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Shaving brush
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact212
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.50
- Description
- Handheld shaving brush with a white plastic base and tan bristles. Used for mixing and applying shaving cream.
- Object History
- This item belonged to George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District on foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery then worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Brush
- Marks/Labels
- On the base of the brush "STERILIZED ADGER" "MADE IN" "CANADA" "PEERLESS" "PURE".
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
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
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purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6428
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.54.1
- Description
- Evening bag, woman's, beaded with irridescent beads, fringe, metal frame features bird design.
- Object History
- Evening bag belonging to Catherine Bertha Rees. She was born in Greenwood, B.C. and came to Burnaby in 1919 with her father, Kingman Nott Rees, and her two brothers. The family settled at 3114 Neville Street, Burnaby (later re-numbered 5674 Neville Street). Catherine attended UBC, graduating with an Arts degree in 1923. She taught French and Latin for 35 years at Burnaby South High School, starting in 1929. Catherine was also a long-time volunteer at BVM.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
- Object Term
- Purse
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
package
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8969
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1405.1
- Description
- Rectangular, green paper envelope packet with closed flap along top of packet. Item is sealed and contains original contents. Label is printed on front and back, commercially printed in black and red with gold trim on front label.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hygiene Artifacts
- Marks/Labels
- "THE FINEST POWDER FOR THE SKIN / LA MEILLEURE POUDRE POUR LA PEAU" printed in black across the top of the front label"ROBERTS / MARCA DEPOSITATA / BOROTALCUM" printed in red script around centre image; centre image enclosed by gold and black design. "H.ROBERTS & Co. Firenze" printed in black across bottom of the front label. Back label features circular Roberts Borotalcum logo at top. "Refreshing Absorbent-Antiseptic / Rafraichissant Absorbante Antiseptique" printed in black below logo. Followed by a description of the product and uses, in French and English. Enclosed by thick, black design. "Net weight: approx. gr. 50" printed vertically in black to left of central design.
- Measurements
- 10.6 cm width x 14.4 cm length
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
opium pipe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4206.1
- Description
- Pipe, bamboo, Chinese. There is a small hole at the bottom and a small piece of bamboo coming out of the pipe near the middle.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
- Measurements
- 60 cm length x 5 cm diameter
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
Images
bedpan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16892
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.15.2
- Description
- Bedpan; white enamel bedpan with handle and urinal opening at back. Painted blue on handle and around edge of urinal opening.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hygiene Artifacts
- Marks/Labels
- No marks or labels
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 15.0 cm x W: 45.0 cm
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
Images
hair brush
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17379
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.6
- Description
- Hair brush, wooden back and handle; back has raised spine down middle, hollow either side; light wood with dark patches; nine white inlaid dots at one end of handle; "WARRANTED SECURE SOLID BACK"; short stiff bristles, blond
- Object History
- This item belonged to the owner of Stewart's Cartage & Fuel Supply (1910-1978) on 3870 East Hastings and lived at 3902 Albert Street, Burnaby. He was involved in local politics in Burnaby North, as well as the North Burnaby Board of Trade and the Joint Community Ratepayers Association.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hair Care Artifacts
- Object Term
- Hairbrush
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
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pipe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact18249
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.53.8
- Description
- pipe; black stem; wood bowl; no band; "Made in Canada" and "Medway Deluxe".
