retail display cabinet or dispensing cabinet; wood slat construction (1/4 in. or 063 cm) with paper product labeling over top. Paper product labelling is in colour. Six drawers with small metal pull-rings.
Original labeling appears to be for "Bauer & Black" brands of plasters and dressings, but other labels have been placed over the orginal markings in some places.
Object History
This item originates from the National Drug Company.
Original labeling appears to be for "Bauer & Black" brands of plasters and dressings. These include: "King's Kidney Plasters", "B & B / Belladonna / Plasters", and "REX / Porous / Plasters". Other labels have been placed over the orginal markings in some places. These include: "RUSSIAN-TYPE / MINERAL OIL / (HEAVY LIQUID PETROLATUM), "STANDARD / (REGISTERED) / FORMALDEHYDE / GUARANTEED 37% / POISON", "FRENCH CHALK / B.C. DRUGS LIMITED / VANCOUVER, B.C.", and "PURE GREEN SOAP / For Shampooing / ... / B.C. DRUGS LIMITED, LABORATORY / VANCOUVER, CANADA".
Photograph of two unidentified people on a row boat, approaching a rocky shore with trees behind the rocks in the background. Location is not identified.
stamped on verso, c. [sideways] "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ MAY 30 1938/ Nu- Gloss", l.r. "48 6"
Scope and Content
Photograph of two unidentified people on a row boat, approaching a rocky shore with trees behind the rocks in the background. Location is not identified.
Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. …
On the lower front border of the photograph, the word "DRUG […]" and the number "26" is written with a faded, fine, purple felt marker. The back side of the photograph have a lightly, stamped set of numbers "03[…]]1" and "10.5.7[…]".
Scope and Content
Photograph of a table top chopper or medicine trimmer on a table with a small front drawer inside Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., 1620 Government Street, Victoria. Large cleaver is screwed at the top to hold it down on the table. It has a wooden handle with a side guide or stopper on the left side. Above the item is a handwritten sign all in caps taped to the wall, "PLEASE LEAVE HANDLE DOWN THANK YOU."
Photograph of a glacier and and expanse of water with pieces of ice floating on it. There are low mountains in the back, and intense sunlight from the top. The inscription identifies the photograph as Taku Glacier, Alaska.
stamped on verso, c. "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ OCT 18 1937/ Nu-Gloss", u.r. [sideways] "406", inscribed in black ink, t. "Taku Glacier/ Alaska"
Scope and Content
Photograph of a glacier and and expanse of water with pieces of ice floating on it. There are low mountains in the back, and intense sunlight from the top. The inscription identifies the photograph as Taku Glacier, Alaska.
Pipe; bowl part of pipe is tan colour, pale mottled; stem is darker; metal ring around bowl top and wide ring connecting stem and bowl; bowl ring has stamped marks 'EAM' in diamond and three symbols; same on connecting ring; end of stem broken off; case is cardboard, hinged, with red 'skin' texture on outside, and gold trim; inside is fawn-coloured felt
Object History
The original owner was the donor's paternal grand-father, Francis Lovett Carter-Cotton. He owned and edited Vancouver's first newspaper, the News-Advertiser, was B.C. provincial finance minister from 1898-1900, and was the first chancellor of UBC.
Photograph of an expanse of rippling water in the foreground with the wake of a ship or a boat visible. There is the edge of a forested land mass on the horizon line on the left side of the photograph. The location is not identified.
stamped on verso, l. [sideways] "VANCOUVER/ DRUG CO. LTD./ MAY 4 1938/ Nu-Gloss", l.r. "82 8"
Scope and Content
Photograph of an expanse of rippling water in the foreground with the wake of a ship or a boat visible. There is the edge of a forested land mass on the horizon line on the left side of the photograph. The location is not identified.
Photograph of a woman in a hat standing in a large garden. The accession register identifies the location as Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "858."
Photograph of a woman in a hat standing in a large garden. The accession register identifies the location as Butchart Gardens in Victoria, BC. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "858."
Photograph of a middle aged woman standing in a garden beside a house. She is wearing a long light coloured dress and a hat. The annotation on the back of the photograph identifies her as "Emily." According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, between 1912 and 1925.…
Photograph of a middle aged woman standing in a garden beside a house. She is wearing a long light coloured dress and a hat. The annotation on the back of the photograph identifies her as "Emily." According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, between 1912 and 1925. Stamped on the back of the photo: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co. Limited" and "141."
Photograph of a woman standing in a a bed of flowers in a field. There appears to be hills with sparse vegetation behind her. She is wearing an overcoat with a belt around the waist, gloves and a hat. She is holding a purse in her left hand. The accession register identifies the woman as "Emily." …
Photograph of a woman standing in a a bed of flowers in a field. There appears to be hills with sparse vegetation behind her. She is wearing an overcoat with a belt around the waist, gloves and a hat. She is holding a purse in her left hand. The accession register identifies the woman as "Emily." According to the accession register, the location is at Buena Vista, Burnaby, from between 1912 and 1925. Stamped on the back of the photograph: "Better Pictures / NuGloss / Photo Finish / Vancouver Drug Co." and "680."