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knife

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.533

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.533

Description: This knife has been altered by a prisoner at Oakalla prison to make it a weapon, both edges of the blade have been sharpened. The knife is a prison issue dinner knife.

Object History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.

Marks/Labels: "PROV of B.C.", stamped in handle of knife

Maker: Unknown

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Oakalla Prison

Subjects: Public Services; Public Services - Correctional; Armament

Names: British Columbia Gaol Service; Oakalla Prison Farm

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nail knuckles

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37093

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.535

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.535

Description: This is a prisoner made weapon confiscated by the guards at Oakalla prison. It is made from two pieces of wood wrapped with string which secure three nails. A third piece of wood with three holes drilled in it is slipped over the nails to keep them separated. A fourth nail is secured by the string and points along the base of the hand. The weapon is intended to be used like a pair of brass knuckles.

Object History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.

Maker: Unknown

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Oakalla Prison

Subjects: Public Services; Public Services - Correctional; Armament

Names: British Columbia Gaol Service; Oakalla Prison Farm

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shiv

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37092

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.534

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.534

Description: This weapon is made from a short length of steel bar stock. It has been pointed and sharpened at one end. Two holes have been drilled at the other end.

Object History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.

Maker: Unknown

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Oakalla Prison

Subjects: Public Services; Public Services - Correctional; Armament

Names: British Columbia Gaol Service; Oakalla Prison Farm

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shiv

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact37094

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.536

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.536

Description: This is a prisoner made weapon confiscated by the guards at Oakalla prison. A plastic pen casing has been forced over a nail. The ends of the pen have been melted to secure it to the nail.

Object History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.

Marks/Labels: "PA_______", printed on the side of the pen casing.

Maker: Unknown

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Oakalla Prison

Subjects: Public Services; Public Services - Correctional; Armament

Names: British Columbia Gaol Service; Oakalla Prison Farm

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shiv

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40175

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.545

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.45.545

Description: This is a prisoner made weapon that was confiscated by the guards at Oakalla prison. The shiv is made from the plastic handle of a tooth brush, dark grey in colour. The handle has a hole on end for hanging the toothbrush. A short metal blade has been heated and forced into the end of the plastic handle.

Object History: Salvaged from Oakalla Prison site, October, 1991.

Marks/Labels: "U.S.A." / "#411 G.U.M." / registered' symbol / "Velvet-Tip" / "by Butler", printed in gold on toothbrush handle

Maker: Unknown

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Oakalla Prison

Subjects: Public Services; Public Services - Correctional; Armament

Names: British Columbia Gaol Service; Oakalla Prison Farm

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Alfred Bingham papers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65602

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1963]

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 9 p. of textual records.

Scope and Content: File consists of Alf Bingham’s “Burnaby where ‘The Bees’ come from”, “History of Burnaby Lake”, and poem “The Emigrant / the Settler (B.C.) Canada … (Author Unknown).”

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1963]

Collection/Fonds: Alfred Bingham fonds

Physical Description: 9 p. of textual records.

Description Level: File

Record No.: MSS142-003

Accession Number: 2010-09

Scope and Content: File consists of Alf Bingham’s “Burnaby where ‘The Bees’ come from”, “History of Burnaby Lake”, and poem “The Emigrant / the Settler (B.C.) Canada … (Author Unknown).”

Media Type: Textual Record

Notes: Title based on contents of file

Bancroft family subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [1900]-1979

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Bancroft family subseries

Physical Description: Textual records and other materials

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1986-44; BHS2004-06

Scope and Content: Subseries consists of publications, correspondence and other miscellaneous papers relating to the Bancroft family's interests and work history. Topics include gardening, raising poultry, the Liberal government and the Royal Canadian Air Force. Also included in the subseries are photographs of the Bancroft family and friends and ephemera pertaining to agricultural farming and the air force.

