fan
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- LHV974.8.2
- Description
- Fan, silk and lace; hand-painted.
- The fant contains 22 wooden reibs, flat on the back side, somewhat rounded on the front side. Each is panted a bronze colour. The buttom of the ribs are all secured together by means of a brass pin which passed through each one.
- Attached to this pin is a brass hook. the fan itself consists of a piece of brown sheer silk approximately 16.5 cm wise, edged along the top with a piece of brown machine made lace with a scalloped top border. The lace is approximately 5 cm wide. The lace is sewn to the silk. The silk is secured to each rib along their etire common surface by means of glue.
- The face of the fan when unfurled is painted in a very delicate spray of snowdrops and forget-me-nots. This painting appears to be done by hand.
- Object History
- Bessie Choate was the Secretary of the Burnaby Historical Society.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Fan, Hand
- Subjects
- Personal Gear
- Names
- Choate, Bessie Perley
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Shaving brush
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.50
- Description
- Handheld shaving brush with a white plastic base and tan bristles. Used for mixing and applying shaving cream.
- Object History
- This item belonged to George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District on foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery then worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Personal Gear - - Personal Assistive Artifacts
- Object Term
- Brush
- Marks/Labels
- On the base of the brush "STERILIZED ADGER" "MADE IN" "CANADA" "PEERLESS" "PURE".
- Subjects
- Toilet Articles
- Names
- Jeffery, George
- Oakalla Prison Farm
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
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