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baking powder canister
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact76725
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.78.108
- Description
- canister, metal, round with lid; red, blue, white, black; picture of blue bow; surface scratches, rust; some powder residue inside; paper remnants around top edge; with lid, has metal deterioration on top
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Marks/Labels
- "3 Lbs. Net" "Blue Ribbon" "Trade Mark""Registered" "Baking Powder" "Pure & Wholesome"; on back, "Directions"; three recipes follow, repeat in French; "Blue Ribbon Limited" "Winnipeg Toronto Vancouver"
- Maker
- Blue Ribbon Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91127
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.44.9
- Description
- booklet; glossy cardstock cover in black; stapled binding; pages within numbered 1-16; index on verso of front cover; title in green ink reads: "magnificent / VANCOUVER" with photo montage of six photographs in grid below including view of downtown Vancouver, north shore mountains and Museum of Vancouver and Planetarium; Grouse Mountain gondala; Heritage Village Museum; Capilano Suspension Bridge; totem pole at University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology and Park and Tilford Gardens. Page 16 includes map with locations of these sites. Verso of back cover includes contact information for various sites.
- Object History
- Brochure of tourist sites in and around Vancouver including Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) on pages 14-15. Collected by Century Park Museum Association and Heritage Village as part of their promotional materials.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Pamphlet
- Measurements
- w: 18 cm h: 21.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Magnificent Vancouver
- Publication Date
- [1979]
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91128
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.44.11
- Description
- guide booklet; glossy cover in black with colour photographs; stapled binding; pages within numbered 2-15 include colour photographs and maps. Front cover title reads "Burnaby / & surrounding area. / BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA" with a Canadian flag to the left of title and a grid of five colour photographs below including aerial view of Burnaby looking north from Deer Lake, Simon Fraser University, aerial view of Burnaby Mountain, Heritage Village Museum and a view of people beneath trees in a Burnaby park. Inside cover, page 2, includes "FACTS / ABOUT / BURNABY"; centre page includes map of Burnaby; page 12 includes map of British Columbia and the eastern section of Vancouver Island; page 13 title reads "SUGGESTED / SIDE TRIPS / FROM BURNABY". Back cover of booklet includes colour photograph of Burnaby Art Gallery and brief summary about Burnaby.
- Object History
- Published as a tourist brochure of tourist sites in and around Burnaby including Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) on page 4. Collected by Century Park Museum Association and Heritage Village as part of their promotional materials.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Pamphlet
- Measurements
- 23 cm x 20.5 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Burnaby and surrounding area
- Publication Date
- [1978]
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
Canadian pharmaceutical journal, v. 80, no. 14
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6571
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.108
- Call Number
- 615.1 CAN
- Contributor
- Damude, E. F.
- Place of Publication
- Whitby, Ont.
- Publication Date
- 1947
- Physical Description
- p. 730-782 : ill. ; 30 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Pharmacy
- Periodicals
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Object History
- This item was transferred from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
- Notes
- "E. F. Damude, Editor" --title page
coffee tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact760
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.17.36
- Description
- Coffee tin; front of tin has logo with decorative design, sides of tin have four green tinted photographs of Vancouver and area
- Marks/Labels
- "BRAID'S / GOLDSWORTH / COFFEE", painted "ONE POUND" (small), painted "FULL WEIGHT" (small), printed "W.BRAID & CO.", printed "VANCOUVER, CAN.", printed "CPR DOCKS / VANCOUVER BC", printed as photograph caption "THE BAND (?) BLOCK / VANCOUVER BC", printed as photograph caption
- Maker
- W. Braid & Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
delegate ribbon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact28299
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.26.149
- Description
- Ribbon; cream, blue; image of beaver and log with leaves at top; two horizontal bars with wavey line pattern above and below blue writing; in centre of ribbon is logo
- Marks/Labels
- "5th / Annual / Convention", in blue thread on top of ribbon "...of...(small) British / Columbia", in blue thread in middle of ribbon "Vancouver, B.C. / July 26-28, 1898", in blue thread on bottom of ribbon
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
delegate's ribbon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact78608
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.161.27
- Description
- The delegate's ribbon is for the Pacific Logging Congress held in Vancouver, BC, October 6 to 9, 1920. The ribbon is blue-grey with orange text on top half, a circular logo in the middle and text on the bottom half
- Marks/Labels
- "Eleventh Session / PACIFIC LOGGING CONGRESS", orange printing on top half "OREGON WASH IDAHO MONT CAL BC 1909", orange printing around circle on bottom half "P L C", large orange printing in centre of circle located on bottom half "VANCOUVER, B.C. / OCT 6-7-8-9 / 1920", orange printing along bottom
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Industries
- Industries - Forestry
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
envelope
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40250
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5824.1
- Description
- Bishop & Christie Limited - Envelope -- [1921]. Small brown envelope from Bishop & Christie Limited, the "Kodak House". Bishop & Christie provides Kodak supplies, developing, printing and enlarging pictures and framing. Bishops & Christie was located at 421 Granville Street in Vancouver. The envelope opens up like a folder and has a pocket on each side, potentially for photographs.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
ink blotter advertisement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40598
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5916.1
- Description
- Anaconda Brass Pipe - Advertisement Ink Blotter. Advertisment card for Anaconda Brass Pipe and P.D. Pugh on 16 W. 4 Ave, Vancouver B.C. The front of the card has photograph of a woman and child with a man in a bathroom looking at pipes. There is a caption at the top of the card "Avoid This with Water Pipes of Rustless Brass". The card provides a product description below the caption. The reverse side of the card has blue construction paper which has been used as an ink blotter. The card was printed in Canada and measures 15cm x 8.5cm.
