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scale

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV973.56.53
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
HV973.56.53
Description
Scale, "Family Scale" "22 lb"; green painted cast metal; scratched into underside, "CLAUDE HILL DEC. 30 1---"
Object History
The scale was used by the Hill family. The family farm stood on Douglas Road at Deer Lake - where Burnaby Village Museum is today. The homestead was built in 1892, and as enlarged in 1905. The family grew strawberries on the farm. Bernard Hill worked as a surveyor for the municipality of Burnaby. He and his brother Claude were Alderman for the municipality of Burnaby.
Category
04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
Classification
Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment - Scales
Object Term
Scale
Names
Hill, Louis Claude "Claude"
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
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