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rake

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.2

Description: Garden rake consisting of a row of short metal tines attached perpendicularly to a long wooden shaft. There are 14 tines on the rake head.; There is some rust on the metal of the rake.

Object History: These tools belonged to donor's father who had a market garden at his home on 4930 Marine Drive from 1971-79. Her father's name was Yee Law (or Herbert Law). After Yee stopped farming for a living in 1980, he gave these tools to the his daughter Gail and her family (the Yips). They presume that he no longer needed them. He maintained a 1 acre garden on his property until he couldn't anymore.

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E - - Cultivation Equipment

Object Term: Rake, Garden

Measurements: Rake head: 36.5 cm; Handle: 123.5 cm

Subjects: Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Cultivators

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Street Address: 4930 Marine Drive

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pruner

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91748

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.3

Description: Tree pruner or pruning tool with a hook and restractable blade. There is a metal spring action lever one quarter of the way up the shaft attached to a metal rod that runs the remaining length of the shaft up to the blade. The rod is anchored to the shaft in two places. Pulling the lever engages the blade and exposes; The lever is wrapped in black electrical tape. The metal parts of the pruner are rusted.

Object History: These tools belonged to donor's father who had a market garden at his home on 4930 Marine Drive from 1971-79. Her father's name was Yee Law (or Herbert Law). After Yee stopped farming for a living in 1980, he gave these tools to the his daughter Gail and her family (the Yips). They presume that he no longer needed them. He maintained a 1 acre garden on his property until he couldn't anymore.

Category: 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Classification: Maintenance T&E - - Groundskeeping Equipment

Object Term: Pruner, Tree

Measurements: Length: 194 cm

Subjects: Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Gardening Equipment

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Street Address: 4930 Marine Drive

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seeding tray

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91752

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.8

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.8

Description: Shallow wooden tray. The tray has three slats along the bottom with a small gap between each slat.; The side of the tray are very worn and weathered with a white haze.; Included with the tray are 6 thin strips of wood, almost like wood veneer, that are scored at intervals in order to form a wood plant pot. The plant pots would fit inside the tray.

Object History: These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.; Used before plastic trays were used more regularly in the 1970s. In the 1970s, the business shifted to selling wholesale bedding plants so the plastic trays were more practical to give away. The wooden trays and pots were taken out to fields for transplanting and cleaned and reused regularly. The donors recall repairing these wooden trays over the winter months. The used the broken pots as bottoms for repaired pots.; See BV017.36.9 on Heritage Burnaby for photograph of these in use on Hop On Farm.

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E

Measurements: Length: 51.5 cm; Width: 34.5 cm; Depth: 7.5 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Gardening Equipment; Gardens; Gardens - Market Gardens

Names: Hop on Farms

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Barrel

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90555

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.22.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV020.22.1

Description: Cylindrical veneer mushroom spawning barrel. The wood has been shaped to make the barrel. There is a base and rim around the top and bottom of the barrel, stapled to hold it together. There are a number of stains, discolourations, ink, and evidence of past mold. There is also a lid with a metal ring afixed to it. The lid has the name "Stiglish" handwritten with a circled number "2". In black ink, a stamp reads: Fraser Valley Mush Grow.Co-op Assn.265 E. Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. Canada"

Object History: Used on the Stiglish family mushroom farm

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E - - Cultivation Equipment

Object Term: Barrel

Marks/Labels: Railway Express Agency Incorporated / Printed in U. / This Export Shipment Must Be Routed Via

Colour: Brown; Gray; Black

Measurements: 14" in diameter and 17" high

Subjects: Agriculture; Agricultural Tools and Equipment

Names: Stiglish, Helen; Stiglish, F.J. "Jack"

Historic Neighbourhood: Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

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brush hook

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91750

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.6

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.6

Description: Tool with a hooked blade attached to a long wooden handle used for land clearing - cut heavy brush, shrubs, or small trees.; The blade is made of iron and is heavily rusted. The handle is damaged in several spots and cracked where the blade is attached.

