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![Standing in front of Harry's confectionery store, [between 1944 and 1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500200012.jpg?width=280)
Standing in front of Harry's confectionery store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1886
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1944 and 1948]
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of men, women and children sitting and standing in three rows in front of Harry's confectionery store. Some of the men are in military uniforms. Harry Royle opened this store in 1925 and it quickly became a popular meeting spot for young people. Two of the men are dressed in military uni…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Harry Royle fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of men, women and children sitting and standing in three rows in front of Harry's confectionery store. Some of the men are in military uniforms. Harry Royle opened this store in 1925 and it quickly became a popular meeting spot for young people. Two of the men are dressed in military uniforms.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Names
- Harry's
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 5527 Hastings Street
- Accession Code
- BV005.20.12
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1944 and 1948]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/12/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "Hastings + Holdom/ North Side"
- Note the awning and the store sign, "HARRY'S" in between two large "Orange Crush" advertisement signs
Images
![Standing in front of Harry's confectionery store, [between 1944 and 1948] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500200012.jpg)
![Standing with a Mountie, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300034.jpg?width=280)
Standing with a Mountie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3412
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1944]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men in military uniforms standing with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in dress uniform. The solider on the far right is Frank Battersby.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three men in military uniforms standing with a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer in dress uniform. The solider on the far right is Frank Battersby.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Military Personnel
- Public Services - Policing
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Military Uniforms
- Names
- Battersby, Frank
- Accession Code
- BV005.30.34
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1944]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Date
- 1/19/2010
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Standing with a Mountie, [1944] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200500300034.jpg)
![Theodore Olaf Brue, [between 1947 and 1950] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200100250072.jpg?width=280)
Theodore Olaf Brue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1597
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1947 and 1950] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (regimental number 873). From 1947 to 1954, Theodore Brue was in charge of the Terrace, British Columbia detachment. In 1950, when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took over the provincial police forces, he became a…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 18 x 13 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (regimental number 873). From 1947 to 1954, Theodore Brue was in charge of the Terrace, British Columbia detachment. In 1950, when the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took over the provincial police forces, he became a member of the RCMP.
- Accession Code
- BV001.25.72
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1947 and 1950] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For a laser copy of the same photographic image, see BV004.23.45
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Theodore Olaf Brue, [between 1947 and 1950] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200100250072.jpg)
![Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform, [1941] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200100250071.jpg?width=280)
Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1941] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform at twenty-nine years of age. This photograph was taken in front of his house on Georgia Street in Vancouver on the day he received his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (his regimental number was 873).
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17 x 11.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform at twenty-nine years of age. This photograph was taken in front of his house on Georgia Street in Vancouver on the day he received his British Columbia Provincial Police uniform (his regimental number was 873).
- History
- Taken in front of his home on Georgia Street, in Vancouver, c. 1941, on the day he received his B.C. Police uniform
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV001.25.71
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1941] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Theodore Olaf Brue in uniform, [1941] (date of original) thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/2000/200100250071.jpg)
Theodore Olaf Brue with his dog Pal
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1598
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1943 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue on his British Columbia Provincial Police motorcycle with his dog Pal sitting in the sidecar, wearing sunglasses. Theodore Brue would sometimes take Pal along in the sidecar while on patrol in Richmond.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9.5 x 14.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Theodore Olaf Brue on his British Columbia Provincial Police motorcycle with his dog Pal sitting in the sidecar, wearing sunglasses. Theodore Brue would sometimes take Pal along in the sidecar while on patrol in Richmond.
- Accession Code
- BV001.25.73
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1943 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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Thomas, Susie, and Fred Blake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1540
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1921 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Thomas, Susie and Fred Blake standing together behind a large tree trunk on the road allowance in front of 4456 Pandora Street. Fred Blake is wearing glasses.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Thomas, Susie and Fred Blake standing together behind a large tree trunk on the road allowance in front of 4456 Pandora Street. Fred Blake is wearing glasses.
- Geographic Access
- Pandora Street
- Accession Code
- BV998.31.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1921 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 02-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Typed sticker on verso of photograph reads: "(L to R)/ Thomas, Susie, Fred Blake/ on the road allowance in/ front of 4456 Pandora St./ [written over in black pen] (1921)"
- Address sticker on verso of photograph reads: "MR & MRS F BLAKE 4165 PANDORA ST BURNABY BC V5C 2B2"
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![Three men in uniforms, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5894_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Three men in uniforms
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1519
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [191-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men in sports uniforms taken in a photographic studio. They are wearing white shirts with a racket embroidered on their chest on the left, and dark knee length shorts, and boots with high socks. Two men are standing and one is sitting on a chair in front of them.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w postcard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three unidentified men in sports uniforms taken in a photographic studio. They are wearing white shirts with a racket embroidered on their chest on the left, and dark knee length shorts, and boots with high socks. Two men are standing and one is sitting on a chair in front of them.
