- RBSC-ARC-1679-CC-AR-00512
- Item
- [1890]
Three solid hardwood carved balusters from the first Empress of Japan. Launched in 1890 by the Naval Construction and Armaments Company of Barrow, England
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Three solid hardwood carved balusters from the first Empress of Japan. Launched in 1890 by the Naval Construction and Armaments Company of Barrow, England
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Silverplated ice bucket and stand engraved with the copperplate initials "C.P.R." and the Empress crown logo
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Two canvas life jackets, one reading Empress of Russia, CPS Ltd made of canvas and perhaps sponge rubber, and one reading Princess Louise, with a "certified approved" stamp of the Board of Steamship Inspection of the Government of British Columbia, filled with cork. Another Empress of Russia life jacket is on display in the Chung Collection
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
White cloth towel reading "B.C.C.S. Canadian Pacific B.C.C.S. 1942"
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
White cloth, possibly table covering, embroidered with the circular garter and maple leaf logo, labelled "Canadian Pacific"
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Wool blankets for Canadian Pacific use. One of brown wool with a band of striped red and green midway, a 2 cm border of red cloth sewn all around and canvas loops at the corners, with the letters CPR embroidered in red at one corner. The other is also of brown wool , woven with three darker brown stripes across each of the narrow ends and midway is the Canadian Pacific crest of a beaver atop a shield with a globe
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
Framed poster indicating the evolution of the CPR logos throughout 1886 to the 1990s
Eddy Match Company (Quebec, Canada)
Uniform code of operating rules number 6
Consists of an audio disc and a roll of film that was intended for the education of C.P.R. employees regarding rules of the railroad.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Uniform code of operating rules number 5
Consists of an audio disc and one roll of film that was intended for the education of C.P.R. employees regarding rules of the railroad.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Uniform code of operating rules number 4
Consists of an audio disc and one roll of film that was intended for the education of C.P.R. employees regarding rules of the railroad.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Uniform code of operating rules number 1
Consists of an audio disc that was intended for the education of C.P.R. employees regarding rules of the railroad.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Steel Wheel and Grands Horizons
Consists of an audio disc that was intended for the education of C.P.R. employees. It contains the voices of C.P.R. railroad employees from across Canada. The A side is called Steel Wheel and the B side Grands Horizons.
Kessler Productions
The Caribbean Season Empress of Canada
Consists of an audio disc perhaps played on board the C.P. R.M.S. Empress of Canada during a Caribbean cruise to entertain the passengers.
Deisgners Three Incorporated
My Cruise Round the World on Canadian Pacific SS. Empress of Australia 1927-1928
Consists of an unused travel diary sold to passengers on a world cruise. The diary is in immaculate condition with a writing pencil and travel map.
[Unknown] (Authorized heading)
1961 calendar from Yuen Fong Company, Limited
Calendar for Yuen Fong Company, Limited with illustrations.
1969 calendar from Yuen Fong Company, Limited
Calendar for Yuen Fong Company, Limited with photographic illustrations.
1955 calendar from Canadian Bank of Commerce
Calendar for the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Imperial Bank of Canada Poster
Calendar for the Imperial Bank of Canada; missing calendar pages. Poster reads "Litho'd in Canada."
Metal strainer with bamboo handle
Metal strainer with bamboo handle. Item was brought from one of the islands of British Columbia and is handmade.
Wooden bar with geometric indentations for decorating foods like biscuits and cakes.
Wooden mould for making moon cakes.
Wooden mould for making moon cakes.
Wooden floral carving from a Chinese temple. Painted with gold leaf.
Set of Fan Tan game pieces including glass buttons, dealer's brass cup and counting wand. Glass buttons are from Canton, China.
Three-tiered wicker basket painted with black and red paint, with design on lid. The wedding basket would be filled with treats and gifts and presented at the wedding.
Bag originally held aproximately 40 pounds of rice. Labeled with blue markings.
Bamboo recorder used to make music.
Candles used in temple ceremonies.
Bone or ivory pieces for a counting game similar to dominoes. Could also be used in game of mahjong.
Metal washing basin decorated with floral patterns and a central illustration of a Chinese person.
Hand saw with teeth on one side and a wooden handle.
Hand saw with teeth on both sides and a wooden handle.
Conical-shaped straw hat.
[San Francisco Chinese newspaper]
A Chinese newspaper from San Francisco.
A Chinese newspaper from Vancouver, British Columbia.
A hook used in the preperation of food, most likley to hook fish and process it.
Knife used in the preperation of meats and other foods.
Metal serving spoon used for cooking and ladling soups or other foods into bowls.
Brass serving spoon for cooking and ladling soups or foods into bowls.
Metal spatula used in cooking.
White vase with blue decoration. Translation of Chinese charaters loosely read: "Generation inherits/come, two together/enjoy your money/health and riches/all your life long happiness"
Ceramic Figurine of two men playing a game
Ceramic figurine of two Chinese men in robes playing a board game.
Brown unglazed earthenware ceramic tea set made of yixing clay, consisting of four tea cups, a tea pot, and tray. Tea set is decorated with a nature motif of flowers,squirrels, and branches. May be made of Yixing clay.
Terra cotta jar with unglazed lid which would have originally held a medicinal ointment or possibly pills.
White glazed ceramic jar which would have originally held a medicinal ointment or possibly pills. There are Chinese characters on the lid.
Green glazed ceramic jar which would have originally held a medicinal ointment or possibly pills.
Set of four teacups decorated with Chinese characters. Marked "China" on botton.
Set of two tea cups with Chinese characters and illustrations in red on white porcelain. Each teacup has a matching lid. Marked with Chinese characters.
Set of two small bowls. Exterior decorated with floral patters on red glaze.
White porcelain tea pot decorated with Chinese characters and illustrations of a lion and other creatures. Case for tea pot is hexogonal and made of fabric embroidered with flowers.