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Ink
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90812
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.40.3
- Description
- Glass bottle of black ink, with a plastic textured lid. The front label is yellow with a gold border, and a blue band along the bottom of the label. It has a black ink stain down the front. The back label is smaller and lighter colour with a yellow stain that reaches to the middle of the label.
- Object History
- This ink came along with a lettering guide used in the City of Burnaby's Planning Department, in the late 1950s. See also BV020.40.2
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Accessories
- Object Term
- Ink
- Marks/Labels
- Chin-Chin waterproof Liquid PearlInk / Sole Canadian Distributors / Made in Germany / Protect from Freezing
- Colour
- Black
- Yellow
- Blue
- Measurements
- 30cm high
- Maker
- PearlInk
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings
- Government - Local Government
- Land - Land Surveying
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Planning - City Planning
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Lettering Guide
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90811
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.40.2
- Description
- Wooden box with a hinged lid and base with slats for rules and holes for lettering tips. The box contains lettering materials, including white rulers,ink pens in green cardboard cylindrical tubes, guiding stencils for lettering in different fonts, metal tool to hold ink nibs.
- Object History
- This lettering guide was used in the City of Burnaby's Planning Department, in the late 1950s. A lettering guide template is a special type of template used to write uniform characters. It consists of a sheet of plastic or other material with cut-outs of letters, numbers, and other shapes used especially for creating technical drawings. For decades they have been essential for lettering a drawing nameplate so text and other designs could be made quickly and uniformly. Although they have been superseded by the use of computers, during the greater part of the last century they were used to relatively ease the lettering process in the creation of technical drawings. They were an indispensable tool for architects and technical illustrators.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Devices
- Object Term
- Guide, Lettering
- Marks/Labels
- WRICO LETTERING PEN
- Maker
- WRICO
- Subjects
- Construction Tools and Equipment
- Documentary Artifacts - Architectural Drawings
- Government - Local Government
- Land - Land Surveying
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
Punch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90538
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.25.1
- Description
- This is a hand-held metal punch with a spring between the handles. The name "H. Likeness" is engraved into both sides of the punch. It has an accompanying leather holster with a brass snap.
- Object History
- This transfer punch belonged to Harold Likeness. Harold's parents lived in Burnaby, and Harold also lived in Burnaby throughout his life. He drove a bus in Burnaby from about 1955 until 1988. Harold worked at Kensington Depot when it opened in Burnaby in the 1970s. He drove buses around Burnaby, and a regular route he has was up to SFU.He was later moved to the Kitchener bus depot and retired from that location. The punch was from his time as a bus driver.
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Motor Vehicles
- Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories
- Object Term
- Punch
- Marks/Labels
- H.LIKENESS
- Colour
- Silver
- Brown
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Parkcrest-Aubrey Area
Images
automobile
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact18718
- 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.
- 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 .
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Windsor
Images
automobile
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38527
- 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.
- 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
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Windsor
Images
automobile jacks
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91629
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV022.21.103
- Description
- Pair of bumper jacks or car jacks. The jacks are a ratcheting style. The first jack is made of steal and used as a model for the second one which is made of wood and designed to be a prop for a movie set.
- Both jacks have an orange painted finish that has been weathered and distressed. One through time and use, the other intentionally designed to look old.
- The jacks have a base plate, lifting runner, ratcheting handle, and standard column with adjustment holes.
- The prop bumper jack has fewer moving parts and does not include any of the spring mechanisms.
- Object History
- Jimmy Chow worked in TV and film as a property master for more than 42 years. A property master is responsible for building and procuring props that actors handle and use. This sometimes means making replica items that are lighter, false or make filming easier on the actor. This differs from set decoration, which uses props to create a backdrop and is less central to the action on set.
- Jimmy Chow was responsible for designing, managing, and sourcing props for films such as: BFG, Warcraft: The Beginning, X-Men 2, Fantastic Four, Watchman, Tron: Legacy, Little Women, Seven Years in Tibet, Shanghai Noon, The Shipping News, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Changeling, Man of Steel (Superman), Snow Falling on Cedars, Legends of the Fall, And the Sea Will Tell, and Once a Thief.
- He entered the film industry in 1973 working for CBC Vancouver and gained valuable experience working on the set of the television series The Beachcombers, which launched his career.
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories
- Object Term
- Jack, Vehicle
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Chow, Hipman "Jimmy"
Images
bumper
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89937
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV019.4.1
- Description
- Replica Wagner bumper made by blacksmiths at BVM
- Object History
- This is a replica of a Wagner bumper. Frank Wagner patented his Triple Spring Bumper for automobiles and attempted to interest one of the major automobile manufacturers in purchasing his patent. He manufactured some bumpers and sold them locally.
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories
- Object Term
- Fender, Vehicle
- Names
- Wagner, Frank
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
license plate
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90997
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.11.5
- Description
- blue metal license plate with yellow logo of the British Columbia Centennial '71 with "1871/ CONFEDERATION" and "1971/ CENTENNIAL" on either side. "BRITISH COLUMBIA" at the top, and "BURNABY, B.C." at the bottom. White border with two oval mounting holes at top. Rear is gold colour.