Object History: These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.

Category: 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology

Classification: Maintenance T&E - - Groundskeeping Equipment

Object Term: Hook, Brush

Measurements: Length: 92 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Gardens; Gardens - Market Gardens

Names: Hop on Farms

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raffia bundle

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91753

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.9

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.9

Description: Bundle of raffia strands twisted into a bundle. The bundle is held together at the top by a strip of raffia and is knotted around itself at the bottom.

Object History: These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.; Raffia bundle, used for tying vegetables in the fields. *We have a photo of raffia ties in use at Hop On Farm: BV017.36.7

Measurements: Length: 138 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Gardens; Gardens - Market Gardens

Names: Hop on Farms

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seed drying tray

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91757

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.12

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.14.12

Description: Large wooden hoop frame with thin slats of wood woven across it. This creates a shallow tray on one side of the hoop. The hoop is held together by ties around the hoop itself. Some of the ties have broken causing the hoop to come apart.; The hoop and weave are very brittle.

Object History: These items belonged to the Hong family - who founded Hop On Farms in Burnaby. Heritage Burnaby has a number of photos and an oral history about the family.; Seed drying tray, used when the family saved their own seed. They saved their seed to have a reliable supply of vegetable seeds difficult to find through the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s: choi sum, gai lan, bok choi. The seed heads were clipped and placed on the tray, and stored in the greenhouses to dry down. A finer sieve would have been used to separate the seeds from the chaff.

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E

Measurements: Diameter: 86 cm

Subjects: Persons - Chinese Canadians; Agricultural Tools and Equipment; Gardens; Gardens - Market Gardens

Names: Hop on Farms

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shovel

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91746

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV023.12.1

Description: Rounded digging style shovel. the shovel has a long wooden shaft or handle with a metal rounded mouth blade.; Imprinted in the collar of the blade is "HEAT / TREATED / 2"; The blade of the shovel is rusted.

Object History: These tools belonged to donor's father who had a market garden at his home on 4930 Marine Drive from 1971-79. Her father's name was Yee Law (or Herbert Law). After Yee stopped farming for a living in 1980, he gave these tools to the his daughter Gail and her family (the Yips). They presume that he no longer needed them. He maintained a 1 acre garden on his property until he couldn't anymore.

Category: 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials

Classification: Agricultural T&E

Object Term: Shovel

Measurements: Length: 146.5 cm

Subjects: Agricultural Tools and Equipment

Names: Law, Yee "Herbert"

Geographic Access: Marine Drive

Street Address: 4930 Marine Drive

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advertisement; blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40410

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5851.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5851.1

Description: Mission Garage - Advertisement Blotter. Advertisment card for the Mission Garage at 3959 Hastings Street Vancouver, run by E. Furer. (Although the address on the card says Vancouver, it is actually in Burnaby, part of the Vancouver Heights community.) The front of the card has an illustration of an automobile accident. There is a caption at the top of the card "You're Under Arrest!" and another caption on the side of the card "Don't Face Arrest Because of Faulty Brakes...". The reverse side of the card has pink construction paper which has been used as an ink blotter.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Business Cards

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

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advertisement; blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40411

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5852.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5852.1

Description: A.D. Hewitt Company - Advertisment Blotter. Advertisement card for A.D.Hewitt Company, a decal company in Vancouver BC. The card promotes Name Plates, Truck Lettering, Window and Door Lettering among other serives. The back of the card has been used as an ink blotter.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Business Cards

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

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advertisement; blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40412

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5853.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5853.1

Description: Hobson, Christie & Company - Advertisement Blotter. Advertisement card for Hobson, Christie & Company Limited Insurance at 163 W.Hastings Street Vancouver. The company supplies insurance for fire, automobile, casualty and inland marine. The back side of the card has been used as an ink blotter.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Business Cards

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

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advertisement; blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40416

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5857.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5857.1

