prize ribbon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.32.1
- Description
- Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) 2nd place prize ribbon in Creative Crafts; won by John Slawson in Augush 1988 for a doll house complete with furniture.
The ribbon is arrow-shaped, pointed at the top and notched at the bottom. It has two layers of ribbon. The back layer is a white ribbon. The front layer is a red ribbon, with text in gold reading: "PNE / Creative / Crafts / SECOND / PACIFIC / NATIONAL / EXHIBITION / VANCOUVER / CANADA".
- Object History
- Donor's father built the dollhouse in the 1980's after he retired from teaching. His hand-made home, furniture, and accessories won him 2nd prize in his age category at the 1988 PNE Creative Crafts competition.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
- Exhibitions - Fairs
- Names
- Pacific National Exhibition (PNE)
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ribbon
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.47.1
- Description
- Black event ribbon; gold writing; ends of ribbon are pinked; decorative motifs on top and bottom of '75th / Reunion'
- Marks/Labels
- "WINDSOR / SCHOOL", in gold thread along top
"75TH (large, bold) / REUNION", in gold thread in middle
"NOV. 4, 2000", in gold thread along bottom
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Ribbons
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Sea Scout uniform cap tally
signal flag
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV016.44.1
- Description
- signal flag; BCER tram "special" running flag.
White signal flag on short wooden pole. The pole is tapered at the bottom end. The flag is attached to the pole via a vertical slit in the pole. Four screws pass through the pole, flag and slit. The pole fits in a socket on the front of the tram car.
Used to indicate an unscheduled, special run, usually a lacrosse game or race track run.
Flag is very discoloured/stained.
Pole: Length: 62.5 cm Diameter: 2.5 cm
Flag: Length: 41.0 cm Width: 40.5 cm
- Object History
- Donor purchased these items at an antique fair. The dealer had acquired them from the family of a BCER employee who was part of the crew that destroyed the trams when they were decommissioned.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Symbols
- Symbols - Flags
- Names
- British Columbia Electric Railway Company
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trophy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.5.6
- Description
- Trophy in the shape of a cup with handles on either side, mounted on a round wooden base with eight metal shield on it and green felt on the bottom.
On the front "BLAIR TROPHY/ PRESENTED BY/ MRS.P.BLAIR/ FOR/ ANNUAL DOUBLES COMPETITION/ 1931";
on the back
"1946 - Mrs.J.Munroe. Mrs. H.Allison/
"1947 - MRS. J.WOLOSHYN - MRS.C.BROCKIE";
on shields
"1938/ LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.ANDREW/ MRS.MAYHEW",
"1939/ LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.C.BROWN/ MRS.G.JEFFREY",
"1940/ LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.E.GALE/ MRS.T.SIDDALL",
"1941/ LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.H.ALLISON/ MRS.W.POOLE",
"1942/ LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.ROGERS/ MRS. AVELING",
"1943/ LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.HITCHEN/ MRS.SIDDALL",
"1944/ LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.S.HUGHES/ MRS.E.L.AVELING",
"1945/LADIES DOUBLES/ MRS.S.SWAN/ MRS.A.DIGNEY"
- Object History
- Object originated with the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club.
1939 winner Mrs. G. Jeffery was likely Harriet (Philpot) Jeffery, wife of George Jeffery.
1941 winner Mrs. W. Poole was likely Mabel Annie (Conway) Poole, wife of William Poole. Their son, Albert "Bert" William Poole, was married to Patricia "Trixie" (Jeffery) Poole, daughter of Harriet and George Jeffery.
1945 winners Mrs. S. Swan and Mrs. A. Digney were likely Constance "Connie" (Bates) Swan, wife of Sydney Swan, and Alice (Swan) Digney. Sydney was Alice's brother. Film footage of the Swans' and Digney's can be seen in accession BV019.18.
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Sports
- Sports - Lawn Bowling
- Names
- Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club
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trophy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.5.7
- Description
- Trophy in the shape of a cup with handles on either side, mounted on a round wooden base. On the front "BOWSER RINK/COMPETITION/ B.C.OPEN/ 1948"
- Object History
- Object originated with the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club.
The "Bowser Rink" presenting the trophy refers to Kerrisdale resident Francis "Frank" Bowser. He was a member of the Kerrisdale Lawn Bowling Club, ca. 1918, and was elected President of the Lower Mainland Lawn Bowling Association in 1919.
Francis "Frank" Bowser (1857-1929) came to Vancouver around 1885 and went to work with Dominion Customs, retiring in 1908 as chief landing waiter. He was elected reeve of Point Grey in 1912 and served two terms in office. His brother was former B.C. premier W.J. Bowser. (see Obituary in The Vancouver Sun - 26 Sep 1929).