- Object History
- Vanity license plate was produced as part of the British Columbia Centennial '71 celebrations.
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories
- Object Term
- Plate, License
- Measurements
- 30cm wide x 10cm high
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45375
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.16.1
- Description
- Postcard: sepia photo, glossy, white border; horizontal; of small stone church among trees; printed in white at bottom, handlettered "METHODIST CHURCH BURNABY ONT"; on reverse in grey, "POST CARD", "MADE IN CANADA"; short line down centre, at left "CORRESPONDENCE HERE", at right "NAME AND ADDRESS HERE"; "AZO" printed four times at upper right to form outline of rectangle, "PLACE STAMP HERE"; handwritten all across card in blue pen: "Clarence Neff donated the the land for the church to be built. The first minister had two churchs. & did not live in Burnaby. Later my grandfather Clarence Neff donated land for the parsonage to be built for the yr. round minister" "Helen McCoomb Fitzgerald"; pencilled "Property of Mrs. Harley McCoomb"; in black pen, "in Burnaby"; spotting, darkening around edges; corners are rounded; border is uneven; tack hole at top centre with impression of tack head visible on front
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Country Made
- Canada
- Title
- Methodist Church Burnaby, Ont.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Buildings
- Buildings - Religious
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
Images
pram
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91514
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.30.1
- Description
- Green classic Wilson brand pram. There are four narrow wheels, a low-set handle bar and a moveable top canopy and cover with a patterned interior trim. The interior of the pram is white, as is the handlebar, brake handle and wheel covers. On the front end, there is a logo with the brand "Wilson" written in silver cursive, a narrow British flag and a blue tag indicating "Made in England". On either side of the pram, there is a painted pink rose. The knobs on either side of the canopy are also made to look like silver roses, with a yellow and green "W" symbol in their centre.
- Object History
- This pram belonged to George and Elaine (nee Blackstock) Burnett who lived in Burnaby on Elgin Avenue. The couple had four children, but the exact timeline of when this pram was used in unknown. The pram was made in England by the company Silver Cross, which was founded by William Wilson in 1877. It is the founder's surname from which the pram derives its name, which is found on the end of the carriage. George Burnett was employed as the foreman plumber at Oakalla Prison in Burnaby for 30 years. He was also the President of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 83 in Burnaby. Elaine's family farmed on land in the Deer Lake Area. George and Elaine had four children: John, Derek, Louise, and Lori.
- Reference
- Pioneer Tales of Burnaby, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby: Part III: 1911-1920. Elsie Dawkins Norman. Burnaby Village Museum, Digital Reference Collection. Published 1987. (page 333)
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Human-Powered Vehicles
- Object Term
- Stroller
- Marks/Labels
- Painted pink roses; Wilson label; Made in England
- Colour
- Green
- Measurements
- height: 100 cm width: 55 cm depth: 124 cm
- Country Made
- England
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area
Images
air pump
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79062
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- X2868
- Description
- Brass air pump with wooden handle and red rubber air tube. On the base of the pump is "BRIDGEPORT BRASS CO/ BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT", on the bottom of the base is "MADE IN/ U.S.A."
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E
- Object Term
- Pump, Tire
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Accessory
Images
automobile
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact35075
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.19.1
- Description
- 1929 Nash Roadster, two door convertible with rumble seat. Body colour is two-tone, tan and brown. Wheels are wire spoke, mounting 29 in. X 5.5 in. tube tires. There are spare tires mounted on rims. These are located forward of the side doors. All the wheels have hubcaps. There are no side curtains. The engine is six cylinder with a "Twin Ignition" system. There are two sparkplugs per cylinder.
- Object History
- The Nash roadster was purchased by a private owner in British Columbia after it came out in 1929. In the late 1950s or 1960s the car was purchased from the first owner by William "Graham" Kidd (1922-1984) of Burnaby. The well loved vehicle was nicknamed "Agnes" by it's second owner Graham Kidd. Graham Kidd was the son of William Kidd Sr. (1882-1970) and Helen Kelly Kidd (1894-1977). Graham Kidd was born in Burnaby in 1922 and lived in Burnaby his whole life. Graham's father William Kidd and his mother Helen White Kelly married in North Burnaby in 1917 and moved into a home on Oxford Street. William Kidd opened a hardware store on East Hastings Street Burnaby in 1913 and operated it for twenty years before working for Burrard Brokerage in the 1930s. William and Helen had three children; William Graham Kidd, Margaret Graham "Peggy" (McLaughlin) and Ann (Mercier). In the late 1940s, Graham joined his father William Kidd working for Burrard Brokerage eventually becoming the proprietor of the business in the 1950s. Graham Kidd married Gweneth "Gwen" Anderson and lived in North Burnaby with their three children until he died in 1984. Graham Kidd loved his Nash automobile often going for Sunday drives with the convertible top down with children riding in the rumble seat. Parts for the automobile were hard to come by and the family recalls a neighbour Oscar Johnson helped to keep it in good condition. In the 1970s the Nash roadster was also refurbished and repainted with help from Graham Kidd's neighbour John Prestas. In 1984, after William Kidd died, Gwen Kidd donated the automobile to the Transportation Museum of British Columbia, Cloverdale who in turn donated it to Burnaby Village Museum in 1993.
