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B C driver's licence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2814
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV990.16.1
- Description
- British Columbia Driver's Licence - License -- [1928]. Driver's Licence issued to Jean Caldwell Thompson on August 8, 1928. The front cover has the Provincial Coat of Arms and the issue number for the licence "No. 144650". The fee for obtaining the licence was $1. It states that "The Licence Must Be Carried With You At All Times When Driving". Inside provides detailed information about Jean and rules and regulations to driving. The address given for Jean was "General Hospital Vancouver". The license has been stamped by the Provincial Police in Vancouver, B.C. and signed by Superintendent of the Provincial Police E. McArthur. The licence measures 6.5cm x 10cm.
- Colour
- White
Images
B C driver's licence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact18261
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.57.5
- Description
- British Columbia Driver's Licence -(License) -- [1927]. Driver's Licence issued to Norah Irene Descoteau in 1927. The front cover has the Provincial Coat of Arms and the issue number for the licence "No. 118183". It states that "The Licence Must Be Carried With You At All Times When Driving". Inside provides detailed infromation about Norah and rules and regulations to driving. The license has been stamped by the Provincial Police in New Westminster, B.C.
- Object History
- From the estate of Norah Byrne, daughter of Peter Byrne and Priscilla Amelia Rowling Rowling. She married William Napoleon Descoteau on May 28th 1924 in New Westminster. William worked as a steam engineer on the railroad.
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Bob's Sporting Goods
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95677
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the owner of Bob's Sporting Goods leaning against a counter inside of the store behind a display of ammunition. Guns hang on the wall behind him.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1540
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the owner of Bob's Sporting Goods leaning against a counter inside of the store behind a display of ammunition. Guns hang on the wall behind him.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Commercial - Stores
- Names
- Bob's Sporting Goods
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Bob Goble, who owns Bob's Sporting Goods, says he and other gun and ammunition retailers are just as confused about the new gun regulations as gun owners."
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 4150 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Willingdon Heights Area
Images
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booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39274
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5678.1
- Description
- Rules of the Road - Booklet -- [1922]. Booklet with the revised "Rules of the Road and Traffic Regulations" for the Province of British Columbia for the year 1922. The booklet cost 50 cents. The front cover has an illustration of a police officer conducting traffic in a cityscape. The main colours are blue and red. At the bottom of the cover it states "Keep to the Right". The booklet includes information on accounting, licenses, various offences and penalties, along with regulations for Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle.
- Object History
- On January 1, 1922 at 2:00 a.m. motor vehicles in British Columbia changed from driving on the left to driving on the right hand side of the street.
- Title
- Rules of the Road and Traffic Regulations Province of British Columbia
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Automobiles
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41239
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.36
- Description
- Booklet: "Burnaby Employees' Benefit Association" "RULES AND REGULATIONS"; pocket-sized; brown cover with black print and border; staplebound; 20 pp; monthly dues pages signed by John J. Coe; begins October 1934 (booklet has pages printed for 1926 to 1928, overwritten in ink) to 1938 inclusive; Oct. - Dec. 1934 are "50" each, initialled "CBB"; Jan. 1935 is "50", "CB Brown"; Aug. 1 "3.00", "J--", in pencil; Sept. - Dec. 1935 are "50" each, "ST" or "SA" "Mayne"; 1936 is all "50", Mayne and Brown; 1937 is all "50", all Brown; last page lists "OFFICERS:", hon. president is Reeve of Burnaby, then President, Secretary and Treasurer, no names, titles only, and Board of Control, 6 members, not named; union logo; The Columbian Co., Ltd., Printers and Bookbinders
- Colour
- Brown
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Title
- Burnaby Employees' Benefit Association Rules and Regulations
- Publication Date
- 1926
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88660
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.32
- Description
- English Name: Villous Amomun Fruit Chinese Pinyin Name: Sharen (ShaRen / SuoShaMiRen) Physical Description: many small dried fruits, flattened ovals, ranging from pale tan to darker reddish brown colour; some have longitudinal ridges, others appear wrinkled, with stem protrusion one end or hole; at least one is broken open Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi. Imported sha ren is produced in Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Functions: Transforms dampness, increases appetite, warms spleen, relieves diarrhea, regulates qi, calms fetus. Apply to retention of dampness in the middle, abdominal fullness and anorexia, deficiency and cold spleen and stomach, vomit and diarrhea, pernicious vomiting, restless fetal movements.
