The Jesse and Martha Love Farmhouse - Leaflet -- [1998]. Information leaflet for the opening of the Jesse and Martha Love farmhouse. The front of the leaflet has a sepia toned photograph of Jesse Love standing in front of the garden, Martha Love and one of their daughters standing on the porch of the house. Inside, there is a picture of the reproduced wallpaper and information regarding the house. On the back of the leaflet is the City of Burnaby logo for Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services. The leaflet measures 18cm x 13.5cm.
Object History
This artifact was used at the official opening of the Love Farmhouse exhibit, November 29, 1998; for distribution.
Home made skis made by William Parker. The original leather bindings are mostly gone, only one broken, dark coloured leather strap remains.
Object History
The skis were found in the Jesse Love farmhouse when moved to the Museum. The skis were hand made by Bill Parker, grandson of Jesse Love and son of Sarah Parker (Love) and William Parker. He made them while living in the Love farmhouse as a young man. He often did woodworking in the kitchen, after the bath tub was moved upstairs and before the kitchen was remodeled. When he was older his woodwork projects were done in the wood working shed outside. The skis were originally flat, but he found they did not work well. After observing people on store bought skis, he tried to steam the wood and weigh down the ends to get the tips of the skis to curve. He use the skis to around the yard and down the hill of Cumberland St. Bill later used the skis as a young adult while courting his wife. The skis were stored in the house and forgotten.
A pair of skis in one corner of the farmhouse kitchen are visible in photographs of the kitchen taken in the early 1970.
Mahogany dresser C. 1920; donor plaque affixed to upper right hand drawer per curator; rectangular mirror with beveled edge is attached to curved brackets which extend up from back of dresser, can be tilted; two small drawers at top, two full-width ones below; all drawers have keyholes but plate is missing from upper right drawer
Object History
The mahogany dresser was donated by Gordon Love, son of John Leonard Love and also grandson of Jesse Love. The dresser was used in the Love farmhouse by Jesse's wife Martha Love. The dresser might have been part of John Leonard Love's inheritance when Jesse Love passes away. The handles on the dresser were replaced at some time with modern hardware. The hardware was replaced with more appropriate hardware for the 1920 time period. The dresser is located in the master bedroom of the Love farmhouse.
Both of the knobs and the other exterior parts of the fixture are painted white, including mounting plates backing both knobs. The two knob fixtures are attached by long rectangular bar, with divots on each side. On the smaller of the two mount plates, the label "D14" is written in black marker, likely indicating the fixture's original location in the house.
Object History
This object was found in the attic of Love Farmhouse August 2021, where it had been since the completion of the Love Farmhouse project in the late 1990's. This doorknob was originally used in one of the doors upstairs in the farmhouse.
Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events.
Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Museum photo…
Over 3000 photographs + approx. 100 architectural drawings + technical drawings + 25 videocassettes + 43 video recordings (mp4) + 2 video recordings (m4v) + 56 sound recordings (mp3) + 5 audio cassettes + approx. 2 m. of textual records
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a selection of curatorial records created and collected by the Burnaby Village Museum in the course of their work. Records pertain to the village site, exhibits, programs, curatorial projects, outreach and special events.
Fonds is arranged in the following series:
1) Museum photographs series
2) Museum film collection series
3) Museum architectural records series
4) Museum Marketing photographs series
5) Museum exhibits series
6) Museum reports series
7) Curatorial Collections adminstrative records series
8) Museum Oral Histories series
9) Jesse Love farmhouse series
10) Bell's Dry Goods series
11) Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series
12) C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series
13) Royal Bank exhibit series
14) UBC Partnership series
15) Burnaby Community Heritage Commission 125 Video Collection series
History
Burnaby Village Museum is an open air museum that represents a typical tram-stop community. Museum interpreters welcome visitors, provide demonstrations and on site programming. The museum’s collection consists of thousands of artifacts, community records as well as several original Burnaby heritage buildings, a 1912 carousel, 1912 B.C. Electric Railway interurban tram, a Chinese Market Garden and Indigenous Learning House and Matriarch's Garden.
In 1990, the Corporation of the District of Burnaby assumed the operation and management of Burnaby Village Museum from the Burnaby Village Museum Association. Burnaby Village Museum (formerly named Heritage Village) was originally created by the Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee in 1971 as a commemorative project for British Columbia's Centennial. A concept for an open-air museum was developed near Deer Lake on Districts Lots 79/ 85. The official sod turning for Heritage Village took place on the site on April 11, 1971. In the spring of 1971, a museum director and curator were hired to oversee the development of the project and the acquisition of artifacts with funding from the Parks and Recreation Commission.
The Century Park Museum Association (later named Burnaby Village Museum Association) was formed on October 26, 1971 as a governing body for Heritage Village Museum. The museum opened on November 19, 1971 with Mayor Bob Pritte and Canada's Governor General Roland Michener. IN July 1972, the museum opened for it's first public season. The Village was described as depictive of the 1890 to 1920 era of the lower mainland.
Since 1990, the site expanded from it’s original four acre size to it's current ten acres. In the 1990s and early 2000s staff and volunteers created exhibits and programs about Burnaby with an emphasis on the 1920s. Since it's 40th anniversary in 2011, the museum has implemented changes to make the museum more interactive and inclusive in telling the story of Burnaby's history.
