basket with lid
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.11.3
- Description
- basket with lid; First Nations basket with lid; The basket is round, with two handles opposite each other. The handles are wrapped twine. The wrapping is missing from one handle. The lid has a knob handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with a dark and light spiraling pattern. Had been used for storing knitting.
- Object History
- The basket was acquired by the donor's grandparents, Matilda and Robert William Handel, when they were living in North Vancouver. They were made by one of the local First Nations weavers, name unknown.
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 32 cm Dia.: 34 cm
- Culture
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)
- Subjects
- Persons
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Container
- Container - Baskets
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basket with lid
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.11.4
- Description
- basket with lid; First Nations basket with lid; The basket is round, with a single handle (opposite handle is missing). The lid has a knob handle in the centre. Basket and lid are decorated with a dark and light spiraling pattern. Had been used for storing knitting.
- Object History
- The basket was acquired by the donor's grandparents, Matilda and Robert William Handel, when they were living in North Vancouver. They were made by one of the local First Nations weavers, name unknown.
- Measurements
- Approx. H: 37 cm Dia.: 36 cm
- Culture
- ʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam)
- Subjects
- Persons
- Indigenous peoples - British Columbia
- Container
- Container - Baskets
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drawing book
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.89
- Description
- drawing book; brown paper book of sketches from nature; 27 pages; hand drawn and painted; botanical samples of pressed wildflowers are also adhered to pages inside book and identified; "EMERALD / DRAWING / BOOK." commerically printed on front cover in green ink along with illustrations; "Nellie Gosling" handwritten on front cover in black ink; "Nellie Gosling / 1st Blackrock Company (Ireland) / Naturalists 1916" handwritten inside front cover; hand drawn and coloured flag display "UNITED WE STAND" on last page of book; flags of World War I allies Italy, France, Belgium, Great Britain, the United States of America, Portugal, Russia and Japan.
- Object History
- Drawing book was created by Nellie Gosling, First Blackrock Company, Ireland. The book may have been created to earn a badge. The drawing book was donated with items belonging to Dorothy Pitman, but it is unknown how she acquired it since she doesn't appear to have done the drawings herself. Dorothy Pitman was a Girl Guide in the 1st Burnaby Company. She was known to be involved with guiding from 1919 to 1931. Textual records and photographs of the Pitman family, including one of Dorothy and her sister Gwen, are held by the City of Burnaby Archives. Dorothy and Gwen's parents, Ernest and Jean Pitman, owned McKay Dry Goods and Jubilee Dry Goods.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Painting T&E
- Object Term
- Sketchbook
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Names
- Pitman, Dorothy
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Gosling, Nellie
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dress
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.17.6
- Description
- Dress, c.1967-1973. Orange acrylic 'linen look.' Floor length, sleeveless, small high collar. High waist with skirt pleated in back, decorative cord at waist.
The small high rolled collar has its opening at the centre back. Here it closes with a hook and eye, followed by a zipper that goes past the hips (and another hooks and eye at the waist). The bodice is princess cut in the front and un-shaped in the back. It is lined in pink acetate, as well as faced with acetate at the neck and armholes.
The bodice ends at a high waist, with a braided decoration in self fabric covered cording. The cording extends to either side back where its ends are concealed under a large box pleat on each side. The front of the skirt is a single A-line piece, and the back is done in two gores. The floor length hem has a stiff plastic binding that is sewn on the bottom edge but not the top.
- Object History
- Late 1960 or early 1970. Unknown wearer. Part of the Edith Fountain collection. Edward and Edith Fountain purchased a home in the Deer Lake area in 1951 at 6661 Russel Avenue, Burnaby. The house was also know as Moorcroft, and was purchased from the builder, Arthur Moore. Edward Fountain was the first City of Burnaby License Inspector in 1949, in 1952 he became the Personnel Director, when he retired in 1970 his position was Assistant Manager. Edward and Edith, who loved to dance, attended many social events, parties and balls due to Edward's positions within the City of Burnaby.
- Marks/Labels
- "Party Time FASHIONS (logo) / TORONTO", embroidered onto label on inside of dress
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Outerwear
- Names
- Geosits, Barrie
- Fountain, Edith Ford
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dress
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.17.7
- Description
- Dress. c.1958-1964. Taupe celanese. Short dolman sleeves, boat neck, wide waistband at front with bow mid calf length pencil skirt with pleats in front.
