envelope
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- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.21
- Description
- air mail envelope; white paper with triangular blue and red pattern along edges of exterior of envelope; return address printed in upper left corner of front of envelope: "WESTERN COMMODITIES LTD. / P.O. BOX 3042 / VANCOUVER, B.C. V6b 3X5; text half way down on right front of envelope: "VIA AIR MAIL / PAR AVION"; blue herring bone pattern with airplane sillhoette and text "Air Mail" on interior of envelope; text centred at bottom of back of envelope "DESIGN RD. 1929 B.E. LTD."
- Object History
- Item was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
- Reference
- For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- Envelope, Shipping
- Colour
- Blue
- Red
- White
- Measurements
- 10.5 cm height x 14 cm width