"Furniture" found 40 records | Heritage Burnaby

Scope and Content: The film details Teresa Florkow’s journey to restore and maintain her tugboat, the Papco III in 1982, at the prodding of her dock neighbour Ollie Iverson.

1 image 1 video

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) (8 min., 9 sec.) : digital, 25 fps, col., sd., stereo

Scope and Content: The film details Teresa Florkow’s journey to restore and maintain her tugboat, the Papco III in 1982, at the prodding of her dock neighbour Ollie Iverson.

History: Teresa Florkow was born on October 11 1932 in Natal BC (now Sparwood BC). Her parents, Ann and John Bowman had another three girls (Betty Ann, Marilyn and Frances) before moving to Burnaby in 1945. They settled at 1713 Frederick Avenue at Rumble Street. Teresa attended Nelson Avenue School and then Burnaby South High School. After graduation, she worked at the Royal Bank at Kingsway and McKay for 7 years. She married Arc Florkow on July 14 1952. The couple moved to 5887 Berwick Street in Burnaby and had three children: Chris, Jill and Gail. Arc worked as a furniture painter until he bought a tugboat in 1975.

Creator: Florkow, Teresa

Other Title Information: title supplied by film maker

Subjects: Transportation - Boats

Names: Florkow, Teresa

Accession Code: BV016.37.17

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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Video

The Bet, 2016

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2016_0037_0017_001.mp4

Book of home building and decoration : prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2012

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961

Publication Date: c1912

Call Number: 747

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.29

Call Number: 747

Author: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961

Contributor: Lyman, Clara Brown; Bittner, Franklin Edward

Place of Publication: Garden City, N.Y.

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company

Publication Date: c1912

Series: Furniture Library Collection

Printer: Country Life Press

Physical Description: 200 p. : ill. : 32 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Architecture; Furniture; Interior decoration

Notes: "Edited by Clara Brown Lyman"; "Decorative Designs by Franklin Edward Bittner"

The Boy mechanic, book 2 : 1000 things for boys to do

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary416

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: c1915

Call Number: 745.5 WIN Vol. 2

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.42.29

Call Number: 745.5 WIN Vol. 2

Contributor: Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven), 1859-1924

Publisher: Popular Mechanics

Publication Date: c1915

Library Subject (LOC): Handicraft

Notes: Copyrighted by H.H. Windsor; Contributer's full name given as follows: Windsor, H. H. (Henry Haven), 1859-1924.; "How to construct devices for winter sports, motion-picture camera, indoor games, reed furniture, electrical novelties, boats, fishing rods, camps and camp appliances, kites and gliders, pushmobiles, roller coaster, ferris wheel, and hundreds of others things which delight every boy" --t.p.; With 995 illustrations; Includes index; Book 2 of 2

Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5472

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1994

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

" who was an Iroquois. He used to make furniture out of willow and he’d boil them, and paint the tips gold, and he’d peddle them in Vancouver. Most of the time he would walk into Vancouver, which was 9 miles, where mother bought them from him. There was another fellow, whose name was Peg-Leg Lewis. He

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282826

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Notes: Includes index.; 3 copies held: copy 3.

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Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Luxton, Donald, 1954-; Wolf, Jim

Edition: Rev.

Publication Date: 2011; c2007

Call Number: 971.133 LUX COPY 1

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282893

Call Number: 971.133 LUX COPY 1

Edition: Rev.

Author: Luxton, Donald, 1954-; Wolf, Jim

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2011; c2007

Physical Description: 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Architecture; Historic buildings; Buildings; Historic sites

Subjects: Buildings; Buildings - Heritage

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 2 copies held: copy 1.

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Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5462

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

" to bring his wife, Marian, and their three children across Canada to New Westminster. Their furniture, eight rooms of it from their home in the north of England, arrived months later have made the long journey around South America's Cape Horn to Vancouver. The shipping charge amounted to $12.50. The reason

1 digital book

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Century Park Museum Association

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History

Notes: 4 copies held: copy 4.

Digital Books

Catalog of mission furniture, 1913 : sectional Come-Packt furniture

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Come-Packt Furniture Company

Publication Date: c2004

Call Number: 749.09 MIS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 1897030096

Call Number: 749.09 MIS

Author: Come-Packt Furniture Company

Place of Publication: Almonte, Ont.

Publisher: Algrove Pub.

Publication Date: c2004

Series: Classic reprint series

Physical Description: 64 p. : ill. ; 31 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Furniture, Mission; Catalogs

Notes: Reprint. Originally published: Toledo : Come-Packt Furniture Company, 1913.

Catalogue no. 10 : factory furnishings

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company

Publication Date: 1907

Call Number: 749 GRA

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV977.29.30

Call Number: 749 GRA

Author: Grand Rapids Hand Screw Company

Place of Publication: Grand Rapids

Publisher: Grand Rapids Hand Screw Co.

Publication Date: 1907

Printer: Powers-Tyson Printing Co.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill. : 21 cm.

Inscription: "BOOK 7 CAT. 1" [Handwritten in black marker on front cover] "BOOK 7 CAT. #1" [Handwritten in blue ink and taped to front cover] "#34" [Handwritten in black ink on front cover] "Book 7 Furniture MGO 2" [Handwritten in orange crayon on front cover]