- Subjects
- Advertising Medium
- Advertising Medium - Business Cards
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
invalid feeding cup
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact31148
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.34.51
- Description
- invalid feeding cup; white ceramic feeding cup with handle at back and and teapot-style spout at front. Logo of white cross inside red circle and outlined in black is printed on front.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Logo of white cross inside red circle and outlined in black is printed on front. "Made in Germany" printed on bottom in green.
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11367
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3298.1
- Description
- Pin; green, cream, blue, yellow; cream pin in tringular banner shape has blue writing embossed reading "VANCOUVER". It is attached to a green velvet bow; Five embroidered cream flowers with yellow centres (like daisies) hang from the bow, each attached to bow with greeen cord.
- Marks/Labels
- "VANCOUVER", embossed in blue in banner at top
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
lapel pin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11405
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3319.1
- Description
- Pin; brass, yellow; brass frame of pin in oval shaped and has decorative, twisting motif at top centre and bottom centre; inside frame is drawing of mountains, water clouds and shining sun; lettering reading "VANCOUVER" is reflected in water
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts
- Object Term
- Souvenir
- Marks/Labels
- "VANCOUVER", half white and half black lettering printed along pin "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO / NEWARK, N.J.", engraved on rear
- Measurements
- L: 5.1 cm x W: 2.9 cm
- Maker
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New Jersey
- Site/City Made
- Newark
- Subjects
- Adornment
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
lard tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact41438
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.212
- Description
- Lard tin of Burns and Co., White Carnation Brand, lard. The container is cylindrical, metal with a lid; It is red with green writing and white accents. The image of a caranation flower is on the side of the tin. It has a wire, bail style, handle. The lid is stuck fast. It has slight rust and the writing is faded
- Object History
- P Burns and Company was a successful western Canada industrial and retail company. Patrick Burns was born in Ontario, and spent his early years driving cattle and ranching in Winnipeg. The expansion of the railway drew him further west and in 1890 he established an abbatoir in Calgary and further expanded into BC in 1895. The P.Burns and Company Butcher Shop still exists today as a heritage site in Port Moody. (From City of Port Moody website; more information available.)
- Marks/Labels
- "Burns White Carnation Brand Lard Compound" "P. Burns & Co. Limited" "Calgary Vancouver Edmonton"
- Country Made
- Canada
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
map
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91126
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.44.10
- Description
- map brochure; cover on one side reads "VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA / CANADA / VISITORS / GUIDE / AND MAP" and the other side reads: "GREATER VANCOUVER / CANADA / MOTEL / HOTEL / GUIDE / TRAVEL BY THE DOGOOD'" and includes the logo for "British Columbia / Motels & Resorts / Trailer Parks / Association" with dogwood in centre. One side of fold-out includes map titled "Guide Map of Greater Vancouver / Woodwards" and includes inset map of Downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park and inset map of Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley Vancouver and Vicinity along with a list of Greater Vanouver Area Motels and Hotels. The other side of the fold-out includes colour adds for tourist sites and amenities in Greater Vancouver including Capilano Suspension bridge; Heritage Village, Burnaby, B.C.; MacMillan Planetarium; Bloedel Conservatory; Grouse Mountain; Gastown; The Ship of the Seven Seas restaurant and Woodwards stores and shopping centres. Map was published in the public interest by Woodward's (Lower Mainland) department stores; B.C. Motels and Resorts Association Branch "C" whose members appear on the map inside.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Graphic Documents
- Object Term
- Cartograph, Map
- Measurements
- 45.5 x 70 cm folded to 22.5 x 10 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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Mathison the printer : special issue Vancouver's first printer, Amphora, no. 150
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5936
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- ISBN
- 0003200X
- Call Number
- 686 MAT
- Contributor
- Milroy, Rollin
- Pauls, Naomi
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, B.C.]
