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Cabinets of curiosities : collections of the Vancouver Museum, 1894-1981
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary981
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Vancouver Museum
- Publication Date
- c1982
- Call Number
- 708.11 CAB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0919253067
- Call Number
- 708.11 CAB
- Author
- Vancouver Museum
- Contributor
- Maranda, Lynn, 1942-
- Mayer, Carol E. (Carol Elizabeth), 1945-
- Sayers, Ivan W. (Ivan William), 1946-
- Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Vancouver Museums and Planetarium Association
- Publication Date
- c1982
- Physical Description
- iv, 92, v-xi p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver Museum
- Catalogs
- Notes
- "Prepared by ... Lynn Maranda, Carol Mayer and Ivan Sayers"--p. iv.
- Includes index.
City of Vancouver heritage inventory of Vancouver schools : report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1000
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Bodnar, Diana, 1950-
- Publication Date
- 1982
- Call Number
- 727. BOD
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 727. BOD
- Author
- Bodnar, Diana, 1950-
- Place of Publication
- [Vancouver, B.C]
- Publisher
- City of Vancouver
- Publication Date
- 1982
- Physical Description
- 60 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Schools
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-60).
- Prepared for the Vancouver Heritage Advisory Committee.
Vancouver discovers Vancouver : an excerpt from the rough logs of Second Lieutenant Peter John Puget
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1146
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Puget, Peter John
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Call Number
- 971.1133 PUG
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 971.1133 PUG
- Author
- Puget, Peter John
- Contributor
- Lamb, W. K.
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- Vancouver Conference on Exploration and Discovery
- Publication Date
- 1990
- Physical Description
- 23 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burrard Inlet (B.C.)--Discovery and exploration
- Discoveries in geography
- Notes
- "To Commemorate the arrival of Captain George Vancouver on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America in 1792"
- "Simon Fraser University will host An International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Exploration and Discovery in April 1992"
Glancing back : reflections and anecdotes on Vancouver public schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary741
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1550311689
- Call Number
- 371.00971 GLA
- Contributor
- Gosbee, Chuck, 1939-
- Dyson, Leslie, 1957-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Vancouver School Board
- Publication Date
- 1988
- Physical Description
- 128 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
- Inscription
- "Colin, / Please accept this copy of "Glancing Back" as a / symbol of our appreciation for your help on this project. / This book would not have been possible without your / help and the co-operation of hundreds of people like / you. / Hope you enjoy it. / Leslie Dyson", handwritten in ink on card insert in cover of book.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Public schools
- Education
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
The Greater Vancouver book : an urban encyclopaedia
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary821
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Davis, Chuck, 1935-2010
- Publication Date
- c1997
- Call Number
- 971.1 DAV
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1896846009
- 9781896846002
- Call Number
- 971.1 DAV
- Author
- Davis, Chuck, 1935-2010
- Place of Publication
- Surrey, B.C.
- Publisher
- Linkman Press
- Publication Date
- c1997
- Physical Description
- xiii, 882 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
- Inscription
- "To the / Burnaby Village / Museum : / Enjoy! / Chuck Davis", handwritten in ink on page before title page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver Metropolitan Area (B.C.)
- Notes
- Includes index.
Logging as it was : a pictorial history of logging on Vancouver Island
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary927
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0919203582
- 780919203587
- Call Number
- 634.9 GOL
- Author
- Gold, Wilmer
- Place of Publication
- Victoria, B.C.
- Publisher
- Morriss Pub.
- Publication Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 255 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Logging
- British Columbia--History
- Subjects
- Industries
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Notes
- Maps on lining papers.
On the shady side : Vancouver, 1886-1914
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1136
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920663044
- 9780920663042
- Call Number
- 971.1 KEL
- Author
- Keller, Betty
- Place of Publication
- Ganges, B.C.
- Publisher
- Horsdal & Schubart
- Publication Date
- c1986
- Physical Description
- ix, 121 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History--Anecdotes
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
Saltwater city : An illustrated history of the Chinese in Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1159
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0888946163
- Call Number
- 971.133 YEE
- Author
- Yee, Paul
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Douglas & McIntyre
- Publication Date
- c1988
- Physical Description
- 174 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Chinatown (Vancouver, B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170) and index.
