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label

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90875
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.13
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.13
Description
label;paper label taken from orange crate; on white paper with photograph of mandarin orange in white sunburst; text on left side of label on yellow background reads: "J.F. / Growers"; text on right side of label on dark orange background reads "Japanese / Mandarin / Oranges";smaller text reads: "Grown in Japan Permitted in Hawaii, / Ida., Mont., Ore. and Wash. only. / Possession elsewhere illegal. / NET WT. 8 LBS. / Packed by / Japan Fruit Growers Coop. Ass'n / Product of Japan"; left top corner of label is torn off and wrinkled.
Object History
Item was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
Reference
For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Category
05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
Classification
Merchandising T&E
Object Term
Label, Product
Colour
Red
Orange
Black
Measurements
13 height x 19 cm width
Maker
Japan Fruit Growers Coop. Association
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Labels
Images
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label

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90876
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.14
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.6.14
Description
label;paper label taken from orange crate; on white paper with photograph of mandarin orange in white sunburst in bottom right corner; text at top in black ink at top reads: "The Original Japanese"; text beneath in red ink reads:"Mandarin / Oranges"; smaller text beneath reads: "NOT LESS THAN 30 ORANGES / GROWN IN JAPAN"; blacked out tex beneath reads: "43-52 ORANGES"; text in red ink "PACKED BY"; text in black ink reads: "JAPAN FRUIT GROWERS / COOP ASS'N"; circular stamp in bottom left reads: "JAPANESE GOVERMENT FANCY S-2"; text at bottom in black ink reads: "SHED S16/ JAPANESE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS / EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION"
Object History
Item was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
Reference
For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
Category
05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
Classification
Merchandising T&E
Object Term
Label, Product
Colour
Orange
Black
Measurements
13 cm height x 19 cm width
Maker
Japan Fruit Growers Coop. Association
Country Made
Japan
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts - Labels
Images
Less detail