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box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23816
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.170
- Description
- Container, wood, dark brown, circular, with lid; hand-made orange and yellow label with Chinese characters. Some wear on lid edge.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 12.5 cm height x 25 cm width
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23820
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.174
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange paper label with painted chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Based on translation of Chinese characters, product is for Flower of Official Magnolia.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23823
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.177
- Description
- Dark, brown, wooden, circular container which has a top lid and lower body. Orange label with yellow border has black Chinese characters is attached to side with some water damage on borders. Some wear on edges where lid and body meet.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- The label contains three Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "Buddha" and "hand" and " flower." When adjusted to English comprehension, product is "Flos Citri Sarcodactylis/Finger Citron Flower." Slighty bitter, slighty warm. In traditional Chinese medicine, product is used for liver and stomach meridians to soothe liver and regulate qi, and warm the stomach and spleen.
- Measurements
- 16 cm H x 20 cm W
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23824
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.178
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown. Large area of paint chipped off. Circular, with lid; 3 Chinese characters painted directly on to box in orange/brown paint.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation is as follows; flower; flag; ginseng. This has been adjusted for English comprehension to "American ginseng". This is a different herb from (Chinese) ginseng. The root of the perennial herbaceous plant Panax quinquefolium L. of the family Araliaceae. Mainly produced in U. S. A. and Canada. Cultivated in Beijing city, Jiling and Liaoning provinces in China also. American Ginseng to be more yin – meaning it is used to reduce 'heat' in the body. In comparison, Asian Ginseng is thought to be more yang – meaning it is used to raise 'heat' in the body. Slightly fragrant, bitter and slightly sweet in flavor. Best quality: Even root, firm, tense thin lines on cover, white-yellow cross section, delicate fragrance, strong in flavor. For lung, heart, kidney and spleen meridians. Tonify qi, nourish yin, clear heat and promote the generation of body fluid.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23825
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.179
- Description
- Dark, brown, varnished, wooden, circular container which has a top lid and lower body. Orange label with yellow border is attached to side with black Chinese characters, and some water damage on edges. Label also is shown to have been attached over some Chinese characters written/painted on lower body of container.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company," Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- The label contains three Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "flower, blossom, bloom; fireworks, spend, expend" and "cloud, sky, heaven, a surname" and "quick, effective, clever, spirit, intelligence." When adjusted to English translation, product is "flos campsis." Flos campsis is a type of flower that can be found in Central China. It blooms in summer and autumn. In traditional Chinese medicine, it helps to cool blood to remove stasis as well as to cure irregular menstruation and rubella. It can provide a good treatment to itchy skin and acne.
- Measurements
- 12 cm H x 18 cm W
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23826
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.180
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with tan border featuring 3 hand painted Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation is as follows; spring; sand; flower. This has been adjusted for English comprehension to "Flos et Pedunculus Amomi". This product is a ginger plants. Taste pungent and warm. For Spleen, stomach, kidney meridians. Use for Stomach qi stagnation; abdominal fullness and distention; nausea and vomit. To clear dampness, improve appetite, warn spleen, stop diarrhea, regulate the flow of qi, miscarriage prevention.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23827
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.181
- Description
- Brown, circular wooden box with pressure-fit lid. Top and bottom of box have sloped shoulders. Orange label with gold border and 3 Chinese characters in black ink. This label is adhered over other characters painted on the side of the box in gold paint. Box has contents (botanical - seeds). Botanical specimen BV017.7.36 appears to be the same kind of seed.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "betel palm (Areca catechu)"; "flower". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Areca flower". Areca flower has a bland, cool taste and is used for stomach and lung meridians, to strengthen the stomach, relieve thirst and cough and to treat thirst and cough.
