sign
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.101
- Description
- Sign designed to look like a menu board for a movie prop. The board is printed on an aluminum frame dry erase board.
- The front of the board is white and has Chinese characters printed in red and green text with an illustration of a person in a chef's hat on the right side.
- The english translation is provided on the back of the board in the technical specifications.
- The technical specifications on the back include information about the scale, text colours, and movie information like director, production design, set number.
- Object History
- "Jimmy's Dumplings" prop created as part of a street scene in movie Fantastic Four 2.
- Jimmy Chow worked in TV and film as a property master for more than 42 years. A property master is responsible for building and procuring props that actors handle and use. This sometimes means making replica items that are lighter, false or make filming easier on the actor. This differs from set decoration, which uses props to create a backdrop and is less central to the action on set.
- Jimmy Chow was responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, and Once a Thief.
- He entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver and gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- English Translation: Best Selection / Sun-Thurs 12pm-12am / Fri-Sat 12pm-2am / Daily Specials From 10 Yuan / Shanghai Noodle Soup / Green Onion with Braised Noodles / Souple Noodles with Shredded Chicken / Fried Rice Noodles with Beef / Diced Chicken with Sauce / Jimmy Dumpling
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
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sign
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.106
- Description
- Sign created to be a prop in a movie. The sign is made of wood and has text painted on both sides. The frame of the sign is painted black and distressed in areas revealing the natural wood.
- The sign itself has a red background with black text in English and Chinese characters in gold.
- There are two cup hooks at the top of the sign, each is a different size. The smaller cup hook has some wire strung through it.
- Object History
- Jimmy Chow worked in TV and film as a property master for more than 42 years. A property master is responsible for building and procuring props that actors handle and use. This sometimes means making replica items that are lighter, false or make filming easier on the actor. This differs from set decoration, which uses props to create a backdrop and is less central to the action on set.
- Jimmy Chow was responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, and Once a Thief.
- He entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver and gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career.
- Reference
- "HIPMAN CHOW / AND SON / TRADING CO. / 239-0621"
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Measurements
- Height: 76.5 cm
- Width: 122.5 cm
- Depth: 6.5 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
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sign
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.3
- Description
- Large plastic sign with internal backlighting for advertising. The sign has two sections for ad inserts and one section for price display.
- The price display is currently set up advertising the price of packs and cartons of cigarettes
- The first bank of prices are 3 digit with small windows that reveal the number on a roller behind. The second bank of prices are 4 digits.
- The sign was made by CDA Industries in Scarborough, Ontario and is stamped with "JULY 1986"
- There are three labels at the top of the sign including information about how to replace the lamps or reinsert unrolled numbers.
- There is a hole at the top of the sign for the electrical cord to come out.
- There are two white metal brackets attached to the ends of the sign and there is a rusted chain hanging from each bracket.
- The plastic at the bottom right corner on the back is broken and damaged.
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- See BV023.25.1 for photograph of sign in situ.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "PACKS / 20's Reg. & K. Size 5.58 / 25's Reg. & K.S. 5.58 / 30's Reg. 5.58 / 30's K. Size 5.58"
- "CARTONS / 200 Reg. & K.Size 11.11 / 180 Ctn. K. Size 11.11 / 240 Ctn. Reg. 11.11"
- Measurements
- Height: 57.5 cm
- Width: 133.5 cm
- Depth: 13 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
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sign
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.17.4
- Description
- Wooden sandwich board advertising Dairyland products. The board consists of two wooden panels that were attached at the top with a piano hinge. The hinge is currently only attached to one panel. The wooden panels are painted white. The paint is chipping in many areas.
- Both panels feature the same information and have an large illustration of a cow's head an front body on the bottom left.
- The two panels are held together on the back with a rusty metal chain.
- Handwritten on the back of one of the panels is "Canada Way Food Market"
- Object History
- Item was used in the Canada Way Food Market owned by Harry Toy between 1975 and the late 2000s. the building sat vacant until sold in 2023.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Object Term
- Sign, Advertising
- Marks/Labels
- "OPEN / Dairyland / Your / Fresh / Ideas / Dairy"
- Measurements
- Height: 74.5 cm
- Width: 49 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Names
- Canada Way Food Market
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4692 Canada Way
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ink blotter advertisement
Hopeful sign on Smith Ave
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 21, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a bright pink sign stapled to a telphone poll on Smith Avenue near Wakefield Court. A smiling green creature is painted on the sign along with the message "Stay Happy Stay Healthy!".
L.C. Smith Typewriter
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of George L. Donovan demonstrating the new L.C. Smith (later Smith-Corona) typewriter at the Vancouver Exhibition (later Pacific National Exhibition, PNE). He owned Vancouver Typewriters at 334 Seymour Street in Vancouver.
Radical sentiments
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- April 29, 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Photographic Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Socialist Alternative "Fight Coronavirus & Fight Capitalism" sign posted to a telephone poll near the BCIT campus.
Exhibition Park
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crowd of people gathered near the entrance to the exhibition park at the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver, BC. A banner at the top of the entrance reads "B.C. Centennial Year 1858-1958" and the marquis below the "Exhibition Park" sign reads "Water Follies of 58 / Shri…
Maywood Community School students with banners
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maywood Community School students Saulina Wong and Wendy Yang posing with next to a streetlight that features banners painted by Maywood students, in the neighbourhood around Bonsor Recreation Centre.
Pacific National Exhibition Sideshow
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1970
- Collection/Fonds
- Harold H. Johnston fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (jpeg) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a crowd of people gathered outside of a sideshow tent on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds in Vancouver, BC. There are several banners advertising the sideshow attractions including: "Fish Monster," "Freak Animals," "Sea Monsters" and "Mystery Dogs."