armband
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV004.95.24
- Description
- Armband, felt, red. Stamped "Royal Visit Official Victoria, B.C .1939" in black.
- Object History
- 1939 was the first tour of Canada by a reigning monarch. King George VI and his consort, Queen Elizabeth, travelled across the country from coast-to-coast.
- Marks/Labels
- "Royal Visit, Official, Victoria, B.C., 1939" stamped in black on the red felt.
- Colour
- Red
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Events
- Events - Royal Visits
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biscuit tin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.78.312
- Description
- Tin, metal, hinged lid; coloured; shows the Queen's Piper, "From the Painting by Leonard Boden"; thistle pattern on sides; on underside, remnant of picture of biscuits.
- Object History
- Portrait depicted on tin was painted by notable British Artist Leonard Boden (1911-1999) who painted several portraits of Royal family members.
- Marks/Labels
- Label painted on tin reads "THE QUEEN'S PIPER from the painting by Leonard Boden".
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Container
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.31.144
- Description
- Box. Flat, rectangular, metal box with hinged lid. Lid is red with a raised gold, coin-like bust of Queen Victoria. Left of the bust is V, I, R, monogram with crown above. Right of the bust writing and facsimile handwriting below. Scratched writing on back.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Marks/Labels
- "V, I, R" "SOUTH" "AFRICA" "1900" "I wish you a happy" "New Year, Victoria IR-".; On under side is scratched "3546 Forbes".
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Container
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV997.47.79
- Description
- Tin box. Rectangular, cigar box with hinged lid. Lid features a red background with raised crowns, portraits of King George V and Queen Mary. Holes in bottom for ventilation.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers between 1993 and 1997.
- Marks/Labels
- "J.HIRSCH & SONS, LIMITED." " MONTREAL" "IRVING CIGARS" Scroll with "NG ORGE & EN MA" "CORONATION YEAR SOUVENIR". On underside "26 Cigars" "Factory No.34" "I.R.-17".
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Product Packaging
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Container
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.78.244
- Description
- Box. Commemorative metal box with hinged lid. Lid - Windsor Castle; Right - Westminster Abbey; Left -Edinburgh Castle; Front - King George VI; Back - circle of crests from 11 areas of the British Empire, with Canada featured in the center.
- Object History
- Donor purchased objects from various collectors and antique retailers.
- Marks/Labels
- Lid of tin "Windsor Castle", right side of tin "Westminster Abbey", left "Edinburgh Castle". Front of tin "George VI" "KING EMPEROR", at lower right is crown above "GRI". Back of tin is a circle of crests from 11 parts of the British Empire: "AUSTRALIA" "EAST AFRICA" "NEWFOUNDLAND" "CEYLON" "MALAYA" "BURMAH" "WEST INDIES" "INDIA" "SOUTH AFRICA" "WEST AFRICA" "NEW ZEALAND", with "CANADA" featured in the center.
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Container
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button pin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.21
- Description
- Badge, button, round, very small. Coloured portrait of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on gold background. Stamp on back reads "ALLIED PRINTING / NEWARK / UNION LABEL / TRADES COUNCIL / 3".
- Object History
- From the family home of Thomas Seaborn McNair and Mary Vida (nee McMillan) McNair who lived on West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver. Thomas McNair ran Edwards, McNair and Russell, an established estate agent business.
- Marks/Labels
- On reverse, "Buttons made by The Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark, N.J., U.S.A." "Pat. April 14, 1896, July 21, 1896". Also on the back is a partial printing mark; "ALL'ED PRIN..." "TRADES UNION LABE... ....3" "NEW..."
- Maker
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New Jersey
- Site/City Made
- Newark
- Patent Date
- April 14, 1896, July 21, 1896
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
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Coronation of Queen Victoria : 28th June, 1838
dish
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.3560.1
- Description
- Dish made of glass. Dish is rectangular shape but shallow, the sides flare out slightly. The glass is cut out on the sides to create a design, and the edges are scalloped. The dish has several cracks in the glass.
- Object History
- Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901.
- Marks/Labels
- Cut into bottom, on the underside, in dots is "ROYAL" "1837" "1887" "JUBILEE" with a large crown between dates and Jubilee.
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Celebrations
- Celebrations - Jubilee
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glass; mug
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV000.7.6
- Description
- Glass mug. Small clear glass commemorative mug with gold rim. "E II R" on front. On either side of lettering is a lion and a unicorn holding up a crown.
- Object History
- The coronation usually takes place several months after the death of the previous monarch, as it is considered a joyous occasion that would be inappropriate when mourning still continues. This also gives planners enough time to complete the elaborate arrangements required. Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953, despite having acceded to the throne on February 6, 1952, the instant her father died. British law states that the throne is not left 'vacant' and the new Monarch succeeds the old immediately.
- Marks/Labels
- "E II R" "2ND JUNE" "CORONATION" "1953". Underside has raised '6', "MADE IN FRANCE".
