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50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription18879
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
29 Sep. 2022
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (94 min., 55 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Program Education Coordinator Ashley Jones and presented by Museum Interpreter and blacksmiths, Eric Damer ad Lorne Gray. The webinar is titled "50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM". The webinar is the sixth in …
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum fonds
Series
Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series
Subseries
Neighbourhood Speaker Series - Fall 2022 subseries
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 video recording (mp4) (94 min., 55 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo ; 29 fps
Material Details
Host: Ashely Jones
Presenters: Eric Damer; Lorne Gray
Videographer: Peter Rogier
Editor of video content footage: Peter Rogier
Date of Presentation: Tuesday, September 29, 2022. 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Total Number of tracks: 1
Total Length of all tracks: 94 min., 55 sec.
Recording Device: Zoom video communication platform
Original recording of 94 min., 55 sec.was edited to 89 min., 21 sec. for viewing on Heritage Burnaby
Scope and Content
Item consists of a video recording of a live Zoom webinar hosted by Burnaby Village Museum Program Education Coordinator Ashley Jones and presented by Museum Interpreter and blacksmiths, Eric Damer ad Lorne Gray. The webinar is titled "50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM". The webinar is the sixth in a series of six webinars presented in partnership by Burnaby Village Museum and Burnaby Public Library. The live webinar was also made available on the Burnaby Village Museum's facebook page. Community members were invited to participate by bringing questions during the interactive online sessions. The session opens with the host Ashley Jones, providing introductions. Following the introduction, the presentation begins with Eric Damer and Lorne Gray’s slide presentation titled “50 years of Blacksmithing at Burnaby Village Museum”. The presentation is an historical exploration of the blacksmith shop through images and commentary from these two long-standing museum blacksmiths. Eric and Lorne's presentation is organized into themes beginning with “The Age of Nostalgia” where they discuss the implementation of the original Burnaby Village Museum blacksmithing shop and live exhibit with a working blacksmith when the museum opened in November 1971. They comment on the original design of the forge and other components implemented into the design of the blacksmith shop, stereotypes of blacksmiths and various items that were forged on site in the blacksmith shop. “The Age of Accuracy” looks at changes to the Burnaby Village Museum’s programming and exhibits in the 1980s which included focusing more on the history of Burnaby and upgrading some of the components in the blacksmith shop including blowers, tools, forge design and costuming. Eric and Lorne comment on the history of Burnaby blacksmith, Frank Wagner who operated as a blacksmith in Burnaby “Wagner & Son” on Kingsway. Frank was a trained machinist, farrier and an automotive blacksmith who patented and manufactured the “Wagner Triple Spring Bumper”. With this information, the Burnaby Village Museum changed the name of the blacksmith shop to reflect the history of Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner. In “The Age of Diversity” Eric and Lorne talk about a shift in the 1990s when the staffing of the blacksmith shop was diversified to include women and people from diverse cultural backgrounds. These changes as well as an increased interest in artistic blacksmithing also lead to updates in Burnaby Village Museum’s blacksmith training procedures and interpretation, increased course offerings in blacksmithing and a renovated blacksmith shop which included new forges and equipment as well as an improved viewing area. Eric and Lorne talk about specifics regarding blacksmithing techniques and equipment and improvements to make this exhibit more accessible. Their presentation is followed by a short video highlighing Burnaby Village Museum interpreters who have worked as blacksmiths at Burnaby Village Museum. Each person shares their own perspectives on their experiences working as a blacksmith and interacting with the public. In the last part of the webinar, Eric and Lorne answer questions from attendees and further reflect and comment on their own experiences working as blacksmiths, various tools and techniques used and blacksmithing course offerings at Burnaby Village Museum.
History
Host biography: Ashley Jones is the Burnaby Village Museum Education Programmer, responsible for the development and administration of school and public programs at BVM. She has a Master of Arts degree in History and is passionate about creating hands-on programming that promotes historical and environmental literacy. Presenters biography: Eric Damer is a Burnaby Village Museum Interpreter, Museum Registrar, Researcher and Blacksmith. Eric pounded hot steel for the first time in 1977 in junior high. Fifteen years later, he joined Burnaby Village Museum where he has smithed for three decades. He also provides historical research for museum exhibits and special projects. Outside the museum, Eric is a social historian with a special interest in educational history. Lorne Gray has a BA with a major in the History of Science and Technology. He took up blacksmithing as a hobby when he was promoted to middle management and had to start hitting things. He was hired by Burnaby Village Museum as a blacksmith to fill in during the Christmas season of 2001. He has attended several blacksmithing conferences and taken classes with both an artist blacksmith and a journeyman blacksmith. On the weekends, you’ll find him teaching many of the museum’s public blacksmithing courses. He also has a steam ticket that permits him to run the museum’s steam boiler and stationery steam engines.
Creator
Burnaby Village Museum
Subjects
Occupations - Blacksmiths
Names
Wagner, Frank
Burnaby Village Museum
Damer, Eric
Gray, Lorne
Responsibility
Jones, Ashley
Accession Code
BV022.27.6
Date
29 Sep. 2022
Media Type
Moving Images
Notes
Title based on contents of item
Images
Video