- Object History
- Collection of original raw contents of the Chinese Herbalist Shop, Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee, Victoria BC, as purchased from Rodney Pain in 1974.
- Reference
- Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. URL: http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=47953&lang=eng&searchword=pid=B00254 ; Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003;
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Caila Anderson with traffic signs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97015
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Caila Anderson, an employee of International SPFX, standing with her arms crossed next to two traffic signs on Greenwood Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2547
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Caila Anderson, an employee of International SPFX, standing with her arms crossed next to two traffic signs on Greenwood Street.
- Subjects
- Planning - City Planning
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Caila Anderson, of International SPFX, says new traffic regulations on Greenwood St. have made it really inconvenient for employees at the movie special effects company to get to and from their production offices. Residents on the street say the regulations haven't gone far enough."
- Geographic Access
- Greenwood Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area
Images
![Caila Anderson with traffic signs, [2000] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-2547.jpg)
card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39322
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV998.58.1
- Description
- National Registration Regulations - Card -- [1940]. Dominion of Canada National Registration Card for Eric Coe of 2684 Fern Avenue, Burnaby. Eric Coe was Part of the Electoral District Number 235 New Westminster, B.C. The registration card was signed on August 19th, 1940 and was signed by Deputy Registrar Vivean Ramsbothan (?). On the back of the card are several ink stamps "BCL-3143", "BCL-3144", "BCL-3145", "BCL 3146" and "STORE X 3-44". The card measures 10cm x 7cm.
- Colour
- White
- Names
- Coe, Eric
Images
Ed Eckley subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription64503
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911 (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing pho…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1911 (date of original)-[1998]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Ed Eckley subseries
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes of textual records and 1 photographic album
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS2006-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of records created and collected by Edmund Eckley on the history of the Oakalla Prison Farm in Burnaby. Included in the subseries are notes for an oral presentation, maps, plans, contracts, memorandums and Oakalla policies, rules and regulations, as well asan album containing photographs of the Oakalla Prison Farm just after it was closed down and some photocopied images and text.
- History
- Edmund R. Eckley is believed to have worked as a logging manager in Tahsis, British Columbia. Later, he and his wife Teresa lived at 7810 Rayside Street in Burnaby. Ed was a volunteer interpreter at Burnaby Village Museum in the 1990s. He wrote the interpreters’ notes for the first temporary exhibit held in Stride Studios [1995] at the Burnaby Village Museum entitled “Captive Heritage Oakalla Revealed” which traced the history of Oakalla Prison from construction to closure. He also designed his own walking tour of the Oakalla site prior to it being torn down. On January 14, 1998 Ed presented "A Short History of the Oakalla Prison Farm" for the Burnaby Historical Society. Ed also served as vice-president and fundraising chair for Friends of Interurban 1223 until the project's completion in 2008. Teresa worked as a school teacher for the Burnaby School District until her retirement in 2004. Following retirement, Teresa and Ed moved to Vancouver, where they currently reside.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Eckley, Edmund R.
- Notes
- Title based on creator of subseries
- MSS120, PC511
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Hafez Tea House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96158
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Abbas Adibi, owner of the Hafez Tea House on Hastings Street, seated at a table and smoking from a hookah.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2005]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1855
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Abbas Adibi, owner of the Hafez Tea House on Hastings Street, seated at a table and smoking from a hookah.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2005 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Abbas Adibi enjoys a smoke on a traditional Persian hookah water pipe at his North Burnaby cafe, The Hafez Tea House. He says his establishment should be exempt from smoking bylaws and Worker's Compensation Board regulations because socializing around a hookah is an integral part of Persian culture, and there are few carcinogens in the smoke."
- Geographic Access
- Hastings Street
- Street Address
- 6649 Hastings Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Westridge Area
Images
![Hafez Tea House, [2005] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-1855.jpg)
handcuffs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact209
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.47
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police issue handcuffs. The cuffs are secured by three links of chain. There is no key.
