, in poor condition
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Measurements
- 147mm X 147mm X 205mm
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Children playing in a music classroom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription52964
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three children from the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten playing in a music classroom. One boy is climbing into a play chest on wheels while the other two boys hold it steady for him. Chairs are stacked up against the walls and there is a piano in the room.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 1965
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Tinkerbell Kindergarten subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 246-004
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- BHS1990-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three children from the Tinkerbell Cooperative Kindergarten playing in a music classroom. One boy is climbing into a play chest on wheels while the other two boys hold it steady for him. Chairs are stacked up against the walls and there is a piano in the room.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "MAR 65"
- Geographic Access
- Ellesmere Avenue
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 300 Ellesmere Avenue North
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
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dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact27013
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.69.8
- Description
- Evening dress, c.1929. Black rayon lace with cotton organdy slip. Sleeveless, flounced bodice and skirt. Knee length, dips to a longer hemline in the back. The dress is cut in the flapper style, but with 1930s style flounces. It is entirely made out of black rayon machine lace, with an organdy slip underneath. Hanging from the neckline there is a lace flounce with scalloped edge, overtop of the main lace dress. It hangs over the chest area in the front; at the back, it is tacked onto the dress underneath and comes down in a V shape. At a dropped waist height, where the V shape ends, the skirt of the main dress is another flounce. It ends at knee height in the front, and scoops down to calf length in the back. The slip attaches at the shoulders with a small strap that wraps around the shoulder at its seam and snaps back onto itself. At the bottom, there is a layer of lace sewn on to it that hangs a few inches past the slip hem. It comes up higher at the front, in a triangle shape.
- Object History
- Belonged to donor's mother, in West Vancouver.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Costumes
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![Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0044_002.jpg?width=280)
Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1115
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [198-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under eac…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) ; 240 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a documentation photograph of a framed panel of fourteen photographs of an unidentified correctional officer demonstrating weapon and firing stances used in firearms training. Photographs within panel are arranged in three rows with various positions of stances identified under each (from left to right, top row) "Port Arms"; "Easy Ready" ; "Kneeling"; "Standing"; "Hip"; (from left to right middle row) "Easy Ready"; "Standing"; "Unloading"; "Instinctive "Chest""; "Instinctive Hip"; (from left to right bottom row)"Kneeling Tradional"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Kneeling Variation"; "Sitting".
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Street Address
- 5220 Oakmount Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.44
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [198-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Panel with 14 photographs was originally enclosed within a thin wood frame with glass (60 x 74 cm) with photographs adhered to a blue sheet of poster board (56.2 x 70.8 cm - poster board was extremely faded; original colour can be seen as residue on backs of photographs); 14 colour photographs : 8.89 x 12.7 cm. Frame, glass and poster board disposed of due to poor condition. A reference photograph was created prior to destruction of frame and dismantling of photographs on board.
- Individual photographs were removed from board and described at item level BV991.45.595 to .BV991.45.606
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![Framed panel of weapons and firing stances used in firearms training, [198-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1991/1991_0045_0044_002.jpg)
Freezers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription81114
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 22, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman standing next to chest freezers.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 22, 1998
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1262
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman standing next to chest freezers.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Bby Morstad 1540 / Bby p 3 72%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1508
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, riding in an open car during their 1939 visit to Canada. They are seen from chest up in their vehicle, and crowds can also be seen in the background.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm
- Material Details
- stamped on verso, u.l. "J.E. UNDERHILL/ 4078 West 12th Avenue/ Vancouver, B.C."
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, riding in an open car during their 1939 visit to Canada. They are seen from chest up in their vehicle, and crowds can also be seen in the background.
- Subjects
- Events - Royal Visits
- Names
- Elizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002
- George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952
- Accession Code
- BV985.5884.1
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 31-Aug-06
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Underhill, James E.
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Man operating a machine
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription80745
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 23, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man operating a machine. The man is wearing a coat with a patch on his left chest that says "BCIT Instructor".
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- November 23, 1997
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15 x 22 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1007
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No reproduction permitted
- Accession Number
- 2012-11
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified man operating a machine. The man is wearing a coat with a patch on his left chest that says "BCIT Instructor".
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ray, Steve
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on recto of photograph reads: "2628 Bby Steve / Bby - 8 - 66%"
- Trim marks and/or reproduction instructions on recto (scan is cropped)
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Memorial program
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91245
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.26.166
- Description
- Memorial service program created by Forest Lawn Memorial-Park Association; folded cardstock with illustration of "Church of the Recessional" on front and printed text within in brown ink. Memorial service program for T. Boyd Haskell, born September 7, 1914, died July 5, 1969. Memorial service was held on July 10, 1969 at Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, Glendale, California.
