In the shadow by the sea : recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village
medicinal box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1354.1
- Description
- Small, rectangular cardboard box, with trianglar flap closure. The box contains loose pills. The box is labelled on all six sides, commerically printed in pink, white, and black.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "WARTIME PACKAGE ADOPTED JAN 1943" printed in black on pink along top of front label. "No. 19327 / Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act / DR WILLIAMS' / PINK PILLS / A TONIC FOR THE BLOOD AND NERVES / WITH IRON AND / VITAMIN B1 / CONTENTS 50 PILLS" printed in pink and black text on circular, discoloured white background. "G.T. FULFORD CO., LIMITED, BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed in black on pinnk along the bottom.
Back label features the same information as the front, printed in French.
"S H [ill.]" handwritten in pencil on back label.
Left and right side labels provide directions for use as well as inredients of the pills, printed in French and English.
"OPEN / HERE" and "OUVREZ / ICI" printed in white on either side of a white arrow on top, triangular flap of box.
"DIRECTION BOOKLET INSIDE / THIS END" and "MODE D'EMPLOI A / L'INTERIEUR DE CE BOUT CI" printed in black on bottom label.
- Measurements
- 2.4 cm height x 5 cm width x 6.9 cm length
- Maker
- G. T. Fulford Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Brockville
- Subjects
- Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment
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medicinal box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1354.2
- Description
- Small, rectangular cardboard box, with trianglar flap closure. The box contains loose pills. The box is labelled on all six sides, commerically printed in pink, white, and black.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "WARTIME PACKAGE ADOPTED JAN 1943" printed in black on pink along top of front label. "No. 19327 / Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act / DR WILLIAMS' / PINK PILLS / A TONIC FOR THE BLOOD AND NERVES / WITH IRON AND / VITAMIN B1 / CONTENTS 50 PILLS" printed in pink and black text on circular, discoloured white background. "G.T. FULFORD CO., LIMITED, BROCKVILLE, ONT." printed in black on pinnk along the bottom.
Back label features the same information as the front, printed in French.
"S H [ill.]" handwritten in pencil on back label.
Left and right side labels provide directions for use as well as inredients of the pills, printed in French and English.
"OPEN / HERE" and "OUVREZ / ICI" printed in white on either side of a white arrow on top, triangular flap of box.
"DIRECTION BOOKLET INSIDE / THIS END" and "MODE D'EMPLOI A / L'INTERIEUR DE CE BOUT CI" printed in black on bottom label.
- Measurements
- 2.4 cm height x 5 cm width x 6.9 cm length
- Maker
- G. T. Fulford Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Brockville
- Subjects
- Medical and Psychological Tools and Equipment
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Pill box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.1
- Description
- A cardboard box of "Dr. William's Pink Pills", with pills still inside. One side of the package is in English and the other in French. The top and bottom of the box are pink, and folded with flaps. The top reads 'Wartime package adopted Jan 1943" and "GT Fulford Limited Brockville Ont. Direction Booklet Inside This End."
The fronts and sides of of the rectangular package is black with black and pink text in a white oval shape. The text reads "No. 19327 Proprietary of Patent Medicine Act / Dr. William's Pink Pills / A Tonic for the Blood and Nerves / with Iron and Vitamin B1 / Contents 50 pills."
The side oval has text that reads: "Directions: 2 pills 3 times a day after of with meals. See booklet inside for complete directions. Each pill contains 1/200 grain Strychnine, 35 International Units Vitamin B1, 15 milligrams assimilable iron.
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Pink
- Measurements
- 4 cm l x 6 cm h x 1.75 cm d
- Maker
- Dr. Williams
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Brockville
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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