Street names of Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary834
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Walker, Elizabeth
- Publication Date
- 1999
- Call Number
- 971.1 WAL
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969237871
- 9780969237877
- Call Number
- 971.1 WAL
- Author
- Walker, Elizabeth
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Vancouver Historical Society
- Publication Date
- 1999
- Physical Description
- xix, 147 p. : ill., col. maps ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Street names--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Streets--British Columbia--Vancouver
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
Transportation and urban development in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, 1890 - 1915
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary870
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Call Number
- 388.4 TRA
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Publication Date
- 1986
- Physical Description
- 24 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Electric railroads
- Local transit
- Street-railroads
- Transportation
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Notes
- Spiral bound, master copy.
- Includes 1 copy of distributed version (smaller booklet with clearer photographs)
- Includes bibliographical references
Vancouver : a visual history
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary825
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Macdonald, Bruce, 1948-
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Call Number
- 911. MAC
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0889223114
- 9780889223110
- Call Number
- 911. MAC
- Author
- Macdonald, Bruce, 1948-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Talonbooks
- Publication Date
- 1992
- Physical Description
- xi, 84 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 32 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Historical geography--Maps
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Maps
- Biography
- Notes
- "A project of the Vancouver Historical Society."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81) and index.
Vancouver : flashbacks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1149
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 092066864x
- 9780920668641
- Call Number
- 971.1 VAN
- Author
- Norman, Anne
- Place of Publication
- Willowdale, Ont.
- Publisher
- Firefly Books
- Publication Date
- c1990
- Series
- Firefly postcard book
- Physical Description
- [64] p. : chiefly ill. ; 12 x 18 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Pictorial works
- Notes
- "Photographs courtesy Vancouver Public Library"--T.p. verso.
- "A postcard book of 30 black and white historical photographs"--Cover.
Vancouver Region - Final Regional Response and Committee Position and Recommendations to the Commissioner"
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription16692
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 12 Jan. 1981
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a copy of a typewritten report titled "Vancouver Region - Final Regional Response and Committee Position and Recommendations to the Commissioner", January 12, 1981. Report is enclosed within a duotang and is divided with orange subject heading tabs: "OAKALLA DISTRICT", "DISTRICT DI…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Oakalla Prison collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 cm of textual records
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a copy of a typewritten report titled "Vancouver Region - Final Regional Response and Committee Position and Recommendations to the Commissioner", January 12, 1981. Report is enclosed within a duotang and is divided with orange subject heading tabs: "OAKALLA DISTRICT", "DISTRICT DIRECTOR'S OFFICE", "CENTRAL CONTROL", "WESTGATE 'B'", "SOUTH WING", "EAST WING", "WEST WING", "HOSPITAL", "CENTRAL SERVICES", "LAKESIDE", "YOUTH DETENTION CENTRE", "BURNABY CCC", "MARPOLE CCC", "LYNDA WILLIAMS CCC" and "PORTEAU COVE".
- Accession Code
- BV991.45.241
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 12 Jan. 1981
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
Vancouver, then & now
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1181
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Morgan, Roland
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Call Number
- 971.1 MOR
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920620477
- 9780920620472
- Call Number
- 971.1 MOR
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Author
- Morgan, Roland
- Place of Publication
- North Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Whitecap Books
- Publication Date
- 1983
- Physical Description
- 126 p. : ill. ; 19 x 23 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Pictorial works
Vancouver, the way it was
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1369
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kluckner, Michael
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Call Number
- 971.1 KLU
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0920620566
- 9780920620564
- Call Number
- 971.1 KLU
- Author
- Kluckner, Michael
- Place of Publication
- North Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Whitecap Books
- Publication Date
- c1984
- Physical Description
- 239 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 x 32 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Pictorial works
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.
Working lives : Vancouver, 1886-1986
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary721
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0919573495
- Call Number
- 331 WOR
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- New Star Books
- Publication Date
- 1985
- Physical Description
- 211 p. : ill. ; 23 x 29 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Working class--British Columbia--History
- Industrial relations--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Social conditions--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-208) and index.
Interview with David Skulski
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription19606
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, at…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- Museum Oral Histories series
- Subseries
- Many Voices Project Interviews subseries
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 sound recordings (wav) (80 min., 38 sec.) + 1 sound recording (mp3) (80 min., 38 sec.)