History: Rose Croucher was born to Ann Eliza "Annie" (b. August 1861, d. 1962) and R. Coucher in January 1895. In 1907, the Croucher family moved to British Columbia. As a student, Rose studied geometrical drawing using Blair’s Canadian Drawing Series workbooks. On on February 21, 1914, Rose married James Oakes Bancroft in Vancouver, BC. Together they had three children: James A. (b. 1916 or 1917), Rosie (date unknown), and George E. (b. August 1927). The Bancroft family were poultry farmers throughout the early 1900s, transporting their farmed eggs from Burnaby to the Hudson’s Bay Company Vancouver using the British Columbia Electric Railway system. Rose Bancroft also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Park Poultry Co-op Association in the 1920s until her husband's death in 1930 at the age of 42. In the late thirties and early forties, while James A. Bancroft was stationed in Calgary with the Royal Canadian Air Force, his younger siblings lived together with their mother and grandmother at 1963 21st Avenue in Burnaby. Rosie Bancroft studied French and English history in Social Studies in 1937; her brother George studied the seasons in General Science II in 1942. Rose died in 1965 at the age of 76.

Media Type: Textual Record; Photograph; Cartographic Material

Creator: Bancroft, Rose

Notes: MSS030, PC490, PC507, and MSS110; Title based on creator and contents of subseries

basket with lid

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87630

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV017.11.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV017.11.3

Description: basket with lid; First Nations basket with lid; The basket is round, with two handles opposite each other. The handles are wrapped twine. The wrapping is missing from one handle. The lid has a knob handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with a dark and light spiraling pattern. Had been used for storing knitting.

Object History: The basket was acquired by the donor's grandparents, Matilda and Robert William Handel, when they were living in North Vancouver. They were made by one of the local First Nations weavers, name unknown.

Measurements: Approx. H: 32 cm Dia.: 34 cm

Culture: ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Subjects: Persons; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Container; Container - Baskets

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Documents

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basket with lid

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87633

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV017.11.4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV017.11.4

Description: basket with lid; First Nations basket with lid; The basket is round, with a single handle (opposite handle is missing). The lid has a knob handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with a dark and light spiraling pattern. Had been used for storing knitting.

Object History: The basket was acquired by the donor's grandparents, Matilda and Robert William Handel, when they were living in North Vancouver. They were made by one of the local First Nations weavers, name unknown.

Measurements: Approx. H: 37 cm Dia.: 36 cm

Culture: ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)

Subjects: Persons; Indigenous peoples - British Columbia; Container; Container - Baskets

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Documents

2019_0064_0001_002

belt

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV015.36.4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV015.36.4

Description: belt, Brownie; brown leather belt with silver metal G.C.G. trefoil buckle; size 30; buckle is adjustable; brown leather pouch with snap closure.

Object History: Brownie uniform (1935-1964) lighter brown colour; this Brownie [unknown] earned the "Golden Hand" (top award). Would be worn with brown wool beret, brown tie secured behind neck with reef knot, and brown leather belt. BV015.36.1 to BV015.36.4

Category: 03. Personal Artifacts

Classification: Clothing; Clothing - - Clothing Accessories

Subjects: Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs; Clothing - Uniforms; Clothing - Accessory

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bottle

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV975.5.68

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV975.5.68

Description: Glass bottle with metal twist-on lid. Top 1/4 straight then a lip with circles around bottle. Straight down with vertical grooves to the bottom lip with circles. Some white unknown contents inside. Brown with orange trim label wih Chinese characters. Artifact is first on the left in photograph.

Object History: This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria, B.C.

Category: 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Classification: Chemical T&E

Marks/Labels: Brown octagonal label with orange trim. Chinese characters on label that literally translate to: [indistinguishable] and "pellet" and [indistinguishable].

Measurements: 14 cm height x 5 cm width

Subjects: Science and Technology Tools and Equipment; Persons - Chinese Canadians

Names: Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company

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Bottle

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.11.5

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.11.5

Description: Clear glass botle with a black plastic cap. The bottle contains an unknown white powder. There is a yellowed label on the front of the bottle with Chinese characters. The reverse side of the label is green with white letters tha read "McGills & ..." "Victoria, BC". There are raised markings on the bottle with markers at 20 and 40. There are embossed markings on the bottom of the bottle also.