50 Years of Blacksmithing at BVM, 29 Sep. 2022

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1924 Nash

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1154
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
6 Mar. 1937
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a 1924 Nash 694, a seven-passenger Nash sedan used as the "first" ambulance. Frank Wagner is riding in the car with an unidentified man (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a 1924 Nash 694, a seven-passenger Nash sedan used as the "first" ambulance. Frank Wagner is riding in the car with an unidentified man (the Wagner family operated this ambulance service as well as Dexter Cabs).
Subjects
Emergency Services - Ambulance Services
Names
Wagner, Frank
Accession Code
BV992.45.45
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
6 Mar. 1937
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note written in blue ball-point pen on verso reads: "'Dad Wagner in 1924 Nash, lst Ambulance" and "1 Model T 1927/ [Model] A 1929/ Chev - 1929/ 1 Ply 5 - 1934/ 1 [Ply] 7P 1937/ 1 Mercury 1940/ 2 Chev 1946 NEW/ 3 [Chev] 1948 NEW/ 2 [Chev] 1950 [NEW]/ 1 [Chev] 1946/ 1 Nash 1924/ 1 Hupmobile 1929/ 1 Buick 1934/ 2 Chryslers 1937/ 1 Dodge 1940/ 2 [Dodge] 1947 NEW/ 1 Ford 1940 truck/ 8 Brand new cars"
Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "Crystal [obscured by note] March 6 1937"
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blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34774
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.23
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.23
Description
Wagner Bumper & Spring Works - Advertisement Blotter -- [192-?]. Promotional blotter for Wagner Bumper & Spring Works at 4236 Kingsway, Central Park. At the top of the blotter is an illustration of a Wagner Bumper. The blotter measures 14cm x 7.5cm.
Object History
Mr. 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.
Colour
White
Subjects
Written Communication Tools and Equipment
Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter
Advertising Medium
Advertising Medium - Business Cards
Names
Wagner, Frank
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Bumper

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact9714
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.2075.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV985.2075.1
Description
Chevy bumper for automobile, rusted.
Object History
Bumper of this type was sold at Wagner's shop in his fleet of bumpers but was not the style he patented. This item can be seen in the blacksmith's shop at Burnaby Village Museum.
Subjects
Transportation - Automobiles
Names
Wagner, Frank
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
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bumper

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89937
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV019.4.1
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.
Category
07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
Classification
Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories
Object Term
Fender, Vehicle
Subjects
Buildings - Commercial
Occupations - Blacksmiths
Names
Wagner, Frank
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Images
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Car bumpers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1150
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1920 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two examples of Wagner car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two examples of Wagner car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).
Names
Wagner, Frank
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Accession Code
BV992.45.41
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1920 and 1938]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Car bumpers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1159
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1920 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of examples of Wagner Triple Spring car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of examples of Wagner Triple Spring car bumpers propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).
Names
Wagner, Frank
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Accession Code
BV992.45.52
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1920 and 1938]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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certificate

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34753
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.1
Description
Dissolution of Partnership - Certificate -- [1926]. Certificate, four typed pages in blue paper cover, folded twice; typed on cover to show when folded, "FRANK WAGNER," "-and-" "THEOPHILUS COCHRANE." "DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP."; preprinted with borders top and bottom; above upper border, "Dated" and dotted line, "19" at right, has been typed in as May, 1926; two borders at middle, title has been typed between; below bottom border, "WHITESIDE, EDMONDS & WHITESIDE" "Barristers, Solicitors, Etc." "NEW WESTMINSTER, - - B.C."; 2nd 'Whiteside' is 'X'ed out by typewriter, "SELKIRL"? typed above it; form begins "THIS INDENTURE made the", then handwritten "Tenth", then typed "day of May,..."; signed by both parties, red seals; witnessed by John Murray, broker, 4009 Kingsway, Burnaby; paper is very thin, blue margin at left, watermark "MAPLE LEAF" and U and T
Category
08. Communication Artifacts
Classification
Documentary Artifacts - - Legal Documents
Colour
Blue
Names
Wagner, Frank
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envelope

