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school desk
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact83256
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV013.9.1
- Description
- School desk - 1960 vintage single school desk with a welded metal frame and plastic seat and laminated top. The desk top is 58.5 cm wide X 43 cm deep. The inkwell is on the proper, upper right and there is a decal of an animal paw print on the porper upper left. The seat back is broken and needs repair
- Object History
- Was acquired from either Moscrop Junior High or Burnaby North High
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Storage & Display Furniture
- Object Term
- Desk
- Measurements
- Overall measurements: Length 82 cm X Width 58.5 cm X height 78.5 cm.
- Subjects
- Furniture
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stool
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91758
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.13
- Description
- Wooden stool with rectangular seat. The legs of the stool are two boards attached to the bottom of the seat go straight down to the ground. There are triangle notches out of the bottom of each board.
- In between the legs of the stool is a small board attached to the seat to provide support and structure to the legs.
- The pieces are nailed together.
- There are two blocks bolted to the under side of the seat.
- Object History
- These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.
- Stool made by Gay Tim Hong. Used regularly for 80 years around the family kitchen table for meals. The family often shared meals with the long time, close farm workers and had a table of 10-12 people for lunch everyday.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Furniture - - Furniture Sets
- Object Term
- Stool
- Measurements
- Height: 50 cm
- Width: 29 cm
- Depth: 26 cm
- Names
- Hop on Farms
- Hong, Gay Tim
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prize ribbon
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79333
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.32.1
- Description
- Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) 2nd place prize ribbon in Creative Crafts; won by John Slawson in Augush 1988 for a doll house complete with furniture. The ribbon is arrow-shaped, pointed at the top and notched at the bottom. It has two layers of ribbon. The back layer is a white ribbon. The front layer is a red ribbon, with text in gold reading: "PNE / Creative / Crafts / SECOND / PACIFIC / NATIONAL / EXHIBITION / VANCOUVER / CANADA".
- Object History
- Donor's father built the dollhouse in the 1980's after he retired from teaching. His hand-made home, furniture, and accessories won him 2nd prize in his age category at the 1988 PNE Creative Crafts competition.
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