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spice tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25468
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.102
- Description
- A "PURE CLOVES", spice tin; small thin box with label wrapped around it; orange label has blue section in midde which is framed by decorative line design, very centre of label has cream box with lettering inside.
- Object History
- The Woodward's Department Store was first established in Vancouver at the corner of Hastings and Abbott in 1903. For the next nine decades Woodward's was one of Vancouver's major department stores. It was well known for its Christmas displays and the neon “W” on the roof. Woodward's closed its Hastings Street store in 1993. Woodward's was designated a heritage building in November 1996 and the site is currently under development for condominiums. (From the City of Vancouver website, 2008).
- Marks/Labels
- "WOODWARDS" (logo), printed on label "THE BEST FOR LESS" (small), printed on label "SPICE", printed on label "PURE CLOVES / Net Weight. 2 ozs.", printed on label "WOODWARDS / LIMITED / VANCOUVER BC", printed on label [above marks are on both sides of tin] "Woodward's Spices are...select stock", printed on label (on side) [above mark is on both sides of tin but is obscured on one side.]
- Colour
- Gray
- Blue
- Orange
- Cream
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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spice tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.105
- Description
- Spice tin; thin box with red and yellow label; three black stars along top of label; cinnamon.
- Marks/Labels
- "Singapores / Best / BRAND (small)" (logo), printed on label "PURE CINNAMON", printed on label "PACKED BY / NATIONAL SPICE MILLS CO (large) / VANCOUVER BC" [above marks are on both sides of tin] "CINNAMON", printed vertically on label "CANCO" (logo), printed on label "SOLD ON A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE", printed on label "NET WEIGHT 1 1/2 OZS", printed on label
- Colour
- Red
- Yellow
- Black
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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spice jar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33596
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.188.5
- Description
- Jar, for curry powder; clear glass jar with label and metal lid; green label has large red lettering, small black lettering and logo across top, with cream bar with black lettering near bottom; contents still inside bottle; "Nabob"
- Object History
- Kelly, Douglas & Co. Ltd. began as a wholesale grocery partnership in 1896 and grew to one of Western Canada's leading wholesaler and retailer of food. (See "From Sour Dough to Super Store" by Bill Davies for more information)
- Marks/Labels
- "NABOB / BRAND (small) / CURRY / POWDER", printed on label "KELLY DOUGLAS & CO / LIMITED / VANCOUVER B.C.", printed on label
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Foods
- Container
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