- Object History
- These handcuffs were used by Constable George Jeffery. George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by 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 than worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
Images
handcuffs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3618
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.23.3
- Description
- Set of police handcuffs; with key
- Marks/Labels
- "Peerless Patent 1531451 - 1872857"
Images
handcuffs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33605
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.190.2
- Description
- Heavy handcuffs with a single swivel link in the connecting chain. Surface is plated but is badly worn.
- Marks/Labels
- "HIATT", stamped in cuff
- Maker
- HIATT
- Country Made
- England
Images
Handcuffs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90547
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.32.6
- Description
- Gray metal handcuffs, in locked position. Cuffs joined by three links.
- Object History
- Ross was known as "Padre" at Oakalla. Padre means 'father' and is a word often used in a military context for chaplain. Ross joined the Oakalla staff full time as a Presbeterian Minister in 1971, employed by the BC Correctional Services Branch. He worked there as Chaplain until 1991 when Oakalla closed. He was often called in from home to help with high pressure situations that arose at Oakalla to help defuse incidents like hostage taking and other high pressure conflicts. Ross collected several items from Oakalla when it closed, but some were given to him because of the significance of his time there.
- Classification
- Regulative & Protective T&E
- Marks/Labels
- SAF-LOK-MK.1 / MADE IN AUSTRALIA
- Colour
- Silver
- Country Made
- Australia
- Names
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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interurban ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact6699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.115.1
- Description
- B.C. Electric - Ticket. Child's ticket for the B.C. Electic Railway Company on the Vancouver Street Cars. The ticket is green cardboard with black print. Stamped at the top of the ticket is a serial number "46744". The back of the ticket states the regulations and conditions of the ticket.
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Public Transit
Images
interurban ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14342
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.11.7
- Description
- B.C. Electric - Ticket. Black and white child ticket for the B.C. Electric Railway. The top of the ticket has "CHILD/ B.C. Electric", "355828 VPV". The ticket states the various regulations on both the front and the reverse.
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Public Transit
Images
interurban ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14348
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.11.13
- Description
- B.C. Electric - Ticket. B.C. Electric Railway Co ticket for a Child on the Richmond Transportation Lines. The ticket is green and has a serial number at the bottom "14546". The reverse side of the ticket states the regulations and conditions of the ticket for that zone.
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Public Transit
Images
interurban ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14350
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.11.15
- Description
- B.C. Electric - Ticket. Child ticket for the B.C. Electric Railway Company on the Burnaby Line. The ticket is buff coloured with a black horizontal stripe and a red vertical stripe. The ticket has been stamped with the serial number "15971". The reverse side of the ticket states the regulations and conditions of the ticket.
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Transportation - Public Transit
Images
interurban ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.45.7
- Description
- B.C. Electric Railway - Ticket; Pass -- [1912]. Punch card ticket for the British Columbia Electric Railway Company from Vancouver to Central Park. The ticket pass was good for 50 fares during 31 days from the date of issue. The ticket was non-transferable and was issues to G.C. Barclay on February 16, 1912. On the left side of the ticket is a grid from 1 to 50. Each square in the grid has been punched with various shapes. The ticket was also stamped with "Central Park" and "Apprentice". On the back of the ticket, it restates the rules and regulations of the pass. The back has also been stamped twice with a round stamp that says "B.C. Electric Railway Vancouver, B.C./ Feb/16/1912". The ticket measures 10.5cm x 6cm.
- Colour
- White
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
Images
interurban ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35493
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.45.8
- Description
- B.C. Electric Railway - Ticket; Pass -- [1912]. Punch card ticket for the British Columbia Electric Railway Company from Vancouver to Central Park. The ticket pass was good for 50 fares during 31 days from the date of issue. The ticket was non-transferable and was issues to G.C. Barclay on April 17, 1912. The ticket is number "2309". On the left side of the ticket is a grid from 1 to 50. Each square in the grid has been punched with various shapes. The ticket was also stamped with "Vancouver", "Central Park" and "Apprentice". On the back of the ticket, it restates the rules and regulations of the pass. The back has also been stamped twice with a round stamp that says "B.C. Electric Railway Vancouver, B.C./ APR/17/1912". The ticket measures 10.5cm x 6cm.
- Colour
- White
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
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