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Accession Code
- BV985.5894.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [191-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Three men in uniforms, [191-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5894_0001_001.jpg)
tie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35084
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.20.9
- Description
- B.C. Provincial Police uniform; green
- Subjects
- Clothing - Uniforms
Images
tie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87342
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.3
- Description
- tie or scarf, Brownie; light brown cotton necktie or scarf; end is folded up and it is knotted at neck front and around back; metal dancing brownie Enrolment pin attached to front.
- Object History
- Brownie uniform (1935-1964) lighter brown colour; this Brownie [unknown] earned the "Golden Hand" (top award). Would be worn with brown wool beret, brown tie secured behind neck with reef knot, and brown leather belt. BV015.36.1 to BV015.36.4
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
Images
tie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87353
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.12
- Description
- tie or scarf, Girl Guides; light blue and pale yellow cotton necktie or scarf; end is folded up and it is knotted at neck front and around back; metal girl guide Enrolment pin attached to front.
- Object History
- Guide uniform dress (1935). Worn with brown leather belt, navy hat, folded triangular company tie. BV015.36.10 to BV015.36.14
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
tie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87415
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.64
- Description
- tie or scarf, Girl Guides; grey and red cotton necktie or scarf; would be worn folded up and knotted at neck front and around back; metal girl guide Enrolment pin missing should be pinned to the front.
- Object History
- Salvation Army Guide uniform dress belonging to Virginia Blake, early 1960s. From the 6th Vancouver Salvation Army Guides on Hastings Street. Salvation Army was affiliated with Girl Guides (1937) of Canada until 1998. Worn with brown leather belt, beret, folded triangular company tie. The three white stripes on the right breast pocket indicate that wearer was a company leader. The more stripes you had, the higher your rank. A single white stripe, sewn down the center of the pocket, would have indicated that she was a patrol seconder. Two stripes would indicate that she was a patrol leader. White adhesive tape was used so that the guider didn’t have to unstitch and re-sew the stripes as they gained rank.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
tie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87428
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.48
- Description
- tie or scarf, Girl Guides; white synthetic necktie or scarf; triangular; red screen-printed maple leaf decoration and navy blue border; "DESIGNED BY JEAN MILLER FOR THE GIRL GUIDES OF CANADA PRINTED BY CANADIANA". Tag on tie edge reads: "HAND WASHABLE ONLY". Gold metal Enrollment pin attached.
- Object History
- Note from donor: Girl Guides uniform (1970's/1980's). Would be worn as a set, with a blue beret, brown leather belt, a tie/scarf from the appropriate era and a badge sash.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
tie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87429
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.49
- Description
- tie or scarf, Rangers; white nylon necktie or scarf; square; red screen-printed maple leaf decoration and border; "DESIGNED BY JEAN MILLER FOR THE GIRL GUIDES OF CANADA PRINTED BY CANADIANA".
- Object History
- Note from donor: Ranger uniform (1970's/80's). Worn with white blouse, red maple leaf tie/scarf, macrame lanyard, hat (sea ranger-white or land ranger-navy), navy skirt or pants.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
tie
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87470
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.79
- Description
- tie or scarf, Girl Guides; pale yellow cotton necktie or scarf; triangular, folded into long rectangle. "ANNI T" marked on tie in black ink; could be used by a Guide to make a sling.
- Object History
- Girl guide scarf belonged to Dorothy Pitman who was a Girl Guide in the 1st Burnaby Company. She was known to be involved with guiding from 1919 to 1931. Textual records and photographs of the Pitman family, including one of Dorothy and her sister Gwen, are held by the City of Burnaby Archives. Dorothy and Gwen's parents, Ernest and Jean Pitman, owned McKay Dry Goods and Jubilee Dry Goods.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
Images
uniform dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87340
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.1
- Description
- uniform dress, Brownie; light brown, long-sleeve cotton uniform dress, collared, two (2) light brown buttons with GGC & trefoil logo at neck, two tab epaulettes at shoulders with light brown button closures, two breast flap pockets with light brown button closures, tag inside collar reads: “OFFICIAL UNIFORM / GIRL GUIDES / ASSOCIATION / STORES DEPARTMENT / TORONTO, CANADA” with beaver logo. 4 year star pinned to left pocket flap. 'Fairy' six emblem over right breast pocket and 'Golden Hand' and 'Golden Bar' over left breast pocket. "46th BURNABY" stripe and two brown 'Sixer Stripes' sewn to left sleeve. Badges sewn vertically on right sleeve include: Needlework (scissors), Housekeeper (broom), Thrift (bee) and Knitter (wool & knitting needles).
