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Storage Box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact49891
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV006.7.1
- Description
- Storage box. Wooden box with slanting top, hinged to open upwards. Lid closes with a clasp. Box is painted black on the outside and is unfinished on the inside and bottom. The box is made from 3/4 inch thick boards. There are two rings at the back edge of the top.
- Object History
- Collected by Raymond Menah when the Central Park British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban Tram line was shut down in late 1950's. It appears that the box was designed to hang on a wall.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Container
- Container - Box
- Geographic Access
- Central Park Interurban line
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uniform hat
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89993
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.22.7
- Description
- uniform hat; BC Electric; slate blue wool cover; woven cane frame; black card(?) visor; slate blue wool strap with black metal buttons at either end; elongated hexagonal metal badge on front of frame with illustration of a bus and text reading: "SERVICE / COURTESY / BCE"; six button pins attached to frame to identify wearer as having a Class A B.C. Chauffeur's license; buttons are for the years 1959, 1960, 1961,1964, 1965, and 1967.
- Object History
- Donor's husband was a BVM volunteer who worked on the restoration of the 1223 Interurban tram. He started working with BC Electric right out of the army after World War II. He first drove the trams until they stopped running, then he switched to driving buses. In 1962, he began working in the rail yard.
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- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Headwear
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