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- Academic Disciplines 3
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- Advertising Medium - Poster 18
observation car ticket
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact7172
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.441.3
- Description
- Seeing Vancouver, B.C. - Ticket Receipt -- 195-?]. Cash Fare Receipt for the B.C. Electric Observation Car. The receipt has a light blue background with a photograph of a Vancouver park and a cut out image of Conductor Teddy Lyons head. The receipt is number 19233. The bottom part of the ticket has been punched on August 14th at 11 a.m. The back side gives suggestions on sightseeing day trips on Street Cars and Interurban Trains within Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
- Object History
- May have come to BVM via Vancouver Museum [see Accession Register].
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
- Transportation
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
Images
receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11378
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3306.1
- Description
- David Spencer Limited - Receipt. Receipt issued by David Spencer Limited to Mm E A. Goodwin. The Receipt is in poor condition with sections missing and overall disintegration. The colour of the paper has darkened to a light brown. There is a serial number stamped in red on the receipt which is "61301-39". The receipt is 9.5cm x 11.5cm
- Object History
- Receipt belonging to Emma Augusta Goodwin of 4485 West 7th Avenue, Vancouver. Emma was born in 1888 in the United States to German born parents, William Baine (Brune?) and Louise Shibbe. She married Ray Starr Goodwin, a dentist. She died in 1947.
Images
pendant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11409
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3323.1
- Description
- Pendant, small brass ring with picture on each side and glass in front. Portrait of Queen Victoria as a young woman on one side and older on other side. Small loop for hanging. Portraits are in sepia tones.
Images
notice
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact12811
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4323.1
- Description
- Officers' Mess - Receipt -- [191-]. RAF receipt for the Officers' Mess for A Simpson. Simpson was owing for the Messing Subscription and the Sports Subscription. Total owing was 3s 9d. The receipt was signed by W. Warren for Mess President. The receipt is 17.5cm x 10.8cm.
Images
receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17836
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.17.5
- Description
- Used Machine Bill of Sale - Receipt -- [1929]. Receipt for the selling of a White Sewing machine from Mrs. McNair to the Singer Sewing Machine Company in exchange for money towards a new Singer Sewing Machine. The company paid $45 for the machine on August 27th, 1929. The receipt states that all ownership of the machine was transfered to the Singer Sewing Machine Company. J. Blackman signed as a witness to the transfer. The receipt was printed in 1927.
- Object History
- Sewing machine receipt for Mary Vida McNair (nee McMillan). Mary was born on April 11 1892 in Vancouver to John McMillan and Elisabeth Morton. She married Thomas Seaborn McNair in 1917. Thomas ran Edwards, McNair and Russell in Vancouver.
Images
receipt, bill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17838
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.17.7
- Description
- Hudson's Bay Company - Bill and Receipt -- [1924]. Bill and receipt for Mr. T.S. McNair from the Hudson's Bay Company Retail Branch, for 16 1/4 yards of Linoleum flooring and laying. The bill was issued October 27th, 1927 with a total bill of $33.30. Mr. McNair paid the bill in full on October 31, 1924 and was issued a receipt from the Hudson's Bay Company. The receipt has been stapled to the bill with a postage stamp.
- Object History
- Bill and receipt belonging to Thomas Seaborn McNair, who was born on May 15 1888 to Francis McNair and Elizabeth Taylor. He worked as an accountant and estate agent. He married Mary Vida McMillan in 1917. Thomas ran Edwards, McNair and Russell in Vancouver (presumably an accounting firm). Thomas McNair died in 1982.
Images
receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17840
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.17.9
- Description
- The Vancouver City Young Men's Christian Association - Receipt -- [1915]. Receipt issued to Thomas McNair from the Vancouver City YMCA for $8.00 for a one week men's camp. The receipt was issued July 22nd, 1915.
