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box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1282
- Description
- Open square dented metal bin with single metal ring at top rim. Front has torn rectangular paper label with 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.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Lable contains 2 Chinese characters that literally translate to: "accrue"; "unripe"; "grow"; "crude"; "tooth". Use in Chinese medicine is unknown.
- Measurements
- 23 cm height x 16 cm width x approx 19 cm depth
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24788
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1286
- Description
- Brown, rectangular metal box. Small weld seam on the side. Front has a yellow rectangular p[aper label with two Chinese characters in black. The top of the bin is open and there is a brown paper bag visible inside.
- 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
- Yellow rectangular paper label with two Chinese characters. Label has some damage on left top and bottom and small tear near the bottom right. Text literally translates to English as: " land ground" and "man, fourth". This has been adjusted for English comprehension to: "Violet". Uses: The herb has light scent with bitter taste. It helps to clear the toxin away from the body. It has been used to treat snakebite.
- Measurements
- 21 cm height x 24 cm width x 26 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24792
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1290
- Description
- Metal tin box; rectangular gold-coloured label containing black Chinese characters on short side of box; two metal oblong rings, at either end, on top of box; crumpled gold-coloured paper in box.
- 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 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "mountain"; "bean". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Skin of Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis." It is the root and rhizoma of Sophora tonkinensis Gapnep. It has a bean-like smell and extremely bitter taste. It is bitter, cold, and toxic, and enters the lung and stomach meridians. It clears heat and toxicity, removes sore throat and relieves swelling. It is used for abscesses with swelling due to heat-toxicity, as well as cough due to lung-heat and jaundice due to damp-heat.
- Measurements
- 18 cm height x 20 cm width x 30 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24793
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1291
- Description
- Metal tin box with rectangular gold-coloured label containing black Chinese characters on side; two oblong metal rings, at either end, on top of box; gold-coloured paper in box.
- 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 2 Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "twins"; "piece".
- Measurements
- 18 cm height x 20 cm width x 22 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24794
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1292
- Description
- Metal tin box containing paper bag with Chinese characters on it; box itself has gold-coloured rectangular label with Chinese characters on it.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 30 cm height x 20 cm width x 20 cm length
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24849
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1347
- Description
- Rectangular metal box with no lid. Paper label on side with Chinese characters. Label is torn. Text in Chinese and English stamped into metal on side of box. Brown paper bag visible inside.
- 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
- Paper label Chinese characters literally translates to English as: "exactly" and"rhinoceros". Rest of label is indistinguishable due to damage. Text in English stamped into side of tin reads: PANG YOU TAI / LUNGKEE / GUN JAM TEA \ HONG KONG / CHINA".
- Measurements
- 30 cm H x 25cm W x 25 cm L
Images
box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24856
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1354
- Description
- Rectangular metal box with printed paper label.
- 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
- Printed label reads "High Grade Kerosene/For Family Use/"ASTRAL"/OIL/PUT UP EXPRESSLY FOR/SPRAGGE&CO./VICTORIA, B.C."
- Measurements
- 35 cm height x 20 cm width x 15 cm length
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
Images
box and lid
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24696
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1193
- Description
- Rectangular metal box with lid. Chinese characters marked directly on to one side of box in faded, black ink. Some rusted spots on lid and side of box and white tarnish on edges and corners. Object is first on left in photo.
- 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
- Label contains three Chinese characters that are literally translated to: "white", "rock" and "fat." When adjusted for English comprehension, product is "Halloysitum album." Possible product is Halloysitum album if writer wrote from left to right which is not usually how Chinese is written. Halloysitum album is sweet, sour, astringent, warm; for lung and large intestine meridians. Use: astringe the intestines and stop bleeding.
- Measurements
- 9 cm height x 11 cm width x 13 cm length
Images
box of packages
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24159
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.654
- Description
- Cardboard box, red and beige in geometric pattern; partially filled with 23 small paper-wrapped packages; label is black with red Chinese characters and a star design; plus one empty wrapper.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C.
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains characters that are literally translated to: "send out/emit", "cold", "pill", and "made by Hengan alternative shop". When adjusted for English comprehension, product is a pill that is mix of Western medicine (quinine sulfate), Chinese herbs, and licorice powder. It is used to treat malaria. The product is made by "Liang Pei Ji", who graduated from "Guangzhou Boji medical school in China".
- Measurements
- 12 cm height x 29 cm width x 1 cm depth
- Country Made
- China
Images
box of vials
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24166
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.661
- Description
- Red cardboard box with lid "Pinklets Little Pink Laxative Pills"; with brown paper packaging, eight corked clear glass vials each containing some liquid.
- Object History
- These items originate from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "Pinklets Little Pink Laxative Pills"
- Measurements
- 10 cm height x 20 cm width x 2 cm depth
Images
box of vials with pipet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24167
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.662
- Description
- Red cardboard box with lid "Pinklets Little Pink Laxative Pills"; eight corked clear glass vials each containing some liquid obstructed by brown paper wrapping.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 10 cm height x 15 cm width
Images
brush hook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91750
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.6
- Description
- Tool with a hooked blade attached to a long wooden handle used for land clearing - cut heavy brush, shrubs, or small trees.