- Material Details
- Interviewer: Eric Damer Interviewee: David Skulski Location of Interview: Burnaby Village Museum Interview Date: July 6 2023 Total Number of tracks: 2 Total Length of all Tracks: 80 min., 38 sec. Digital master recordings (wav) were recorded onto two separate audio tracks, edited and merged together and converted to mp3 for access on Heritage Burnaby
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a recording of an oral history interview with Murray "David" Skulski conducted by Burnaby Village Museum Registrar and Researcher, Eric Damer. 00:00:00 – 00:22:22 David Skulski provides biographical information about himself. He talks about his childhood experiences growing up, attending school in New Westminster and Burnaby and Hebrew school in Vancouver. David recalls his early experiences in music, instruments that he played and describes some of his Jewish family traditions. 00:22:23 – 00:49:57 David talks about his experiences studying music at university and following his passion as a musician and oboist. He recalls his experiences of working with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, the CBC Orchestra, Vancouver Society for Early Music, the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra, other musical ensembles and venues where he’s performed. 00:49:58 – 01:00:00 David talks about living in Burnaby in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. David describes some his experiences playing traditional music from different countries. 01:01:01 – 01:14:15 David comments on the changes that he’s seen in Burnaby over the years, some of his favourite places, activities, cultural amenities and development on the Fraser River. David talks about the Jewish community in Burnaby, his involvement with the Peretz Centre and examples of Jewish cuisine. 01:14:16 – 01:20:38 David talks about Yiddish being his first language, his language studies in Lithuania, the roots of the language and provides some examples of speaking Yiddish.
- History
- Interviewee biography: Murray "David" Skulski was born in 1942 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and moved to British Columbia with his parents in 1948. Skulski and his family settled in New Westminster before moving to Burnaby in the late 1950's. Skulski took piano lessons at an early age and began playing obo while attending junior high school in New Westminster. In 1960 at the age of 17 years, Skulski began performing with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra as solo English horn and is the youngest player to ever be employed with the VSO. In 1991, Skulski started playing with the Vancouver Folk Orchestra and was the conductor between 1997 and 2004. Skulski has been the principal oboe player in many orchestras. In 1968, Skulski founded the Hortulani Musicae; in 1970, he founded the Vancouver Society for Early Music and in 1983 he founded Harmonie, an ensemble concentrating in classical wind music. In 2003, Skulski became president of the Pertez Centre for Secular Jewish Culture. In 2005, Skulski became principal oboist of the Philharmonic Orchestra and the Burnaby Symphony Orchestra and between 2009 and 2019 he was the principal oboist for the Pilgrim Orchestra under Pilwon Suk. David has served as president of the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture and since 2022, he’s served on the board of the Vancouver Chamber Music Society. Skulski has taught summer courses in Renaissance music in Austria (1972-1979), has been a music resident at Simon Fraser University (1973-1976), has lectured on the history of musical instruments at SFU and UBC and in 2008 began teaching at the Pacific Coast School of Music, Richmond School of Music and Oakridge Music Studios. Interviewer biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history.
- Creator
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Education
- Foods
- Music
- Musical Instruments
- Occupations - Musicians
- Performances - Concerts
- Persons - Jewish Canadians
- Religions - Judaism
- Names
- Burnaby Symphony Orchestra
- Burnaby South High School
- Burquest
- Skulski, Murray "David"
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Vancouver Society for Early Music
- Peretz Centre
- Responsibility
- Damer, Eric
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake
- Deer Lake Park
- Accession Code
- BV023.16.10
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
- Media Type
- Sound Recording
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of item
- Transcription available
Documents
Audio Tracks
Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
Interview with David Skulski, [1948-2023] (interview content), interviewed 6 Jul. 2023
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/Hpo/_Data/_BVM_Sound_Recordings/Oral_Histories/2023_0016_0010_003.mp3
Lions Gate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1419
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0889224161
- Call Number
- 388.132 DAC
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- Talonbooks
- Publication Date
- c1999
- Physical Description
- 175 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Lions Gate Bridge (Vancouver, B.C.)--History
- Suspension bridges--British Columbia--Vancouver--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Strathcona : Vancouver's first neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary839
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Atkin, John, 1957-
- Publication Date
- c1994
- Call Number
- 971.1 ATK
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1551102552
- 9781551102559
- Call Number
- 971.1 ATK
- Author
- Atkin, John, 1957-
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publisher
- Whitecap Books
- Publication Date
- c1994
- Physical Description
- 93 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Strathcona (Vancouver, B.C.)--History
- Vancouver (B.C.)--History
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [90]) and index.
