blotter
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41362
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.149
- Description
- Blotter, advertising, postcard size; upper left of background is yellow, rest is black, white "Don't just ask for a lamp -- ask for a", then yellow "LACO", white "The Quality Lamp", white bar at bottom with black "MCLENNAN, MCFEELY & CO. LTD."; illustration at left of blue box with yellow "LACO LAMPS" and bulb one side, "LACO QUALITY LAMPS" on other and bulb with "MADE IN CANADA", and lid shows "LACO LAMPS" and white "ALL SIZES" "ALL TYPES"; white border all around; slightly soiled; blotting side is blue, unused; slight mark
- "Blotter, advertising, postcard size; upper left of background is yellow, rest is black, white ""Don't just ask for a lamp -- ask for a"", then yellow ""LACO"", white ""The Quality Lamp"", white bar at bottom with black ""MCLENNAN, MCFEELY & CO. LTD.""; illustration at left of blue box with yellow ""LACO LAMPS"" and bulb one side, ""LACO QUALITY LAMPS"" on other and bulb with ""MADE IN CANADA"", and lid shows ""LACO LAMPS"" and white ""ALL SIZES"" ""ALL TYPES""; white border all around; slightly soiled; blotting side is blue, unused; slight mark"
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china doll
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact85780
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV016.10.1
- Description
- This doll has a china head, hands and feet with fabric body. The neck collar has been broken in the past and there is a crack in the neck of the doll. the dolls head is roughly 7.5 cm in diameter. The glaze is in flesh tones with brown hair and a pink ribbon in the hair. The glaze is worn on the proper left cheek and at the back of the head. The arms and hands and shins and shoes are porcelain. The costume is a pink gingham over skirt on top of a blue gingham ankle length skirt. A knitted blue cape covers both. The doll is also wearing a slip and pantaloons.
- Object History
- Doll named "Lily" who belonged to Muriel (nee McLennan) Allinger. Muriel was born to William and Margaret McLennan in 1915 in BC. The family moved to Capitol Hill in 1919 and the doll was given as a Christmas present the year before. The china head was purchased at Miller and Coe on Hastings Street, in Vancouver in 1918. Muriel's mother made the first body and the first clothing.
- Category
- 9. Recreational Artifacts
- Classification
- Toys
- Object Term
- Doll
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hamper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44957
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.58.61
- Description
- Clothes hamper, wooden; hinged lid; cloth-covered; lined with old newspaper; fabric on outside has green and beige Art Nouveau design; lid has striped canvas straps from lid to body; some stains; tacks around upper part, missing around base where fabric is torn; newspaper around rim is from "MINING EDITION" "MONTREAL HERALD"; ad visible from McLennan, McFeely & Co. inside
- Classification
- Maintenance T&E - - Laundry Equipment
- Object Term
- Container, Laundry
- School/Style
- Art Nouveau
- Names
- Wilson, Elsie
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storage basket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12639
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4184.1
- Description
- Tub shaped coiled cedar root basket with cedar root foundation and overcast rim. Walls of basket flare slightly towards rim. Imbricated with designs in red cherry bark and grass. Design is known as cluster of flies. The foot on the bottom of the basket, made from two extra rows of coiling, is a feature that protects the base of the basket from wear and tear. White beading on the foot. Interior Salish: Nlaka’pamux: Spuzzum possibly
- Object History
- White beading on the foot of the basket is said to be a feature typical of Spuzzum. This was reported by basket makers from that community during collections research conducted at MOA to Sharon Fortney and Bill Mclennan.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Culture
- Nlaka'pamux
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