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Food Service Tools and Equipment
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The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from her majesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, vol. 1 - 1837-1843
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.136.1
- Call Number
- 941.08 VIC
- Author
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
- Contributor
- Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
- Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1852-1930
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Physical Description
- xii, 512 p. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- "W37a" [written in blue ink on first page, crossed out]
"Mrs. J. A. Elliot" [written and underlined on first page]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Europe--Politics and government--1848-1871
- Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1837-1901
- Letters
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "Edited by Arthur Christopher Benson, M.A. and Viscount Esher, G.C.V.O., K.C.B."--title page
- "Published by the authority of His Majesty the King"--title page
- Contributor's full names and dates: Esher, Reginald Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1852-1930
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
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The letters of Queen Victoria : a selection from her Makesty's correspondence between the years 1837 and 1861, published by the authority of His Majesty the King, vol. ii, 1844-1853
The life of her most gracious Majesty the Queen : in two volumes, vol. i
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV992.19.2
- Call Number
- 940.2 TYT v. 1
- Author
- Tytler, Sarah, 1827-1914
- Contributor
- Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Lord, 1845-1916
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- J. S. Virtue
- Publication Date
- n.d.
- Physical Description
- 236 p. : ill. ; 32 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901
- Queens--Great Britain
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Books
- Notes
- "Edited, with an introduction, by Lord Ronald Gower, F.S.A." -- title page
- Volume 1 of 2
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medal
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.24.24
- Description
- Medal, silver-coloured; Queen Victoria Jubilee 1897; front -design of Queen Victoria showing head, shoulders and two laurel sprigs; centre - coat-of-arms, surrounded by 5 circles, each with symbol at centre; hangs from decorative brass bar with blue grosgrain ribbon connecting it to similar bar at top; partial fastener on back; ribbon is hand-sewn on to the brass bars.
- Object History
- Part of a donation pertaining to Frederick Homer Cassels, a WWI Veterinary service army veteran.
- Frederick Homer Cassels was born June 25th 1870 or 1872 in Paisley, Ontario. He moved to BC in 1914 and settled in Vancouver. Cassels was a veterinary surgeon in the 103rd Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I.
- Prior to that, Cassels worked in Washington State. He married Emily Frances McMullen in England in 1919. They came back to Canada and settled in Burnaby the same year.
- He later worked as a marble worker, sticker and polisher at Continental Marble Works until 1932. The family settled in Burnaby's "Skunk Hollow" area, an area off Boundary Road at 13th Avenue and Clydesdale. Their children attended Schou St. School.
- He passed away July 31 1948.
- Marks/Labels
- "VICTORIA REGINA" around image; on reverse, around edge, is stamped "VICTORIA, QUEEN AND EMPRESS, 1837 - 1897, THE LONGEST AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS REIGN ON RECORD"; hand sewn to the front of the ribbon are gold metal initials "VR" and leaf motif
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Personal Symbols
- Personal Symbols - Medals
- Names
- Cassels, Frederick Homer
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medallion
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.16
- Description
- Medallion, bronze, round. Double profile portraits of King Edward VII and Alexandra on one side; on reverse is coat-of-arms.
- Object History
- Edward VII was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and ascended the throne on January 22, 1901 upon Victoria's death. Born in 1841 he had to wait a long time to succeed to the throne. He married Princess Alexandra of Denmark in 1863 who bore him three sons and three daughters. The coronation was originally scheduled for June 26, 1902, but Edward had to undergo an emergency appendectomy operation, so the coronation was postponed until August 9, 1902.
- From the family home of Thomas Seaborn McNair and Mary Vida (nee McMillan) McNair who lived on West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver. Thomas McNair ran Edwards, McNair and Russell, an established estate agent business.
- Marks/Labels
- Around portraits; "KING EDWARD VII" "EMPEROR OF INDIA" and "ALEXANDRA HIS QUEEN". On reverse, under the coat-of-arms "KYANNOORTYS CHEUSTHIE JEH KYANNOORTIES", and around edge; "DOUGLAS CELEBRATES THE CORONATION JUNE 26-1902".
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
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medallion
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.20
- Description
- Medallion, metal, round; portrait of King Edward VII. On reverse is a coat-of-arms; the medallion hangs from bar featuring a crown with "E R" and three maple leaves under it.
- Object History
- Edward VII (succeeded January 22, 1901, crowned August 9, 1902; originally set for June 26, 1902, postponed due to King's illness).
- From the family home of Thomas Seaborn McNair and Mary Vida (nee McMillan) McNair who lived on West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver. Thomas McNair ran Edwards, McNair and Russell, an established estate agent business.
- Marks/Labels
- "CORONATION CELEBRATION" "KING EDWARD VII" "JUNE 26TH" "1902" with portrait of King Edward. On reverse is a coat-of-arms "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE", and "DIEU ET MON DROIT" under coat-of-arms. "SCHWAAB, MILWAUKEE" is under and around the coat-of-arms. The medallion hangs from bar featuring a crown with "E R" and three maple leaves under it.
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
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memorial card
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.12.8
- Description
- The white memorial card is rectangular with a blue border. There is and image of King Edward VII printed in blue. Presented by the Vancouver School Board at its Memorial Service May 20, 1910.
- Marks/Labels
- "IN MEMORIAM" "Edward the Peacemaker" "Son of a Queen..." verse by Felix Penne "Edward VII. Born Nov. 9th, 1841. Married March 10th 1863. Succeeded to Throne Jan.22, 1901. Died May 6th, 1910" "Presented by the Vancouver Board of School Trustees on the occasion of the School Memorial Service, May 20, 1910"; blue printing; "MAIL JOB PRESSES" below bottom border.
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Cards
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