Modern candy making : how to make all kinds of candy : an up to date guide and practical working manual containing everything pertaining to the art of making choice candies
Tin pail, wire handle; red; one side shows factory, blue on white; "TORONTO" and "CANADA" on ribands; in white above picture, "ROBERTSON'S", below, "PURE CANDY"; other side shows stag on twisted bar; at handles are clasps to keep lid in place; one clasp broken; inside is gold-coloured; stained; metal det- erioration; with lid, slot each side for clasps on pail; rusty
Object History
Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers between 1993 and 1997.
Marks/Labels
"Toronto" "Canada", painted on front of pail
"Robertson's Pure Candy", painted on front of pail
Lid is gold, red, ivory, black; "The Original Celebrated / CURIOUSLY STRONG / PEPPERMINTS / "ALTOIDS" / MANUFACTURED BY / SMITH & CO / 132, BOROUGH, S.E.1. LONDON, / ENGLAND / FROM CHEMISTS / AVERAGE COUNT ONE HUNDRED". Drawing of "MENTHA / PIPERITA".
Box, metal; blue, silver; "Le Bon = Pere Antoine"; on underside, "Fumeurs!" "Contre L'Irritation des Muqueuses Prenez 6 a 8 Bonbons Par Jour"; surface scratches; with lid, blue, gold, white; "La Seve de Pin" "Bonbons Resineux du Pere Antoine" "Se Mefier les Vosges Contrefacons des Epinal - St. Die" "Gerarmer Etc."; surface scratches; shows forest?, beehive, soldier?
Object History
Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
Box, metal; blue, silver; "Le Bon = Pere Antoine"; on underside, "Fumeurs!" "Contre L'Irritation des Muqueuses Prenez 6 a 8 Bonbons Par Jour"; surface scratches; with lid, blue, gold, white; "La Seve de Pin" "Bonbons Resineux du Pere Antoine" "Se Mefier les Vosges Contrefacons des Epinal - St. Die" "Gerarmer Etc."; surface scratches; shows forest?, beehive, soldier?
Object History
Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
Box, metal; blue, silver; "Le Bon Miel = Pere Antoine"; on underside, "Fumeurs!" "Contre L'Irritation des Muqueuses Prenez 6 a 8 Bonbons Par Jour"; surface scratches; with lid, blue, gold, white; "La Seve de Pin" "Bonbons Resineux du Pere Antoine" "Se Mefier les Vosges Contrefacons des Epinal - St. Die" "Gerarmer Etc."; surface scratches; shows forest?, beehive, soldier?
Object History
Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
"This recipe book is unique. Unlike other books of its kind it is not the work of one, but the work of many of the foremost cooking experts in America." T.p.
Thomson Bros. booksellers, stationers and printers did business in Vancouver at 46 Cordova circa. 1888 and at 108 Cordova when this book was published.
Notes
"How to buy, dress, cook, serve and carve every kind of meat, game, fish, fowl and vegetables. Also giving plain directions for preserving, pickling, canning and drying all kinds of berries, fruits, meats, game, etc. and also instruction for making in the best style all varieties of candies, ice creams, cakes and pastry. -- title page
Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.
A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Photograph of student Jana Buonsat spinning cotton candy for a crowd of students looking on during Youth Week. The students are in an unidentified school gymnasium.
Photograph of student Jana Buonsat spinning cotton candy for a crowd of students looking on during Youth Week. The students are in an unidentified school gymnasium.