- Object History
- Brownie uniform (1935-1964) lighter brown colour; this Brownie [unknown] earned the "Golden Hand" (top award). Would be worn with brown wool beret, brown tie secured behind neck with reef knot, and brown leather belt. BV015.36.1 to BV015.36.4
- Reference
- http://www.girlguides.ca/web/ON/Girl_Program/Canadian_Guiding_Badges_and_Insignia_Resource.aspx
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Main Garments
Images
uniform dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87351
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.10
- Description
- uniform dress, Girl Guides; long-sleeve navy blue cotton uniform dress, collared, four (4) black buttons with GGC & trefoil logo down front of dress with hook and eye at neck, two tab epaulettes at shoulders with black button closures, two breast flap pockets with black button closures, two hip flap pockets with black button closures; tag inside collar reads: “OFFICIAL UNIFORM / GIRL GUIDES / ASSOCIATION / STORES DEPARTMENT / TORONTO, CANADA / 812 20” with beaver logo. Initials "C. C." are hand-stitched in red inside the collar (likely stands for Carmen Cooper, whose full name is written inside both the uniform hat and belt). Metal 5 year star on green felt and single year star on green felt, both pinned to left brest pocket flap. Three (3) light-coloured twill stripes sewn to front of left breast pocket. "23rd Vancouver Co." stripe and “SOUTH BURNABY” stripe sewn to left sleeve. Badges sewn vertically on left sleeve include: Second Class (green trefoil with star in top leaf) and Childcare (green cross). Badges sewn horizontally on right sleeve include: Laundress (green iron) and Hostess (green cup and saucer).
- Object History
- Guide uniform dress (1935). Worn with brown leather belt, navy hat, folded triangular company tie. BV015.36.10 to BV015.36.14
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Main Garments
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
uniform dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87413
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.36.62
- Description
- Uniform dress – long-sleeve blue cotton uniform dress, four (4) black buttons with GGC & trefoil logo down front of dress, two breast flap pockets with brown button closures, two hip flap pockets with black button closures, two tab epaulets at shoulders with black button closures, tag inside collar reads: “OFFICIAL UNIFORM / GIRL GUIDES / ASSOCIATION / STORES DEPARTMENT / TORONTO, CANADA”. Wings (Brownie) sewn above left pocket. 2 year star with brown felt backing pinned to left pocket flap. Salvation Army Badge sewn on left pocket front. Three white stripes of adhesive cloth tape applied vertically to the front of the left breast pocket. Two B.C. Provincial Hat badges are pinned to the left collar point (these would not normally be worn on the uniform itself). Religion in Life badge (yellow alpha & omega symbols) sewn above right breast pocket. Gold Cord worn threaded through the right tab epaulet of the uniform dress and then hooked behind the button of the right breast pocket flap. Badges sewn vertically on right sleeve include: Woodcraft emblem (silver tree on right shoulder epaulet), must earn a group of other badges to get woodcraft emblem (outdoor activities); Little House emblem (Queen Elizabeth II’s doll house at top of right sleeve), must earn a group of other badges to get little house emblem (indoor activities); Hostess (green teacup & saucer), Laundress (green iron), Musician (green lyre), Fitness Fun (green figure with arms raised), Life Skills (green crossed keys), Sport (green figure with jump rope) Sewing (green scissors), Citizen (green maple leaf), Cook (green gridiron), Health (green serpent), Singing (green music staff with notes G, B, and D), Postal (green winged envelope), Writing (green feather quill & inkpot), Knitter (green yarn ball & needles), Reporting (green feather pen & paper), Fire Safety (green firefighter’s helmet), Swimming (green life preserver), Pioneer (green crossed pick & axe), Hiking (green Viking helmet woodcraft sign), Forestry (green deciduous tree), Astronomy (green Great Bear constellation), Camper (green tent) and Tracker (green rabbit tracks). Badges sewn vertically on left sleeve include: First Class Emblem (red ribbon of courage as border tying into a reef knot at bottom); Home Nurse (white cross), Child Care (green cross) and First Aid (red cross).
- Object History
- Salvation Army Guide uniform dress belonging to Virginia Blake, early 1960s. From the 6th Vancouver Salvation Army Guides on Hastings Street. Salvation Army was affiliated with Girl Guides (1937) of Canada until 1998. Worn with brown leather belt, beret, folded triangular company tie. The three white stripes on the right breast pocket indicate that wearer was a company leader. The more stripes you had, the higher your rank. A single white stripe, sewn down the center of the pocket, would have indicated that she was a patrol seconder. Two stripes would indicate that she was a patrol leader. White adhesive tape was used so that the Guider didn’t have to unstitch and re-sew the stripes as they gained rank.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Main Garments
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
Images
uniform hat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.22.7
- Description
- uniform hat; BC Electric; slate blue wool cover; woven cane frame; black card(?) visor; slate blue wool strap with black metal buttons at either end; elongated hexagonal metal badge on front of frame with illustration of a bus and text reading: "SERVICE / COURTESY / BCE"; six button pins attached to frame to identify wearer as having a Class A B.C. Chauffeur's license; buttons are for the years 1959, 1960, 1961,1964, 1965, and 1967.
- 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 - Uniforms
- Clothing - Headwear
Images
uniform jacket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89991
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.22.5
- Description
- uniform jacket; BC Electric driver's jacket; slate blue wool, waist length with adjustable waist band, long sleeves. Six black buttons down front. Three front pockets, two hip flap pockets with black button closures, 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: "Mr. [ill.] W. OHL / Date NOV/57 / No. 4[ill.]492 GN 2906". There is an elongated hexagonal crest sewn on the left breast with an illustration of a bus and text reading: "SERVICE / COURTESY / BCE". "1 / 707" is a beige paper dry cleaning tag stapled to the right inside pocket. c. 1950's.
- 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
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
