"Tools and Equipment" found 112 records

Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/oralhistory221

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1860-1932

Length: 0:08:48

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's description of the Linotype machine, as well as the history of his grandfather, John Foley, founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper.

Date Range: 1860-1932

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:08:48

Names: Foley, John

Subjects: Printing Tools and Equipment; Documentary Artifacts - Newspapers

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002 thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track five of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 6

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1485-1814

Length: 0:09:45

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the interview pertains to John Burton's explanation of the connection between printers and unions throughout history. He also tells the story of the cylinder press being smashed by handpress workmen to protect their jobs at the London Times as well as his own experiences learning on the Linotype.

Date Range: 1485-1814

Photo Info: Burton family home, [1945]. Item no. 216-002

Length: 0:09:45

Subjects: Printing Tools and Equipment

Scope and Content: Recording is of an interview with John Burton at his residence in Surrey by Lynda Mauve Orr, August 24, 1989. This interview focuses on the history of newspaper and printing presses in Canada.

Biographical Notes: John Burton was born in 1912 in New Westminster. He went to Second Street School, then Edmonds, then Saint Anne's Convent, and St. Louis College and Connaught before graduating from Burnaby South School in 1930. While at High School, John worked at Cowan's Music Store at 716 Columbia Street in New Westminster on Saturdays and after school. John Burton's grandfather John Foley was the founder of the Orangeville Sun newspaper in Orangeville, Ontario, established in 1861. He ran the paper until his death in 1882, when his son, John Foley Jr. took over as editor and publisher at the age of sixteen. Two of his daughters were involved in the newspaper; Margaret Foley was a regular contributor to the paper, and John Burton's mother was a typesetter. When John Burton was a teenager, he went to Orangeville to learn the trade from his uncle. Unfortunately, he was only there eighteen months when his uncle died December 21, 1932. The family was unable to hold on to the business and the paper amalgamated with the Orangeville Banner newspaper in 1933.

Total Tracks: 7

Total Length: 0:58:44

Interviewee Name: Burton, John

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Oral history subseries

Media Type: Sound Recording

Web Notes: Interview was digitized in 2010 allowing it to be accessible on Heritage Burnaby. The digitization project was initiated by the Community Heritage Commission with support from City of Burnaby Council and the BC History Digitization Program of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia. It was recognized by the Heritage Society of BC with an award in 2012.

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Audio Tracks

Track six of interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS137-001-4/MSS137-001-4_Track_6.mp3

Interview with Ron Smitherman by Eric Damer November 15, 2012 - Track 1

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date Range: 1945-1979

Length: 0:08:43

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Ron Smitherman's memories of his early years in construction. Ron discusses what it was like to be in construction during the postwar era. He also discusses his father's work as a carpenter and the changes that occurred with the introduction of electric car…

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Summary: This portion of the recording pertains to Ron Smitherman's memories of his early years in construction. Ron discusses what it was like to be in construction during the postwar era. He also discusses his father's work as a carpenter and the changes that occurred with the introduction of electric carpentry tools.

Date Range: 1945-1979

Photo Info: Ron Smitherman, [199-]. Item no. 549-065.

Length: 0:08:43

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment

Interviewer: Damer, Eric

Interview Date: November 15, 2012

Scope and Content: Recording is an interview with Ron Smitherman conducted by Burnaby Village Museum employee Eric Damer, November 15, 2012. Major theme discussed: building construction and development in Burnaby.

Biographical Notes: Born in 1933 and raised in Vancouver, Ron Smitherman learned the construction trade from his father, upgrading his knowledge and skills as techniques and materials changed and improved. Ron built houses and commercial buildings in Burnaby and elsewhere during the nineteen-forties, fifties and sixties. In 1969 Ron and his family settled in Burnaby where he shifted his business to real estate.

Total Tracks: 6

Total Length: 0:46:51

Interviewee Name: Smitherman, Ron

Interview Location: Burnaby Village Museum

Interviewer Bio: Eric Damer is a lifelong British Columbian born in Victoria, raised in Kamloops, and currently residing in Burnaby. After studying philosophy at the University of Victoria, he became interested in the educational forces that had shaped his own life. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees in educational studies at the University of British Columbia with a particular interest in the history of adult and higher education in the province. In 2012, Eric worked for the City of Burnaby as a field researcher and writer, conducting interviews for the City Archives and Museum Oral History Program.