The bodice of the dress is made with one piece for the front and one for each side back. It has a fairly small boat neck and short dolman sleeves. The front has a dart under each bust point, and the back has a dart on each side coming from the waist as well as a smaller dart from each shoulder. On the front, there is a wide band that comes up from the waist, extends to each side, and curves up slightly. It is edged with two other bands on the top and bottom, with a self fabric bow on the centre front of the bottom band. The bottom edge band extends around the back. At the centre back there is a metal zipper that extends to the hips, topped with a hook and thread eye at the the neckline.
The skirt, extending from a natural waistline, has two small pleats at each side front, and a dart at each side back mirroring the darts in the bodice above. It curves over the hips and then falls straight as a pencil skirt, with a kick pleat at centre back to facilitate walking.
The bodice has a self facing around the neck. Under the bodice front band and in the skirt up to the kick pleat, it is lined in purple cotton.
- Object History
- Late 1950 or early 1960. Unknown wearer. Part of the Edith Fountain collection. Edward and Edith Fountain purchased a home in the Deer Lake area in 1951 at 6661 Russel Avenue, Burnaby. The house was also know as Moorcroft, and was purchased from the builder, Arthur Moore. Edward Fountain was the first City of Burnaby License Inspector in 1949, in 1952 he became the Personnel Director, when he retired in 1970 his position was Assistant Manager. Edward and Edith, who loved to dance, attended many social events, parties and balls due to Edward's positions within the City of Burnaby.
- Marks/Labels
- "john norman inc. (logo) / STYLED FOR MISS EXECUTIVE (small)", embroidered onto label on inside of dress
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Outerwear
- Names
- Geosits, Barrie
- Fountain, Edith Ford
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dress
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.17.9
- Description
- Dress, c.1960-1965. Gold, yellow, green, pink and orange cotton abstract floral print. Cap sleeves, round neckline, velvet waistband, full knee length skirt with tulle.
The bodice has a round neckline and cap sleeves that are gathered at the top. There is a dart under each bust, and two mirroring them on the bodice back. At the centre back, there is a metal zipper opening that extends from the neckline to the hips.
At the natural waist, there is a velvet sash that is attached at the waist and hangs loose above over the bodice. It is attached at each side seam and at the centre back closure, as well as with a tack on the right front dart. It is higher at the left side, tapering down to the right side seam. The skirt is attached beneath with heavy gathering in two panels for the back and one at the front. Underneath there is a tulle skirt in the form of a one piece tube, also gathered a the waist. The dress is unlined, but there is a self facing at the neckline.
- Object History
- Early 1960. Unknown wearer. Part of the Edith Fountain collection. Edward and Edith Fountain purchased a home in the Deer Lake area in 1951 at 6661 Russel Avenue, Burnaby. The house was also know as Moorcroft, and was purchased from the builder, Arthur Moore. Edward Fountain was the first City of Burnaby License Inspector in 1949, in 1952 he became the Personnel Director, when he retired in 1970 his position was Assistant Manager. Edward and Edith, who loved to dance, attended many social events, parties and balls due to Edward's positions within the City of Burnaby.
- Marks/Labels
- "Connie Sage (logo) BY PARADISE (small) / TORONTO - NEW YORK", embroidered onto label on inside of dress
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Outerwear
- Names
- Geosits, Barrie
- Fountain, Edith Ford
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manuscript
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.44.175
- Description
- In These Hard Times - Music Lyrics. Typed lyrics for a song titled "In These Hard Times". Date is unknown however it could be 1930s or 1940s. The sheet measures 21.5cm x 28cm.
- Colour
- White
- Title
- In These Hard Times
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
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package; needle
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4085.1
- Description
- Package, paper envelope of "RCA Victor Red Seal Needles" [incorrectly numbered A302. Correct three-part number is unknown]
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pair of rollerskates
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2840
- Description
- Black leather rollerskates with four red plastic wheels on the bottom and on the toe, a red plastic break/stopper on each skate. There are black laces at the front of the skate that lace through holes at the bottom and hooks at the top. Inside leather is tan with numbers "6 86714" in both skates. Date unknown (ca. 1950s?)
