baking powder canister
- 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
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booklet
- 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
- Maker
- Lawson Graphics Pacific Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Magnificent Vancouver
- Publication Date
- [1979]
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Industries - Tourism
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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booklet
- 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
- Maker
- Mainland Southwest Tourist Association
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Burnaby and surrounding area
- Publication Date
- [1978]
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Industries - Tourism
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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coffee tin
- 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
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delegate ribbon
- 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
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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delegate's ribbon
- 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
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envelope
- 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.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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ink blotter advertisement
lapel pin
- 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
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lard tin
- 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"
- Maker
- P. Burns & Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Subjects
- Product Packaging
- Container
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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map
- 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
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Maps
- Advertising Medium
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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medal; tag
- 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
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Medals
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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medicinal bottle
- 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.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- 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
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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medicinal bottle
- 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.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- 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."
- Maker
- OD Peacock Sultan Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Missouri
- Site/City Made
- St. Louis
- Subjects
- Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Cedar Cottage Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
- 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.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- 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".
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Viaduct Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
- 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.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- 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.
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Viaduct Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
- 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.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- 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.
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Viaduct Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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pharmaceutical bottle
- 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".
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- 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
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
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