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pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact1810
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.107.9
- Description
- Clear glass bottle with ground, glass stopper, no label. bottle is empty. Bottle has a cylindrical shape. The item is a bulk product stocked by a pharmacy. Up until the 1950s, pharmacists provided most prescription medications by creating compounds of bulk products that were given to customers as pills, salves, or tonics.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Curtis Pharmacy in New Westminster.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- No Label
- Names
- Curtis Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact1813
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.107.11
- Description
- The item is a bulk product stocked by a pharmacy. Up until the 1950s, pharmacists provided most prescription medications by creating compounds of bulk products that were given to customers as pills, salves, or tonics. Clear empty glass stopper bottle. Label under glass (LUG) indicating "TINCT. ARNICAEFL." On bottom in glass "W.T. & CO. / D / U.S.A."
- Object History
- This item originates from the Curtis Pharmacy in New Westminster.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Gold trimmed label under glass (LUG) indicating "TINCT. ARNICAEFL." Lettering printed in black and highlighted in gold.
- Names
- Curtis Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2612
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.163.3
- Description
- The item is a bulk product stocked by a pharmacy. Up until the 1950s, pharmacists provided most prescription medications by creating compounds of bulk products that were given to customers as pills, salves, or tonics. Clear glass stopper bottle, one-third full with dried organic material. Label under glass (LUG) indicating contents as "ULMUS".
- Object History
- This item originates from the West End Pharmacy in New Westminster.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label under glass (LUG) indicating contents as "ULMUS". Gold-trimmed label with black lettering.
- Names
- West End Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2615
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.163.6
- Description
- Empty rectangular amber glass (brown) bottle with cork stopper. Commercial paper label indicating "40 / Lyolith Tablets / (Tabella Lyolitha Stenhouse) / Gall Stone Remedy / Formula of / Dr. John Stnehouse / Each tablet contains: / Potass. Salicylate, 1 1-2 grs. / Potassium Citrate, 1-2 gr. / Sodium Glyco and / Tauro-cholate, 1 1-2 grs. / Sodium Oleate, 1 1-2 grs. / Phenophthalein, 1-3 gr. / Menthol, 1-10 gr. / LYOLITH are best taken / at bedtime and on rising, / or after each meal, one or / two as may be prescribed / by physician, followed / by a large glass of hot / water. / H.K.WAMPOLE&CO. / LIMITED / PERTH, ONTARIO." "Henry K Wampole Co" appears in red script diagonally across the label.
- Object History
- This item originates from the West End Pharmacy in New Westminster.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Commercial paper label indicating "40 / Lyolith Tablets / (Tabella Lyolitha Stenhouse) / Gall Stone Remedy / Formula of / Dr. John Stnehouse / Each tablet contains: / Potass. Salicylate, 1 1-2 grs. / Potassium Citrate, 1-2 gr. / Sodium Glyco and / Tauro-cholate, 1 1-2 grs. / Sodium Oleate, 1 1-2 grs. / Phenophthalein, 1-3 gr. / Menthol, 1-10 gr. / LYOLITH are best taken / at bedtime and on rising, / or after each meal, one or / two as may be prescribed / by physician, followed / by a large glass of hot / water. / H.K.WAMPOLE&CO. / LIMITED / PERTH, ONTARIO."
- Measurements
- 8.25 cm height x 3.5 cm width x 2.75 cm depth
- Maker
- H. K. Wampole & Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Perth
- Names
- West End Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2616
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.163.7
- Description
- Small, amber glass bottle, with rectangular base and cork stopper. The bottle is empty. Discoloured, rectangular, paper label is attached to the front, commerically printed, with black text.
- Object History
- This item originates from the West End Pharmacy in New Westminster.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "100 / CHOCOLATE-COATED / TABLETS / No. 480 / CORPORA LUTEA / (DESICCATED) / 2 GRAINS / Each tablet contains 2 / grains of the desiccated / material, equivalent to / about 12 grains of fresh / Corpora Luten. / Dose, 1 or 2 Tablets / three times a day. / PARJE, DAVIS & CO. / WALKERVILLE, / ONT., CANADA." printed in black down length of discoloured, white paper label. Text is enclosed by thin, black border line. Cork features small, circular green label with illegible, gold-coloured text.
- Measurements
- 3.7 cm height x 4.4 cm width x 10.5 cm length
- Maker
- Parke, Davis & Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Walkerville
- Names
- West End Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2617
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.163.8
- Description
- Empty brown glass bottle with paper label and cork stopper. Bottle has square base.
