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building
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3846
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.33.1
- Description
- The core of the Jessie Love farm house is a 1893 two story, pioneer tent style building. The home was added to over the years and became a large Craftsmen style farm house.
- Object History
- Built on Cumberland Road in Burnaby in 1893. Music Room/Parlour/Living Room and bedrooms above added c.1898. Kitchen added c.1908. The home of Jesse and Martha Love and their eleven children. One of Burnaby's oldest structures. The home was moved to Burnaby Village Museum in the late 1980s and has been partially restored to its 1920s appearance.
- Category
- 01. Built Environment Objects
- Classification
- Structures - - Dwellings
- Object Term
- House
- Colour
- Brown
- Culture
- Canadian
- Geographic Access
- Cumberland Street
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Cariboo-Armstrong Area
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Cabinet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90896
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.3.1
- Description
- Worn wooden cabinet made from Douglas Fir and cedar. The interior of the cabinet is painted a pale yellow. One third of the cabinet closest to the ground houses a large open shevling area with the back paneling visible. The middle of the cabinet has 5 slots for drawers with metal handles. One drawer is missing. The top third of the cabinet is split into 2 shelves with a yellow board bisecting the top shelf. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit.
- Object History
- The cabinet was found in the Thrussell farmhouse on Marine Drive in Burnaby in the 1999.The Thrussell's land had been leased to Chinese tenant farmers by the Thrussell family and also previous owners. The City demolished the house, but they salvaged many items in the house before doing so. Of note are the Chinese characters and the joinery and construction of the cabinet. Chinese characters are painted in black on the back of the shelving unit The first two characters refer to pine wood and the last character is stem or branch.
- Category
- 02. Furnishings
- Classification
- Household Accessories - - Storage & Display Accessories
- Object Term
- Cabinet
- Colour
- Brown
- Yellow
- Measurements
- 42” high x 42” wide x 14” width
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Nelson Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
Images
rake
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91747
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.12.2
- Description
- Garden rake consisting of a row of short metal tines attached perpendicularly to a long wooden shaft. There are 14 tines on the rake head.
- There is some rust on the metal of the rake.
- 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 - - Cultivation Equipment
- Object Term
- Rake, Garden
- Measurements
- Rake head: 36.5 cm
- Handle: 123.5 cm
- Names
- Law, Yee "Herbert"
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Street Address
- 4930 Marine Drive