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Sports
- Sports - Lawn Bowling
- Names
- Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club
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trophy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.5.8
- Description
- Trophy in the shape of a cup with handles on either side, mounted on a round wooden base with seven small metal shields and ten large metal shields. On the front "BLB/ CLUB/ WEART CUP"; on the back
"1943 . Mrs.Rogers/
1944 . Mrs.J.M.Holmes/
1945 . Mrs.J.M.Holmes/
1946 . Mrs.G.Jeffery/
1947 . Mrs.G.Jeffery";
seven small shields are illegible;
ten large shields
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.W.STOPFORD/ 1931",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS. J.SMITH/1932",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS. C.DOWNEY/ 1933",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.E.MAYHEW/1934",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.SMITH/ 1937",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.MAYHEW/ 1938",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.MAYHEW/ 1939",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.W.POOLE/ 1940",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.SIDDALL/ 1941",
"LADIES SINGLES/ MRS. JEFFERY/ 1942
- Object History
- Object originated with the Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club.
The "Weart" presenting the trophy was John Walter Weart (1861-1941), Reeve of Burnaby from 1911 to 1912.
1942,1946 and 1947 winner Mrs. G. Jeffery was likely Harriet (Philpot) Jeffery, wife of George Jeffery.
1940 winner Mrs. W. Poole was likely Mabel Annie (Conway) Poole, wife of William Poole. Their son, Albert "Bert" William Poole, was married to Patricia "Trixie" (Jeffery) Poole, daughter of Harriet and George Jeffery.
- Marks/Labels
- "BLB/ CLUB/ WEART CUP", engraved on front
"1943 . Mrs.Rogers/ 1944 . Mrs.J.M.Holmes/ 1945 . Mrs.J.M.Holmes/ 1946 . Mrs.G.Jeffery/ 1947 . Mrs.G.Jeffery"; seven small shields are illegible; ten large shields "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.W.STOPFORD/ 1931", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS. J.SMITH/1932", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS. C.DOWNEY/ 1933", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.E.MAYHEW/1934", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.SMITH/ 1937", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.MAYHEW/ 1938", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.MAYHEW/ 1939", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.W.POOLE/ 1940", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS.SIDDALL/ 1941", "LADIES SINGLES/ MRS. JEFFERY/ 1942", engraved on reverse
- Subjects
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Trophies
- Sports
- Sports - Lawn Bowling
- Names
- Burnaby Lawn Bowling Club
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The 66th May Day celebration in New Westminster
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- May 1, 1936
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the May Queen Suite on stage at the May Day Celebrations in New Westminster. The May Queen with a crown of flowers is at the microphone set up on the stage with her first maid standing beside her. The other girls in the Suite are seated on their chairs on the stage. Men in suits with …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.2 x 17.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the May Queen Suite on stage at the May Day Celebrations in New Westminster. The May Queen with a crown of flowers is at the microphone set up on the stage with her first maid standing beside her. The other girls in the Suite are seated on their chairs on the stage. Men in suits with a flower and ribbon on their lapel are seated in front of the stage. There is a Union Jack hung in the centre of the wall behind the stage. Inscribed in the negative and printed on the photograph, bottom front: "The 66th May Day Celebration / New Westminster, B.C., May 1st, 1936 / Photos by the Stride Studios / 6."
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Events - May Day
- Accession Code
- HV976.143.3
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- May 1, 1936
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-27
- Photographer
- Stride, Charles Edgar
- Notes
- The photographs in the accession HV976.143 are thought to be by the Stride studio, as the donor indicated in her letter that the Stride family were personal friends of her great-aunt and her husband, who resided in Edmonds. She wrote that she received a picture of the New Westminster or Burnaby May Day celebrations each year.
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1936 pillar
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1936]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment bui…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9.5 x 7 cm
- Material Details
- Decorative border printed around the photograph on recto
- Faint circular stamp mark of "Vancouver Drug Co." on verso, and gummed paper on each corner
- Stamp reads, "Come to Vancouver's Golden Jubilee 1936/ 50 Years of Progress" outside its circular seal for "Vancouver Drug/ Co. Ltd./ Nu-Gloss/ PHOTO FINISH"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a pillar topped by a circle with what appears to be a neon sign tubing writing out "1936". There is an insignia with two men on top of the circle [perhaps the Vancouver coat-of-arms]. As well, a Red Ensign and a Union Jack each hang from the pillar. Two streetcars and an apartment building are all visible in the background. The pillar is believed to be a commemorative pillar marking Vancouver's Golden Jubilee in 1936.
- Subjects
- Symbols - Flags
- Advertising Medium - Signs and Signboards
- Monuments
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV985.5770.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1936]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-02-02
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
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