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Scope and Content: Arlene Belcastro tells the story of her grandmother, Dakota Lamb, who was born to Norwegian parents in the late 1800s in North Dakota. She moved to Milk River, Alberta around 1900, then took up residence in Carmengay, Alberta during the Depression where she raised four children as a single mother a…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Film and Video collection

Series: Elders Digital Storytelling project series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 video recording (mp4) (7 min., 28 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo

Scope and Content: Arlene Belcastro tells the story of her grandmother, Dakota Lamb, who was born to Norwegian parents in the late 1800s in North Dakota. She moved to Milk River, Alberta around 1900, then took up residence in Carmengay, Alberta during the Depression where she raised four children as a single mother after her husband left. She supported her family by taking in boarders, ironing, and working as a midwife. The family later moved to Edmonton, where she was one of the first Avon ladies. In 1944, she was able to take a job as a pastry cook up north during the construction of the Alaska Highway and save enough money to purchase her own home. The film includes Arlene’s memories of visiting Grandma Lamb’s rustic cabin at Baptiste Lake north of Edmonton, Alberta. Starting at age 6, Arlene and her cousin, Donna, spent every summer with Grandma Lamb. The rustic cabin did not have running water or electricity, so the girls learned about kerosene lamps, wood stoves, and using a cold storage trunk for refrigeration. Grandma Lamb taught them life-skills through chores such as gathering kindling and tending the garden, and encouraged their independence. Arlene recalls that they also learned by example from Grandma Lamb, who instilled a respect for nature and for other people and never complained about life or what material things she didn’t have. She was a resilient, respectful, and wise role model.

History: Arlene Belcastro was born in Edmonton and attended H.A. Gray School and Victoria High School, where she completed commercial courses. She was married in Edmonton at age 19, and moved to Calgary after her eldest child was born. She learned to ride a horse at Elkana Ranch at Bragg Creek while living in Calgary. Following the birth of her second son, the family briefly lived in Nassau. Arlene returned to Edmonton after her marriage ended, and soon moved to the Vancouver/Burnaby area where she has lived for more than 40 years. At age 50, Arlene began acting and is currently a student of drumming, a community volunteer, and an avid traveler.

Creator: Belcastro, Arlene

Other Title Information: title supplied by film maker

Names: Belcastro, Arlene; Lamb, Dakota

Accession Code: BV016.37.6

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: 2016

Media Type: Moving Images

Notes: Transcribed title

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A Tribute to Grandma Lamb, 2016

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2016_0037_0006_001.mp4

At Tucks Station, Richmond

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: June 1957

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1232 (and 1231) reaching Tucks Station in Richmond.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : col. ; 8.5 x 8.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of British Columbia Electric Railway Company trams no. 1232 (and 1231) reaching Tucks Station in Richmond.

Subjects: Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Accession Code: BV992.23.14

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: June 1957

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Photographer: Webster, Robert D. "Bob"

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note on verso of photograph reads: "BCER 1232-1231/ RUCKS BC 6/57"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "BOB WEBSTER/ 9068 - 146th STREET/ SURREY, B.C. CANADA/ 584-9495 V3R 3S8/ RAILROAD PHOTOGRAPHY"

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automobile

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact18718

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV992.13.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV992.13.1

Description: This is a 1924 Ford Model T touring car with folding top and open sides. The body and upholstery is black. This vehicle has a battery and can be started with a key. It can be started by crank when necessary. It has electric head lights. This vehicle is in running order. Because this is a Canadian made Ford, both front doors are fuctional.

Object History: The donor bought the vehicle from a friend who brought it to the Lower Mainland from the Kamloops area where it had been stored in a barn. It is believed to have belonged to a doctor in Kamloops.

Category: 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts

Classification: Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories

Object Term: Automobile

Marks/Labels: "FORD Made in Canada" on radiator and on running boards. "427603", this number serves as the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) "C429688" stamped in the engine block. This is the engine serial number .

Maker: Ford Motor Company of Canada

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: Ontario

Site/City Made: Windsor

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Automobiles

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automobile

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38527

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV997.40.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV997.40.1

Description: This vehicle is a 1924 Ford Model T converted to a light delivery truck known as a "Depot Hack". The original body has been removed and an open wooden truck body has been custom built for the vehicle. The metal parts of the vehicle are painted black and the wood (mahogany?) is finished with a clear varnish. The radiator core is protected by a honeycombed front grill. The radiator cowling has the maker's brand stamped in the top. There is a white commercial license plate with red lettering mounted on right front of the dash, next to lamp. The vehicle has two electric front headlights and one rear light. It also has two incomplete carriage lamps screwed to the dash. There is one manual windshield wiper mounted on the vertical windshield. There is a horseshoe mounted on the right side inside of the dashboard. The "Buzz" coil box is mounted in the centre of the dash with a odometer on the left and key and meters on the right. The wheels have wood spokes and steel rims.

