medicinal bottle with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2451
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.148.45
- Description
- White cardboard box with illustration and portrait. Box contains clear glass bottle with red metal screw-on lid and paper label on back and front. Bottle has square base. Bottle contains Brown liquid residue.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label on box marked "PERRY DAVIS' / PAINKILLER" black text on white label Directions info. included. The number "49" has been written in pencil on front. Side of box marked "PERRY DAVIS' PAINKILLER". Back of box has same label printed in French.
- Label on bottle marked "PERRY DAVIS' / PAINKILLER" underneath portrait. Directions included. Label on back of bottle contains directions info. in French and English.
- Measurements
- box: 16 cm height x 5 cm width x 2.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
Images
medicinal bottle with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2452
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.148.46
- Description
- White cardboard box with illustration and portrait. Box contains clear glass bottle with red metal screw-on lid and paper label on back and front. Bottle has square base. Bottle contains brown liquid residue.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label on box marked " PERRY DAVIS' / PAINKILLER" black text on white label Directions info. included. The number "49" has been written in pencil on front. Side of box marked "PERRY DAVIS' PAINKILLER". Back of box has same label printed in French.
- Label on bottle marked "PERRY DAVIS' / PAINKILLER" underneath portrait. Directions included. Label on back of bottle contains directions info. in French and English.
- Measurements
- box: 16 cm height x 5 cm width x 2.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
Images
medicinal bottle with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2455
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.148.49
- Description
- Square, clear glass bottle with silver metal screw top of "Sal Lithofos Laxative" with trace amount of white powder. Rectangular cardboard box with flap closures, black and red text and design. Red ink is faded on one side of box. Product information sheet inside box with text in English and French.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Bottle has three (3) sided printed label black on white with orange/pink highlights. The front label "Laxative / Sal / Lithofos / ... list of ingredients... / Uric Acid Solvent / indicated / in the treatment of / Rheumatic Pains / Bilious and Renal / Disorders / The Wingate Chemical Co. / Limited / Montreal / Anti-Acid" Left side label (front facing) "Directions / As a Diuretic or Tonic Laxative, / affections of Kidneys and Liver ... list of directions " For Headache, Dizziness and / Heartburn, take one teaspoon in / a glass of water and repeat if necessary / For Children. - Smaller doses according / to age. / Caution / Add Sal. Lithofos to water and / allow effervescense to cease before / taking. / Use a dry spoon and do not leave / package open." Rights side label (front facing) " Sal. Lithofos "/ ..list of contents "Properties" / list of properties .. "It is an effective Aperient, giving / prompt relief. Relieving indigestion / and disordered stomach, resulting / from indiscretion in eating or drinking. / No. 6887 / Propriety or Patent Medicine Act."
- Measurements
- 6 cm x 6cm x 17 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
Images
medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8913
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1353.1
- Description
- Empty, silver coloured, square cardboard box with hinged lid. Lid has a paper hinge. White commercial paper label with blue lettering affixed to lid covering entire lid of the box and extending down left and right sides of the lid. Label indicates "100 / Frosst's / BLAUD CAPSULES / No. 54 / Blaud and Arsenic / Rx Rx 2 / * Ferrous carbonate 2 1/4 gr. (0.14G.) / the amount contained in / Blaud's Pill Mass, B.P., 1932 10 gr. (0.65G.) / Arsenic trioxide 1/55 gr. (1.1 mg.) / the amount contained in / Arsenical Solution, B.P., 1914 2 min. (0.12cc.) / *Approximately 1 grain (65 mg.) of Iron / in the Ferrous state. / Charles E. Frosst & Co. / Manufacturing Pharmacists SInce 1899 / MONTREAL CANADA". The extension of the lid label on the left side indicates "100 Capsules No. 54 "Frosst" / KEEP DRY, AWAY FROM HEAT". The extension of the lid label on the right side indicates "100 Capsules No. 54 "Frosst" / Blaud and Arsenic, Rx 2". All references to Frosst and Charles E. Frosst & Co. appear in script. "CL" is written in pencil across the top left corner of the lid label. The number "26036" is perforated into the lid label on the right-hand side.