193 records – page 10 of 10.

retail display cabinet

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV976.148.38
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV976.148.38
Description
retail display cabinet or dispensing cabinet; wood slat construction (1/4 in. or 063 cm) with paper product labeling over top. Paper product labelling is in colour. Six drawers with small metal pull-rings. Original labeling appears to be for "Bauer & Black" brands of plasters and dressings, but other labels have been placed over the orginal markings in some places.
Object History
This item originates from the National Drug Company.
Category
06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
Classification
Advertising Media
Marks/Labels
Original labeling appears to be for "Bauer & Black" brands of plasters and dressings. These include: "King's Kidney Plasters", "B & B / Belladonna / Plasters", and "REX / Porous / Plasters". Other labels have been placed over the orginal markings in some places. These include: "RUSSIAN-TYPE / MINERAL OIL / (HEAVY LIQUID PETROLATUM), "STANDARD / (REGISTERED) / FORMALDEHYDE / GUARANTEED 37% / POISON", "FRENCH CHALK / B.C. DRUGS LIMITED / VANCOUVER, B.C.", and "PURE GREEN SOAP / For Shampooing / ... / B.C. DRUGS LIMITED, LABORATORY / VANCOUVER, CANADA".
Measurements
87.6 cm x 86.4 cm x 54.6 cm
Maker
Bauer & Black
Country Made
United States of America
Province Made
Illinois
Site/City Made
Chicago
Subjects
Advertising Medium
Names
National Drug Company
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Row boat by rocky shore

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1424
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1938
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified people on a row boat, approaching a rocky shore with trees behind the rocks in the background. Location is not identified.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 9 cm
Material Details
stamped on verso, c. [sideways] "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ MAY 30 1938/ Nu- Gloss", l.r. "48 6"
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified people on a row boat, approaching a rocky shore with trees behind the rocks in the background. Location is not identified.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Boating
Accession Code
BV985.5798.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1938
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-27
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Suggested Amendment to the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69290
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
72808
Meeting Date
3-Apr-1923
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Report ID
72808
Meeting Date
3-Apr-1923
Format
Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
Collection/Fonds
City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
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The Table Top chopper

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
1975
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
Series
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 cm x 9 cm
Material Details
On the lower front border of the photograph, the word "DRUG […]" and the number "26" is written with a faded, fine, purple felt marker. The back side of the photograph have a lightly, stamped set of numbers "03[…]]1" and "10.5.7[…]".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. Above the item is a handwritten sign all in caps taped to the wall, "PLEASE LEAVE HANDLE DOWN THANK YOU."
Names
Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
Accession Code
BV017.7.345
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
1975
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
3-Jul-2018
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
This photograph is an itemized copy of the items in photograph BV017.7.341.
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Taku Glacier, Alaska

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1410
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
October 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a glacier and and expanse of water with pieces of ice floating on it. There are low mountains in the back, and intense sunlight from the top. The inscription identifies the photograph as Taku Glacier, Alaska.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 8.5 x 5.5 cm
Material Details
stamped on verso, c. "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ OCT 18 1937/ Nu-Gloss", u.r. [sideways] "406", inscribed in black ink, t. "Taku Glacier/ Alaska"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a glacier and and expanse of water with pieces of ice floating on it. There are low mountains in the back, and intense sunlight from the top. The inscription identifies the photograph as Taku Glacier, Alaska.
Subjects
Geographic Features - Mountains
Natural Phenomena - Snow
Accession Code
BV985.5784.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
October 1937
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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tobacco pipe

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44530
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV002.37.3
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV002.37.3
Description
Pipe, imitation corncob bowl and black bakelite? stem; round label on bottom of bowl; bowl is yellow; "R&H" "Topper" "Made in U.S.A."
Object History
The pipe belonged to Walter Lainsbury, who immigrated to Burnaby from Scotland in the 1930s.
Category
04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
Classification
Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
Object Term
Pipe, Smoking
Country Made
United States of America
Subjects
Personal Gear
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Douglas-Gilpin Area
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tobacco pipe with case