- Object History
- Item came from a scrapbook documenting the early years of the Simpsons-Sears store located at 3660 Kingsway (after 1959 4750 Kingsway) including the opening day, staff events and other activities that store manager, T. Boyd Haskell was involved in. T. Boyd Haskell was manager of the Burnaby Simpsons-Sears store between 1953 and 1962. After graduating from college, Haskell joined the Sears-Roebuck department store chain. In 1953 he moved to Vancouver from Washington State to set up the new store in Burnaby. In 1962, Haskell left Simpsons-Sears in Burnaby and transferred to the Sears store in Los Angeles. During his time in British Columbia, Haskell served as the President of the Greater Vancouver Tourist Association (1958-1959), President of the Community Chest and Councils of Greater Vancouver (1960) and was also a member of the board of directors of the B.C. Lions football team. Haskell died in Arizona in 1969 at the age of 54 years.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Program
- Colour
- Beige
- Brown
- Measurements
- 10 cm x 32 cm; folded to 10 cm x 16 cm
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Programs
Images
![Middle-aged couple, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0131_001.jpg?width=280)
Middle-aged couple
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription391
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.34 x 19.05 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified couple taken in a photographic studio. They appear middle-aged. The man is with a moustache and is wearing a suit with a vest and a polka dot neck tie. The woman is in a dress with frills on the chest and lace trimmings on the epaulette and at the neck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.34 x 19.05 cm
- Material Details
- embossed on the card mount, recto, l.l. "SBF [monogram]/ MAIN ST.", b. "S. B. Fell.", l.r. "MORRISBURG."
- The photograph is mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. The card mount is stained at the bottom.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified couple taken in a photographic studio. They appear middle-aged. The man is with a moustache and is wearing a suit with a vest and a polka dot neck tie. The woman is in a dress with frills on the chest and lace trimmings on the epaulette and at the neck.
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.131
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-11-21
- Photographer
- Fell, S. B.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Middle-aged couple, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0131_001.jpg)
portable desk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.56.21
- Description
- Walnut chest, lap desk, portable writing cabinet and desk; sides are plain; sloping lid has brass cut-out designs at corners and centre, each with a marble set in the centre; centre design is large petal either side, smaller up and down, with four smallest between; stemmed flower inside larger petals, smallest have leaf; corner designs are one large petal and two half-petals, each with stemmed flower, small flower between petals; brass settings for inkwell, square, one either side of flat part of lid; between these is box with curved lid, plain sides and back, front has brass cut-out designs; at centre, with keyhole, is petal either side, stemmed flower inside; either side is flower in triangle, with marble; lid has similar brass and marble designs to desk lid, but smaller; writing surface of desk is purple fuzzy fabric with border and flourishes; leather-lined compartment under upper part of writing surface, extends under inkwell part with shelves; upper box has vertical compartments, two larger, three smaller, lined with white fabric; pen compartment either side of smaller ones with purple velvet lids and brass knobs; desk and upper box have locks; with key
- Object History
- The donor's family were early settlers to Burnaby, and he worked for the BCER as an electrician. Donor was the original owner of the property that the Burnaby Village Museum now occupies. The writing slope was used widely in the 1800s. It was mainly used in the late 1700s during colonial expeditions, and military travel. It became very popular in Victorian times for lay people and used in many homes. It provided a portable desk, complete with a soft writing surface (felt or leather), compartments for ink, pens, and paper. It was considered to be a personal item, rather than a household one.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E
- Measurements
- height: 27 cm width: 36 cm depth: 26 cm
Images
![Quon Yuen Chung, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900490002.jpg?width=280)
Quon Yuen Chung
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1448
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Quon Yuen Chung (Johnnie Quon) sitting on a chair in a robe with his legs crossed holding a hat in his lap. He came to Vancouver in 1919 at age eleven.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 8 cm print
- Material Details
- Original to this copy print appears to have been ripped on both sides leaving only the seated subject
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Quon Yuen Chung (Johnnie Quon) sitting on a chair in a robe with his legs crossed holding a hat in his lap. He came to Vancouver in 1919 at age eleven.
- Accession Code
- BV999.49.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [193-?]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- The chest in this accession (BV999.49.1) has been passed down the generation from Shong Yuen Chung to Quon Yuen Chung, to finally the donor.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Quon Yuen Chung, [193-?] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1990/199900490002.jpg)