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lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87598
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.139
- Description
- lapel pin; gold metal Canada Centennial logo pin; logo is stylized maple leaf broken into 11 red enamel triangles with dates "1867 1967" beneath; stick pin back.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87603
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.144
- Description
- pin, Girl Guides; Service Star; gold metal; six-pointed star; screw clasp; red felt background indicates member of Guides or Rangers
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Service_stars.pdf
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Adornment
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - - Personal Identification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Personal Symbols - Pins
- Organizations
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87604
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.145
- Description
- pin, Girl Guides; Five-Year Service Star; gold metal; large five-pointed star; screw clasp; navy blue felt background; c.1916
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Service_stars.pdf
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Adornment
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - - Personal Identification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Measurements
- W: approx. 2.0 cm
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Personal Symbols - Pins
- Organizations
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
lapel pin with card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact22065
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.73.2
- Description
- Lapel pin and card. Pin is round, gold-plated sterling silver. Wide white enamel border has gold "WOMENS WAR WORK" in upper part, "C.R.C.S." at bottom, and thin gold inner and outer borders. Centre of pin is pebbled gold ground with red enamelled cross, gold border. Reverse of pin has locking pin back, and raised lettering "STERLING", 'S' in oval beside it. Back is tarnished, gold-coloured. Front has some soiling and wear.
- Object History
- Donation on behalf of South Burnaby United Church Women. Likely from their thrift shop.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- "WOMENS WAR WORK / C.R.C.S.", in raised letters in white border or pin. "STERLING" with a sideways "S" in an oval, in raised letters on the back of the pin.
- Measurements
- Dia: 1.8 cm
- Names
- Canadian Red Cross
Images
Patch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90315
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.8.10
- Description
- A navy blue felt sew-on patch with the Alpha Junior High School logo. A large blue "A" is in the centre of the patch with a white outline. The words "Junior" and "High" are on either side of the "A" in blue with a yellow outline. Behind these two words are three yellow bars.
- Object History
- This patch belonged to the donor who attended Alpha Junior High School in the 1950s.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols
- Object Term
- Patch, Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- A Junior High
- Colour
- Blue
- White
- Yellow
- Measurements
- 12 cm x 12cm
- Names
- Alpha Secondary School
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
pendant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11409
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3323.1
- Description
- Pendant, small brass ring with picture on each side and glass in front. Portrait of Queen Victoria as a young woman on one side and older on other side. Small loop for hanging. Portraits are in sepia tones.
Images
pitcher cover
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79110
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2888
- Description
- Net with pink and white beads around edge (to be placed over pitcher of lemonade, etc. to keep insects out).
- Subjects
- Household Accessory
Images
ribbon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87599
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.140
- Description
- ribbon, Girl Guides; crossed, light blue grosgrain ribbon; would be worn underneath a lapel pin
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Adornment
- Personal Symbols
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Organizations
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48591
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.35.18
- Description
- Ring, high school; yellow, gold, maroon, black; writing in three black bars across front yellow panel; maroon and gold geometric shapes fan out behind it; some chips and discolouration.
- Object History
- Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. Hugh M. Fraser was appointed commissioner of the municipality of Burnaby when it was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, after a dispute with the Provincial government about relief payments for the unemployed. A Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city, under Hugh M. Fraser.
- Marks/Labels
- "HUGH M. / FRASER / HIGH", gold letters in three black bars across front panel
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
Images
shoulder badge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.42
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police shoulder bar for jacket. Cast in one piece in metal. Letters are connected by integral bars. Secured by mounting posts and cotter pin.
- Object History
- Jacket shoulder bars issued to Constable George Jeffery. George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery than worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Marks/Labels
- "B M P", letters on cross bars
Images
shoulder cord
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87609
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.150
- Description
- shoulder cord, Girl Guides; Saxe blue braided cord with tasselled knot; indicates position of District Commissioner; in use 1922-1948
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/WEB/Documents/ON/Archives/Insignia_Commissioners.pdf
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Adornment
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - - Personal Identification
- Personal Symbols - - Status Symbols
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Organizations
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
tray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34868
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.9.4
- Description
- The tray is stamped out of sheet brass. The edges have a scalloped border design. There is a scratch on bottom.
- Object History
- Owned by the Sample family and used at their boarding house in South Burnaby. The boarding house was used as the first meeting place for Burnaby Municipal Council in 1892. The tray may have been used along with the inkwells and candle holder during meetings of the early council.
- Subjects
- Household Accessory
Images
vase
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact4414
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.55.1
- Description
- Vase. Yellow ceramic urn with black handles, feet, and fluted rim; on a black and yellow pedestal with floral swags; Front - round white panel with gold writing and crown; similar round white panel on back is blank
- Marks/Labels
- On front panel - "CORONATION" "1911" "1911" "KING GEORGE.V."; On underside - "MARLENE" "APRIL 5.1959" "FROM" "GRANDPA" "THURSTON".
Images
vase
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact32005
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.70.11
- Description
- Vase. round; white glazed ceramic with pedestal base. Front - portraits of H.M.Queen Mary and H.M.King George V with rose between them, crown above the portraits and a lion below, sprays of thistle, shamrock, roses around the portraits, Union Jack at right and Royal Standard left; Back - lion, unicorn around coat-of-arms
- Marks/Labels
- "H.M.KING GEORGE V", printed under King George V portrait. "H.M.QUEEN MARY", printed under Queen Mary's portrait "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" printed around coat of arms "DIEU ET MON DROIT", printed below the coat of arms below. "MAY THEIR REIGN BE GLORIOUS"printed at the bottom .
Images
vase
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88775
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- LHV974.8.16
- Description
- Vase, glass; conical; clear vase with pink glass base; base has been broken and poorly repaired
- Object History
- Bessie Choate was the Secretary of the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Horticultural Containers
- Object Term
- Vase
- Subjects
- Household Accessory
- Names
- Choate, Bessie Perley
Images
wall hanging
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91702
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.4.4
- Description
- Painted scene wall hanging. The scene is painted on woven grass that can be easily rolled.
- The painting is of a person and a pair of oxen along a road. There is a large tree bow in the background, along with a mountain range. The painting is coloured in orange, green, yellow, brown, white, and black.
- The hanging has a thread fringe at the bottom.
- Object History
- These are items that belonged to the donors as household items in their home in Burnaby between 1976 and 2023.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Decorative Furnishings
- Object Term
- Hanging, Wall
Images
wall hanging
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91703
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.4.5
- Description
- Painted scene wall hanging. The scene is painted on woven grass that can be easily rolled.
- The painting is of two peacocks, one sitting on a branch with the plumage draped down to the ground, and the second peacock is bent to sip water.
- The feathers or plumage of the wall hanging are not painted but are made of feathers or feather like material.
- Object History
- These are items that belonged to the donors as household items in their home in Burnaby between 1976 and 2023.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Decorative Furnishings
- Object Term
- Hanging, Wall
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