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Large white commercial paper label with blue lettering covering entire lid of the box and extending down left and right sides of the lid. Label indicates "100 / Frosst's / BLAUD CAPSULES / No. 54 / Blaud and Arsenic / Rx Rx 2 / * Ferrous carbonate 2 1/4 gr. (0.14G.) / the amount contained in / Blaud's Pill Mass, B.P., 1932 10 gr. (0.65G.) / Arsenic trioxide 1/55 gr. (1.1 mg.) / the amount contained in / Arsenical Solution, B.P., 1914 2 min. (0.12cc.) / *Approximately 1 grain (65 mg.) of Iron / in the Ferrous state. / Charles E. Frosst & Co. / Manufacturing Pharmacists SInce 1899 / MONTREAL CANADA". The extension of the lid label on the left side indicates "100 Capsules No. 54 "Frosst" / KEEP DRY, AWAY FROM HEAT". The extension of the lid label on the right side indicates "100 Capsules No. 54 "Frosst" / Blaud and Arsenic, Rx 2". All references to Frosst and Charles E. Frosst & Co. appear in script. "CL" is written in pencil across the top left corner of the lid label. The number "26036" is perforated into the lid label on the right-hand side.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8914
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1353.2
- Description
- Empty, silver coloured, square cardboard box with hinged lid. Lid has a paper hinge. Three white commercial paper labels with blue lettering. Large label covering entire lid of the box indicating "100 / FROSST'S / BLAUD CAPSULES / No. 65 / BLAUD TONIC LAXATIVE / Rx Each capsule represents: / *Blaud =10 gr. / Arsenical solution = 2 min. / Ext nux Vomica 1/4 gr. / Phenolphthalein 1/2 gr. / * Approximately 1 grain of Iron / in the Ferrous state. / Charles E. Frosst & Co. / Manufacturing Pharmacists / MONTREAL, CANADA". The Charles E. Frosst & Co. is in script. A large X has been written in pencil across the lid label. A security label extends from the bottom of the lid label down the front side and one-quarter the way across the bottom of the box. The number "65" is printed on the side and bottom of this label. Another security label extends down the right side of the box and half way across the bottom. Printed on this label is "CAUTION / Keep in a Dry, / Cool place / Soluble Elastic / Capsules will lose / their shape and / melt if exposed to / heat or moisture."
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- There are three white commercial paper labels with blue lettering. Large label covering entire lid of the box indicating "100 / FROSST'S / BLAUD CAPSULES / No. 65 / BLAUD TONIC LAXATIVE / Rx Each capsule represents: / *Blaud =10 gr. / Arsenical solution = 2 min. / Ext nux Vomica 1/4 gr. / Phenolphthalein 1/2 gr. / * Approximately 1 grain of Iron / in the Ferrous state. / Charles E. Frosst & Co. / Manufacturing Pharmacists / MONTREAL, CANADA". The Charles E. Frosst & Co. is in script. A large X has been written in pencil across the lid label. A security label extends from the bottom of the lid label down the front side and one-quarter the way across the bottom of the box. The number "65" is printed on the side and bottom of this label. Another security label extends down the right side of the box and half way across the bottom. Printed on this label is "CAUTION / Keep in a Dry, / Cool place / Soluble Elastic / Capsules will lose / their shape and / melt if exposed to / heat or moisture."
- Measurements
- 2 cm height x 8.5 cm width
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8970
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1406.1
- Description
- Medicinal box "Mothersill's SEASICK Remedy". Rectangular,very light yellow/green cardboard box with off white commercial paper label on front of box. Label has green text and company logo in red and green. Box is empty. Back of box has off white commercial label with green text. Box has a lift off lid.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Off white commercial paper label on front of box reads "75 cents / [company logo] / Mothersill's / SEASICK / Remedy" (Directions for use on label in fine print) "MOTHERSILL REMEDY CO., Limited / LONDON, 92 FLEET ST., E.C.4. NEW YORK, PARIS, MONTREAL / MADE IN CANADA" Back of box has off white commercial label with fine print in green text that describes directions for use and the guarantee.
- Measurements
- 1.8 cm height x 3.2 cm width x 5.5 cm length.
