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John McCalburn

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37108
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5. x 8 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of John McCalburn working for Burnaby as a labourer. He is cutting the grass along the side of the road with a one-horse mower.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[193-]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Photographs subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5. x 8 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
318-001
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1995-11
Scope and Content
Photograph of John McCalburn working for Burnaby as a labourer. He is cutting the grass along the side of the road with a one-horse mower.
Subjects
Transportation - Horses
Occupations - Labourers
Agricultural Tools and Equipment - Gardening Equipment
Names
McCalburn, John
Media Type
Photograph
Notes
Title based on contents of photograph
Handwritten note on verso of photograph reads: "John working for Burnaby, 1 horse mower 1930s / Found this in my treasures + thought you would like to have it. Does this bring back memories or what?"
Images
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seeding tray

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact91752
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Accession Code
BV023.14.8
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
Images
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