automobile
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV993.19.1
- Description
- 1929 Nash Roadster, two door convertible with rumble seat. Body colour is two-tone, tan and brown. Wheels are wire spoke, mounting 29 in. X 5.5 in. tube tires. There are spare tires mounted on rims. These are located forward of the side doors. All the wheels have hubcaps. There are no side curtains.
The engine is six cylinder with a "Twin Ignition" system. There are two sparkplugs per cylinder.
- Object History
- The Nash roadster was purchased by a private owner in British Columbia after it came out in 1929. In the late 1950s or 1960s the car was purchased from the first owner by William "Graham" Kidd (1922-1984) of Burnaby. The well loved vehicle was nicknamed "Agnes" by it's second owner Graham Kidd.
Graham Kidd was the son of William Kidd Sr. (1882-1970) and Helen Kelly Kidd (1894-1977). Graham Kidd was born in Burnaby in 1922 and lived in Burnaby his whole life. Graham's father William Kidd and his mother Helen White Kelly married in North Burnaby in 1917 and moved into a home on Oxford Street. William Kidd opened a hardware store on East Hastings Street Burnaby in 1913 and operated it for twenty years before working for Burrard Brokerage in the 1930s. William and Helen had three children; William Graham Kidd, Margaret Graham "Peggy" (McLaughlin) and Ann (Mercier). In the late 1940s, Graham joined his father William Kidd working for Burrard Brokerage eventually becoming the proprietor of the business in the 1950s. Graham Kidd married Gweneth "Gwen" Anderson and lived in North Burnaby with their three children until he died in 1984.
Graham Kidd loved his Nash automobile often going for Sunday drives with the convertible top down with children riding in the rumble seat. Parts for the automobile were hard to come by and the family recalls a neighbour Oscar Johnson helped to keep it in good condition. In the 1970s the Nash roadster was also refurbished and repainted with help from Graham Kidd's neighbour John Prestas. In 1984, after William Kidd died, Gwen Kidd donated the automobile to the Transportation Museum of British Columbia, Cloverdale who in turn donated it to Burnaby Village Museum in 1993.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Motor Vehicles
- Object Term
- Automobile
- Marks/Labels
- "B33452", serial number
- "436", model number
- "80981", body number
- Maker
- Nash Motor Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Wisconsin
- Site/City Made
- Kenosha
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Automobiles
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automobile
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV997.40.1
- Description
- This vehicle is a 1924 Ford Model T converted to a light delivery truck known as a "Depot Hack". The original body has been removed and an open wooden truck body has been custom built for the vehicle. The metal parts of the vehicle are painted black and the wood (mahogany?) is finished with a clear varnish. The radiator core is protected by a honeycombed front grill.
The radiator cowling has the maker's brand stamped in the top. There is a white commercial license plate with red lettering mounted on right front of the dash, next to lamp. The vehicle has two electric front headlights and one rear light. It also has two incomplete carriage lamps screwed to the dash.
There is one manual windshield wiper mounted on the vertical windshield. There is a horseshoe mounted on the right side inside of the dashboard. The "Buzz" coil box is mounted in the centre of the dash with a odometer on the left and key and meters on the right. The wheels have wood spokes and steel rims.
- Object History
- This 1924 Ford Model T vehicle may have arrived in Steveston around 1925 and used by a local family. The 1924 Ford Model T Depot Hack truck was built from the running gear of the original Model T Ford by Ernie Harrison. Ernie purchased the running gear of the Ford Model T around 1966 and built it from the ground up. Ernie took measurements from a "Depot Hack" that belonged to a collector in Vancouver and combed swap meets in British Columbia and Washington State in search of original car parts. Ernie belonged to the Model A and Model T Ford Club and took this truck in many parades. Around 1969, the truck was sold to a private collector before being sold to another collector in 1995. The vehicle was acquired by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1997. The Depot Hack rear body is not authentic but the original concept has been retained.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Land Transportation T&E - - Land Transportation Accessories
- Object Term
- Automobile
- Marks/Labels
- "Ford / MADE IN CANADA", embossed above grill on top of radiator cover
"EXPRESS & DRAY" "1921" "487" "VANCOUVER, B.C.", embossed on license at front of vehicle.
