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All steel climax baling presses : electric power and hand operated
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2290
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Climax Baler Company Limited
- Publication Date
- 1969
- Call Number
- 670 CLI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV977.29.88
- Call Number
- 670 CLI
- Author
- Climax Baler Company Limited
- Place of Publication
- Hamilton, Ont.
- Publisher
- Climax Baler Co. Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1969
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. : 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Farm equipment--Canada
- Agricultural machinery
- Agriculture
- Machinery
- Machinery industry
- Catalogs
Modern home medical adviser
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7507
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976
- Publication Date
- 1942
- Call Number
- 610 BEI
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV020.14.1
- Call Number
- 610 BEI
- Author
- Fishbein, Morris, 1889-1976
- Place of Publication
- Chicago, IL
- Publisher
- JG Ferguson and Associates
- Publication Date
- 1942
- Printer
- Doubleday, Doarn & Company, Inc.
- Physical Description
- 5 cm thick. ill.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine
- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Object History
- This book is to believed to have been used in a Burnaby family home in the 1940s and 1950s.
- Notes
- Contains a table of contents and index.
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
- 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.
Digital Books
Inkwells to Internet: A History of Burnaby Schools
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary7551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Reference Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 978-0-9781979-2-6
- Call Number
- 371 CAR
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Physical Description
- vii, 35 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Burnaby (B.C.)--History
- Schools--British Columbia--Burnaby
- Subjects
- Education
- Notes
- "Includes index"
- A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
- The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
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Digital Books
scale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8903
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1343.1
- Description
- Brass scale, with rounded base and thin central pole. Horizontal, rectangular bar holds a round scale pan on either side. Each pan is suspended from three thin, linked chains. Horizontal bar has slight bend at centre of each side length. Left scale pan holds discoloured paper with green powder, for display only.
- Classification
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment - Scales
- Measurements
- Approx. 43.5 cm height x 52 cm width
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postal scale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact15965
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV983.61.3
- Description
- Postal scale, "IDEAL POSTAL SCALE"
- Object History
- Postal scale used by Harriet Woodward at the Burnaby Lake Post Office. The Burnaby Lake Post Office was run out of the Woodward cottage, owned by Harriet and Maude Woodward. The cottage was a prefabricated cottage erected in 1904. Harriet also began a small private school in the cottage, the first in Burnaby Lake. The cottage was enlarged with several additions until 1912 when the Woodwards built a new house.
- Classification
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment - Scales
- Object Term
- Scale, Postal
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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scale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact29503
- 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
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
scale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact38435
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV997.28.1
- Description
- Balance-beam scale with four weights. Scale has a black, metal body, with a rounded, bronze-coloured removable pan on the left side and a black, circular scale plate on the right side. Gold-coloured, rectangular ruler is attached to the front, with incised text, and a black weight attached to the centre. Four, ciruclar, black, metal weights accompany the item. Scale base and weights are worn.
- Classification
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment - Scales
- Marks/Labels
- "BLAIR SCALE CO. TORONTO" incised horizontally on gold-coloured ruler, attached to scale. Incised 0 to 16 oz. above name of manufacturer. "No. 26 (?)" incised at bottom right corner of metal ruler, below measurement lines. "TECO" and "4 LBS" embossed on black metal body of the scale, on horizontal base bar. "D E" printed in black on partial piece of red label, below weigh scale on black, metal base. "[ill. in photograph] IMPERIAL [ill.] / 4 lb" embossed at centre of round, black weight. "CANADA / 3 / PO" embossed at centre of round, black weight. "2" embossed at centre of round, black weight. "1" embossed at centre of round, black weight.
- Measurements
- Approx. 25 cm height x 36 cm length
- Maker
- Blair Scale Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
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tape measure
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90960
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV021.10.1
- Description
- Promitional tape measurer with a silver top plates and a gold body engraved on both sides. One side dark blue with ariel drawing of building and "Dairyland/ BURNABY PLANT/ 1964" engraved. Reverse is oval image of 4 cows in a field with mountains, sky, and a barn painted on a gold body with "FRASER VALLEY/ MILK PRODUCERS/ ASSOCIATION" in red. Top has a retractable silver steel tape with measurements in inches on one side. "Japan" engraved on base.
- Object History
- This object belonged to a sales representative for Dairyland, who lived in Chilliwack. He retired in 1978 after 40 years with the company. The Burnaby Dairyland plant was constructed in 1964 on Lougheed Highway near Sperling Avenue.
- Reference
- http://www.bcdairyhistory.ca/milk-break/magazine/1964-fraser-valley-milk-break.pdf
- Classification
- Weights and Measurements Tools and Equipment - Scales
- Object Term
- Retractable Rule, Tape Measure
- Marks/Labels
- "Dairyland Burnaby Plant 1964", "Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association" "Japan"
- Measurements
- 4cm high x 5cm wide
- Subjects
- Foods
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Dairy
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Lozells (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Government Road Area
Images
Heritage Village Pharmacy
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12964
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1984
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy. A large glass display case sits at the front of the store and holds cigarettes and various bottles and packages of medicines and tinctures. A marble topped table behind the counter has tools and equipment including two mortar and pe…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. ; 12.5 x 12.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of the Burnaby Village Museum Pharmacy. A large glass display case sits at the front of the store and holds cigarettes and various bottles and packages of medicines and tinctures. A marble topped table behind the counter has tools and equipment including two mortar and pestles. Glass bottles sit atop shelving behind the counter.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.679
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1984
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Related Material
- See b&w photograph: BV020.5.683
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 1-May-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Prospector in Lotto BC commercial
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription13486
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 14 May 1987
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of prospector and crew during the shooting of Lotto BC commercial "The Pick" filmed at Burnaby Village Museum. The prospector and crew are standing next to two donkeys loaded with packs filled with prospecting tools and equipment. Actor, Chris Wiggins starred as the prospector.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Century Park Museum Association fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 9 x 13 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of prospector and crew during the shooting of Lotto BC commercial "The Pick" filmed at Burnaby Village Museum. The prospector and crew are standing next to two donkeys loaded with packs filled with prospecting tools and equipment. Actor, Chris Wiggins starred as the prospector.
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.5.830
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 14 May 1987
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 25-Aug-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Star is "Chris Wiggins"? from Toronto / as the Prospector / Lotto BC Commercial for "The Pick" / Filmed at Burnaby Village Museum / 76381-12A / 14 May 1987"
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