envelope
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.6.21
- Description
- air mail envelope; white paper with triangular blue and red pattern along edges of exterior of envelope; return address printed in upper left corner of front of envelope: "WESTERN COMMODITIES LTD. / P.O. BOX 3042 / VANCOUVER, B.C. V6b 3X5; text half way down on right front of envelope: "VIA AIR MAIL / PAR AVION"; blue herring bone pattern with airplane sillhoette and text "Air Mail" on interior of envelope; text centred at bottom of back of envelope "DESIGN RD. 1929 B.E. LTD."
- Object History
- Item was part of a scrapbook created by Cecil Chue Kan Lee documenting the time he was employed as a Prodcue Buyer for Kelly Douglas and Company Limited and Western Commodities Limited in the 1970s and early 1980s. As a produce buyer for Kelly Douglas, Cecil Lee worked closely with local farmers along Marine Drive and in the Fraser Valley. The Burnaby company was one of the largest food distributors in Canada. In the mid-1970s, Lee was asked to oversee the import of Chinese mandarin oranges into Canada. Until that time, mandarin oranges had come from Japan and were sold in the winter, especially at Christmas. When the Japanese market could no longer keep up with demand, Kelly Douglas looked to China. The company relied on Lee’s cultural knowledge to build this very profitable part of their business.
- Reference
- For other records in this collection see: Business records series of Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- Envelope, Shipping
- Colour
- Blue
- Red
- White
- Measurements
- 10.5 cm height x 14 cm width
- Subjects
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment
- Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
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invitation and envelopes
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.2123
- Description
- Invitation and envelopes; printed Invitation; gold coloured front; white on verso; blue ink printed on gold background; perforated tear away section on right side. Invitation with logo of "British Columbia Centennial '71" in upper left corner and rhododendron flower in upper right corner; Invitation reads: "The Burnaby Centennial '71 Commitee / And / The British Columbia Centennial Committee / Coridially Invite You To Attend / The / Burnaby Centennial '71 Ball / On Saturday May 15, 1971 / At The / British Columbia Institute of Technology..."; perforated section of Invitation reads: "REQUEST FOR TICKET" with fillable form to be returned to "Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee".
Large white envelope with centennial logo "1871 / 1971" in blue in bottom left corner enclosed the Invitation. Small white envelope to return "Request for Ticket" stub with addressed printed in blue on front of envelope "THE BURNABY CENTENNAIL '71 COMMITTEE / 4949 CANADA WAY - BURNABY 2, B.C."
- Object History
- Invitation was created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee and sent out to citizens in Burnaby to attend the Burnaby Centennial Ball as part of the Burnaby Centennial festivities held in Burnaby.
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- Request, Invitation
- Container, Document
- Colour
- White
- Gold
- Blue
- Measurements
- invitation: Length: 24 cm x Width: 14.5 cm; envelope: Length: 19.5 cm x Width: 16 cm; envelope: Length: 16.5 cm x Width: 9.2 cm
- Maker
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 1971
- Subjects
- Celebrations - Centennials
- Names
- Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee
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Wax seal
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.81.2
- Description
- Victorian Order of Nurses (V.O.N.) seal is the tabletop stamping type which imprints the words "VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES" and "BURNABY BRANCH"; official; stamper is black metal, lever at top; "MADE IN CANADA" at side of base; seal disc is brass; label at front transcribes the words on the seal.
- Object History
- The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
Florence Hart was born in 1898 in New Westminster, and moved to Burnaby when she was 13. Her family lived in what is now known as Hart House. Both Florence and her husband Harold Godwin were awarded life memberships from the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) for more than half a century of service.
Hear her discuss her involvement with VON during the Great Depression:
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory13
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory14
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/oralhistory15
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- Wax, Sealing
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
- Occupations - Nurses
- Organizations - Charities
- Public Services - Health Services
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