- Measurements
- 12.5 cm height x 25 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23829
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.183
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with painted chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation is as follows; "carambola / star fruit" and "flower". This has been adjusted for english comprehension to "Carambola Flower". Taste: Sweet, neutral. For gallbladder meridian. Treat malaria, alleviate pain, remove toxicity and kill parasites. To treat malaria, stomachache, scabies, dermatitis rhus.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23830
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.184
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with painted chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation is as follows; "top"; "to roll up"; "Pachyma cocos / china root"; "sky"; "to born"; "method". This has been adjusted for english comprehension to "Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae". "Wild Atractylodes grow in the Tianmu Mountain area, which is the same as Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae. The wild Atractylodes is already extinct. Taste sweet, bitter, warm. Tonifying spleen and eliminating dampness, nourish qi, generate blood, remove stomach fluid and dampness, induce diuresis, stop sweat."
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23831
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.185
- Description
- Container, wood, painted dark brown, circular, with lid; orange label with tan border featuring 3 hand painted Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Word for word translation is as follows; Hibiscus mutabilis; flower. This has been adjusted for English translation to "Hibiscus mutabilis flower". This is a plant which is either the flower or leaf can used for Chinese medicine for lung, heart, and liver meridians. It has a pungent taste and is slightly bitter and cold. Product is used to remove pathogenic heat from blood and toxicity; reduce swelling and pus. For cough due to lung heat, acute appendicitis, scrofula, uterine bleeding, stomach pain, diarrhea. For external application: sores and boils, burns and scalds, otopyorrhea, unknown boils, snake bite.
- Measurements
- 14 cm height x 30 cm diameter
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23833
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.187
- Description
- Rectangular tin box, unpainted with lid. Red pattern on front with gold circles. Beige rectangular label with orange trim and black Chinese characters. Box is first from the left in photograph
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Beige rectangular with squared off corner. Orange trim with Chinese characters that literally translate to: [indistinguishable name], "stomach", "pain", "pill". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is Stomach pain pills. These pills are used to warm spleen and stomach for dispelling cold, and regulate vital energy and alleviate pain. It treats the accumulation of cold and stasis of qi, cold pain in the stomach, swelling/nausea, vomiting and acid regurgitation. Slight water damage at the bottom of label.
- Measurements
- 7.5 cm height x 14 cm width
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23849
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.203
- Description
- Tin box with pressure fit lid. Tin is decorated with gold circles on red background. Tin has rectangular label with orange border and 3 Chinese characters in black ink.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Marks/Labels
- Lable contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to : "high"; "beautiful"; "another name or ancient name for Korea"; "ginseng". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Korean Ginseng". Korean Ginseng is the root of the perennial herbaceous plant Panax ginseng. In traditional Chinese medicine, red panax is believed to stimulate yang energy, which improves circulation, increases blood flow, revitalizes the body and aids recovery from weakness after illness. In Asia, red panax is regularly taken to increase vitality and stamina, improve work efficiency, combat fatigue, strengthen the immune system and enhance libido. Actions: Powerfully reinforce original qi, tonify zang-organ qi, promote the generation of body fluid to alleviate thirst, and induce-tranquilization mind and improve the intelligence, nourish blood. Indications: A. Exhaustion syndrome due to qi deficiency; B. Spleen-qi and lung-qi deficiency syndrome; C. Both qi and yin deficiency syndrome, diabetes; D. Blood deficiency syndrome, syndrome of both qi and blood deficiency; E. Palpitation, insomnia, amnesia.
- Measurements
- 9 cm height x 17 cm width x approx 17 cm depth
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23850
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.204
- Description
- Tin box with pressure fit lid. Tin is decorated with gold circles on red background. Tin has rectangular label with orange border and three sets of Chinese characters in black ink. Artifact is second from left.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Measurements
- 9 cm height x 17 cm width x approx 17 cm depth
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23880
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.234
- Description
- Upright, rectangular metal box with lid; orange label has 3 Chinese characters, with lid. Artifact is third from left in photograph.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters on label, which literally translates to "urgent", "temper", "person who is very impatient". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is Impatients balsamica, semen-Balsam seed, which is used for liver and lung mainly to promote blood circulation.
- Measurements
- 20cm height x 11cm width; unable to determine depth.