- Object History
- This item belonged to Mrs. M. Wight, She lived in Burnaby and was very involved with several community organizations. For an oral history interview with her mother-in-law Edith Wight and the Wight family history please visit Heritage Burnaby: https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/list?q=edith+wight&p=1&ps=25
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
- Object Term
- Pipe, Smoking
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
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sun goggles with storage tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23066
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.182.1
- Description
- Round based metal box with lid. Top of tin is embossed with product name. Bottom of tin has company name inside a sun-shaped design embossed. Tin comes with a pair of yellow-brown tinted goggles with metal rims and attached by a thin metal wire. Sun goggles are foldable and would be fitted over a pair of spectacles. Bottom of tin is velvet lined.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear
- Marks/Labels
- Label is stamped into metal. Tin marked "HANDY ANDY / SUN / GOGGLES" around the outside. Outside is divided by a ring, within which lies the word "SUN" in stylized fashion. Bottom of tin marked "SELLSTROM / CHICAGO"
- Measurements
- 1 cm height x 5 cm width x 5 cm length
- Maker
- Sellstrom
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Illinois
- Site/City Made
- Chicago
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
candleholder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26132
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.146.1
- Description
- Candle holder for Christmas tree; metal, with spring clip; "DRP" on clip; clip has shell-shaped clamping end; candle holding part has fluted drip catcher
- Object History
- The donors immigrated to Burnaby from England and Sweden in the 1920s. One donor's parents bought three acres of land on Douglas Road, near the west end of Burnaby Lake. In 1927, they moved to a stump ranch on Springer and Union on the south side of Capitol Hill.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Holders
- Object Term
- Candleholder
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
Images
candleholder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26136
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.146.5
- Description
- Candle holder for Christmas tree; metal, with spring clip; "DRP" on clip; clip has shell-shaped clamping end; candle holding part has fluted drip catcher
- Object History
- The donors immigrated to Burnaby from England and Sweden in the 1920s. One donor's parents bought three acres of land on Douglas Road, near the west end of Burnaby Lake. In 1927, they moved to a stump ranch on Springer and Union on the south side of Capitol Hill.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Holders
- Object Term
- Candleholder
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
Images
jewellery box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26932
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.63.35
- Description
- Box, for jewellery, wooden, with blue silk inside top and floral design on top; with drawer containing five compartments
- Object History
- Thi box belonged to a family who settled in Burnaby at 6611 Marlborough Avenue, Burnaby.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
- Object Term
- Box, Jewelry
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29762
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.68.28
- Description
- Rectangular green cardboard box. Has advertising on sides
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hygiene Artifacts
- Marks/Labels
- "IDEAL FOR THE BATH / GLYCERINE- / PUMICE / SOAP". Bottom says "CONTAINS THE BEST ELEMENTS OF GLYCERINE AND PUMICE" in yellow writing.
- Measurements
- 2.5 cm height x 6.0 cm width x 9.5 length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
manicure set
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29766
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.68.32
- Description
- Cutex Boudoir Manicure Set. 1923. Square, black and brown-coloured, cardboard box, with hinged lid. Upper left corner of lid features circular, seal-shaped label, commerically printed. Interior of the box is discoloured white and stained pink paper. Smaller, rectangular, cardboard boxes hold items inside base of box. Items are packaged in rectangular, black, cardboard boxes, with flap closures or lids; these are also commerically labeled, in white text. Box contains Cake Polish, bottle of paste polish and metal container filled with polish. There is also a bottle of Cuticle Remover and a tube of Nail White with its own box. Also included are an orange stick, metal nail file, three emery sticks and a brush for polish (polish missing). There is also some cotton batting.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Beauty Supplies
- Marks/Labels
- "CUTEX / BOUDOIR / MANICURE / SET" printed in black at upper left corner of lid, enclosed in a thin, black circle. "CUTEX / FOR REMOVING SURPLUS / CUTICLE FROM NAILS / WITHOUT CUTTING" printed in white on rectangular, black box. Image of product at the centre of the label. "Northam Warren" printed in white script below image. "CUTEX / CAKE POLISH / (White)" printed in black on white seal shape, at upper left corner of rectangular, black box. "CUTEX / PASTE POLISH / (Pink)" printed in pink on round, jar (?). "CUTEX / NAIL / WHITE" printed in pink on rectangular, black, cardboard box. Image of product at the centre of the label. "Northam Warren" printed in pink script below image.
