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purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV994.14.5
- Description
- Purse, beaded; c. 1920's; floral pattern of blue, green, yellow, pink, red, black; some beads missing; blue bead loop fringe on lower part of bag; blue lining and blue braid holding lining in place; tortoiseshell-coloured frame handle; closure missing.
- Object History
- Used by a member of the Byrne family.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36723
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.13.1
- Description
- Purse, beaded, c. 1918-1925; black fabric, beads are red, white, and dark blue; bead tassel on bottom; black cord drawstring closure; thread is broken in one place and knotted together.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39557
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV998.61.104
- Description
- Handbag, woven cotton; drawstring is mauve cord; embroidered design on one side in Art Nouveau style of red tulips; black blanket stitch along top alternating with French knots; purse fabric is very pale pink; shaded areas of fabric in tulips (red) and window shapes (blue-green).
- Object History
- Object from the estate of Burnaby pioneer Elsie Wilson.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
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
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.12.4
- Description
- Purse, crocheted; ivory-coloured; from ring at top, seventeen crocheted strands join purse front through spaces in the pattern at foldover;
- Object History
- c. 1921- 23; to be worn at weddings down bodice-front (for "mad money").
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44574
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.40.2
- Description
- Handbag, white, beaded; beads are glass; on silver metal frame; c.late 1800s.
- Object History
- This item was made by a relative of the donor, in Ontario in the late 1800s.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46256
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.58.3
- Description
- Purse, glass beaded; dark red background with pink and blue flowers along bottom and geometric design across centre; fringe; beaded handle; lined with silk with geometric pattern in browns, pink, blue and green; beads missing on fringe and handle.
- Object History
- Purse was likely donated by Miss Alice Cooke, a resident of Vancouver for over 80 years.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46257
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.38.209
- Description
- Purse; brown leather stamped to look like alligator skin; soft leather strap; silver coloured metal frame also with texture of reptile.
- Object History
- Florena (or Floriana) Bird was born in Toronto in 1882 to Joseph Bird and Alice Pill. She married Orval Elsworth Butler, a cabinet maker and carpenter in 1928. She worked as a clerk until her marriage at age 44. The couple moved to Burnaby in the 1930s. Orval died at age 79 in 1941. Florena died in 1973 at age 90. The Orval Butler and his first wife, Catherine, likely built the house at 8006 Government Rd. Catherine (spelling unknown) died and left Orval a widower before his marriage to Florena. Florena later lived in the house. The contents of the house were donated to the Burnaby Village Museum upon her death as part of her estate.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46571
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.21.14
- Description
- Purse; brocaded scene of 18th century man and woman; missing chain/strap.
- Object History
- Object was inherited by the donor ca. 1974. She was given it by her mother, who had inherited it from her own mother, Elizabeth (Babb) Heaney.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact57528
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1816.1
- Description
- Purse; evening, black silk, rectangular with attached beige change purse and card section; rectangular `fake' buckle-type fastener with brilliants. Three `fake' belt holes; actually fastened by snap. With mirror and ticket: "B.C. Electric Railway #12604" and a bobby-pin.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact77073
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.69.5
- Description
- Purse, brown alligator; brass clasp and two fittings for handle (missing); middle piece is from tail; scalloped pieces below clasp flatten out; hole in leather to left of first scallop-shaped fin; with feet, cut off approximately 3" above claws; brown; outside left claw missing; glue? residue on both feet at upper back; feet stuffed with paper
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
- Object Term
- Purse
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
purse; bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11128
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3146.1
- Description
- purse; gray fur exterior; silver metal frame with kiss clasp; light blue textile interior with two pockets; cloth handle, with tassel ends; interior pockets hold a matching change purse and a silver-topped perfume vial.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse frame
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact5164
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV987.13.21
- Description
- Gilt frame with chain, for purse.
- Object History
- Donor acquired objects from family members.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse frame
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11401
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3315.1
- Description
- Purse frame - sterling silver.
- Marks/Labels
- Tag reads, "Hudson Bay Co." and possibly a price.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse frame
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11575
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3480.1
- Description
- Purse frame - silver - collapsible - round.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse frame
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact21347
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.53.7
- Description
- Frame for handbag; silver coloured metal frame with embossed floral design and round red glass "stone" set in the centre.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
purse frame
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29891
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.73.47
- Description
- Brass metal frame and braided cord handle for purse.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38055
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.31.166
- Description
- Podmore's Ice Cream - Advertisement -- [1912]. Advertising fan for Podmore's Ice Cream in Edmonton. One side of the fan states "Podmore's Ice Cream/ Slips On The Plate/ All Flavors and Bricks/ Edmonton". On the other side is an illustration of a woman in a green winter coat and hat holding a branch of holly in one hand and a snow ball in the other. The illustration is titled "212 - Aiming High" and was produced by The American Art Works in Coshocton, Ohio in 1912. The bottom of the fan has a spot where a handle would be attached. The fan measures 22cm x 23cm.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Colour
- Beige
Images
fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88761
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- LHV974.8.2
- Description
- Fan, silk and lace; hand-painted.
- The fant contains 22 wooden reibs, flat on the back side, somewhat rounded on the front side. Each is panted a bronze colour. The buttom of the ribs are all secured together by means of a brass pin which passed through each one.
- Attached to this pin is a brass hook. the fan itself consists of a piece of brown sheer silk approximately 16.5 cm wise, edged along the top with a piece of brown machine made lace with a scalloped top border. The lace is approximately 5 cm wide. The lace is sewn to the silk. The silk is secured to each rib along their etire common surface by means of glue.
- The face of the fan when unfurled is painted in a very delicate spray of snowdrops and forget-me-nots. This painting appears to be done by hand.
- Object History
- Bessie Choate was the Secretary of the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Fan, Hand
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Names
- Choate, Bessie Perley
Images
fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.4.1
- Description
- Pakhi is a hand held fan. Tha fan has a pole like centre where a paddle is attached and swings freely around the pole. The bottom of the pole has a handle, and the top of the pole is painted fuchsia pink.
- The paddle part of the fan is made of brown and green plasticized strips woven into a diamond pattern. The edge of the paddle is covered in a pleated white fabric trim.
- Object History
- These are items that belonged to the donors as household items in their home in Burnaby between 1976 and 2023.
- Pakhi was made by donor before immigrating to Canada.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Fan, Hand
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