Collection/Fonds: Community Heritage Commission Special Projects fonds

Series: Burna-Boom Oral History Project series

Transcript Available: None

Media Type: Sound Recording

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Ron Smitherman, [199-]. Item no. 549-065. thumbnail

Audio Tracks

Track one of recording of interview with Ron Smitherman

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Oral_Histories/_Unrestricted/MSS171-025/MSS171-025_Track_1.mp3

Irrigation flume

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card ; 23 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an irrigation flume (or logging flume) believed to be built by Tom Irvine in the interior plateau of British Columbia. The flume is in the middle of construction as the pile driver is visible in the distance pounding in its verticals. As well, the flume's walkway has been started.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 16 x 11 cm, mounted on card ; 23 x 17.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of an irrigation flume (or logging flume) believed to be built by Tom Irvine in the interior plateau of British Columbia. The flume is in the middle of construction as the pile driver is visible in the distance pounding in its verticals. As well, the flume's walkway has been started.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Geographic Features - Rivers; Structures - Flumes

Accession Code: HV975.33.3ba

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Irvine house being installed

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 6, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). Men surround the house as it sits on a gooseneck trailer stationed inside a fence.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). Men surround the house as it sits on a gooseneck trailer stationed inside a fence.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Tools and Equipment; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Irvine, Tom; Burnaby Village Museum

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive

Accession Code: BV005.14.31

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: April 6, 1975

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "April/75"

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Irvine house being installed

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 6, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). The house is raised on a cribbing and surrounded by workmen. A truck parked next to it has a sign that reads, "L.W. ZEBIAK HOUSE RAISING COMPLETE BASEMENTS."

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). The house is raised on a cribbing and surrounded by workmen. A truck parked next to it has a sign that reads, "L.W. ZEBIAK HOUSE RAISING COMPLETE BASEMENTS."

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Tools and Equipment; Transportation - Trucks; Occupations - Labourers

Names: Irvine, Tom; Burnaby Village Museum

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive

Accession Code: BV005.14.32

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: April 6, 1975

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "April/75"

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Irvine house being installed

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: April 6, 1975

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). Three people are visible at the basement side entrance looking in. The house's foundation is made of horizontal wood planks and there is a pile of lumber visible in the foreground.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 10 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of Tom Irvine's house during its installation at Heritage Village (now the Burnaby Village Museum). Three people are visible at the basement side entrance looking in. The house's foundation is made of horizontal wood planks and there is a pile of lumber visible in the foreground.

Subjects: Buildings - Residential - Houses; Tools and Equipment

Names: Irvine, Tom; Burnaby Village Museum

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Drive

Accession Code: BV005.14.34

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: April 6, 1975

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 11-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "April/75"

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Jack and the Fordson

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3484

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man identified only as Jack working with a Fordson Tractor with a belt pulley during a pile driving operation.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 8 x 5.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a man identified only as Jack working with a Fordson Tractor with a belt pulley during a pile driving operation.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment

Accession Code: HV975.33.3bh

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "Jack and the Fordson"; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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John Burton working on linotype machine

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [197-]

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of museum interpreter, John Burton working on the linotype machine inside Heritage Village Museum News and Art Printing Shop (later became the Burnaby Post).

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Century Park Museum Association fonds

Series: Heritage Village Museum exhibits and artifacts series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.4 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of museum interpreter, John Burton working on the linotype machine inside Heritage Village Museum News and Art Printing Shop (later became the Burnaby Post).

Subjects: Buildings - Civic - Museums; Printing Tools and Equipment

Names: Burnaby Village Museum; Burton, John

Accession Code: BV020.4.1276

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [197-]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph

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John Burton working on linotype machine, [197-] thumbnail

Locomotive at Granite Bay

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription71

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied June 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of locomotive no. 5 travelling along the tracks at Granite Bay hauling large logs. A logging crew is travelling with the locomotive; some lumberjacks are riding in the car and some are seated on the logs.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of locomotive no. 5 travelling along the tracks at Granite Bay hauling large logs. A logging crew is travelling with the locomotive; some lumberjacks are riding in the car and some are seated on the logs.

Subjects: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery; Industries - Logging/lumber; Transportation - Locomotives

Accession Code: BV989.8.6

Access Restriction: Restricted access

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [191-] (date of original), copied June 1987

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written in pen on verso of photograph reads: "76837 - 28A JUNE 87"

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Locomotive at Granite Bay, [191-] (date of original), copied June 1987 thumbnail

Model TW1625 Sta-fresh applicator

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [29 Feb 1972]

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a "Model TW1625 STA-Fresh Applicator". This machine was a low volume wax applicator specifically formulated for fruits such as citrus.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Julie Lee and Cecil Lee family fonds

Series: Cecil Lee business records series

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a "Model TW1625 STA-Fresh Applicator". This machine was a low volume wax applicator specifically formulated for fruits such as citrus.