- Measurements
- Approx. 15 cm width x 15 cm length
- Maker
- Northam Warren Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- New York
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
- Personal Gear
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37578
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.31.53
- Description
- Rounded-rectangular, metal canister, gold in colour, with wrapped label around centre. Body is discoloured yellow, with central oval label and floral designs on left and right sides. Lid is rounded oval shape with short neck and twist cap. Twist cap has six circular holes and one oval-shaped hole for dispensing product.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hygiene Artifacts
- Marks/Labels
- "JERGENS / FRESH / ROSES / TALCUM POWDER / BORATED" printed on front in gold and red text, labelled within oval with floral design at top. "Made in Canada / By / The Andrew Jergens Co. Ltd. / Perth, Ontario." printed smaller in black text, near base of canister. "JERGENS / FRESH ROSES / TALCUM POWDER / It is an especially prepared / talcum of the highest quality with / boric acid and other ingredients for / general use and for infants. / Its pleasant fragrance makes it de-/lightful. Relieves soreness, chapped / hands, chafing and other irritations. / Unexcelled for the baby. / "The Andrew Jergens Co. Cincinnati & New York, USA. / Perth, Ont. / Canada" printed on back in small, black text, labelled within oval with floral designs at top. "FRESH ROSES" printed in black on right side of lid, with stylised AJ Co. symbol on twist cap.
- Measurements
- 14.5 cm height x 8.5 cm width x 5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Perth
- Subjects
- Hygiene
shoulder bag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39826
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.17.1
- Description
- The shoulder bag is made of yellow canvas. Part of "A.R.P." (Air Raid Precautions) uniform. Probably not official but adapted by the user. "ARP" "WBW" is stencilled in black on the bag flap. The strap is hand-sewn to bag and the flap is secured by two snap-fastener closures
- Object History
- The "A.R.P." bag belonged to Harry Cutress who was a volunteer with the Burnaby Air Raid Precautions.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
- Object Term
- Bag, Carrying
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
armband
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39844
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.17.19
- Description
- Armband. White canvas with "ARP" stamped in blue. ARP = Air Raid Precautions. WWII Civilian defence group.
- Object History
- The ARP armband belonged to Harry Cutress who was a volunteer with the Burnaby Air Raid Precautions. The Burnaby ARP wore armbands such as these.
- Reference
- See City of Burnaby Archives photograph 028-001 "Burnaby Air Raid Patrol"
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Object Term
- Insignia
- Marks/Labels
- "ARP" stamped in blue.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
glasses, safety
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39854
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.17.29
- Description
- Eye protector, plastic or celluloid; stapled across top outer edge is a khaki canvas and on inner edge a strip of white wool? tape; a black tie and snap fastener top are attached at each end of khaki strip; the snap fasten- er bottoms are at each end of the plastic; printed on right, reverse side of strip is "1948", "M.W.S. LTD." "Canada"; received in BV999.17.30
- Object History
- Item was used by Harry Charles Cutress who was a volunteer with the Burnaby Air Raid Precautions in South Burnaby during the 1940s.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Eyeglasses
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
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purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40160
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5753.1
- Description
- Handbag with change purse; brown alligator; two brass corner protectors, brass closure; inside is lined with light brown leather, has pocket which is partly fabric-lined; front has two alligator legs folded and attached; surface of bag at centre is spiny.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
- Object Term
- Purse
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
peaked hat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44852
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.564
- Description
- British Columbia Corrections Service peaked hat. The hat is a summer style. It has black open- weave sides with a black peak, the hat fabric is khaki coloured. There is a brass hat badge with the BC Provincial crest. There is a black chin strap that rests on the top of the peak. Each end is held in place by a silver button with an embossed crown on it. The lining is red and the makers label is inside.
- Object History
- Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing - - Headwear
- Object Term
- Hat
- Marks/Labels
- "Muir CAP & REGALIA LTD." / "7 1/4" / "58"
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