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34770
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.19
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.19
Description
Wagner Bumper & Spring Works - Envelope. Business envelope for Wagner Bumper and Spring Works at 4236 Kingsway, New Westminster, B.C. The envelope measures 16.5cm x 9cm.
Object History
Mr. 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.
Colour
Beige
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Letters and Envelopes
Names
Wagner, Frank
Images
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Frank Wagner

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1139
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[194-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15 cm, mounted on card 29.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner (with a second image of an upside-down horseshoe surrounding him).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 20.5 x 15 cm, mounted on card 29.5 x 24.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner (with a second image of an upside-down horseshoe surrounding him).
Names
Wagner, Frank
Accession Code
BV992.45.24
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[194-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
1/11/2010
Scale
100
Photographer
Talbot, F.L.
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Embossing on recto of photographic mat reads: 'F.L. Talbot Wetaskiwin, N.W.T.'
Handwritten note on verso on recto of mat reads: "Frank Wagner"
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leaflet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34767
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.16
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.16
Description
The Wagner Triple Spring Bumper - Leaflet -- [192-?]. Advertising leaflet for Frank Wagner & Son at Central Park. The leaflet promotes the Wagner Triple Spring Bumper. The front of the leaflet has a small floral graphic on the front. Inside, the leaflet provides information about the bumper along with two photographs of the bumper. Handwritten on the back of the leaflet "F. Bourns/ 4531 Walden St./ S Vanc" along with other notes. The leaflet measures 19cm x 15cm.
Object History
Mr. 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.
Colour
White
Subjects
Documentary Artifacts
Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets
Names
Wagner, Frank
Images
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patent certificate

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34756
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.4
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV992.45.4
Description
The United States of America Patent - Certificate -- [1924]. Document, patent; "THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" at top, "No. 1501154", engraving of building; "TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:" "Whereas" "FRANK WAGNER" "of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,..." "...AUTOMOBILE FENDERS,..."; dated July 15, 1924, the 149th year of Independence; signed Thomas E. Robertson, commissioner of patents, and G.R. Tuckin, Law Examiner; red seal of U.S. Patent Office, blue ribbon; 6 pages and plain buff covers; first page has diagram prepared by R. Brittain, patent attorney, Vancouver, B.C., filed Dec.15 1923
Colour
Beige
Names
Wagner, Frank
Images
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Triple Spring bumper

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1151
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[between 1920 and 1938]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an example of a Wagner Triple Spring car bumper propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 6 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of an example of a Wagner Triple Spring car bumper propped up on display outside Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop (along the 4000 block of Kingsway across from the gate to Central Park).
Names
Wagner, Frank
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Accession Code
BV992.45.42
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[between 1920 and 1938]
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Images
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Two wagons

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1140
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two wooden wagons stacked on top of one another. These wagons were built by Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two wooden wagons stacked on top of one another. These wagons were built by Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner.
Subjects
Transportation - Wagons
Names
Wagner, Frank
Accession Code
BV992.45.31
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[193-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "Franks Wagon"
Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: "Wagons he used to make"
Images
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Two wagons

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1149
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two wooden wagons placed next to each other. These wagons were built by Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : sepia ; 5.5 x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of two wooden wagons placed next to each other. These wagons were built by Burnaby blacksmith Frank Wagner.
Subjects
Transportation - Wagons
Names
Wagner, Frank
Accession Code
BV992.45.40
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
[193-]
Media Type
Photograph
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: "'Wagons Dad Wagner Made"
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Wagner family house

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1163
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Date
8 Dec. 1950
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house that the Wagner family moved into in 1921, located across from the Central Park gate on the same property as Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop.
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 7.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the house that the Wagner family moved into in 1921, located across from the Central Park gate on the same property as Frank Wagner's blacksmithing shop.
Subjects
Buildings - Residential - Houses
Names
Wagner, Frank
Geographic Access
Kingsway
Street Address
4230 Kingsway
Accession Code
BV992.45.54
Access Restriction
Restricted access
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Date
8 Dec. 1950
Media Type
Photograph
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Scan Resolution
600
Scan Date
01-Jun-09
Scale
100
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Note on verso of photograph reads: "4230 Kingsway/ Burnaby B.C./ Wagner Family moved into this/ house in 1921" and "Photo taken / DEC 8 1950"
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