- Subjects
- Sports Equipment
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pram
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.30.1
- Description
- Green classic Wilson brand pram. There are four narrow wheels, a low-set handle bar and a moveable top canopy and cover with a patterned interior trim. The interior of the pram is white, as is the handlebar, brake handle and wheel covers. On the front end, there is a logo with the brand "Wilson" written in silver cursive, a narrow British flag and a blue tag indicating "Made in England". On either side of the pram, there is a painted pink rose. The knobs on either side of the canopy are also made to look like silver roses, with a yellow and green "W" symbol in their centre.
- Object History
- This pram belonged to George and Elaine (nee Blackstock) Burnett who lived in Burnaby on Elgin Avenue. The couple had four children, but the exact timeline of when this pram was used in unknown. The pram was made in England by the company Silver Cross, which was founded by William Wilson in 1877. It is the founder's surname from which the pram derives its name, which is found on the end of the carriage.
George Burnett was employed as the foreman plumber at Oakalla Prison in Burnaby for 30 years. He was also the President of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 83 in Burnaby. Elaine's family farmed on land in the Deer Lake Area. George and Elaine had four children: John, Derek, Louise, and Lori.
- Reference
- Pioneer Tales of Burnaby, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby: Part III: 1911-1920. Elsie Dawkins Norman. Burnaby Village Museum, Digital Reference Collection. Published 1987. (page 333)
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Human-Powered Vehicles
- Object Term
- Stroller
- Marks/Labels
- Painted pink roses; Wilson label; Made in England
- Colour
- Green
- Measurements
- height: 100 cm
width: 55 cm
depth: 124 cm
- Country Made
- England
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
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purse
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.38.165
- Description
- Purse, brown leather; silver metal frame; short black rigid leather handle; outside flap fastens with metal clasps.
- Object History
- Florena (or Floriana) Bird was born in Toronto in 1882 to Joseph Bird and Alice Pill. She married Orval Elsworth Butler, a cabinet maker and carpenter in 1928. She worked as a clerk until her marriage at age 44. The couple moved to Burnaby in the 1930s. Orval died at age 79 in 1941. Florena died in 1973 at age 90.
The Orval Butler and his first wife, Catherine, likely built the house at 8006 Government Rd. Catherine (spelling unknown) died and left Orval a widower before his marriage to Florena. Florena later lived in the house. The contents of the house were donated to the Burnaby Village Museum upon her death as part of her estate.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
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purse
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.38.183
- Description
- Purse, metal beaded, bronze irridescent; drawstring; loops for cord also beaded.
- Object History
- Florena (or Floriana) Bird was born in Toronto in 1882 to Joseph Bird and Alice Pill. She married Orval Elsworth Butler, a cabinet maker and carpenter in 1928. She worked as a clerk until her marriage at age 44. The couple moved to Burnaby in the 1930s. Orval died at age 79 in 1941. Florena died in 1973 at age 90.
The Orval Butler and his first wife, Catherine, likely built the house at 8006 Government Rd. Catherine (spelling unknown) died and left Orval a widower before his marriage to Florena. Florena later lived in the house. The contents of the house were donated to the Burnaby Village Museum upon her death as part of her estate.
- Colour
- Brown
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
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purse
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.38.209
- Description
- Purse; brown leather stamped to look like alligator skin; soft leather strap; silver coloured metal frame also with texture of reptile.
- Object History
- Florena (or Floriana) Bird was born in Toronto in 1882 to Joseph Bird and Alice Pill. She married Orval Elsworth Butler, a cabinet maker and carpenter in 1928. She worked as a clerk until her marriage at age 44. The couple moved to Burnaby in the 1930s. Orval died at age 79 in 1941. Florena died in 1973 at age 90.
The Orval Butler and his first wife, Catherine, likely built the house at 8006 Government Rd. Catherine (spelling unknown) died and left Orval a widower before his marriage to Florena. Florena later lived in the house. The contents of the house were donated to the Burnaby Village Museum upon her death as part of her estate.
- Subjects
- Personal Gear - Purses
- Personal Gear
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