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1912 Parker Carousel Restoration 1991 to 1994
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12334
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1991 and 1994]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) file (1 hr., 9 min., 44 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of unedited film footage titled “1912 Parker Carousel / Restoration / 1991 to 1994" by Alex Matches. Film footage documents various stages of restoration of the carousel including, the carousel horses, the "doghouse" and Wurlitzer. There is some narration by the camera person but soun…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 video recording (mp4) file (1 hr., 9 min., 44 sec.) : digital, 29 fps, col., sd., stereo
- Material Details
- Segments are marked by date
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of unedited film footage titled “1912 Parker Carousel / Restoration / 1991 to 1994" by Alex Matches. Film footage documents various stages of restoration of the carousel including, the carousel horses, the "doghouse" and Wurlitzer. There is some narration by the camera person but sound quality is poor and segments contain ambient noise. The footage is divided into segments marked by dates, visible in the bottom right corner. Dates range between April 1991 and March 1993. Some of this unedited footage could have been used for the Burnaby Village Museum film "Labour of Love - The Saving of Number 119" (see BV020.4.28). 00:00 - 03:23: Apr. 20, 1991 : Volunteers and staff working on the restoration of carousel horses in the Texaco warehouse. They are busy scraping away old paint. Various horses are suspended on frames while some are laid on their sides on work benches. 03:24 - 06:15: Nov. 2 1991 : Volunteers and staff working on scraping and sanding away old layers of paint on carousel horses in the Texaco warehouse. Some horses are getting repairs. A little narrative coming from camera operator but mostly ambient sound. Pieces of the "doghouse" are also visible. 06:16 - 08:20 : Dec. 28 1991 : Horses are in various stages of restoration and repair inside the Texaco warehouse. 08:21 - 09:40 : Dec. 28, 1991 : Volunteers are gathered in a lunch room taking a break. Views of carousel horses in another room of the warehouse which have been applied with a sealer. The Worlitzer is also visible during a stage of restoration. Camera pans outside the Texaco warehouse located at the base of Burnaby Mountain on Burrard Inlet. 09:42 - 11:03 : Mar. 31 1992 : Some horses have been sealed with a clear coating and others have been applied with a white undercoat primer. 11:04 - 17:36 : Apr. 11 1992 : Horses with primer undercoat, views of the Wurlitzer under restoration as well as panels of the "doghouse" 17:37 - 18:18 : May 30, 1992 : Wurlitzer and painted horses 18:19 - 21:53 : Jul. 25 1992 : Volunteers are working on painting carousel horses, various parts of carousel including the floor decks are also visible. 21:54 - 25:39 : Sept. 19 1992 : Volunteers are working on painting carousel horses and pieces of the "doghouse", mirrors are being inserted, decking is varnished. 25:40 - 30:39 : Oct. 10 1992 : Views of carousel horses with coats of primer, freshly painted horses, segments of the varnished deck, volunteers painting segments of the "doghouse" and finished horses. 30:41 - 41:30 : Nov. 14 1992 : Loading finished horses from warehouse into van to transport to museum. Photography shoot in warehouse of completed horses, mounting horses on poles at museum. Don Wrigley assisting. A view of the Carousel building at Burnaby Village Museum under construction. 41:32 - 47:27 : Nov. 20 1992 : Painted horses - details; parts of the carousel gears, poles etc 47:28 - 50:00 : Footage recorded from an exerpt from Red Robinson's Classic theatre where he narrates about the History and Saving of the Carousel. 50:02 - 1:03 : Mar. 15 1993 : Completed carousel inside the carousel building at Burnaby Village Museum, volunteers and staff are putting together the finishing touches for the opening day. Volunteers are gathering inside and seating themselves on horses around the carousel for the Volunteers Grand Opening. The carousel begins to move with some volunteers riding various horses while the Wurlitzer plays in the background. 1:04:10 - 1:09:44 : March 27 1993 - Carousel is officially opened. Includes interviews by curator Colin Stevens with Friends of Carousel president, Don Wrigley and Dave Zieffert, Restorator of the Wurlitzer and Gordie Ironside who helped work with the restoration. Gordie demonstrates how each carousel horse was built using a prototype that was built for educational purposes.
- Creator
- Matches, Alex
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Names
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
- C.W. Parker no. 119 Carousel
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.12.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1991 and 1994]
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Related Material
- BV020.4.28
- Notes
- Transcribed title taken from film footage
Images
![1912 Parker Carousel Restoration 1991 to 1994, [between 1991 and 1994] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0012_0001_001.jpg)
Video
1912 Parker Carousel Restoration 1991 to 1994, [between 1991 and 1994]
1912 Parker Carousel Restoration 1991 to 1994, [between 1991 and 1994]
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0012_0001_001.mp4