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24871
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1369
- Description
- Metal tin box with worn shiny gold-coloured finish; rectangular orange-coloured label on side of box contains black Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "sweet"; "orange"; "skin". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Orange peel, Tangerine peel of Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae". Orange peel is the pericarp of Citrus reticulata Blanco. It is collected in the autumn when the fruit is ripe. It is strongly fragrant, pungent and slightly bitter. It enters the spleen and lung meridians, and promotes the flow of qi, stops vomiting, dries dampness and resolves phlegm. It is indicated in the syndrome of qi stagnation in the spleen and stomach, vomiting and hiccup, and cough caused by damp-phlegm or cold-phlegm.
- Measurements
- 30 cm height x 20 cm width x 20 cm length
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brochure
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84659
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.50.20
- Description
- Heritage Village Museum brochure; trifold; yellow paper with green and brown ink on cover; title on cover reads "Heritage Village / Burnaby, British Columbia" with screened photographic image of buildings on the Hill Street inside Heritage Village; interior of brochure includes background information about Heritage Village, a photograph montage of images with an inset map identifying the location of Heritage Village; orange rectangular piece of paper attached over top of outdated information on inside fold of brochure includes hours of operation and admission rates,
- Object History
- Heritage Village Museum was officially opened in November 1971 as Burnaby's commemorative project to mark the centennial of British Columbia joining Canadian Confederation in 1871. Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) was governed by the Century Park Museum Association which formed in October 1971. The association continued to govern the village museum until the end of 1989. In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum and the Burnaby Village Museum Association was dissolved.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Brochure
- Measurements
- Width: 10 cm
- Length: 22 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Title
- Heritage Village
- Publication Date
- [197-]
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Pamphlets
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brochure
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91043
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.1768
- Description
- Burnaby Village Museum brochure; single fold; glossy paper; text at top in black inside yellow text box reads: "BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA"; on front in orange and white reads: "STEP BACK IN TIME / BURNABY / VILLAGE / MUSEUM"; front features a colour photograph of a Village blacksmith at work at an anvil with a group of children looking on from the entrance; text and colour photographs inside describe some of the attractions to be found at the Burnaby Village Museum; back includes five photographs in a rectangluar layout and lists operating hours, rates and a location Map.
- Object History
- Item was found in Burnaby Village Museum printshop along with other Heritage Village / Burnaby Village Museum ephemera created between 1971 and 1990
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Brochure
- Measurements
- 23 x 20.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Publication Date
- [198-]
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
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broom
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24557
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1053
- Description
- Whisk broom; orange bristles and red top
- Object History
- Contents of Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
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Burnaby Lake / Goose Egg Addling
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription91688
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 17, 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of a group of BCIT students and their instructor addling Canadian geese eggs on Burnaby Lake. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Members of the group are depicted wearing orange life jackets and travell…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 17, 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Physical Description
- 19 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 618-006
- Access Restriction
- Open access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2015-15
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of a group of BCIT students and their instructor addling Canadian geese eggs on Burnaby Lake. Addling is a wildlife management practice used to limit flock growth and stabilize bird populations. Members of the group are depicted wearing orange life jackets and travelling by canoe to geese nests, agitating geese away from their nests, addling eggs, and returning the eggs to the nests. Also included in the file are three photographs of Canadian geese tending to their nests.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Lawson, Doreen A.
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from slide sheet
- Geographic Access
- Brunette River
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Lake Area
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Burnaby's COVID-19 drive thru testing site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription15374
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 5 Apr. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the COVID-19 drive thru testing site in Central Park parking lot in Burnaby. Orange traffic posts and wayfinding signs are set up in the parking lot.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum COVID-19 collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpg)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the COVID-19 drive thru testing site in Central Park parking lot in Burnaby. Orange traffic posts and wayfinding signs are set up in the parking lot.
- Subjects
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Public Services - Health Services
- Pandemics - COVID-19
- Geographic Access
- Central Park
- Imperial Street
- Accession Code
- BV021.2.39
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 5 Apr. 2020
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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