Acceptance of invitation to Chinese Export Commodities Fair
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1979
- Collection/Fonds
- Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 p.
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a one page form titled "Acceptance of Invitation" from Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Spring) 1979 Kwangchow.
automobile jacks
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.103
- Description
- Pair of bumper jacks or car jacks. The jacks are a ratcheting style. The first jack is made of steal and used as a model for the second one which is made of wood and designed to be a prop for a movie set.
- Both jacks have an orange painted finish that has been weathered and distressed. One through time and use, the other intentionally designed to look old.
- The jacks have a base plate, lifting runner, ratcheting handle, and standard column with adjustment holes.
- The prop bumper jack has fewer moving parts and does not include any of the spring mechanisms.
- 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.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories
- Object Term
- Jack, Vehicle
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
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basket
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.34.2
- Description
- Chinese small, woven basket. For vending fruits and vegetables. It was given by the vender to his customers. It is a brown colour with loop handles opposite each other there is a string with a knot in the middle running from one loop to the other loop. The bottom of the basket is roughly square, becoming more round as it rises. Top is 24.5 cm by 23.5 cm. and the bottom is 14 cm square.
- Object History
- This basket was a shopping basket for cutsomers of Chinese Canadian food peddlers. The donor indicated that the peddlers sold fruit and vegetables in summer and fish in winter. It was meant to be a convenience to shoppers when she came outside to select produce.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Container
- Object Term
- Basket
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bench
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.225.11
- Description
- Herb planing bench. Painted pink
- Object History
- Planing bench made by Lim Bong, proprietor of the Kwong Chai Tong herbalist shop at 122 East Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. According to donor, "it is typical of those used in China for many generations".
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bottle
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.41.2
- Description
- Chinese medicine bottle, clear glass, very slight greenish-blue tinge; small chip at top; no stopper; soil residue inside
- Object History
- This artifact was found during construction of replacement foundations of Estate Cottage building at Fairacres (now Burnaby Art Gallery). It was found in 1998 during the restoration project.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bowl
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.2
- Description
- Bowl, large, Chinese, for rice; white with two narrow blue lines around edge; design of two pink flowers, green leaves; on opposite side is design of green grass and long blade of grass each side; chip; base is soiled
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bowl
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.3
- Description
- Bowl, large, Chinese, for rice; white with two narrow blue lines around edge; design of two pink flowers, green leaves; on opposite side is design of green grass and long blade of grass each side; chip, small crack; slight brown residue on rim
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bowl
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.4
- Description
- Bowl, large, Chinese, for rice; white with two narrow blue lines around edge; design of two white flowers, green leaves; on opposite side is design of green grass and long blade of grass each side; small chip
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bowl
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.5
- Description
- Bowl, small, Chinese, for rice; outside is light brown; inside is white with blue design of fish and wavy lines; two blue Chinese characters on bottom; small chip and brown residue on rim
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bowl
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.7
- Description
- Bowl, small, Chinese, for rice; outside is white with two blue borders, of different shades; inside are small light blue ovals, some forming flower shape, this repeats on outside; inside bottom is blue design of two ducks and water plants; four blue Chinese characters on underside; brown spot
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bowl
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.46.8
- Description
- Bowl, small, Chinese, for rice; outside is white with two narrow blue lines at edge; four birdlike motifs and blue line above base; base is chipped; three slight cracks; slight stains on bottom
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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