- Publisher
- Alcuin Society
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Printer
- Still Creek Press
- Physical Description
- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Printing--History
- Printing
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- "Robert Mathison Jr's 'Tasty Printing' by Stephen Lunsford, page 3 . . . .'Yesterday's Paper' by John S. Keenlyside, Page 18"
- "A unique collection of material from Vancouver's first job printer records the hopes, prejudices and routine business of a bygone era."
- Contributor: Rollin Milroy - editor Naomi Pauls - copy editor
medal; tag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact11363
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3294.1
- Description
- Medallion with ribbon; red, cream, silver metal; ribbon is divided into two lenghwise strips, left half is red and right half is cream; ribbon has silver writing on it; metal medallion is wavy circular form with cream button in centre, the centre of the button had red logo.
- Marks/Labels
- "B.C. / C.E. CONVENTION", in silver lettering on ribbon "VANCOUVER BC", in silver lettering on ribbon "SEPT 2-7, 1908", in silver lettering on ribbon "TRADE MARK REGISTERED", in small red printing on metal medallion "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. / NEWARK, N.J. / PAT. APPLIED FOR", embossed on rear of medallion " [illegible] / NEWARK NEW JERSEY" in silver lettering on top of ribbon on rear
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New Jersey
- Site/City Made
- Newark
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact22771
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.148.32
- Description
- Clear glass stopper bottle, with rectangular base, with no stopper. White and orange, rectangular paper label is attached to the front, commerically printed, with black and white text. The bottle contains dark residue on the interior sides of the bottle, especially bottom right corner and the neck of the bottle, and small, loose pieces of material at the bottom. Discoloured, rectangular cardboard box, torn at top and missing top flap. The box is labelled on all four long faces with black and white, commerically printed text. It contains a clear glass bottle, described above, and an orange-pink sheet of instructions.
- Object History
- This item originates from the National Drug Company.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "Shake the Bottle / ASPROLAX / TRADE MARK / 2 GRAINS ANTIPYRENE / 2 MINIMS TINCTURE BELLADONNA / LEAVES PER MAXIMUM DOSE / FOR COLDS, CORYZAm COUGHS, / AND LaGRIPPE, DUE TO COLDS" printed at top of paper label on bottle in black, "ASPROLAX" printed in white with black outline. Below, directions for use are printed, for adults and children, as well as the information about the distributor and patent in black text. Partial piece of paper label attached to back of bottle, orange in colour. "[ill.] / for / COLDS / and COUGHS / La GRIPPE / or Bronchitis / due to colds / Delightful to take and / leaves no unpleasant / afer effects. Child- / ren take it readily / ANTIPYRETIC / LAXATIVE" printed centrally in black and white on front paper label on box. Followed by information about the distributor and patent, below. Left and back side of box feature instructions for use, in German, French, Spanish, Bohemian, and Swedish. Right side of box describes the uses and effects of the patent medicine.
- Measurements
- Bottle: 3.8 cm height x 6 cm width x 14.5 cm length Box: 4.3 cm height x 6.4 cm width x 15 cm length
- Maker
- Tanlac Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Quebec
- Site/City Made
- Montreal
- Names
- National Drug Company
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30759
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.1
- Description
- Empty round amber glass bottle without stopper. Commercial paper label with typed list of ingredients for chocolate-coated compressed tablets. Splash of white paint on bottom front of the bottle.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Commercial paper label "COMPRESSED TABLETS / CHOCOLATE-COATED / In re-ordering please refer to this Record number. / Record No. S/23224 Quantity 5,000 / EACH REPRESENTS: / Podophyllum Resin 1/20 gr. / Po. Acetanilide 1 1/2 gr. / Quinine Sulphate 1/2 gr. / Po. Camphor 1/8 gr. / Aloin 1/20 gr. / Oleoresin Capiscum 1/40 gr. / Caffeine Citrate 1/8 gr. / KEEP IN A DRY PLACE. / FROM THE SPECIAL FORMULA / DEPARTMENT OF / PARKE, DAVIS & CO., / Manufacturing Chemists, WALKERVILLE, ONT." Quantity appears to be handwritten, while Record No. and ingredients are typewritten.
