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audio amplification set

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91427

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.22.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.22.1

Description: A large box containing a audio-amp, a wooden triangular prism with a decorative round speaker, and six smaller rectangular boxes. All are made of a light wood, and have different functions.

Object History: This audio-amplifier set was used by Mr. Edward A. Fountain, who was appointed as Civil Defense Coordinator on May 5th, 1952. He also built the wooden boxes which contain each part of the set. The Burnaby Civil Defense Department was established in order to disseminate information guiding the public on how to react in response to the impending threat of nuclear war and Russian bombers. In the early 1950’s, this education centered primarily on evacuation, as members of the public were expected to prepare and essentially fend for themselves in the event of a nuclear attack. These pieces of audio technology are believed to have been used at Civil Defense rallies in Burnaby, which Edward Fountain would have been involved in as the department director. According to Burnaby City Council meeting records, music and defense operation demonstrations were commonplace at such rallies, and are examples of what this set was used for.

Category: 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication

Classification: Telecommunication T&E - - Telecommunication Devices

Object Term: Radio

Colour: Brown

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: British Columbia

Site/City Made: Burnaby

Subjects: Communication Artifacts

Names: Fountain, Edward

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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badge

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48258

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV005.13.41

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV005.13.41

Description: Badge, cloth, circular; yellow, green, white, red, blue; scene of mountains, river and field with a yellow bar across bottom with red lettering.

Object History: Scouts Canada

Marks/Labels: "BURNABY LAKE (smaller) DISTRICT", stitching, red

Subjects: Organizations; Organizations - Boys' Societies and Clubs; Personal Symbols; Personal Symbols - Badges

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

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bag of corks

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact1328

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV971.37.106

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV971.37.106

Description: Beige, flour sack-type cloth bag filled with unused corks. Open at top. Stitching along sides. Some stains on cloth.

Object History: This item originates from the Central Park Pharmacy in Burnaby.

Category: 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Classification: Chemical T&E

Marks/Labels: no label found

Subjects: Science and Technology Tools and Equipment

Names: Central Park Pharmacy

Geographic Access: Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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double bit axe head

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45469

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV003.28.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV003.28.3

Description: This split, double bitted, utility axe head was found on Burnaby Mountain by Alfred Bingham in 1920. Mr Bingham bought property on the West side of the mountain in 1920. The axe head is double bladed. The head is very rusty and has been cracked across one side. The remains of the handle are still in the axe eye.

Object History: The axe head was found on the site of Simon Fraser University (SFU), an area logged in the early years of the 20th Century by Gilley Logging. The axe may have been broken by one of their loggers.

Reference: Note from Alfred Bingham, original in accession file. "THIS AXE HEAD WAS FOUND IN 1920 / BY ALFRED BINGHAM ON THE PRESENT SITE / OF THE SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY. IT PROBABLY / WAS USED BY AN EARLY LOGGER. WHO CUT DOWN / SOME OF THE GREAT TREES THAT GREW ON / BURNABY MOUNTAIN. HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO. MANY OF THESE TREES WERE OVER 800 YEARS OLD / Alfred Bingham " hand written in ink on one face of note. "I bought 5 acres of stump land on the / corner of Sherlock, Duthie, & Kitchener Streets in / 1920. & cleared 2 acres & bilt small home, (store?) / my wife and I have lived in Burnaby continually since then / AB" hand written in ink on the reverse face of the note.

Marks/Labels: "1920 FOUND ON BURNABY MTN SITE S.F.U.", written in yellow chalk on one face of the axe head

Subjects: Industries - Forestry; Woodworking Tools and Equipment; Industries - Logging/lumber

Names: Gilley Brothers Logging Company; Simon Fraser University; Bingham, Alfred "Alf"

Geographic Access: Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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international call codes paper

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91450

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.22.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV021.22.2

Description: Paper listing several radio signals used by the Civil Defense department. Paper is creased and yellowing especially around edges and folds.

Object History: This “Ten – Signals” paper was donated alongside the audio-amplification set, belonging to Mr. Edward Fountain. The signals represented on the paper were used in training volunteers in the Burnaby Civil Defence Department, of which Mr. Fountain was named Director/ Coordinator in 1952. The Burnaby Civil Defense Department was established in order to disseminate information guiding the public on how to react in response to the impending threat of nuclear war and Russian bombers. In the early 1950’s, this education centered primarily on evacuation, as members of the public were expected to prepare and essentially fend for themselves in the event of a nuclear attack. Training took place throughout the City of Burnaby and in the surrounding regions, as the Civil Defence departments of several municipalities (namely the City of Vancouver and the City of New Westminster) partnered together in evacuation and recovery training, where the use of instructional training papers such as this would come into play.

Category: 08. Communication Artifacts

Classification: Visual Communication T&E

Object Term: Paperwork

Colour: White

Measurements: height: 28.2 cm width: 22 cm

Subjects: Communication Artifacts

Names: Fountain, Edward

Geographic Access: Burnaby Lake

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

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postcard

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact84668

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.43.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV007.43.1

Description: postcard; black and white photograph of entrance arches to Central Park in Burnaby - [192-]. The postcard was published by the Gowen Sutton Company Limited of Vancouver, BC. Stamp in black ink on verso of postcard reads "PUBLISHED BY THE GOWEN SUTTON CO. LTD. VANCOUVER, B.C. / POSTCARD / CORRESPONDENCE_ADDRESS"