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Mirror
- Description
- Square mirror in wooden frame. On top of the frame is "Broughton & McNeil / General Merchandise / Head Office: Aldermere, B.C.". Along the left side is the text "Groceries / Dry Goods / Clothing / Hardware / Etc. Etc. / Branch Stores: Chicken Lake / Moricetown / Stella". Along the right side the fr…
- Title
- Broughton & McNeil mirror
- Category
- FURNISHINGS
- Sub-Category
- FURNITURE
- Start Date
- 1905
- End Date
- 1912
- Period or Date Notes
- Aldermere townsite surveyed by 1905. Broughton & McNeil store at Chicken Lake (Lake Kathlyn) burned down and was sold to the Jennings Brothers after 1912.
- Description
- Square mirror in wooden frame. On top of the frame is "Broughton & McNeil / General Merchandise / Head Office: Aldermere, B.C.". Along the left side is the text "Groceries / Dry Goods / Clothing / Hardware / Etc. Etc. / Branch Stores: Chicken Lake / Moricetown / Stella". Along the right side the frame reads "Miners' / and / Prospec- / tors' / Outfitting / a / Speciality / Wholesale / and Retail / Meats". Along the bottom it reads "Proprietors / Telkwa Hotel / at Aldermere / Best Food North of Vancouver". Cardboard backing, and a small eye hook at the took for hanging.
- History Of Use
- Mirror was used to advertise the Broughton & McNeil stores of Aldermere, Chicken Lake (Lake Kathlyn), and Stella. Broughton & McNeil business venture was operated by Lem Broughton and Jack McNeil.
- Accession No.
- 1971.56.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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