- The blade is made of iron and is heavily rusted. The handle is damaged in several spots and cracked where the blade is attached.
- Object History
- These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.
- Classification
- Maintenance T&E - - Groundskeeping Equipment
- Object Term
- Hook, Brush
- Measurements
- Length: 92 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Gardens
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Names
- Hop on Farms
Images
Business course graduates at Bayshore Inn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19197
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1971
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Class photograph of students who finished a business course at the Sales Training Institute in Vancouver. The photo is taken at the Bayshore Inn by Hannay's Portrait Studio. Jimmy Chow is identified standing on the far left in the second row. Six students in the front row are holding trophies.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow and Donna Polos fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Class photograph of students who finished a business course at the Sales Training Institute in Vancouver. The photo is taken at the Bayshore Inn by Hannay's Portrait Studio. Jimmy Chow is identified standing on the far left in the second row. Six students in the front row are holding trophies.
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.57
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1971
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-03-03
- Photographer
- Hannay, John Henry
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Photo Taken "P19356-3" (in ink) / HANNAY'S PORTRAIT STUDIO / 2287 W. Broadway, Vancouver B.C."
- Hipman "Jimmy" Chow's name in Cantonese is Chow Hipman and in Mandarin is Zhou Xiamin.
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Cabinet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90896
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.3.1
- Description
- Worn wooden cabinet made from Douglas Fir and cedar. The interior of the cabinet is painted a pale yellow. One third of the cabinet closest to the ground houses a large open shevling area with the back paneling visible. The middle of the cabinet has 5 slots for drawers with metal handles. One drawer is missing. The top third of the cabinet is split into 2 shelves with a yellow board bisecting the top shelf. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit.
- Object History
- The cabinet was found in the Thrussell farmhouse on Marine Drive in Burnaby in the 1999.The Thrussell's land had been leased to Chinese tenant farmers by the Thrussell family and also previous owners. The City demolished the house, but they salvaged many items in the house before doing so. Of note are the Chinese characters and the joinery and construction of the cabinet. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit The first two characters refer to pine wood and the last character is stem or branch.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Storage & Display Accessories
- Object Term
- Cabinet
- Colour
- Brown
- Yellow
- Measurements
- 42” high x 42” wide x 14” width
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
can
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23919
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.273
- Description
- Round red tin can with red pressure fit lid. Rims, top and bottom, are metal tin. Tin has two rectangular torn beige labels, one with typed English words, the other with 3 hand-written Chinese characters. Artifact is sixth from left in the 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
- "KOM CHAK PING / It is made of Chinese Medicines: / Shan-ja 20% Mak-ah 20% Bxng-long 10% / Sar-yan 30% Si-kon-fze 20% / Prepared by (Net weight) / Chu Cheng Shih (1 mace each) / Hong Kong"
- Measurements
- 13 cm height x 7 cm diameter
Images
Canada Victory Bonds organization Chinese branch in Victoria, B.C
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3376
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1 Jun. 1941
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Canada Victory Bonds organization Chinese branch in Victoria, B.C., seated and standing together in two rows. The photograph was taken on June 1, 1941 in the hall of the Chee Kung Tong Chinese Freemasons building. Lum Chuck Yue, a proprietor of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 18.5 x 23.5 cm (sight) in mat 30.5 x 35.5 cm
- Material Details
- Chinese characters have been added to recto of mat
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of members of the Canada Victory Bonds organization Chinese branch in Victoria, B.C., seated and standing together in two rows. The photograph was taken on June 1, 1941 in the hall of the Chee Kung Tong Chinese Freemasons building. Lum Chuck Yue, a proprietor of the Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. Chinese herbalist shop in Victoria, served as the committee secretary and is identified as sitting in the front row, first from the right.
- Subjects
- Organizations
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Accession Code
- BV985.5331.8
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1 Jun. 1941
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/7/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
Images
Canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23819
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.173
- Description
- Dark brown, wooden, circular canister which has a top lid and lower body. Item has Chinese characters written/painted on side in light orange or gold color. Some chipping is visible 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: "worm, insect" and "river, plain, stream."
- Measurements
- 12 cm H x 18 cm W
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23896
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.250
- Description
- Tin can, cylindrical, with pop off lid. Brown paper label featuring hand painted Chinese characters is torn on left hand corner. Artifact is second from right 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
- Word for word translation of Chinese characters is as follows: dollar/basic, prosperous, powder
- Measurements
- 15.5 cm height x 9 cm diameter
Images
canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23897
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.251
- Description
- Round brown metal can with lid. Rectangular beige label with black Chinese characters. Slight damage on bottom of can and top of the lid. 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 label with black Chinese characters. Some Chinese characters written on tin in black on the side of the label. Chinese characters literally translate to: "lotus root" and "powder". Lotus Root powder cab be use for cooking or medication. Lotus astringent non-toxic, can stop hematemesis, nose and throat bleeding, blood stasis, antipyretic toxicity, postpartum blood boring, etc. It has anti-inflammatory hemostatic effect.
- Measurements
- 10 cm height x 14 cm width
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