sign
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.33.1
- Description
- Weathered wood sign in two parts; informs readers of the penalty for attaching any raft, vessel, boat, etc., to wooden bridges in the province of British Columbia in 1902.
- Category
- 06.Tools & Equipment for Communication
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E
- Object Term
- Sign
- Marks/Labels
- "The attention of Steamers and of any person in charge of any vessel, barge, boat, raft, or any floating body is directed to Clause 12 "Chapter 25" Bridges Act of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia.
Any person that shall moor, make or last or in any other way "Attach" any raft, vessel, boat, barge or any other floating body to any wooden or other bridge... shall be.. not exceeding fifty dollars.
Department of Land and Works, Victoria, BC 23rd June 1902.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Boating
- Regulative and Protective Tools and Equipment
- Transportation - Boats
- Written Communication Tools and Equipment
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fishing rod with cloth case
fishing rod with cloth case
fishing reel
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.19.13
- Description
- Small bait casting fishing reel. The metal parts of the reel are chrome plated. The crank handle has a single crank knob and a counter weight to balance it. I has the mounting foot to attach to a fishing rod and is loaded with a heavy plastic fishing line.
The reels approximate diameter is 5.7 cm.
- Object History
- Used by M. Thomson when growing up in Kerrisdale area of Vancouver.
- Marks/Labels
- "TRADE MARK / REG. US. PAT OFF", stamped in side of reel forming a diamond shape with company logo inside.
"UTK", company logo stamped on side of reel inside above text.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Recreational Activities - Fishing
- Fishing And Trapping Tools and Equipment
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fishing wallet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV008.19.14
- Description
- Leather wallet to carry fishing flies, hooks and leaders. The light tan (pig skin ?) leather cover holds pockets at each cover and a variety of pages for holding flies, snelled hooks and leaders (25 pages in total). There are a five packages of various hooks and lures in the end pockets. There is an attached leather strap to hold the wallet closed.
- Object History
- Used by M. Thomson when growing up in Kerrisdale area of Vancouver.
- Marks/Labels
- "Melville G. Thomson", stamped in blue ink inside covers of wallet
"MADE IN eNGLAND", stamped in the centre of the edge of the outside cover, under the top flap. Hard to see.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities
- Recreational Activities - Fishing
- Fishing And Trapping Tools and Equipment
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blotter
- 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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booklet
- 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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