- Object History
- This item originates from the West End Pharmacy in New Westminster.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label marked "THE / WOODBRIDGE / TREATMENT / OF / TYPHOID FEVER." Content info. included. Black text on white label.
- Measurements
- 12 cm height x 4 cm width x 2.5 length
- Maker
- Parke, Davis & Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Walkerville
- Names
- West End Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
medicinal box with medicinal tube
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.76
- Description
- Rectangular, cardboard box, missing top closing flap. The box is brown with a green label with blue, commerically printed text, on all four long sides. Box contains thin, white medicinal tube, with black, plastic screw cap. Tube features similar paper label, commerically printed, as the above described box. End of tube is worn and discoloured.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "HEYWORTH'S / PILE / Ointment / GIVES QUICK RELIEF." printed at top of paper label, in blue and brown. Followed by directions for use and effects of the ointment as well as the ingredients. "Net Weight 1 1-2 ounces / Prepared for / JUBILEE DRUG STORE / 2500 Manle Ave. / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. / Price 75c" printed in blue at the bottom of the label. Back of box features the same label, printed in French, without the ingredient list or location of the pharmacy. "A safe and efficient remedy for internal and external / piles, in the treatment of which disease, healthy and reg- / ular action of the bowels, careful selection of diet and / avoidance of sedentary life are essential factors." printed in blue on green background, in French and English, on left and right side labels. The oiment tube features the same English and French labels, blue text on green paper label, on the back and front of the tube.
- Measurements
- Box: 4 cm height x 5.5 cm width x 13.4 cm length Tube: 4.3 cm width x 12.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- New Westminster
- Names
- Jubilee Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
tinsmith's furnace
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact50268
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.1.3
- Description
- Portable kerosene furnace. Presure tank base with pump. Shield has doors that permit access to the heating coils. Top of shield is a stand for a cast iron melting pot. There is a bail handle attached to the top.
- Object History
- Wilkinson & Kidd Sheet Metal shop in New Westminster. The rest of Mr. Wilkinson's tools were donated in a previous accession
- Subjects
- Metalworking Tools and Equipment
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
blow torch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact50270
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.1.5
- Description
- Kerosene blow torch. Works under pressure from a pump in the body of the torch. Wooden handle. Markings are obliterated by abrasions and soot. Body was originally painted a bronze gold - see underneath.
- Object History
- Wilkinson & Kidd Sheet Metal shop in New Westminster. The rest of Mr. Wilkinson's tools were donated in a previous accession
- Subjects
- Metalworking Tools and Equipment
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
tinsmith's furnace
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact50273
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.1.8
- Description
- Portable kerosene furnace. Presure tank base with pump. A cast iron oven with an open front to receive soldering irons is mounted on top of the tank. A wire bail handle is attached to the top of the furnace and there is a round lid on top of the oven to give access to the heating coils.
- Object History
- Wilkinson & Kidd Sheet Metal shop in New Westminster. The rest of Mr. Wilkinson's tools were donated in a previous accession
- Marks/Labels
- "TORRID FURNACE / PATENTED / GEO W DIENER FG CO", embossed on top of iron oven. "NO 15" embossed on front of oven.
- Subjects
- Metalworking Tools and Equipment
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
solder iron
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact50274
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.1.9
- Description
- Heavy soldering iron; copper head with steel strap shaft and wooden handle; tip has been tinned; copper head is 1.125 in X 1.125 in X 4.25 in long, tapering to a point; copper head is dirty and the shalf is rusty; wood handle is stained dark with use.
- Object History
- Wilkinson & Kidd Sheet Metal shop in New Westminster.
- Marks/Labels
- "BBCO / LTD ? 5", stamped in one side of the copper head.
- Subjects
- Metalworking Tools and Equipment
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
solder iron
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact50275
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.1.10
- Description
- Heavy soldering iron. Copper head with steel strap shaft and wooden handle. Tip has been tinned. Copper head is 1.125 in X 1.125 in X 4.25 in long, tapering to a point. Copper head is dirty and the shalf is rusty. Wood handle is shows little staining.