"Ford" is embossed on each running board
- Maker
- Ford Motor Company of Canada
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Windsor
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Automobiles
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automobile
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV002.85.1
- Description
- This Tudhope Everitt 30 automobile has been fully restored in the past. The open, touring body is blue with white trim. The head lamps are brass are gas flame lights. The gas generator is mounted on the right running board. There are two carriage style lamps mounted on the dash to supplement the headlights. The windshield is braced by rods running from the front fenders. The top is fabric and folds at the back when it is down. The wheels are wood spoked with steel rims. The steering wheel is mounted on the right hand side of the vehicle. The engine has four cylinders.
- Object History
- Donor's family is second to own this car. Used in North Vancouver area.
1911 Tudehope Everitt Touring Car
Manufactured by The Tudhope Motor Co., Orillia, Ontario
from parts supplied by
Metzger Motor Co., Detroit, Michigan, U.S. A.
- Marks/Labels
- "VIN SN 0801435", vehicle number or serial number
"4130", vintage license plate
- Maker
- Tudehope Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Tudehope
- Patent Date
- 2011
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Automobiles
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5678.1
- Description
- Rules of the Road - Booklet -- [1922]. Booklet with the revised "Rules of the Road and Traffic Regulations" for the Province of British Columbia for the year 1922. The booklet cost 50 cents. The front cover has an illustration of a police officer conducting traffic in a cityscape. The main colours are blue and red. At the bottom of the cover it states "Keep to the Right". The booklet includes information on accounting, licenses, various offences and penalties, along with regulations for Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle.
- Object History
- On January 1, 1922 at 2:00 a.m. motor vehicles in British Columbia changed from driving on the left to driving on the right hand side of the street.
- Title
- Rules of the Road and Traffic Regulations Province of British Columbia
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Automobiles
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toll bridge ticket page
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.130.69
- Description
- Toll Bridge Tickets - Tickets. Four connected tickets for crossing the Second Narrows Bridge. The tickets are green with a small drawing of the bridge on them. On the top of each ticket is "00191" The tickets were produced by the Vancouver Harbour Commissioners.
- Object History
- From Denby Bros. Shoe Store at 163 West Pender in Vancouver.
Stafford Ague Denby (1882-1957) started peddling shoe findings in 1918 around Vancouver to repair shops around town from the back of an old Ford. Two of his brothers, William Albert (1873-1947) and Melvin Stanley (1879-1953) joined him in 1919 to form Denby Bros & Co. Ltd Leather and Shoe Findings at 163 West Pender. William Gordon Pope started helping out in the shoe store at the age of 10. He eventually ran the store with his cousin, Pat Denby (son of William A. Denby) starting in the 1950s. The store closed in 1974.
- Subjects
- Exchange Medium
- Exchange Medium - Tickets
- Transportation
- Transportation - Automobiles
- Structures
- Structures - Bridges
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baggage rack
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.41.88
- Description
- A brass rod baggage rack composed of 6 longitudinal rods and triangular shaped end supports. There are two brackets at the back of each end support with two screw holes in each. A hook extends down from each end bracket at the back. Four cross members spaced evenly along the rack provide support for the 6 rods which pass through them. A piece of blue tape on an end bracket has stamped "BCER 1232-B65".
- Object History
- This baggage rack is from BC Electric Railway interurban 1232.
- Marks/Labels
- Blue tape "BCER 1232 - B65".
- Measurements
- Length: 107 cm Depth: 26 cm Height: 18.5 cm
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Public Transit
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
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bicycle wheel
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV987.23.2
- Description
- Front wheel for a bicycle. The rim is wood suported by wire spokes. A narrow racing tire is glued to the edge of the rim. Used as a light weight alternative to steel wheels for racing. Maker's label is stamped in the inside of the wood rim. The tire is made of rubber and has the maker's label on the edge by the rim. Text highlighted with red.
- Marks/Labels
- "_________ GRAN PREMO - 28 x 1 1/8", embossed on side of tire, highlighted in red. Difficult to read.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Bicycles
- Transportation - Tires
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