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Finboard

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Description Level
File
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Finboard, a recreational water vehicle invented by Thomas Tomosy. The photographs show a close up of the Finboard and Tomosy demonstrating on Deer Lake.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[2001]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
Physical Description
2 photographs (tiff) : col.
Description Level
File
Record No.
535-1644
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No restrictions
Accession Number
2018-12
Scope and Content
File contains photographs of the Finboard, a recreational water vehicle invented by Thomas Tomosy. The photographs show a close up of the Finboard and Tomosy demonstrating on Deer Lake.
Subjects
Recreational Activities - Boating
Occupations - Entrepreneurs
Media Type
Photograph
Photographer
Bartel, Mario
Notes
Title based on caption
Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
Caption from metadata for 535-1644-1: "Thomas Tomosy explains how his Finboard, which he invented and built, works, after taking it for a trial run on Deer Lake. By bobbing up and down to oscillate a pair of large fins at the back of the board, Tomosy is able to propel himself forward much like a whale or dolphin."
Caption from metadata for 535-1644-2: "Thomas Tomosy demonstrates the Finboard he invented and built, at Deer Lake beach. By bobbing up and down to oscillate a pair of large fins at the back of the board, Tomosy is able to propel himself forward much like a whale or dolphin."
Geographic Access
Deer Lake Park
Deer Lake
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
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