- Object History
- Receipt belonging to Thomas Seaborn McNair, who was born on May 15 1888 to Francis McNair and Elizabeth Taylor. He worked as an accountant and estate agent. He married Mary Vida McMillan in 1917. Thomas ran Edwards, McNair and Russell in Vancouver (presumably an accounting firm). Thomas McNair died in 1982.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
- Organizations - Men's Societies and Clubs
Images
receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact17841
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV978.17.10
- Description
- Canadian Patriotic Fund - Receipt -- [1916]. Receipt for Thos S McNair from the Canadian Patriotic Fund, Vancouver Branch. Mr. McNair had contributed $5.00 to the organization on January 27, 1916.
- Object History
- The Canadian Patriotic Fund was an organization that operated during the First World War that fund-raised to provide grants to wives and dependents of soldiers. The organization provided pensions to widows and fallen soldier dependents until pensions were assumed by the Federal Government in 1916. Receipt belonging to Thomas Seaborn McNair, who was born on May 15 1888 to Francis McNair and Elizabeth Taylor. He worked as an accountant and estate agent. He married Mary Vida McMillan in 1917. Thomas ran Edwards, McNair and Russell in Vancouver (presumably an accounting firm). Thomas McNair died in 1982.
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
receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5294.1
- Description
- Whitechurch Hardware - Receipt -- [1968]. Handbill for Whitechurch Hardware Store at 7665 6th Street in Burnaby. The receipt was for January 11th, 1968. The total owing was $4.71 and it was paid in cash. The receipt was number 30 within the series.
- Object History
- William and Flora Bell built this dry goods store on Sixth Street in East Burnaby circa 1918. This street was a small commercial district that served residents located along the streetcar line between New Westminster and Edmonds. This store also served as the location of East Burnaby Post Office, one of many subpost offices located throughout the municipality during its early days. This building remains as one of South Burnaby's few surviving early commercial buildings and features a "false front" and recessed main entrance. The building was later sold to Maurice and Mildred Whitechurch, who ran it for many years as a hardware store named Whitechurch Hardware Store. In 1974 the building was moved to the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41023
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.35.2
- Description
- Receipt for payment of paperweight BV000.35.1. Yellow paper with logo in upper left corner. paperweight commemorates wedding of Prince and Princess of Wales.
- Object History
- The wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales on 29 July 1981 was billed as a "fairytale wedding" watched by a global television audience of 750 million.
- Marks/Labels
- "Montague BRIDGMAN LTD." "China" "Crystal" "Gifts" "650 Fort Street, Victoria - Phone (604) 383-0821" "MAILING ADDRESS" "P.O. Box 901, Station E, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8W 2R9" in the upper right. "PURCHASED BY" "Visa ..." "M.C. Harris" "DATE" "Aug 22/81" "DESCRIPTION" "Selkirk 1 R.W. Bubble 70-" "TOTAL" "74.20" "No.30153".
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
Images
ring
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48591
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.35.18
- Description
- Ring, high school; yellow, gold, maroon, black; writing in three black bars across front yellow panel; maroon and gold geometric shapes fan out behind it; some chips and discolouration.
- Object History
- Burnaby South High School was renamed Hugh M. Fraser High in 1941?, but was changed back to the original name a short time later. Hugh M. Fraser was appointed commissioner of the municipality of Burnaby when it was forced into receivership and at the end of 1932, after a dispute with the Provincial government about relief payments for the unemployed. A Provincial Commission stepped in to take over the governance of the city, under Hugh M. Fraser.
- Marks/Labels
- "HUGH M. / FRASER / HIGH", gold letters in three black bars across front panel
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
Images
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
receipts
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87987
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5149.11
- Description
- receipts; Tranquille Sanatorium [1923 to 1925]. Receipts for George Perry from the Tranquille Sanatorium in Kamloops, British Columbia. There are fifteen receipts pinned together ranging in date from November 1923 to July 1925.
