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https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38258
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.31.223
- Description
- Box. Flat, rectangular, metal box with hinged lid, for cigarettes. Lid is gold in colour with blue border. Upper left corner of lid features a blue circle with raised double portrait of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in profile. Inside of lid has logo of sailor framed by life preserver.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Marks/Labels
- Both sides of lid have "PLAYER'S "MEDIUM"". Lower right of lid "Player's" "NAVY CUT" "CIGARETTES" ""MEDIUM"". Back of lid "MANUFACTURED BY IMPERIAL TOBACCO CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED, MONTREAL, CANADA" "SUCCESSOR TO JOHN PLAYER & SONS, ENGLAND" "CONTAINER MADE IN ENGLAND".
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product package; cigar box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact20892
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.14.43
- Description
- Box, cigar
- Object History
- This cigar box came from a family who settled in Burnaby in the 1920s,on 3512 Chaffey Avenue in Burnaby. In the 1921 census, William is listed as a poultry rancher. Their children attended Inman Avenue School in Burnaby.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Containers for Smoking & Tobacco
- Object Term
- Box, Cigar
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
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