Object History: This 1924 Ford Model T vehicle may have arrived in Steveston around 1925 and used by a local family. The 1924 Ford Model T Depot Hack truck was built from the running gear of the original Model T Ford by Ernie Harrison. Ernie purchased the running gear of the Ford Model T around 1966 and built it from the ground up. Ernie took measurements from a "Depot Hack" that belonged to a collector in Vancouver and combed swap meets in British Columbia and Washington State in search of original car parts. Ernie belonged to the Model A and Model T Ford Club and took this truck in many parades. Around 1969, the truck was sold to a private collector before being sold to another collector in 1995. The vehicle was acquired by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1997. The Depot Hack rear body is not authentic but the original concept has been retained.

Category: 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts

Classification: Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories

Object Term: Automobile

Marks/Labels: "Ford / MADE IN CANADA", embossed above grill on top of radiator cover "EXPRESS & DRAY" "1921" "487" "VANCOUVER, B.C.", embossed on license at front of vehicle. "Ford" is embossed on each running board

Maker: Ford Motor Company of Canada

Country Made: Canada

Province Made: Ontario

Site/City Made: Windsor

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Automobiles

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Automobile electric starters and electric systems : book four

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6410

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Phillips, Harvey E.

Call Number: 629.2 PHI

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV983.48.23

Call Number: 629.2 PHI

Author: Phillips, Harvey E.

Place of Publication: Dayton, Ohio

Publisher: Auto Electric Systems Pub. Co.

Series: Information

Physical Description: 112 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Automobiles--Ignition; Automobiles--Electric equipment

Automobile repairing made easy, shop methods, equipment, processes; a complete treatise explaining approved methods of repairing all parts of all types of gasoline automobiles

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2913

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947

Edition: 1916 ed.

Publication Date: 1916; c1915

Call Number: 629.28 PAG

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Textual Record

Accession Code: HV972.35.86

Call Number: 629.28 PAG

Edition: 1916 ed.

Author: Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Munn & Co., Inc.

Publication Date: 1916; c1915

Printer: The Publishers Printing Co.

Physical Description: 1060 p. : ill. : 21 cm.

Inscription: "J.H. ROBINS 3525 DOVER ST BURNABY BC" [Handwritten in red ink on front endpaper]

Library Subject (LOC): Automobiles--Maintenance and repair; Automobiles

Notes: "Shows all latest developments based on a wide, actual repair experience." -- Title page; "Includes electric starting and lighting system instructions; osy-acetylene welding; tire repairing; engine and ignition timing; overhauling, etc." -- Title page; "Invaluable to motorists, students, mechanics and repair men" -- Title page; "Every phase of the subject is treated in a practical, non-technical manner" -- Title page; "Illustrated by over 1000 specially made engravings" -- Title page; "The illustrations defining construction of parts are made from accurate automobile engineering drawings" -- Title page; Author's full name and dates: Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947; Includes index.

baggage rack

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.86

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.86

Description: Composed of solid cast brass painted cream, previously green with rear mounting brackets at each end with four holes. There are also curls at the front end for possibly a cord to pass through. Five longitudinal rods forming a basket shape are mounted between the two C shaped end supports which contain the mounting brackets. One end cross member rod is missing. Length: 88 cm Width: 26.8 cm Depth: 14 cm

Object History: From British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban #1208.

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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baggage rack

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29011

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.87

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.87

Description: Composed of solid cast brass painted cream, previously green, with rear mounting brackets at each end with four holes. There are also curls at the front end for possibly a cord to pass through. Five longitudinal rods forming a basket shape are mounted between the two C shaped end supports which contain the mounting brackets. Length: 88 cm Width: 26.8 cm Depth: 14 cm

Object History: From British Columbia Electric Railway interurban #1208.

Marks/Labels: Blue tape "BCER 1208 - B66".

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

Names: British Columbia Electric Railway Company

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baggage rack

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29012

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.88

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV973.41.88

Description: A brass rod baggage rack composed of 6 longitudinal rods and triangular shaped end supports. There are two brackets at the back of each end support with two screw holes in each. A hook extends down from each end bracket at the back. Four cross members spaced evenly along the rack provide support for the 6 rods which pass through them. A piece of blue tape on an end bracket has stamped "BCER 1232-B65".

Object History: This baggage rack is from BC Electric Railway interurban 1232.

Marks/Labels: Blue tape "BCER 1232 - B65".

