cake box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.3
- Description
- Flatted light brown cardboard cake box. Top has blue triangle with British Columbia Centennial Logo in yellow with 3 'C' shapes and a white dogwood in the middle. "TO:" with 4 lines, "POSTAGE HERE" and XXXBRITISH COLUMBIA'S CENTENNIAL '71 CAKE" Side flap reads "A TINY TASTE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CAKE / A CENTENNIAL PROJECT SPONSORED BY THE MERCHANTS AND OWNERS OF / LOUGHEED MALL, BURNABY, B.C. CANADA." The other side flap "A SIGHT AND A TASTE TO REMEMBER" "BEAUTIFUL - RICH - DELICIOUS" "CUT ONLY WITH SHARP KNIFE - DO NOT REFRIDGERATE - KEEP IN COOL PLACE" End panel flap reads "ORIGINAL RECIPE/ WORLD'S FAMOUS "BRITISH COLUMBIA / OFFICAL/ CENTENNIAL CAKE" / 25,500 LBS. / LOUGHEED MALL / BURNABY, B.C. CANADA" and other side "GREENTINGS FROM:"
- Object History
- Cake boxes were made to share pieces of a 25,000 pound, 24-foot high offical Centennial cake cake that was displayed at Lougheed Mall. It was baked by George Molecey of Nanaimo, using his Princess Margaret 1958 cake recipe. Newspapers reported it to be the largest fruit cake ever made, and it ws decorated with a tonne of bright coloured icing. The cost of the cake was $50,000 with 15 professional baking assistants working on it for six weeks. The cake celebrated the province's 100th birthday, and the first cut was made by Chief Dan George and Burnaby Mayor, R. W. Prittle.
- Measurements
- 41cm x 35cm
- Subjects
- Ceremonies
- Ceremonial Artifacts
- Container - Box
- Events
- Events - Anniversaries
- Celebrations - Centennials
Less detail
coin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.8
- Description
- Commemorative coin; gold 4cm coin with British Columbia Centennial '71 logo with 3 C's and a dogwood flower in the middle. "Centenary of Confederation with Canada. British Columbia / 1971" Reverse "Canada/ July 20, 1871" with a map of Canada with 6 provinces filled in at time of BC confederation. Coin is inside a plastic pouch attached to a card with yellowing tape. Card of heavy cardstock with a coin window cut in the middle with "British Columbia Centennial '71 Commemorative Medallion" "1971 marks the 100th anniversary of the entry of Britsih Columbia into Canadian Confederation on July 20, 1871..." Card inside white envelope with blue triangle and centennial logo in yellow. Some yellowing and tape adhesive transfer, and wear on corners.
- Object History
- Produced as part of British Columbia Centennial '71. The offical emblem is a stylized grouping of the three "C's" representing Canada, Confederation, Centennial, with the provincial floral emblem, the dogwood, in the centre."
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Memorabilia
- Object Term
- Commemorative Coin
- Measurements
- 16cm wide x 9 cm high
- Subjects
- Events - Anniversaries
- Advertising Medium
- Souvenirs
- Celebrations - Centennials
Less detail
lapel pin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.7
- Description
- Metal pin on a white folded card; gold pin with a bend straight pin. The logo is "the symbol for the Centennial of Canadian Confederation: eleven equalteral triangles prepresenting the ten provinces and Canadian North, arranged to form a stylized maple leaf" as written in the interior in English and French. Also logo inside with "1867/1967" Card is white with a red square on front and red border on interior.
- Object History
- Produced as part of Canada's Centennial of Confederation celebrations
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts
- Object Term
- Souvenir
- Marks/Labels
- "Centennial Commission,/219 Laurier Avenue West/ P.O. Box 1967/ Ottawa, Canada / John Fisher/ Comission / Gilles Bergeron / Associate Commission"
- Measurements
- 8cm x 8cm card; 1.5cm pin
- Subjects
- Events - Anniversaries
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Advertising Medium
- Organizations
- Souvenirs
- Celebrations - Centennials
Less detail
pamphlet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.4
- Description
- pamphlet; white center-folded paper titled "The Centenary of the Union of the Colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, November, 19, 1866" with a logo of British Columbia Confederation Centennial. In the centre there are two oval headshot photos of "Governor A. E. Kennedy, Vancouver Island" and "Governor F. Seymour, British Columbia" above a drawing of "J.A.R. Homer, High Sheriff reading Proclaimation uniting the two colonies at New Westminster, November 19, 1866." At the bottom "Issued by/ THE CANADIAN CONFEDERATION CENTENNIAL COMITTEE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA" Interior has a story of BC's history and four landscape photos of Victoria and New Westminster in 1866, and Victoria Government Offices in 1868 and Royal Engineers' camp. Back has copy of signed declaration with two seals and signatures.
- Object History
- Pamphlet was produced as part of the British Columbia Centennial '71 celebrations. It contains a story of the history of the two colonies and their joining to form Canada's sixth province on July 20, 1871. Back of the pamplet has a scan of the 1866 union proclaimation with signatures.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Pamphlet
- Marks/Labels
- "LITHOGRAPHED IN CANADA BY A. SUTTON, QUEEN'S PRINTER, VICTORIA, B.C."
- Measurements
- Length: 21.5 cm x Width: 14 cm
- Subjects
- Ceremonies
- Ceremonial Artifacts
- Events
- Events - Anniversaries
- Celebrations - Centennials
Less detail