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- Academic Disciplines 3
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brooch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact81107
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV009.18.15
- Description
- Female portrait cameo carved in red background. Mounted in a metal ring with a pin back and a loop at the top. May be worn as a pin or on a chain.
- Marks/Labels
- "800" hallmark stamped on silver mount.
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Jewelry
Images
catalogue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact18690
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV992.4.1
- Description
- E.G. Rideout & Co. - Catalogue Booklet -- [1879?]. Catalogue produced by E.G. Rideout and Company in New York. The catalogue is staple bound although there are pages falling out of the booklet. The company advertises Swiss and American Watches for ladies and men, notions, combs, brooches, etc. Along with prices guides for the products. The booklet measures 21cm x 27cm.
- Maker
- E. G. Rideout & Co
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- New York
Images
fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38055
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.31.166
- Description
- Podmore's Ice Cream - Advertisement -- [1912]. Advertising fan for Podmore's Ice Cream in Edmonton. One side of the fan states "Podmore's Ice Cream/ Slips On The Plate/ All Flavors and Bricks/ Edmonton". On the other side is an illustration of a woman in a green winter coat and hat holding a branch of holly in one hand and a snow ball in the other. The illustration is titled "212 - Aiming High" and was produced by The American Art Works in Coshocton, Ohio in 1912. The bottom of the fan has a spot where a handle would be attached. The fan measures 22cm x 23cm.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Colour
- Beige
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fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88761
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- LHV974.8.2
- Description
- Fan, silk and lace; hand-painted.
- The fant contains 22 wooden reibs, flat on the back side, somewhat rounded on the front side. Each is panted a bronze colour. The buttom of the ribs are all secured together by means of a brass pin which passed through each one.
- Attached to this pin is a brass hook. the fan itself consists of a piece of brown sheer silk approximately 16.5 cm wise, edged along the top with a piece of brown machine made lace with a scalloped top border. The lace is approximately 5 cm wide. The lace is sewn to the silk. The silk is secured to each rib along their etire common surface by means of glue.
- The face of the fan when unfurled is painted in a very delicate spray of snowdrops and forget-me-nots. This painting appears to be done by hand.
- Object History
- Bessie Choate was the Secretary of the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Fan, Hand
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Names
- Choate, Bessie Perley
Images
fan
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91699
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.4.1
- Description
- Pakhi is a hand held fan. Tha fan has a pole like centre where a paddle is attached and swings freely around the pole. The bottom of the pole has a handle, and the top of the pole is painted fuchsia pink.
- The paddle part of the fan is made of brown and green plasticized strips woven into a diamond pattern. The edge of the paddle is covered in a pleated white fabric trim.
- Object History
- These are items that belonged to the donors as household items in their home in Burnaby between 1976 and 2023.
- Pakhi was made by donor before immigrating to Canada.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Fan, Hand
Images
Flora Bell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1952
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1960
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Flora Bell.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.5 x 5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Flora Bell.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Names
- Bell, Flora
- Accession Code
- BV005.69.2
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1960
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 11-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "PLEASE RETURN TO:/ May Long/ 14428 - 18A Ave/ White Rock BC/ V4A 8S6", b. "~1960/ MRS. FLORA BELL"
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hair brush
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17379
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV979.50.6
- Description
- Hair brush, wooden back and handle; back has raised spine down middle, hollow either side; light wood with dark patches; nine white inlaid dots at one end of handle; "WARRANTED SECURE SOLID BACK"; short stiff bristles, blond
- Object History
- This item belonged to the owner of Stewart's Cartage & Fuel Supply (1910-1978) on 3870 East Hastings and lived at 3902 Albert Street, Burnaby. He was involved in local politics in Burnaby North, as well as the North Burnaby Board of Trade and the Joint Community Ratepayers Association.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hair Care Artifacts
- Object Term
- Hairbrush
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
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handbag; purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact28066
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.13.2
- Description
- Handbag, natural linen; floral design embroidered in red, blue yellow and green wool; round wooden handles.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
handbag; purse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35485
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.44.1
- Description
- Handbag, black, sequinned and beaded; has French ivory frame with push button closure; black braid handle; some sequins chipped, some missing; inside trim is loose at one side
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
Images
Household trinkets and jewelry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription70269
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with household trinkets and jewelry at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor in a BC Lions baseball cap is sitting behind the table.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Bill Jeffries fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w negative ; 35 mm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 528-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2011-01
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a table filled with household trinkets and jewelry at the Lougheed Drive-in swap meet in the summer of 1978. An unidentified vendor in a BC Lions baseball cap is sitting behind the table.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Jeffries, Bill
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Geographic Access
- Lougheed Highway
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- West Central Valley Area
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jewellery box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26932
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.63.35
- Description
- Box, for jewellery, wooden, with blue silk inside top and floral design on top; with drawer containing five compartments
- Object History
- Thi box belonged to a family who settled in Burnaby at 6611 Marlborough Avenue, Burnaby.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear
- Object Term
- Box, Jewelry
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
Images
key ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41404
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.182
- Description
- Key ring with chain; gold-coloured; circular; one face has image of Golden Gate Bridge, water and sun in centre; writing embossed around edge; second face has an aerial shot of the San Francisco Bay including airplane, island, boats, city, moutains, bridge and sun with rays.