- Maker
- Parke, Davis & Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Walkerville
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30761
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.3
- Description
- "PEACOCK'S BROMIDES". 8 fluid ounce round clear glass bottle with cork stopper and trace contents. Raised glass lettering on top of bottle "PEACOCK CHEM CO". Commercial paper label "CONTENTS-EIGHT FLUID OUNCES / PEACOCK'S / [crest] / BROMIDES / TRADE MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. / CONTAINS 6 % ALCOHOL / OD PEACOCK SULTAN CO. / ST. LOUIS, MO., U. S. A. / Each fluid drachm contains fifteen / grains of the combined bromides of / potassium, sodium, ammonium, cal- / cium and lithium."
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Commercial paper label "CONTENTS-EIGHT FLUID OUNCES / PEACOCK'S / [crest] / BROMIDES / TRADE MARK REG. U. S. PAT. OFF. / CONTAINS 6 % ALCOHOL / OD PEACOCK SULTAN CO. / ST. LOUIS, MO., U. S. A. / Each fluid drachm contains fifteen / grains of the combined bromides of / potassium, sodium, ammonium, cal- / cium and lithium."
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Missouri
- Site/City Made
- St. Louis
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact31177
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.34.80
- Description
- "WITCH HAZEL" 4 ounce clear round bottle with white metal screw cap. Three-quarters full of clear liquid. Commercial paper label indicating product as "DICKINSON'S / [company logo] / WITCH HAZEL / ALCOHOL 14% ABSOLUTE / [indications for use] / BOTTLED BY / THE T. EATON CO LIMITED". Black and white lettering with yellow company logo.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Commercial paper label indicating product as "DICKINSON'S / [company logo] / WITCH HAZEL / ALCOHOL 14% ABSOLUTE / [indications for use] / BOTTLED BY / THE T. EATON CO LIMITED".
- Measurements
- 11.2 cm height x 4.5 cm diameter
- Maker
- T. Eaton Company Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact72
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.161.5
- Description
- Clear glass bottle with ground glass stopper. 2/3 full with a white powder and a hand-written paper label. 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 Peter's United Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- White paper label with hand-written black text that reads "Milk Sugar"
- Names
- Peter's United Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2517
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.157.24
- 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. Empty glass bottle with a glass stopper and LUG (label under glass). Bottle has rounded base.
- Object History
- This bottle was transferred fromthe Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label marked "MIST. / SENNAE CO." Black text on white label with gold, red and black trim.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2536
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.159.4
- 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 with gold painted label with black and red strips on sides and bottom of label. Black lettering indicating contents as "TR: STROPHAN". Addtional paper labels affixed to front of bottle: one on top of painted label indicating "Strophan" the other on bottom of painted label indicating "POISON". Bottle is nine-tenths full with light amber liquid and apparent white percipitate on the bottom.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Viaduct Drug Store in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Gold painted label with black and red strips on sides and bottom of label. Black lettering indicating contents as "TR: STROPHAN". Addtional paper labels affixed to front of bottle: one on top of painted label indicating "Strophan" the other on bottom of painted label indicating "POISON".
- Names
- Viaduct Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2537
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.159.5
- 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. Empty clear glass bottle with glass stopper and painted label. Bottle has a round base.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Viaduct Drug Store in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Reads "TR.ACONITE". Black text on a gold label underlined with a red and a black stripe. Commercially painted label. Handwritten text is partially printed on a separate label just above the main label.
- Names
- Viaduct Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2538
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.159.6
- 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. Glass bottle with glass stopper. Clear liquid with black bits 1/3 of the bottle
- Object History
- This item originates from the Viaduct Drug Store in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- :_IQ ARSEN:" gold coloured painted label with black letters
- Names
- Viaduct Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2540
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.159.8
- 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 with gold painted label with black and red strips on sides and bottom of label. Black lettering indicating contents as "TR: LAVAND: CO." Brown trace residue on bottom two-thirds of bottle.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Viaduct Drug Store in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Gold painted label with black and red strips on sides and bottom of label. Black lettering indicating contents as "TR: LAVAND: CO." Brown trace residue on bottom two-thirds of bottle.
- Names
- Viaduct Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3402
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.11
- 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. Empty glass bottle with flat glass stopper and LUG (label under glass). Bottle has rounded base.
