Cabinet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.3.1
- Description
- Worn wooden cabinet made from Douglas Fir and cedar. The interior of the cabinet is painted a pale yellow. One third of the cabinet closest to the ground houses a large open shevling area with the back paneling visible. The middle of the cabinet has 5 slots for drawers with metal handles. One drawer is missing. The top third of the cabinet is split into 2 shelves with a yellow board bisecting the top shelf.
Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit.
- Object History
- The cabinet was found in the Thrussell farmhouse on Marine Drive in Burnaby in the 1999.The Thrussell's land had been leased to Chinese tenant farmers by the Thrussell family and also previous owners.
The City demolished the house, but they salvaged many items in the house before doing so.
Of note are the Chinese characters and the joinery and construction of the cabinet. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit The first two characters refer to pine wood and the last character is stem or branch.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Storage & Display Accessories
- Object Term
- Cabinet
- Colour
- Brown
- Yellow
- Measurements
- 42” high x 42” wide x 14” width
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Thrussell, Annie
- Thrussell, Ethel
- Thrussell, Eva
- Thrussell, Fredrick Thomas, 1901-1977
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
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door knob
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.21.10
- Description
- Both of the knobs and the other exterior parts of the fixture are painted white, including mounting plates backing both knobs. The two knob fixtures are attached by long rectangular bar, with divots on each side. On the smaller of the two mount plates, the label "D14" is written in black marker, likely indicating the fixture's original location in the house.
- Object History
- This object was found in the attic of Love Farmhouse August 2021, where it had been since the completion of the Love Farmhouse project in the late 1990's. This doorknob was originally used in one of the doors upstairs in the farmhouse.
- Category
- 01. Built Environment Objects
- Classification
- Building Components - - Door & Window Elements
- Object Term
- Doorknob
- Colour
- White
- Measurements
- height: 9.5 cm
width: 15.5 cm
depth: 16 cm
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Subjects
- Household Accessory
- Names
- Love Family
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
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product package; cigar box
tray
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.9.4
- Description
- The tray is stamped out of sheet brass. The edges have a scalloped border design. There is a scratch on bottom.
- Object History
- Owned by the Sample family and used at their boarding house in South Burnaby. The boarding house was used as the first meeting place for Burnaby Municipal Council in 1892. The tray may have been used along with the inkwells and candle holder during meetings of the early council.
- Subjects
- Household Accessory
- Names
- Sample, Elizabeth “Minnie”
- Sample, Roderick "Rodney"
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vase
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.55.1
- Description
- Vase. Yellow ceramic urn with black handles, feet, and fluted rim; on a black and yellow pedestal with floral swags; Front - round white panel with gold writing and crown; similar round white panel on back is blank
- Marks/Labels
- On front panel - "CORONATION" "1911" "1911" "KING GEORGE.V."; On underside - "MARLENE" "APRIL 5.1959" "FROM" "GRANDPA" "THURSTON".
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Household Accessory
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vase
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.70.11
- Description
- Vase. round; white glazed ceramic with pedestal base. Front - portraits of H.M.Queen Mary and H.M.King George V with rose between them, crown above the portraits and a lion below, sprays of thistle, shamrock, roses around the portraits, Union Jack at right and Royal Standard left; Back - lion, unicorn around coat-of-arms
- Marks/Labels
- "H.M.KING GEORGE V", printed under King George V portrait.
"H.M.QUEEN MARY", printed under Queen Mary's portrait
"HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" printed around coat of arms
"DIEU ET MON DROIT", printed below the coat of arms below.
"MAY THEIR REIGN BE GLORIOUS"printed at the bottom .
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Household Accessory
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