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card
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39322
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV998.58.1
- Description
- National Registration Regulations - Card -- [1940]. Dominion of Canada National Registration Card for Eric Coe of 2684 Fern Avenue, Burnaby. Eric Coe was Part of the Electoral District Number 235 New Westminster, B.C. The registration card was signed on August 19th, 1940 and was signed by Deputy Registrar Vivean Ramsbothan (?). On the back of the card are several ink stamps "BCL-3143", "BCL-3144", "BCL-3145", "BCL 3146" and "STORE X 3-44". The card measures 10cm x 7cm.
- Colour
- White
- Names
- Coe, Eric
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wall clock
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact81748
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV011.20.1
- Description
- Clock - wall clock in a wood case with a pendulum enclosed by a lower extension of the case. The case face is octagonal with a round clock dial. The clock is made by the "New Haven" clock company of the USA. and is marked as a "REGULATOR"
- There is a paper label glued to the back of the clock : "8 Day ERIE REGULATOR / TIME PIECE / MADE BY / THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK CO. / NEW HAVEN CONN. / U.S.A. / DIRECTIONS FOR REGULATING THE CLOCK / If the clock should go too fast, lower the ball; if too / slow, raise it." printed on label.
- There is a pendulum with the clock
- There is a key to wind the clock
- Object History
- The donor was a janitor working for the Burnaby School Board durring most of his career. The clock was donated is from the Riverway East School. This school was built in 1906 and torn down after the Second World War, ca 1948, and replaced with a new school called Glenwood.
- Riverway East School was very similar to the Seaforth School now located at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Classification
- Timekeeping T&E
- Object Term
- Clock
- Subjects
- Timekeeping Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Riverway East School
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handcuffs
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact209
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.5.47
- Description
- Burnaby Municipal Police issue handcuffs. The cuffs are secured by three links of chain. There is no key.
- Object History
- These handcuffs were used by Constable George Jeffery. George Jeffery served as a Constable on the Burnaby Police Force from 1912 - 1935. His patrolled the large Central Park District by foot, stretching from Boundary to Royal Oak and Marine Drive to Moscrop. Over the coarse of his duties, Constable Jeffery saw the need for recreational activities in the area. He founded the Burnaby Athletic Association which featured a competitive boxing ring and gym. In 1935, when the Burnaby Police became the British Columbia Provincial Police, rather than leave the community he chose to leave the force. George Jeffery than worked at the nearby Oakalla Prison Farm until retiring in 1945.
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