Subjects: Food Processing Tools and Equipment; Agriculture - Fruit and Berries

Accession Code: BV019.6.10

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [29 Feb 1972]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 29-Sept-2020

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Applicator - Low Vol. Wax"; Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Feb 29 1972"; Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads:; Sticker in upper right corner of photograph reads: "MODEL TW1625 STA-FRESH APPLICATOR / 24" Width Tranverse Type with WP 1812 Pump Pack"; Item is part of a scrapbook album created by Cecil Lee

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Model TW1625 Sta-fresh applicator, [29 Feb 1972] thumbnail

Old Curly with a logging crew

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription66

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1912 and 1914] (date of original), copied June 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the locomotive known as "Old Curly" at Vancouver Island with a logging crew standing on around the engine. Old Curly was barged over to Vancouver Island just before World War I for use by the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 11 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the locomotive known as "Old Curly" at Vancouver Island with a logging crew standing on around the engine. Old Curly was barged over to Vancouver Island just before World War I for use by the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company.

Subjects: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery; Industries - Logging/lumber; Transportation - Locomotives

Names: British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company

Accession Code: BV989.8.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1912 and 1914] (date of original), copied June 1987

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on verso of photograph reads: "76837 - 29A JUNE 87"

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Old Curly with a logging crew

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription67

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [between 1912 and 1914] (date of original), copied June 1987

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the locomotive known as "Old Curly" at Vancouver Island with a logging crew standing and leaning against the engine. Old Curly was barged over to Vancouver Island just before World War I for use by the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 11.5 cm print

Scope and Content: Photograph of the locomotive known as "Old Curly" at Vancouver Island with a logging crew standing and leaning against the engine. Old Curly was barged over to Vancouver Island just before World War I for use by the British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company.

Subjects: Occupations - Lumberjacks; Woodworking Tools and Equipment - Logging Machinery; Industries - Logging/lumber; Transportation - Locomotives

Names: British Columbia Mills Timber and Trading Company

Accession Code: BV989.8.2

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [between 1912 and 1914] (date of original), copied June 1987

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 01-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note written on verso of photograph reads: "76837 - 30A JUNE 87"

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Parkland

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3495

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of unidentified parkland with two steam-powered pile drivers visible in the distance.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of unidentified parkland with two steam-powered pile drivers visible in the distance.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Geographic Features - Parks

Accession Code: HV975.33.3k

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Pile driver

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pile driver building a pier at an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pile driver building a pier at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Accession Code: HV975.33.3l

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Pile driver at work

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of structure believed to be built by Tom Irvine in the interior plateau of British Columbia. The structure is in the middle of construction as the pile driver is visible in the foreground pounding in its verticals.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 10 x 6 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of structure believed to be built by Tom Irvine in the interior plateau of British Columbia. The structure is in the middle of construction as the pile driver is visible in the foreground pounding in its verticals.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Structures - Flumes

Accession Code: HV975.33.3be

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Pile driver at work

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3497

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pile driver building a structure in the middle of a recently logged area at an unidentified location.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pile driver building a structure in the middle of a recently logged area at an unidentified location.

History: Liklely the Bloedel Stewart and Welch built a trestle over the Campbell River in Spring 1925. BS&W acquired a timber lease on the south side of the Campbell River in order to access operations at Sayward. This is now the site of the John Hart Hydro Dam.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Industries - Forestry

Accession Code: HV975.33.3m

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Pile drivers

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two pile drivers building a pier at an unidentified location.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 13 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two pile drivers building a pier at an unidentified location.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment; Structures - Piers and Wharves

Accession Code: HV975.33.3j

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Pile drivers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3505

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two pile drivers building a pier at an unidentified location. Three labourers are visible working with the pile drivers.

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of two pile drivers building a pier at an unidentified location. Three labourers are visible working with the pile drivers.

Subjects: Structures - Piers and Wharves; Construction Tools and Equipment

Accession Code: HV975.33.3t

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Pile driving

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1919]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pile being lifted into a pile driver tower at an unidentified harbour.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a pile being lifted into a pile driver tower at an unidentified harbour.

Subjects: Construction Tools and Equipment

Accession Code: HV975.33.3q

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: [1919]

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2/2/2010

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Image from personal photograph album of Tom "Tommy" Irvine (HV975.33.3)

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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 5

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Interview with John Burton by Lynda Maeve Orr - Track 6

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Interview with Ron Smitherman by Eric Damer November 15, 2012 - Track 1

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Irrigation flume

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Irvine house being installed

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Irvine house being installed

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Irvine house being installed

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Jack and the Fordson

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John Burton working on linotype machine

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Locomotive at Granite Bay

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Model TW1625 Sta-fresh applicator

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Old Curly with a logging crew

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Old Curly with a logging crew

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Parkland

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Pile driver

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Pile driver at work

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Pile driver at work

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Pile drivers

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Pile driving

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