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Motor Vehicles
- Object Term
- Automobile
- Marks/Labels
- "B33452", serial number
- "436", model number
- "80981", body number
- Maker
- Nash Motor Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Wisconsin
- Site/City Made
- Kenosha
Images
baseball cap
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79037
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.3.2
- Description
- Give-away baseball cap from the Bridge Film Studio in Burnaby. The cap is black with red trim, "knp" makers logo. Made in China, 100% polyester.
- Object History
- Obtained from the Bridge Studio Burnaby circa 2006. The Bridge Studios was built in 1987 on 15 acres of land that was formerly part of the Dominion Bridge bridge-building plant. From 1930 until the mid 1970s, Dominion Bridge constructed steel structures ranging from portions of the Golden Gate and Lions Gate Bridges to holding tanks for pulp mills. Several of the Dominion Bridge buildings were re-used by the studio, including the Cafeteria Building, the Boiler House, and the Compressor Building. In the mid-1970s filming began on a temporary basis in unused portions of the plant. In 1987, after lobby efforts by local film industry unions, guilds, and suppliers, the Government of British Columbia agreed to invest in renovating the site to create a permanent studio facility in order to ensure that BC had a stable base of operations for film production. The Bridge Studios, the first dedicated studio facility in Vancouver, opened for business in 1987 with television series "MacGyver" and the feature film "Stakeout" among the first productions to have used the facility.
- Subjects
- Clothing
- Clothing - Headwear
- Names
- Bridge Studios
Images
bayonet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact79063
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV007.7.1
- Description
- This object is made of mild steel in the shape of a long bayonet. It is poorly crafted. It is knife shaped with one sharp edge and has rusted.
- Object History
- Found by members of the White family in a stump locted on their property on Portland Street in Burnaby. in 1939. There were logging camps in the area and early settlers clearing land. This item would have been made by someone with access to a forge.
- Subjects
- Armament
Images
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact19156
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.17.5
- Description
- "Pass Canada!"; bifold binding with three staples; 12 pages; second edition 1929. "Cover reads: "Pass Canada! / TO Nations as well as to individuals comes at / some challenging moment the mandate to / fulfil their mission. To us it seems that Canada / stands at the Open Door of Opportunity.../ ....The world calls to her for bread. ? Her's is the hour ...Let her rise up in / all the magnificent power of her natural re- /sources and lead the nations of the world along the paths of peace / Time's Sentry cries : "PASS CANADA! / A Short series of suggestions on the / way out of the present problems / of unemployment of men / and land / By Mrs. Jack Hawkshaw (First Edition Copyrighted 1922)".
- Object History
- From the collection of Mabel Edith Honor (McClean) Hawkshaw author and publisher of the "Burnaby Post" (1922-1937). She wrote articles for city dailies under the pen name of Percy Egerton Sterling.
- Category
- 08. Communication Artifacts
- Classification
- Documentary Artifacts - - Literary Works
- Object Term
- Serial
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Title
- Pass Canada!
- Publication Date
- 1929
Images
Documents
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact19640
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.65.1
- Description
- Government Surveys - Booklet -- [1925]. General instructions for Government Surveys in the Province of British Columbia. The booklet was produced in April 1925, by the Land Department of the Government of British Columbia. The booklet includes information on rate of pay, transportation and accidents.
Images
booklet; report
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact15094
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV984.57.17
- Description
- Annual General Meeting - Booklet -- [1914]. Report produced by the Corporation of British Columbia Land Surveyors for the Annnual General Meeting on January 13th, 1914. The booklet has a light brown cover with the title of the report and the Bitish Columbia provincial crest. The report is staple bound and is printed by Margison Brothers Printers. The booklet is stamped on the back inside cover "SCOBBIE & ASSOCIATES".
Images
brush hook
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91750
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV023.14.6
- Description
- Tool with a hooked blade attached to a long wooden handle used for land clearing - cut heavy brush, shrubs, or small trees.
- The blade is made of iron and is heavily rusted. The handle is damaged in several spots and cracked where the blade is attached.
- Object History
- These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.
- Classification
- Maintenance T&E - - Groundskeeping Equipment
- Object Term
- Hook, Brush
- Measurements
- Length: 92 cm
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Gardens
- Gardens - Market Gardens
- Names
- Hop on Farms
Images
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
candleholder
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact26132
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.146.1
- Description
- Candle holder for Christmas tree; metal, with spring clip; "DRP" on clip; clip has shell-shaped clamping end; candle holding part has fluted drip catcher
- Object History
- The donors immigrated to Burnaby from England and Sweden in the 1920s. One donor's parents bought three acres of land on Douglas Road, near the west end of Burnaby Lake. In 1927, they moved to a stump ranch on Springer and Union on the south side of Capitol Hill.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Lighting Equipment - - Lighting Holders
- Object Term
- Candleholder
- Subjects
- Holidays - Christmas
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Lochdale Area
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