- Object History
- From John Edward Perry, son of George Douglas Perry (1891-1979) and Katie Rist (1893-1979), who lived on Frederick Avenue in Burnaby. George Perry was a patient of the Tranquille Sanatorium when it was a tuberculosis hospital.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87988
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5149.12
- Description
- booklet; ration book [194-]. Ration book 4 for Gertrude Mary Kendall of 4140 Yale Street, Vancouver [Burnaby].
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
Images
pamphlet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87989
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5149.13
- Description
- pamphlet; for Sunset fabric dye titled "THE / SEASON'S COLORS / SPRING AND SUMMER / 1925". The pamphlet lists the popular colors of the seasons and which dyes and measurements would be needed to create the colors. Inside the pamphlet are more colours that can be created with Sunset dyes. The back of the pamphlet is stamped with "WOODWARDS LTD. / Drug Dept."
- Measurements
- 8 cm x 16 cm
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
Images
envelope
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87990
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5149.14
- Description
- envelope; Jubilee Drug Store [192-?]. Film developing envelope from the Jubilee Drug Store. The envelope is made out to Miss. Perry for one roll of film to be developed in glossy prints. Printed text in black ink on back of envelope reads: "$1.00 / MAKES YOU A MEMBER / of our / LENDING LIBRARY / Change of Book 10c. / LARGE SELECTION OF BOOKS".
- Object History
- From John Edward Perry, son of George Douglas Perry (1891-1979) and Katie Rist (1893-1979), who lived on Frederick Avenue in Burnaby.
- Measurements
- 16 cm x 11 cm
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
Images
![Woman wearing jewelry, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5886_0001_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman wearing jewelry
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1510
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14 x 18.5 cm
- Material Details
- printed on the card mount, recto, l.r. "Steele & Co./ LTD/ Winnipeg & Calgary"
- The photograph is printed in an oval shape, and mounted on a card supplied by the photo studio. There are scribbles on verso of cardboard.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph is a studio portrait of an unidentified young woman with her curly hair put up and decorated with a round hair pin in the front. She is wearing a white blouse with high neck, and is wearing a brooch shaped like a tuning fork or a wishbone and has a pendent around her neck.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Clothing
- Accession Code
- BV985.5886.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [between 1880 and 1895]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-27
- Photographer
- Steele & Co.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Woman wearing jewelry, [between 1880 and 1895] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1985/1985_5886_0001_001.jpg)
![Woman with glasses on her dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0156_001.jpg?width=280)
Woman with glasses on her dress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription416
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [189-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 15.24 x 20.32 cm oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hangi…
- 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 oval mounted on matt 20 x 15 cm
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil on the card mount, verso, u.l. "2144 Osler"
- Photograph is cut into an oval shape and mounted on a thick brown card
- Card is stained throughout
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman taken in a photographic studio. She has grey hair that is tied back, and wears turn of the century period dress, dark coloured with pleats on the chest and lace trimming at the neck. She has a brooch at her neck, and on her right chest, there is her glasses hanging by a clip or a pin. She is wearing chains or rosary around her neck.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Jewelry
- Accession Code
- HV983.42.156
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [189-]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-12-05
Images
![Woman with glasses on her dress, [189-] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1983/1983_0042_0156_001.jpg)
![Young woman wearing a pendant, [1923] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1984/1984_0051_0047_001.jpg?width=280)
Young woman wearing a pendant
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription265
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1923]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.0 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unidentified young woman with short dark hair taken in a photographic studio. She is wearing a dress with vertical stripes, and has a pendant around her neck. There appears to be a faint outline of a face depicted in the pendant. An annotation on the back of the photogr…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.0 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of an unidentified young woman with short dark hair taken in a photographic studio. She is wearing a dress with vertical stripes, and has a pendant around her neck. There appears to be a faint outline of a face depicted in the pendant. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads: "2/23."
- Accession Code
- HV984.51.47
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1923]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-10-10
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
![Young woman wearing a pendant, [1923] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Images/1984/1984_0051_0047_001.jpg)