- Object History
- Wilkinson & Kidd Sheet Metal shop in New Westminster. The rest of Mr. Wilkinson's tools were donated in a previous accession
- Marks/Labels
- "BBCO / LTD ? 5", stamped in one side of the copper head
- Subjects
- Metalworking Tools and Equipment
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
Images
Interurban on. 1306
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription93
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban no. 1306 at Marine Drive in New Westminster.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 28 x 35.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company interurban no. 1306 at Marine Drive in New Westminster.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV988.9.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1930]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1/7/2010
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Esther Wilks Dickson and Ethel Whitworth
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription433
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1926]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women standing in front of the porch of a house numbered 425. Annotations on the album page read: "New Westminster - 1926 / Esther Wilks & Ethel Whitworth." Esther Wilks Dickson and Ethel Whitworth Rogers were teachers at Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby; the former taught there…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil on the paper mount, recto, b. "New Westminster - 1926/ Esther Wilks &/ Ethel Whitworth"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two women standing in front of the porch of a house numbered 425. Annotations on the album page read: "New Westminster - 1926 / Esther Wilks & Ethel Whitworth." Esther Wilks Dickson and Ethel Whitworth Rogers were teachers at Gilmore Avenue School in Burnaby; the former taught there from 1919 to 1926.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- HV983.70.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1926]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
The 66th May Day Celebration
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription827
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1, 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls each holding a ribbon from the Maypole in her hands, getting ready for the Maypole dance at the May Day Celebration in New Westminster in 1936. Most of the girls are wearing white dresses, some are in a skirt and blouse, and most wear strap shoes. There is a crowd o…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a group of girls each holding a ribbon from the Maypole in her hands, getting ready for the Maypole dance at the May Day Celebration in New Westminster in 1936. Most of the girls are wearing white dresses, some are in a skirt and blouse, and most wear strap shoes. There is a crowd of people gathered behind them to watch the dance. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "The 66th May Day Celebration / New Westminster, B.C., May 1st, 1936 / Photos by the Stride Studios / #28."
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- HV976.143.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 1, 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-27
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- The photographs in the accession HV976.143 are thought to be by the Stride studio, as the donor indicated in her letter that the Stride family were personal friends of her great-aunt and her husband, who resided in Edmonds. She wrote that she received a picture of the New Westminster or Burnaby May Day celebrations each year.
Images
Burnaby Lake line timetable
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [before 1953]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Burnaby Lake line timetable for Sundays, running from Vancouver to Sapperton and New Westminster. Along with the timetable, three tickets and one cash fare receipt, costing 5 cents, were also photographed. Developed in 1910, the Burnaby Lake Line ceased operati…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 25.3 x 20.6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a BC Electric Railway Burnaby Lake line timetable for Sundays, running from Vancouver to Sapperton and New Westminster. Along with the timetable, three tickets and one cash fare receipt, costing 5 cents, were also photographed. Developed in 1910, the Burnaby Lake Line ceased operation in 1953.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [before 1953]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- For an earlier donation made by the same donor in regards to BCER tram, see accession HV972.202.
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- For reference, check History of Regional Transit in Vancouver, at
Images
Tram no. 1232 at New Westminster
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1222
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- January 1955
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1232 at New Westminster.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 10 x 14.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company tram no. 1232 at New Westminster.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV992.23.15
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- January 1955
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Webster, Robert D. "Bob"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note on verso of photograph reads: "BCER 1232/ N.W. 1/55"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "BOB WEBSTER/ 9068 - 146th STREET/ SURREY, B.C. CANADA/ 584-9495 V3R 3S8/ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY"
Images
Catherine Rumble
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2631
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1910] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Catherine Lawson Rumble, wife of John Rumble standing on the front porch of the Rumble family home in New Westminster.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Catherine Lawson Rumble, wife of John Rumble standing on the front porch of the Rumble family home in New Westminster.
- Names
- Rumble, Catherine Lawson
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV004.115.5
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- [1910] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Francis Rumble with Katherine and Sidney Cumbers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2632
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- June 30, 1954 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Katherine Ann Rumble Cumbers and Sidney Cumbers on their wedding day with Katherine's mother, Francis Rumble.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Katherine Ann Rumble Cumbers and Sidney Cumbers on their wedding day with Katherine's mother, Francis Rumble.
- Subjects
- Ceremonies - Weddings
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV004.115.14
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- June 30, 1954 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
John Alfred Rumble
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2653
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1916 (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Alfred Rumble sitting on the hood of the Model Grocery delivery truck, in front of the Rumble family home on Henley Street in New Westminster. John has come home for lunch.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 300 ppi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Alfred Rumble sitting on the hood of the Model Grocery delivery truck, in front of the Rumble family home on Henley Street in New Westminster. John has come home for lunch.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Trucks
- Names
- Rumble, John Alfred Jr.
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
- Accession Code
- BV004.115.28
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1916 (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph