"Candle" found 28 records | Heritage Burnaby

Description: Candle holder for Christmas tree; metal, with spring clip; "DRP" on clip; clip has shell-shaped clamping end; candle holding part has fluted drip catcher

Object History: The donors immigrated to Burnaby from England and Sweden in the 1920s. One donor's parents bought three acres of land on Douglas Road, near the west end of Burnaby Lake. In 1927, they moved to a stump ranch on Springer and Union on the south side of Capitol Hill.

Category: 03. Personal Artifacts

Classification: Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Holders

Object Term: Candleholder

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

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candleholder

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV975.146.5

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV975.146.5

Description: Candle holder for Christmas tree; metal, with spring clip; "DRP" on clip; clip has shell-shaped clamping end; candle holding part has fluted drip catcher

Object History: The donors immigrated to Burnaby from England and Sweden in the 1920s. One donor's parents bought three acres of land on Douglas Road, near the west end of Burnaby Lake. In 1927, they moved to a stump ranch on Springer and Union on the south side of Capitol Hill.

Category: 03. Personal Artifacts

Classification: Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Holders

Object Term: Candleholder

Subjects: Holidays - Christmas

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

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candleholder

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV993.9.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV993.9.3

Description: The candleholder is made of brass. The base is square and two of the corners have been slightly dented. The candlestick has several turnings with the upper portion changing to a hexagonal cross section.

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 candle holder may have been used along with the inkwells and tray during meetings of the early council.

Names: Sample, Elizabeth “Minnie”; Sample, Roderick "Rodney"

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candle holder

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV016.46.15

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV016.46.15

Description: Candle holder with rubber bottom and wratchet top. The intention was for the rubber to create a suction cup so the holder could stick to a wall. The position of the top is adjustable with a ball and socket-style hinge. Impressed on the side of the candle holder is "THE / NEW LONDON/ T.R.L.W.

Object History: Item was found inside lap desk that belonged to Sara Frances Botsford, who lived at 3813 Deer Lake Avenue in 1925. Jack and Sarah raised there three children (Frances, John and Grace) in the house until they retired to Lasqueti Island in 1946. They sold the house to their eldest daughter, Frances and son in law Ray Fleming who lived in the home until 1958. The house and property was sold to the Municipality of Burnaby in 1959 and the site became part of BVM.

Category: 02. Furnishings

Classification: Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Holders

Object Term: Candleholder

Marks/Labels: White paper label adhered to bottom of lower writing surface panel reads: "Pin Up Candle Holder. / Bottom was rubber / suction cup which / was supposed to stick / to wall __ / on [sketch of candle stick capital] New London T?RL?"

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

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candleholder set

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV979.50.37

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV979.50.37

Description: Set of eleven candle holders. They are made of wire, coiled on one end to hold a birthday candle and with approximately one inch of straight wire to insert into the cake.

Object History: This item belonged to the owner of Stewart's Cartage & Fuel Supply (1910-1978) on 3870 East Hastings and lived at 3902 Albert Street, Burnaby. He was involved in local politics in Burnaby North, as well as the North Burnaby Board of Trade and the Joint Community Ratepayers Association.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Ceremonial Artifacts - - Party Accessories

Object Term: Candle, Cake; Decoration, Cake

Subjects: Celebrations - Birthdays; Celebrations

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

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candle mould stake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.2248.14

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.2248.14

Description: Stake, 't' shaped; metal, very heavy; consists of squared part with tapered end and rounded crosspiece tapering at each end; crosspiece is short on one side, long on the other

Subjects: Metalworking Tools and Equipment

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Candles in the wind

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Diver, Maud, 1867-1945

Publication Date: 1918

Call Number: 823.9 DIV

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.34

Call Number: 823.9 DIV

Author: Diver, Maud, 1867-1945

Place of Publication: Edinburgh

Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons

Publication Date: 1918

Printer: William Blackwood & Sons

Physical Description: 384 p.

Inscription: "E Roperl / 6/7/20", handwritten in black ink inside front cover "JE Lumr / 2737. 13th W / Vancouver BC", handwritten in pencil on front endpaper "Miss Nellie White / Elevator Operator / Vancouver Hotel / Vancouver / B.C.", handwritten in pencil inside back cover

Library Subject (LOC): Fiction--20th century

candlestick

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.178.8

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV976.178.8

Description: Candlestick

Object History: This item belonged to a family who lived on Sperling Avenue in Burnaby in the 1950s.

Category: 02. Furnishings

Classification: Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Devices

Object Term: Candle

Subjects: Lighting Devices

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card

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV983.9.42

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV983.9.42

Description: Merry Christmas! Yes Indeed! - Greeting Card -- [191-?]. Christmas card and envelope to Bert from Myrtle. The card has an illustration of the side of a house with a green fence and a red candle in the window. There is a short poem on the card "Merry Christmas! Yes Indeed! You know I care And wish for you The best there is, And lots more too." The envelope has an illlustration of a red candle on the inside that can be seen through the paper.

Object History: Object inherited by donor from the estate of his parents, Albert Vincent Scott and Myrtle Edna (Broderick) Scott.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Cards

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Child's birthday party

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1940 and 1960]

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of ten chidren sitting at a table wearing paper party hats. There is a cake with five candles on it in the middle of the table. The birthday celebration was for a child named "Gail" (seated near the birthday cake). A child to the left of "Gail" is identified as "Derek". Some small kitche…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Rhoda Jeffers fonds

Series: Jeffers family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of ten chidren sitting at a table wearing paper party hats. There is a cake with five candles on it in the middle of the table. The birthday celebration was for a child named "Gail" (seated near the birthday cake). A child to the left of "Gail" is identified as "Derek". Some small kitchen appliances are visible in the background.

Subjects: Celebrations - Birthdays

Accession Code: BV007.20.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [between 1940 and 1960]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 24/04/2018

Notes: title based on content of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Gail. / x Derek / This was Gail's birthday / taken last April"

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History of Burnaby and vicinity

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Green, George, 1872-1955

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1

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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

inkwell

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV993.9.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV993.9.1

Description: The inkwell is made of brass sheet in a pyramid form with the hinged lid forming a flat top. The inside of the lid is stained with old ink. There is a removable, white glass liner for holding the ink. The liner is slightly chipped at the edge. This is one of a pair used to hold red and blue ink.

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 inkwells may have been used along with the candle holder and tray during meetings of the early council.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment

Names: Sample, Elizabeth “Minnie”; Sample, Roderick "Rodney"

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inkwell

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV993.9.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV993.9.2

Description: The inkwell is made of brass sheet in a pyramid form with the hinged lid forming a flat top. The inside of the lid is stained with old ink. There is a removable, white glass liner for holding the ink. This is one of a pair used to hold red and blue ink

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 inkwells may have been used along with the candle holder and tray during meetings of the early council.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment

Names: Sample, Elizabeth “Minnie”; Sample, Roderick "Rodney"

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Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Publication Date: 2020

Call Number: 371 CAR

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection; Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 978-0-9781979-2-6

Call Number: 371 CAR

Author: Carter, David; Cooke, Rosemary; Pride, Harry, 1925-; White, Janet; Yip, Gail

Place of Publication: Burnaby

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2020

Physical Description: vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby

Subjects: Education

Notes: "Includes index"; A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.; The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.