- Object History
- This item was transferred from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label marked "CROCUS / STIG." Black text on white label with gold trim. Crest shaped label.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Images
pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30584
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.140.13
- 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. Rectangular amber glass (brown) battle with black plastic screw-top lid. Contains dried, stick-like material. Commercial paper label from Royal Drug Store indicating contents in type-written uppercase as "SARSAPARILLA ROOT".
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Commercial paper label from Royal Drug Store indicating contents in type-written uppercase as "SARSAPARILLA ROOT".
- Measurements
- 13.75 cm height x 4 cm width x 6 cm depth
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30764
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.6
- 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. Large wide-mouthed amber glass (brown) bottle with brown plastic lid, three-quarters full with white powder. Paper commercial label with markings: "[company logo] / MANUFACTURED BY / HOWARDS & SONS LTD. / ILFORD NEAR LONDON. / MAGNES. OXID. POND. P.B. / (Magnesia Ponderosa) / HOWARDS SPECIAL / 1-lb / Printed in England". Black and white label with contents labelled in red.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Paper commercial label with markings: "[company logo] / MANUFACTURED BY / HOWARDS & SONS LTD. / ILFORD NEAR LONDON. / MAGNES. OXID. POND. P.B. / (Magnesia Ponderosa) / HOWARDS SPECIAL / 1-lb / Printed in England". Black and white label with contents labelled in red.
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30766
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.8
- 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 bottle with glass stopper and LUG (label under glass). Half filled with brown liquid. Bottle has a rounded base.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Marked "Wyeth's / ELIXIR / GENTIAN" Black text on gold machine printed label under glass. Crest shaped label. Content and dosage info. printed. From John Wyeth & Brother Inc. based in Walkerville, Ontario.
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30780
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.22
- 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. Pale green glass bottle with stopper. Label under glass (LUG). Hand-written label "Spt:Aurant:Co:". Bottle is empty.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label under glass (LUG). Hand-written label "Spt:Aurant:Co:" black ink on brown label trimmed in black.
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30782
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.3.24
- 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. Amber glass stopper bottle. Gold-coloured, shield-shaped label under glass (LUG) indicating contents as "CASCARA / SAGRADA". Bottle is empty.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Gold coloured, shield shaped, commercial, label under glass with "1000 / No C.311 / Wyeth's / CHOCOLATE-COATED TABLET / CASCARA SAGRADA / Powdered Extract / B.P. / 3 GRAINS / DOSE-One or two tablets / as directed. / MADE IN CANADA / JOHN WYETH & BROTHER/INCORPORATED / WALKERVILLE. ONT." In black text.
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pitcher
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact31147
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.34.50
- Description
- pitcher; white enamel pitcher with black handle and black trim around top edge
- Object History
- This item originates from the Cedar Cottage Pharmacy in Vancouver.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 15.0 cm x W: 17.0 cm
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44517
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.34.1
- Description
- Postcard: colour-tinted photo; horizontal; shows row of houses at left, road with wooden forms? either side, row of newly planted trees staked in grass at right, sidewalks; in red at top left, "Burnaby Street, Vancouver, B.C."; on reverse in red, "PRIVATE POST CARD"; up left side, "Published by Stedman Bros. Ltd., Brantford, Canada. Made in Germany."; line across card and line down centre; at left, "THIS SPACE MAY BE USED FOR CORRESPONDENCE", at right, "THIS SPACE IS FOR ADDRESS ONLY"; outline of rectangle at upper right, "1c. CANADA AND UNITED STATES." "2c. FOREIGN."; at lower left corner, "S B 2027"; unused; lightly soiled; wear on corners
- Object History
- Bought from E-Bay as purchase #1093584940.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Maker
- Stedman Bros. Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Manitoba
- Site/City Made
- Brantford
- Title
- Burnaby Street, Vancouver, B.C. S B 2027
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45453
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.26.5
- Description
- Postcard: coloured illustration, horizontal; shows the Burrard Street Bridge with cars crossing it; view appears to be looking north as the Hotel Vancouver can be seen off to the left; in red at top, "Burrard Street Bridge Vancouver, B.C., Canada."; on reverse in black, "POST CARD", line down centre; at left, "Message May Be Written On This Side"; at right, "Address Only On This Side"; up left side, THE COAST PUBLISHING CO., VANCOUVER, B.C."; outline of rectangle at upper right, "PLACE STAMP HERE" "C.P. 157"; unused; discolouration, creases, some wear at corners; NOTE that although the bridge opened in 1932 the postcard appears to have been created at a later date, as the Hotel Vancouver did not open until 1939; hotel is on the east side of Burrard
- Object History
- Purchased from E-Bay, #2163154620.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Maker
- Coast Publishing Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Burrard Street Bridge Vancouver, B.C., Canada C.P. 157
- Publication Date
- [ca. 1940].
