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bedpan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16892
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.15.2
- Description
- Bedpan; white enamel bedpan with handle and urinal opening at back. Painted blue on handle and around edge of urinal opening.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hygiene Artifacts
- Marks/Labels
- No marks or labels
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 15.0 cm x W: 45.0 cm
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
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manicure set
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29766
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.68.32
- Description
- Cutex Boudoir Manicure Set. 1923. Square, black and brown-coloured, cardboard box, with hinged lid. Upper left corner of lid features circular, seal-shaped label, commerically printed. Interior of the box is discoloured white and stained pink paper. Smaller, rectangular, cardboard boxes hold items inside base of box. Items are packaged in rectangular, black, cardboard boxes, with flap closures or lids; these are also commerically labeled, in white text. Box contains Cake Polish, bottle of paste polish and metal container filled with polish. There is also a bottle of Cuticle Remover and a tube of Nail White with its own box. Also included are an orange stick, metal nail file, three emery sticks and a brush for polish (polish missing). There is also some cotton batting.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Beauty Supplies
- Marks/Labels
- "CUTEX / BOUDOIR / MANICURE / SET" printed in black at upper left corner of lid, enclosed in a thin, black circle. "CUTEX / FOR REMOVING SURPLUS / CUTICLE FROM NAILS / WITHOUT CUTTING" printed in white on rectangular, black box. Image of product at the centre of the label. "Northam Warren" printed in white script below image. "CUTEX / CAKE POLISH / (White)" printed in black on white seal shape, at upper left corner of rectangular, black box. "CUTEX / PASTE POLISH / (Pink)" printed in pink on round, jar (?). "CUTEX / NAIL / WHITE" printed in pink on rectangular, black, cardboard box. Image of product at the centre of the label. "Northam Warren" printed in pink script below image.
- Measurements
- Approx. 15 cm width x 15 cm length
- Maker
- Northam Warren Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- New York
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
- Personal Gear
Images
package
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8969
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1405.1
- Description
- Rectangular, green paper envelope packet with closed flap along top of packet. Item is sealed and contains original contents. Label is printed on front and back, commercially printed in black and red with gold trim on front label.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hygiene Artifacts
- Marks/Labels
- "THE FINEST POWDER FOR THE SKIN / LA MEILLEURE POUDRE POUR LA PEAU" printed in black across the top of the front label"ROBERTS / MARCA DEPOSITATA / BOROTALCUM" printed in red script around centre image; centre image enclosed by gold and black design. "H.ROBERTS & Co. Firenze" printed in black across bottom of the front label. Back label features circular Roberts Borotalcum logo at top. "Refreshing Absorbent-Antiseptic / Rafraichissant Absorbante Antiseptique" printed in black below logo. Followed by a description of the product and uses, in French and English. Enclosed by thick, black design. "Net weight: approx. gr. 50" printed vertically in black to left of central design.
- Measurements
- 10.6 cm width x 14.4 cm length
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
Shaving brush
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact212
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.50
- Description
- Handheld shaving brush with a white plastic base and tan bristles. Used for mixing and applying shaving cream.
- Object History
- This item belonged to George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District on 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 then worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Brush
- Marks/Labels
- On the base of the brush "STERILIZED ADGER" "MADE IN" "CANADA" "PEERLESS" "PURE".
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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