buggy
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.103.1
- Description
- Box style buggy with shafts for a single horse. There is no top. The seat is built up from the sides of the box. There is a hinged lid at the rear behind the seat. It is covered with a heavy canvas. The covered space goes through and underthe seat. The box is equiped with a step and a wheel rub plate on each side. There is a foot rest inside the box. The box is suspended from the two eliptical springs, one over each axle. The wheels are black and the running gear and shafts are red.
The seat is upholstered in leather in a diamond tufted pattern. The dash is old leather over a metal frame and has nickle plated trim which has been bent on the top left side.
There are very faint pin-stipes and flower painted decoration on the black finish of the body.
- Measurements
- Over all measurements Lth 244 cm. Wth 166 cm. Ht (ground to back of seat) 151 cm.
- Box measurements Lth 141 cm. Wth 62 cm. Ht (base of box to seat back) 79 cm.
- Shafts measurements Lth 236 cm. Wth (at base of shafts) 102 cm.
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Carriages
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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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