Description: The Dominion Fire Insurance - Advertisement Blotter. Advertising card for The Dominion Fire Insurance Company. The card has the Dominion of Canada coat of arms on the front, flanked by two flags: the Union Jack and what appears to be the Canadian Red Ensign Flag. The front of the card has been stamped with "Alex. Inch Real Estate Agency" and below that is "Phone GL en. 0881 -- 3870 E. Hastings St." The back of the card has been slightly used as an ink blotter but is in very good condition.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Business Cards

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advertisement; blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40417

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5858.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5858.1

Description: Marpole Coal Company - Advertisement Blotter. Advertisement card for the Marpole Coal Company Limited at 1001 Main Street Vancouver B.C. The card also lists other locations in Nanaimo-Wellington, Comox, Stoker, Canmore Briquettes, McLeod River and Midland. There is a small illustration of an Aboriginal man on the front. The back of the card has been used as an ink blotter.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Business Cards

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advertisement; blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact40418

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5859.1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV985.5859.1

Description: New Books for the New Year - Advertisement Blotter. Advertising card for The Clarke & Stuart Company Limited on Seymour Street, Vancouver B.C. The card advertises day books, journals, ledgers, record columnar books, and trial balance books. At the top of the card is "This Blots Both Sides". The card was intended as an ink blotter but is in good condition with no ink.

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter; Advertising Medium; Advertising Medium - Business Cards

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blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14984

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV984.51.70

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV984.51.70

Description: May Your Troubles be Ink Bubbles - Ink Blotter. Circular blotter pad with three pages. The blotter is held together with a yellow ribbon through each page. The front page has an illustration of a house window with green shutters and pink curtains, and two blue birds on a tree branch. There is a poem on the front cover "May your troubles be ink bubbles, / That this blotter whisks away / And may bluebirds of happiness / Sing in your heart / each day."

Subjects: Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter

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blotter

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact34774

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV992.45.23

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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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booklet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact36396

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV983.9.57

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: HV983.9.57

Description: Beach Foundry Limited - Booklet -- [1923]. Christmas advertising gift from the Beach Foundry Limited in Ottawa. The cover of the booklet is possibly made of cellulose with an illistration of a village at winter time and a series of poinsettia and holly. There is a small calendar for the year of 1924 on the right hand side. The booklet is held together with a brad that has "Best Wishes" written on top. The pages in the booklet are a thick cardstock and could be used as an ink blotter. The booklet was produced by The Whitehead & Hoag Co and copyrighted in 1922.

Object History: Object inherited by donor from the estate of his parents, Albert Vincent Scott and Myrtle Edna (Broderick) Scott.

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Booklets; Written Communication Tools and Equipment; Written Communication Tools and Equipment - Blotter

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booklet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39415

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV998.61.60

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV998.61.60

Description: Bear Brand Blue Book - Booklet -- [1918]. Instructional booklet from Bear Brand Blue Book and Yarn Kraft for Women's Sweaters Volume 19. The front cover has a photograph of a woman in a knitted sweater in an oval frame. The cost of the booklet was 15 cents. The booklet contains many designs for different sweaters and knitting projects. The booklet measures 15.5cm x 24cm.

Object History: Object from the estate of Burnaby pioneer Elsie Wilson.

Colour: Blue

Title: Bear Brand Blue Book Volume 19 Women's Sweaters

Publication Date: 1918

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Booklets; Textileworking Tools and Equipment; Textileworking Tools and Equipment - Patterns

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booklet

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact39534

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV998.61.85

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Accession Code: BV998.61.85

Description: The People's Handbook Series - Booklet -- [1894]. Booklet from the I.& M. Ottenheimer Publishers called The People's Handbook Series, The Ladies' Model Fancy Work Manual. The booklet contains designs and directions for knitting, crocheting and lace-making. The booklet was copyrighted by F.M. Lupton, 1894. The booklet measures 15cm x 20cm.