coffee table
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV996.18.1
- Description
- Coffee table with glass top, rectangular; long sides are straight, short sides are scalloped; scallop carved areas on each side below top; curved legs end in ball-and-claw feet; furniture glides missing from bottoms of two legs (glides may be a later addition); varnish scraped in a few areas, es- pecially on the raised strips on short sides that hold glass top in place; white mark on underside, and blue pencil marks; some surface scratches on top; top of table is removeable, has small chip one side
- Object History
- Donor inherited object from the estate of his aunt, Dorithy M. Holt, who had been married to Warren Stafford Bateman, son of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman and Catherine "Cassie" (Dale) Bateman. Edwin W. Bateman was the builder of Elworth house.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Support Furniture
- Object Term
- Table
- Subjects
- Furniture - Tables
- Names
- Bateman Family
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fork
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.110.7
- Description
- Dinner fork finished with electroplated silver, which has worn through in places. The fork is decorated in a tipped pattern on the top side of the handle.
The back side of the handle has stamped hallmarks and the front side in engraved with "JCB" in script.
The fork is part of a set of two forks and two spoons
- Object History
- Object is part of a set of two forks and two spoons. They were inherited by Edwin Wettenhall Bateman from the estate of his father in 1924. His parents were James Bateman and Caroline (Wettenhall) Bateman (J C B) and were purchased sometime before 1891 (the year Caroline Bateman died in Hartney, Manitoba). The object was reputed to have been brought from Sandbach, Cheshire, England where James and Caroline had lived prior to emigrating to Canada.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating & Drinking Utensils
- Object Term
- Fork, Eating
- Measurements
- L: 18.0 cm
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bateman Family
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pamphlet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.50.14
- Description
- pamphlet; light green paper; printed on two sides with brown ink; front includes title "BURNABY / CENTRAL / RAILWAY" with photograph of model steam engine above and information on the railway operation with fares; verso of pahmplet includes map with location of Burnaby Central Railway and contact information.
- Object History
- Burnaby Central Railway Project was constructed on the site of Heritage Village and was financed by the British Columbia Society of Model Engineers; Century Park Museum Association (via Burnaby Parks); Federal Government New Horizons Program and B.C. Goverment Recreation Facilities fund. British Columbia Society of Model Engineers (B.C.M.E.) operated the Burnaby Central Railway inside Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum) between 1975 and 1991.
- Measurements
- w: 10 cm h: 20 cm.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Rail
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- BC Society of Model Engineers (BCSME)
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photograph album
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.33.1
- Description
- photograph album; Photo album designed to hold carte de visite and tin type images. The covers are hard with embossed leather on the outside. There is a ring hinged to the back cover designed to act as a closure but the front cover attachment is missing.
First image in album has been identified as baby Edna C.A. Bateman Corner. "Edna" is handwritten on the front of the carte. "Irwin / PHOTOGRAPHER / ROSSER AVE. - Brandon" is stamped on the bottom of the carte in gold.
The other images are unidentified but the studios are located in Portage La Prairie, Manitoba; Flesherton, Ontario; and Detroit, Michigan.
- Object History
- Possibly a Bateman family album.
- Measurements
- L: 20.0 cm W: 16.0 cm H: 7.5 cm
- Names
- Bateman Family
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postcard
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.28.3
- Description
- Postcard: black and white photo, glossy, white border; vertical; intricately-carved stone structures on stepped base in front of half-timbered building with sign "-LL & Co." "-ALES" "-OCKPORT"; printed across bottom in white, hand-lettered "ANCIENT CROSSES SANDBACH"; on reverse in black, "POST CARD"; dotted line up centre with "Published by: A.W. Bourne, 32, Babingley Drive, Leicester"; to left, "CORRESPONDENCE", to right, "ADDRESS"; printed at bottom left, "Greetings from"; handwritten in blue ink, "July 4th" "We are here for lunch at Grandpa Bateman's village" [crossed out] "town where he spent his boyhood days" "Dad"; addressed to "Mrs. R H Blackwood 2435 Richter" "Kelowna BC CANADA"; brown King George VI stamp at upper right, "POSTAGE REVENUE" "2D"; cancelled by seven wavy lines; postmark "CREWE CHESHIRE" "815 5 JLY 1953"; note that stamp was used during reign of Elizabeth II; slight wear on corners
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Ancient Crosses / Sandbach / Grandpa Bateman's town where he spent his boyhood days
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Maker
- A. W. Bourne
- Country Made
- England
- Site/City Made
- Leicester
- Title
- Ancient Crosses Sandbach
- Publication Date
- July 5 1953
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Names
- Bateman, Edwin W.
- Bateman Family
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postcard
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.28.4
- Description
- Postcard: black and white photo, glossy, white border; horizontal; shows street and buildings, Wheat Hotel in right foreground, women with bicycles; printed in white at lower left is handlettered "HIGH TOWN SANDBACH"; on reverse in black "POST CARD", dotted line below, dotted line up centre with "Published by: A.W. Bourne, 32, Babingley Drive, Leicester"; "CORRESPONDENCE" at left, at right "ADDRESS"; at bottom left, "Greetings from"; addressed in blue ink to "Mr and Mrs. E. W. Bateman 3896 - W. 25th Ave. Vancouver 8, BC Canada"; "July 4 - Here we are in Sandbach having our lunch. Ena & Raymond Slack are so hospitable & friendly. We had a fine day at the potteries yesterday - it was the first time Ena & Mrs Ludwig had been too. Thanks for air Mail letter received on arrival at Crewe" "Love Edna"; brown stamp at upper right with King George VI, "POSTAGE REVENUE" "2D", cancelled with wavy lines; postmark "CREWE CHESHIRE" "8-" "5 JLY 1953" [Related to BV004.28.3]; indentation down centre on front, some spotting and damage from liquid?, which took gloss off along indentation
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- High Town Sandbach / Mr. & Mrs. Bateman / Edna
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Maker
- A. W. Bourne
- Country Made
- England
- Site/City Made
- Leicester
- Title
- High Town Sandbach
- Publication Date
- July 4 1953
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Names
- Bateman, Edwin W.
- Bateman Family
- Corner, Edna Bateman
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teaspoon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.110.9
- Description
- Teaspoon finished with electroplated silver, which has worn through in places. The fork is decorated in a tipped pattern on the top side of the handle.
The back side of the handle has stamped hallmarks and the front side in engraved with "JCB" in script.
The spoon is part of a set of two forks and two spoons
- Object History
- Object is part of a set of two forks and two spoons. They were inherited by Edwin Wettenhall Bateman from the estate of his father in 1924. His parents were James Bateman and Caroline (Wettenhall) Bateman (J C B) and were purchased sometime before 1891 (the year Caroline Bateman died in Hartney, Manitoba). The object was reputed to have been brought from Sandbach, Cheshire, England where James and Caroline had lived prior to emigrating to Canada.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Food Service T&E - - Eating & Drinking Utensils
- Object Term
- Spoon, Eating
- Measurements
- Overall measurements: length 14 cm
- Subjects
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Bateman Family
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