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2818
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV990.18.2
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV990.18.2
Description
Pipe; bowl part of pipe is tan colour, pale mottled; stem is darker; metal ring around bowl top and wide ring connecting stem and bowl; bowl ring has stamped marks 'EAM' in diamond and three symbols; same on connecting ring; end of stem broken off; case is cardboard, hinged, with red 'skin' texture on outside, and gold trim; inside is fawn-coloured felt
Object History
The original owner was the donor's paternal grand-father, Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton. He owned and edited Vancouver's first newspaper, the News-Advertiser, was B.C. provincial finance minister from 1898-1900, and was the first chancellor of UBC.
Reference
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/carter_cotton_francis_lovett_14E.html
Category
03. Personal Artifacts
Classification
Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
Object Term
Pipe, Smoking
Subjects
Personal Gear
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Wake on the water

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1414
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
May 1938
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an expanse of rippling water in the foreground with the wake of a ship or a boat visible. There is the edge of a forested land mass on the horizon line on the left side of the photograph. The location is not identified.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8.5 cm
Material Details
stamped on verso, l. [sideways] "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ MAY 4 1938/ Nu-Gloss", l.r. "82 8"
Scope and Content
Photograph of an expanse of rippling water in the foreground with the wake of a ship or a boat visible. There is the edge of a forested land mass on the horizon line on the left side of the photograph. The location is not identified.
Accession Code
BV985.5788.1
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
May 1938
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2024-02-02
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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The Western druggist: drug trade survey of Western Canada

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5879
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Western Druggist
Publication Date
1932
Call Number
615.1 WES
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV988.6.109
Call Number
615.1 WES
Author
Western Druggist
Place of Publication
Vancouver, B.C.
Publisher
B.C. Journal of Commerce Ltd.
Publication Date
1932
Physical Description
1 v. (unpaged) ; 30 cm
Library Subject (LOC)
Pharmaceutical industry
Object History
This item was transferred from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
Notes
"Covering Western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia" --cover
"Read by every druggist from Port Arthur to Victoria" --cover
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Woman in Butchart Gardens

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[192-?]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.0 x 11.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman in a hat standing in a large garden. The accession register identifies the location as Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "858."
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 7.0 x 11.6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman in a hat standing in a large garden. The accession register identifies the location as Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "858."
Subjects
Geographic Features - Gardens
Names
Butchart Gardens
Geographic Access
Victoria
Accession Code
HV984.51.58
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[192-?]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-11-07
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
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Woman standing in a garden

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1912 and 1925]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a middle aged woman standing in a garden beside a house. She is wearing a long light coloured dress and a hat. The annotation on the back of the photograph identifies her as "Emily." According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, between 1912 and 1925.…
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.0 cm
Material Details
stamped on verso, c. "
Scope and Content
Photograph of a middle aged woman standing in a garden beside a house. She is wearing a long light coloured dress and a hat. The annotation on the back of the photograph identifies her as "Emily." According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, between 1912 and 1925. Stamped on the back of the photo: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co. Limited" and "141."
Accession Code
HV984.51.22
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1912 and 1925]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Related Material
For another photograph of the woman identified as Emily in this accession, see HV984.51.20
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-10-10
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Woman standing on a field at Buena Vista

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1912 and 1925]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman standing in a a bed of flowers in a field. There appears to be hills with sparse vegetation behind her. She is wearing an overcoat with a belt around the waist, gloves and a hat. She is holding a purse in her left hand. The accession register identifies the woman as "Emily." …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 11.5 x 7.0 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a woman standing in a a bed of flowers in a field. There appears to be hills with sparse vegetation behind her. She is wearing an overcoat with a belt around the waist, gloves and a hat. She is holding a purse in her left hand. The accession register identifies the woman as "Emily." According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, from between 1912 and 1925. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "680."
Subjects
Plants - Flowers
Accession Code
HV984.51.23
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1912 and 1925]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Cariboo-Armstrong Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
2023-10-10
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Wrigley's Greater Vancouver City Street Guide

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary421
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Publication Date
1936
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
BV988.53.7
Publisher
Roy Wrigley Ltd.
Publication Date
1936
Physical Description
160 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. , map ; 15 cm.
Inscription
"Wrigley's Greater Vancouver City Street Guide", printed on cover of book
Object History
From Hougland's Drug Store, 45th and Fraser in Vancouver.
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