- Marks/Labels
- "GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION", embossed along edge of one face "1939", embossed in centre of one face "PAT./ D.110016", small lettering, embossed at bottom centre of one face, between 'Golden' and 'Exposition' "SAN FRANCISCO / BAY", embossed in centre of one face "TREASURE ISLAND", embossed in top centre of second face
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
Images
key ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact80115
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.19.15
- Description
- "U" shaped metal bar with ends flattened. One has a rivet serving as a pivot point for a second bar that closes the ring and can be secured with a small padlock. Building keys may be slipped on the second bar and secured by closing the ring.
- Object History
- This ring was used by Melville Thomson to hold the keys for the various properties his company owned in the Greater Vancouver area, including Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
Images
key ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact80116
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.19.16
- Description
- "U" shaped metal bar with ends flattened. One has a rivet serving as a pivot point for a second bar that closes the ring and can be secured with a small padlock. Building keys may be slipped on the second bar and secured by closing the ring.
- Object History
- This ring was used by Melville Thomson to hold the keys for the various properties his company owned in the Greater Vancouver area, including Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
Images
key ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact80117
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.19.17
- Description
- "U" shaped metal bar with ends flattened. One has a rivet serving as a pivot point for a second bar that closes the ring and can be secured with a small padlock. Building keys may be slipped on the second bar and secured by closing the ring.
- Object History
- This ring was used by Melville Thomson to hold the keys for the various properties his company owned in the Greater Vancouver area, including Burnaby.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
Images
Lorraine Murison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45842
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison with a large broach pinned to the collar of her shirt. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, her surname is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-736
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison with a large broach pinned to the collar of her shirt. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, her surname is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Lorraine Murison
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription45843
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1958, published July 8, 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison with a large broach pinned to the collar of her shirt. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, her surname is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- July 1958, published July 8, 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Columbian Newspaper collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 13.5 x 9.5 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 480-737
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2003-02
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Columbian newspaper fashion columnist Lorraine Murison with a large broach pinned to the collar of her shirt. (According to newspaper articles that accompany this photograph, her surname is sometimes spelt Muirson, and sometimes Murison).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- King, Basil
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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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
medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29762
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.68.28
- Description
- Rectangular green cardboard box. Has advertising on sides
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Toilet Articles - - Hygiene Artifacts
- Marks/Labels
- "IDEAL FOR THE BATH / GLYCERINE- / PUMICE / SOAP". Bottom says "CONTAINS THE BEST ELEMENTS OF GLYCERINE AND PUMICE" in yellow writing.
- Measurements
- 2.5 cm height x 6.0 cm width x 9.5 length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
opium pipe
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12665
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4206.1
- Description
- Pipe, bamboo, Chinese. There is a small hole at the bottom and a small piece of bamboo coming out of the pipe near the middle.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Smoking & Recreational Drug Equipment
- Measurements
- 60 cm length x 5 cm diameter
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Persons - Chinese Canadians