- Country Made
- Canada
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29758
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.68.24
- Description
- shallow rectangular box with commercially printed paper labelling in red and blue ink. "Johnson's / Red Chain / Kidney Plaster". Box contains four kidney plasters, three paper wrappers and a warning slip.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Commercially printed paper labelling in red and blue ink. "ONE DOZEN PLASTERS / Johnson's / Red Chain / Kidney Plaster / Johnson & Johnson Limited / MONTREAL CANADA".
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 20.0 cm x L: 35.0 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
Images
medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact83812
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X3598
- Description
- Small, rectangular slip case, cardboard box. Red and discoloured white in colour. Front and back labels are discoloured white text and design on red. Box is empty.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "STOP DOMINION / C.B.Q." printed in red on red background at top of front label. "25 TABLETS / LAXATIVE CASCARA / BROMIDE QUININE / COMPOUND / FOR / COLDS, HEADACHE, NEURALGIA / Ordinarily Relieve a Cold in a Few Hours" printed in discoloured white on red background, centre-right of front label. Back label text is the same as the front label, only in French, along with distributor and maker at bottom. Bottom side label features directions for use in French and English, white on red. Top side label lists patent number and ingredients of tablets, white on red.
- Measurements
- 2.4 cm height x 6.4 cm width x 4.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
medicinal tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8905
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1345.1
- Description
- Circular, cardboard tin with pull-off metal cap and circular metal base. Body is patterned with black and red checks and yellow labels with black and red text. Tin has contents inside.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "Johnson & Johnson" printed in black on small yellow rounded, rectangle . Central, rounded-rectangular, yellow label reads "CANTHOS PLASTER / THE CANTHARIDAL VESICANT" printed in black, centrally and "Johnson & Johnson Limited / Montreal Canada" printed in red below black text. "1 YARD" printed in black on top left corner and "7 INCHES" printed in black on top right corner. Two circular, "chain" designs printed in red on either side of black text. "RBP / 10C [ill.] / B48247" handwritten in pencil on left side of cenral label. "19/12/33" handwritten in pencil on a bias on right side of central label. Two, rounded-rectangular, yellow labels provide directions for use and storage instructions in French and English. Small ruler in inches separates these labels.
- Measurements
- 20.8 cm length x 5.5 cm diameter
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
medicinal tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38045
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.31.156
- Description
- Small, circular metal tin with pull-off lid. Tin has contents.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Blue and red on white printed label on lid: "DAVIS & LAWRENCE COMPANY / DAVIS' / MENTHOL SALVE". Logo present in centre. Blue on white printed label on bottom lists symptom info. this product claims it can treat.
- Measurements
- 1 cm height x 2cm width x 2 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
medicinal tube with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29740
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.68.1
- Description
- Brown cardboard box with dark brown sides and printed label on top. Upper part of box lifts off. Box contains silver metal tube with screw on lid and a paper label similar to that on box.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label is marked "BAUME BENGUÉ (ANALÉSIQUE) / THE ORIGINAL FRENCH PRODUCT / MENTHOL*Salicylate of Methyl*Ianolin / FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN IN / Rheumatism Gout Neuralgia." Product info. included. Dark brown text. Label on tube reads similarly in black text on paper label.
- Measurements
- 2.5 cm height x 11.5 cm width x 4.5 cm length
- Maker
- Leeming Miles Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
medicinal tube with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29744
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.68.6
- Description
- Sealed cardboard box containing medicinal tube. Box is sealed in white paper wrapper with printed label on top.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label is marked "BAUME BENGUÉ (ANALÉSIQUE)/THE ORIGINAL FRENCH PRODUCT/MENTHOL*Salicylate of Methyl*Ianolin/FOR THE RELIEF OF PAIN IN/Rheumatism Gout Neuralgia." Product info. included. Dark brown text on white label.
- Measurements
- 2.5 cm height x 11.5 cm width x 4.5 cm length
- Maker
- Leeming Miles Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90318
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.2
- Description
- A white package with raw ingredients of "Pile-rid Tea" / Sufferers from Piles (hemorrhoids). The cardboard box is covered with a white sleeve. The text is purple and red with a green image on the top and right corner. The box has directions for use and an explanation of what piles are from a medical perspective. The contents of the tea are as follows: pilewort herb, mullein flowers, mullein leaves, red clover tops, calendula flowers, Dal sage, white oak bark, pellitory of the Wall herb, Shepher's purse.
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Colour
- White
- Brown
- Purple
- Red
- Green
- Measurements
- 9 cm l x 14 cm h x 4 cm d
- Maker
- Thuna Herbal Remedies
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Title
- Pile-Rid Tea
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Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90319
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.3
- Description
- A cardboard package with raw ingredients for "Fem-Health Tea." The cardboard box is covered iwth a pink sleeve. The text is orange and blue. The box has directions for use and an explanation of what what symptoms of irregular and painful menstruation it will remedy. The contents of the tea are as follows: Squaw vine, helonias root, blackhaw bark, ginger root, chamomille flowers, aleitris root, motherwort herb, celery seeds, Uva Ursi leaves, cascara bark, cramp bark, cyani flowers.
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Marks/Labels
- Contents 4 Ounces when packed
- Colour
- Pink
- Orange
- Blue
- Measurements
- 9 cm l x 14 cm h x 4 cm d
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Title
- Fem-Health Tea
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Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90320
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.4
- Description
- A yellowed package with raw ingredients of "No. 47 Tea for the Menopause" / Change of life in Women". The cardboard box is covered with a yellowed sleeve. The text is orange and blue. There is a floral pattern along the top of the front of the box with a side profile of a woman with flowers in her hair. The woman has a dark background behind her. The box has directions for use and an explanation of what menopause is and what the symptoms are The contents of the tea are as follows:
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Colour
- Orange
- Blue
- Measurements
- 9 cm l x 14 cm h x 4 cm d
- Maker
- Thuna Herbal Remedies
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Title
- Tea for the Menopause
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uniform button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact82347
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.25.1
- Description
- BC Electric Railway brass button for jacket. "BCER" embossed on domed front of button. "J. R. GAUNT & SON LTD. / MONTREAL / MADE IN CANADA" stamped in the back side of the putton
- Object History
- The artifacts belonged to the donor's father when he worked for the BCER.
- Marks/Labels
- "BCER" embossed on domed front of button. "J. R. GAUNT & SON LTD. / MONTREAL / MADE IN CANADA" stamped in the back side of the putton
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
Images
uniform button
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact82348
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.25.2
- Description
- BC Electric Railway brass button for jacket. "BCER" embossed on domed front of button. "J. R. GAUNT & SON LTD. / MONTREAL / MADE IN CANADA" stamped in the back side of the putton
- Object History
- The artifacts belonged to the donor's father when he worked for the BCER.
- Marks/Labels
- "BCER" embossed on domed front of button. "J. R. GAUNT & SON LTD. / MONTREAL / MADE IN CANADA" stamped in the back side of the putton
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
Images
Pioneer tales of Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5860
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 096928280x
- Call Number
- 971.133 SON COPY 4
- Contributor
- Sone, Michael
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Corporation of the District of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c1987
- Physical Description
- 495 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- Inscription
- "TR687 - Bryburgh" / handprinted in pencil on frontend page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pioneers--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Biography
- Object History
- Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
- Notes
- "Editor Michael Sone".
- Includes index.
- 4 copies held: copy 4
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Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
Victoria Day, a drought so
severe that Niagara Falls dried up, Ottawa and
Hull levelled by fire, the Canadian government
closing its borders to paupers and criminals,
the Great Montreal Fire, gold discovered in the
Yukon, Alberta and Saskatchewan becoming
provinces, the Toronto Fire, Canada’s first train
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- 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.
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Digital Books
In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5173
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282885
- Call Number
- 971.133 PRI Copy 2
- Contributor
- Wolf, Jim
- Pride, Harry, 1925-
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- c2004
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Industries--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Barnet Marine Park--Burnaby, B.C.
- Geographic Access
- Barnet Road
- Burrard Inlet
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 246) and index.
- "edited by Harry Pride and Jim Wolf"
- Copy 2 of 2