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retail display cabinet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact22777
- 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.
- 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
Images
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
The Table Top chopper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9535
- 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
- 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."
- 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.
- 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
Images
tobacco pipe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44530
- 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
- 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
Images
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
Woman in Butchart Gardens
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription274
- 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
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription250
- 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
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Woman standing on a field at Buena Vista
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription251
- 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
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Wrigley's Greater Vancouver City Street Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary421
- 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.