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Barrel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90555
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.22.1
- Description
- Cylindrical veneer mushroom spawning barrel. The wood has been shaped to make the barrel. There is a base and rim around the top and bottom of the barrel, stapled to hold it together. There are a number of stains, discolourations, ink, and evidence of past mold. There is also a lid with a metal ring afixed to it. The lid has the name "Stiglish" handwritten with a circled number "2". In black ink, a stamp reads: Fraser Valley Mush Grow.Co-op Assn.265 E. Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. Canada"
- Object History
- Used on the Stiglish family mushroom farm
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Agricultural T&E - - Cultivation Equipment
- Object Term
- Barrel
- Marks/Labels
- Railway Express Agency Incorporated / Printed in U. / This Export Shipment Must Be Routed Via
- Colour
- Brown
- Gray
- Black
- Measurements
- 14" in diameter and 17" high
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)
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brush hook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91750
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.6
- Description
- Tool with a hooked blade attached to a long wooden handle used for land clearing - cut heavy brush, shrubs, or small trees.
- The blade is made of iron and is heavily rusted. The handle is damaged in several spots and cracked where the blade is attached.
- 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.
- Classification
- Maintenance T&E - - Groundskeeping Equipment
- Object Term
- Hook, Brush
- Measurements
- Length: 92 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Gardens
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Names
- Hop on Farms
Images
date plaque
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90987
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.1
- Description
- Bronze date plaque stamped "F.V.M.P.A./ BURNABY PLANT SOD TURNING / JULY 26, 1962" with 4 corner holes. The object has scratches throughout. The plaque is taped to a cardboard tag with the text "B5102 / $0.80"
- Object History
- The plate is to commemorate the Fraser Valley Milk Producers Assocation Burnaby Plant sod turning ceremony on July 26, 1962, when construction started on the new facility at Sperling and Lougheed. The plant opened in 1964, and housed the FVMPA head offices, fluid milk plant, and ice cream manufacturing division.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Other Documents
- Object Term
- Plate, Identification
- Measurements
- 6.3cm wide x 3.1cm high
- Subjects
- Foods
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Dairy
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area
Images
raffia bundle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91753
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.9
- Description
- Bundle of raffia strands twisted into a bundle. The bundle is held together at the top by a strip of raffia and is knotted around itself at the bottom.
- 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.
- Raffia bundle, used for tying vegetables in the fields. *We have a photo of raffia ties in use at Hop On Farm: BV017.36.7
- Measurements
- Length: 138 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Gardens
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Names
- Hop on Farms
Images
Rooted : Chinese Canadian stories in Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7646
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Digital Resource
- ISBN
- 978-0-9689849-2-5
- Call Number
- 971.133 ROO
- Contributor
- Fong, Denise
- Lemke, Jane
- Codd, Lisa
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Printer
- Metropolitan Fine Printers
- Physical Description
- 203 p. : ill. ; 30.5 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History
- Race discrimination -- Canada
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Persons - Families
- Rights
- Rights - Human Rights
- Social Issues
- Social Issues - Racism
- Notes
- There are two versions of the book: English and Simplified Chinese (left, below) and the other in English and Traditional Chinese (right, below).
- From the late 1800s to the present day, Chinese Canadians have made Burnaby into a more vibrant and livable city. Rooted: Chinese Canadian Stories in Burnaby brings together a collection of diverse stories and photographs from the community, celebrating the legacy and contributions of Burnaby’s Chinese Canadian community spanning over a century. This coffee-table book features oral histories and interviews with descendants of multigenerational family farms, green grocers, corner stores, restaurants, and places of worship. Also included are archival research and community perspectives on anti-Asian racism, community activism, courage, and resilience.
- The publication has been timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Chinese Exclusion Act by the Government of Canada in 1923. This federal legislation followed decades of discriminatory legislation by Canada’s federal, provincial and municipal governments that targeted Chinese Canadians by limiting opportunities to live, work and raise families in Canada. The Chinese Exclusion Act banned almost all migration from China and remained in place until 1947. Publishing this book in 2023 is an effort by the City of Burnaby to recognize the impact of discriminatory legislation on Chinese Canadians in our community, including discriminatory bylaws and practices implemented by Burnaby’s early municipal government.
- Edited by Denise Fong (Lead Researcher), Jane Lemke (Burnaby Village Museum Curator) and Lisa Codd (City of Burnaby Heritage Planner).
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Digital Books
seed drying tray
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91757
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.12
- Description
- Large wooden hoop frame with thin slats of wood woven across it. This creates a shallow tray on one side of the hoop. The hoop is held together by ties around the hoop itself. Some of the ties have broken causing the hoop to come apart.
- The hoop and weave are very brittle.
- 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.
- Seed drying tray, used when the family saved their own seed. They saved their seed to have a reliable supply of vegetable seeds difficult to find through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s: choi sum, gai lan, bok choi. The seed heads were clipped and placed on the tray, and stored in the greenhouses to dry down. A finer sieve would have been used to separate the seeds from the chaff.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Agricultural T&E
- Measurements
- Diameter: 86 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Gardens
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Names
- Hop on Farms
Images
shovel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91746
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.12.1
- Description
- Rounded digging style shovel. the shovel has a long wooden shaft or handle with a metal rounded mouth blade.
- Imprinted in the collar of the blade is "HEAT / TREATED / 2"
- The blade of the shovel is rusted.
- Object History
- These tools belonged to donor's father who had a market garden at his home on 4930 Marine Drive from 1971-79. Her father's name was Yee Law (or Herbert Law). After Yee stopped farming for a living in 1980, he gave these tools to the his daughter Gail and her family (the Yips). They presume that he no longer needed them. He maintained a 1 acre garden on his property until he couldn't anymore.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Agricultural T&E
- Object Term
- Shovel
- Measurements
- Length: 146.5 cm
- Subjects
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Names
- Law, Yee "Herbert"
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4930 Marine Drive
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tape measure
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90960
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.10.1
- Description
- Promitional tape measurer with a silver top plates and a gold body engraved on both sides. One side dark blue with ariel drawing of building and "Dairyland/ BURNABY PLANT/ 1964" engraved. Reverse is oval image of 4 cows in a field with mountains, sky, and a barn painted on a gold body with "FRASER VALLEY/ MILK PRODUCERS/ ASSOCIATION" in red. Top has a retractable silver steel tape with measurements in inches on one side. "Japan" engraved on base.
- Object History
- This object belonged to a sales representative for Dairyland, who lived in Chilliwack. He retired in 1978 after 40 years with the company. The Burnaby Dairyland plant was constructed in 1964 on Lougheed Highway near Sperling Avenue.
- Reference
- http://www.bcdairyhistory.ca/milk-break/magazine/1964-fraser-valley-milk-break.pdf
- Classification
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment - Scales
- Object Term
- Retractable Rule, Tape Measure
- Marks/Labels
- "Dairyland Burnaby Plant 1964", "Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association" "Japan"
- Measurements
- 4cm high x 5cm wide
- Subjects
- Foods
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Dairy
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area