The following series have been arranged into subseries: Exhibits series; Oral History series; Jesse Love farmhouse series; Bell's Dry Goods exhibits series; Burnaby Neighbourhood Speaker Series series; C.W. Parker no. 119 carousel series; Royal Bank exhibits series; UBC Partnership series
Notes
Title based on contents of fonds
Further accruals expected
For other records pertaining to the history of Burnaby Village Museum see: Don Copan collection; Burnaby Centennial '71 Committee collection; Century Park Museum Association fonds; Don Wrigley fonds
See Artifacts descriptions for Publications and Newsletters produced by Burnaby Village Museum and Century Park Museum Association
dining chair; side chair; brown painted wood; chair back has four vertical spindles; two horizontal stretchers between front and side legs; one horizontal stretcher between back legs.
Object History
Object used in the dining room of the Love farmhouse. The layers of paint beneath the brown outer layer reveal past colours of the chair that are documented in BVM photographs of the interior of the Love farmhouse.
Rectangular piece of linoleum. The linoleum has a green and beige check patterned.
Object History
From front entryway of Love Farmhouse; linoleum was installed in1989 during the Love Farmhouse restoration and removed during an upgrades project in 2018.
The number "7651" are stenciled out across the panel, surrounded by gray paint. The panel itself is a diagonal rectangle (parallelogram) shaped sign. There are four screws, one in each corner, with two rusting screws still intact in both the bottom right and left corner. The reverse of the panel is yellowed, and was also painted gray.
Object History
Panel was found in the attic of Love Farmhouse August 2021, where it had been since the farmhouse restoration project in the late 1990's. This panel was an original fixture on the home.
Brackman-Ker Milling Co - Envelope -- [1901?]. Envelope addressed in ink to "Mr. J. Love" in "City". The envelope was sent by Brackman-Ker Milling Company, Manufacturers and Dealers in Flour, Grain, Meals, Etc on Front Street, New Westminster. There is a green stamp on the top right corner of King Edward VII and a post mark stamp just below "NEW --/ FE 4/ 01/ B.C.". Handwritten in pencil on the reverse side is "Your Father Wants to see you here, J.L.". The envelope measures 14.5cm x 8.5cm.
Object History
object was found in the Jesse Love farmhouse when moved to the Museum.
Reproduction of a 1921 peanut tube radio; plain box with woodgrain finish; front is black with many dials and knobs; "NORTHERN ELECTRIC COMPANY" plaques;
with two sets of headphones and plug; on headphone set "TRIMM DEPENDABLE" "TRIMM INC. LIBERTYVILLE ILLINOIS U.S.A."; on plug end, "PJ-055B"
Object History
Radio is a replica of the 1921 Northern Electric peanut tube radio built by the donor for exhibit in the dining room of the Love farmhouse. Love family members recall that Jesse Love purchased a peanut tube radio for his youngest daughter Hanna Victoria Love when she was the last child at home (after his wife Martha died in August 1920).
Fairbanks' Standard Scale Warehouse - Statement -- [190-?]. Bill statement from Fairbanks' Standard Scale Warehouse for G.R. Love Esq. of New Westminster B.C. There is faint writing on the page with the only really legible writing being "By Cash". The statement measures 13.5cm x 20.5cm.
Object History
object was found in the Jesse Love farmhouse when moved to the Museum.
John Leonard's violin. Label inside reads: "Copy of Antonius Stradivarius"; made in Germany, "Imperial Violin" stamped on back behind scroll; with bow; and with case, black, which has purple felt lining
Object History
This violin was used by George Leonard, Martha (Leonard) Love's father. It was passed down to his grandson John Leonard Love who played it in the parlour of the Love Farmhouse at Burnaby Village Museum.
Two heavy metal decorative hinges painted cream with some blue shining through. There are three screws on each panel of the hinges.
Object History
This object was found in the Love Farmhouse attic August 2021, where it had been stored since the farmhouse restoration project in the late 1990's. This was likely an original piece to the home.
Triangular piece of linoleum flooring. Pattern is blue and brown squares with white borders.
Object History
This object was found in the Love Farmhouse attic August 2021, where it had been stored since the farmhouse restoration project in the late 1990's. It is an original piece from the home.
Rectangular piece of white metal painted pink, with curved edges at the top and two openings centre-top where faucets would sit.
Object History
Object was found in the Love Farmhouse attic August 2021, where it had been stored since the farmhouse restoration project in the late 1990's. This object is an original piece from the home.
While Shepherds Watch'd Their Flock - Sheet Music. Page of sheet music for "While Shepherds Watch'd Their Flock", with music by W.T. Best and words by Nahum Tate. The music was published by Novello, Ewer and Company in London and New York. On the other side of the music is an index of Anthems, Chorals, and Hymns all priced at Three-Half Pence Each. At the top of the page written in purple pencil is "Christ Church Choir". The music page measures 17.5cm x 27cm.
Object History
object was found in the Jesse Love farmhouse when moved to the Museum.
Piece of wallpaper, small, rectangular; light beige ground flecked with small green dashes and larger brown dashes and squiggles; brown and greenish watercolour leaf shapes, parallel metallic gold lines of varying lengths grouped in threes; back appears to have pieces of other wall papers attached
Object History
This artifact was found in Love Farmhouse, in the bedroom, when one of the thermostats was found.
barometer; aneroid barometer secured to a carved wood plaque; barometer has a calibrated dial to indicate air pressure; text on dial reads: "VERY DRY", "FAIR", "CHANGE", "RAIN", and "STORMY"; flat metal loop at top of wood plaque for hanging.
Dark stained carved wood decorative scroll with finial; has detached from base plaque.
Object History
Object used in the Love Farmhouse, currently on site at Burnaby Village Museum.
A single pressed metal ceiling panel with a raised scroll pattern motif. White paint is flaking from the face. There are four large areas (one on each edge) without paint. There are a number of rust holes with fiber backing as an experiment at repair There is heavy rusting on the edges and the back.
The number "44" is written on a piece of masking tape on the face of the panel.