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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postcard; advertisement
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact44794
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.46.1
- Description
- Postcard, black and white photo of "Green Gables" drive-in restaurant, half-timbered house; horizontal; white border, wider at sides; on photo at bottom left, "6241 East Hastings Street"; at right, "Vancouver, B.C."; "GREEN GABLES" is on roof; three large menu boards at left, car at extreme left; undated, but probably c. 1940s; on reverse in grey "MADE IN CANADA BY THE GOWEN. SUTTON CO. LTD.. VANCOUVER. B.C." "POSTCARD"; then at left below, "CORRESPONDENCE"; and at right, "ADDRESS"; unused; lightly soiled, creased corner
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Green Gables Drive-In
- Subjects
- Souvenirs
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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postcard; book
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40409
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5850.1
- Description
- Gateway to the Pacific - Souvenir Postcard Booklet -- [195-?]. Souvenir booklet containing an accordion style fold out with pictures of Vancouver landscapes. The landscapes include pictures of Stanley Park, Downtown Vancouver and Capilano Suspension Bridge as a few examples. The front cover has a picture of Downtown Vancouver from the water. The Hotel Vancouver is visible in the picture and there is a large boat called "Empress of Japan" in the harbour. "Vancouver, B.C." is written across the top and "Gateway to the Pacific" is written along the side. The booklet measures 14.5cm x 9.5cm when closed.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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prize ribbon with tag
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90028
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.345
- Description
- prize ribbon with tag; red satin; top is cut on a slant, bottom is notched; stamped in gold ink: "THE / AMERICAN / RHODODENDRON / SOCIETY / VANCOUVER / CANADA / B.C. / CHAPTER / SPECIAL / A W A R D / 1970"; cream paper informational tag indicates that the festival was held Sept. 18 to 20, 1969 (should read 1970), and that award was won by the Girl Guides of Canada - Burnaby Area in the Class P.R.
- Object History
- Letter is a part of scrapbook "Burnaby Girl Guides. -- [1914]-1969, predominant ca. 1920" (BV015.35.164) Note in black ink on scrapbook page reads: "Awards / won by / Burnaby / Brownies & Guides / 1969".
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Symbols - - Achievement Symbols
- Object Term
- Prize
- Measurements
- L: 27.5 cm W:5.0 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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Documents
spice tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25468
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.102
- Description
- A "PURE CLOVES", spice tin; small thin box with label wrapped around it; orange label has blue section in midde which is framed by decorative line design, very centre of label has cream box with lettering inside.
- Object History
- The Woodward's Department Store was first established in Vancouver at the corner of Hastings and Abbott in 1903. For the next nine decades Woodward's was one of Vancouver's major department stores. It was well known for its Christmas displays and the neon “W” on the roof. Woodward's closed its Hastings Street store in 1993. Woodward's was designated a heritage building in November 1996 and the site is currently under development for condominiums. (From the City of Vancouver website, 2008).
- Marks/Labels
- "WOODWARDS" (logo), printed on label "THE BEST FOR LESS" (small), printed on label "SPICE", printed on label "PURE CLOVES / Net Weight. 2 ozs.", printed on label "WOODWARDS / LIMITED / VANCOUVER BC", printed on label [above marks are on both sides of tin] "Woodward's Spices are...select stock", printed on label (on side) [above mark is on both sides of tin but is obscured on one side.]
- Colour
- Gray
- Blue
- Orange
- Cream
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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spice tin
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact25471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.61.105
- Description
- Spice tin; thin box with red and yellow label; three black stars along top of label; cinnamon.
- Marks/Labels
- "Singapores / Best / BRAND (small)" (logo), printed on label "PURE CINNAMON", printed on label "PACKED BY / NATIONAL SPICE MILLS CO (large) / VANCOUVER BC" [above marks are on both sides of tin] "CINNAMON", printed vertically on label "CANCO" (logo), printed on label "SOLD ON A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE", printed on label "NET WEIGHT 1 1/2 OZS", printed on label
- Colour
- Red
- Yellow
- Black
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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