Measurements: Length: 107 cm Depth: 26 cm Height: 18.5 cm

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Public Transit; Transportation - Electric Railroads

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band organ

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.21.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV991.21.1

Description: This is a Wurlitzer Military Band Organ, Style 146B. Built by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, ca 1925. The organ is supposed to recreate the sound of a 20-piece military band, with percussion instruments that include bass drum, snare drums, cymbals, and xylophones, as well as pipes to reproduce the sounds of trumpets, trombones, flutes, and violins. This band organ is operated by paper rolls based on Wurlitzer's unique, 46 note roll scale, "Style 150". Our Model 146B has duplex roll frames, allowing continuous playing, one roll rewinds as the other is playing. An electric motor mounted on the top uses a belt to drive a crankshaft that powers both the air bellows that feed the various music pipes as well as the roll mechanism. The band organ was originally intended to be used with a carousel out of doors. A perferated sheet of plexie glass has been placed over the front opening to reduce the volume of the instrument inside the carousel building. Outside Visible Snare Drum on proper right Bass Drum with cymbal on proper left Inside 16 Octave Violin Pipes 3 Wooden Trombones 3 Octave Stopped Bass Pipes 15 Wooden Trumpets 15 Stopped Flute Pipes 16 Violin Pipes 9 Open Pipes Bottom 3 Open Bass Pipes 9 Stopped Accompaniment Pipes 16 Stopped Melody Pipes Bells 16 Bell Bars, playing form the musical roll.

Object History: The band organ was purchased and restored by the Friends of the Carousel to replace the original organ that had been sold before the carousel was acquired for the Burnaby Village Museum. The Friends of the Carousel bought this machine from a collector in Spokane, Washington. He had obtained it from a closed down travelling carnival company in Reno, Nevada. They had used it with a carousel in the American mid-west.

Marks/Labels: "Wurlitzer", painted in gold on front of organ

Maker: Wurlitzer Music Company Limited

Country Made: United States of America

Province Made: New York

Site/City Made: North Tonawanda

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Carousels; Musical Instruments

Names: C.W. Parker Company; Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel

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Barnet mill burner

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1937 (date of original), copied 2004

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the site of the old Barnet Mill burner along the shore of Burrard Inlet. Pilings and rail tracks are visible along the shore. B.C. Electric transmisson towers are visible at the top of the site. Photograph is taken from the water looking south.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: In the Shadow by the Sea collection

Series: Yasui family photographs series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi

Scope and Content: Photograph of the site of the old Barnet Mill burner along the shore of Burrard Inlet. Pilings and rail tracks are visible along the shore. B.C. Electric transmisson towers are visible at the top of the site. Photograph is taken from the water looking south.

Names: Barnet Mill

Geographic Access: Burrard Inlet

Accession Code: BV019.32.41

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1937 (date of original), copied 2004

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Historical information provided by Burnaby Heritage Planning - Barnet Neighbourhood

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Barnet Road and North Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3105

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1914]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Barnet Road, a dirt road at the time of the photograph, from North Road. There is a sign post in the foreground to the left that indicates the crossing is "NORTH AVE" and "BARNET RD". On the sign post a provincial notice is tacked on. There are electric posts along one side of Barnet …

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w glass negative ; 16.0 x 20.9 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Barnet Road, a dirt road at the time of the photograph, from North Road. There is a sign post in the foreground to the left that indicates the crossing is "NORTH AVE" and "BARNET RD". On the sign post a provincial notice is tacked on. There are electric posts along one side of Barnet Road, and further down the road is an unidentified man riding a motorcycle or a bicycle. According to an earlier catalogue record from 1988, the view is looking East, and the mountain rising in the background is Burnaby Mountain. The record also dates the negative ca. 1914

Subjects: Geographic Features - Roads

Geographic Access: Barnet Road; North Road

Accession Code: HV972.11.19

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [1914]

Media Type: Photograph

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Scan Resolution: 300

Scan Date: 14/8/2006

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; 1 b&w contact print accompanying negative

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B.C. Electric dinner

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription5145

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [ca. 1940s]

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia; 10.5 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dinner at BC Electric. John Waplington is seated on the far left while Ray Fleming is seated in the middle. Both John Waplington and Ray Fleming worked for BC Electric Company which later became B.C. Power and BC Hydro.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Waplington family fonds

Series: Waplington and Fleming families album series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia; 10.5 x 12.7 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a dinner at BC Electric. John Waplington is seated on the far left while Ray Fleming is seated in the middle. Both John Waplington and Ray Fleming worked for BC Electric Company which later became B.C. Power and BC Hydro.

Subjects: Transportation - Boats

Names: Ehlers, Edith "Edie" Fleming; Clayton, Sara Maureen Fleming

Accession Code: BV016.46.100

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: [ca. 1940s]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 13-Aug-2018

Notes: Title based on information from photograph album; Photograph is part of Photograph album BV016.46.52

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A Tribute to Grandma Lamb

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At Tucks Station, Richmond

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Automobile electric starters and electric systems : book four

Automobile repairing made easy, shop methods, equipment, processes; a complete treatise explaining approved methods of repairing all parts of all types of gasoline automobiles

baggage rack

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band organ

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Barnet mill burner

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Barnet Road and North Avenue

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B.C. Electric dinner

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