Archie MacLeod with his bus
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Archy "Archie" MacLeod standing with a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
Archy MacLeod in driver's seat of bus
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1973
- Collection/Fonds
- John Archy "Archie" MacLeod fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : col. slide ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Archy "Archie" MacLeod in the driver's seat of a bus. The photograph was taken during a convoy of eight new GMC diesel 49-passenger buses for BC Hydro, which were driven by transit operators from the factory in London, Ontario, to Vancouver, BC, in 1973.
A text-book of physics : including a collection of examples and questions
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.4.31
- Call Number
- 530 WAT
- Edition
- 8th ed.
- Author
- Watson, W. (William), 1868-1919
- Contributor
- Moss, Herbert
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green and Co.
- Publication Date
- 1923
- Printer
- Robert Maclehose and Co. Ltd.
- Physical Description
- iii-xx, 976 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- inside front cover: "Nabil Sabbagh"[handwritten in ink] "Scientific Section"
"ADIB F. SABBAGH" [ink stamp]
"c/o Queen's University"
"Kingston (Ontario) Canada"
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Physics--Textbooks
- Physics
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "with diagrams".
- "revised by Herbert Moss".
- Author's given name and dates: Watson, W. (William), 1868-1919.
Less detail
atomizer bulb set with box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.14.49
- Description
- Black rubber atomizer bulb with rectangular maroon-coloured cardboard box. Box has flap closures at both ends with identical commercial paper labels indicating contents as: "De Vilbiss / No. 1 / [graphic of product] / THE DeVILBISS MFG. CO., LIMITED / WINDSOR, ONTARIO / Bulb Set". One of the lid labels has "LM/50" written in pencil on the left-hand side.
- Category
- 05.Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Lids on both ends have identical commercial paper label indicating contents as "De Vilbiss / No. 1 / [graphic of product] / THE DeVILBISS MFG. CO., LIMITED / WINDSOR, ONTARIO / Bulb Set". One of the lid labels has "LM/50" written in pencil on the left-hand side.
- Measurements
- Atomizer; bulb only: 7.5 cm length x 4.5 cm diameter
Total Atomizer length, including hose 16.5 cm
Box: 5 cm width x 16.5 cm length
- Maker
- DeVilbiss Manufacturing Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Windsor
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
Less detail
A treatise on the construction, repairing and tuning of the organ : including also the reed organ, the orchestrelle and the player-piano
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.39.1
- Call Number
- 786.5192 FAU
- Author
- Faust, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1859-
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Tuners Supply Co.
- Publication Date
- 1949
- Physical Description
- 246 p. : ill. : 14 cm.
- Inscription
- "G. Candler Piano Tuning & Repairing, 717 Municipal Ave., Ph. 492-4515 Penticton, B.C." -- stamp on Preface and endpaper (back).
- "G. Candler 6826 Balmoral St. Burnaby 1, B.C. 524-6283" -- stamp on Preface, p. 246, and endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Organ (musical Instrument)
- Tuning
- Reed organ
- Object History
- Donor purchased the book ca. 1960 from D.M. Best & Co in Toronto, Ontario.
- Notes
- Includes index.
- "With numerous illustrations" --Title page
- Author's full name and dates: Faust, Oliver C. (Oliver Cromwell), 1859-
Less detail
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
Less detail
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
Less detail
Barge at Kapoor Sawmills Ltd.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1947] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a barge filled with sawdust docked outside of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in the Burrard Inlet. A loading conveyor is visible in front of the barge. Sawdust chips were transported from the sawmill to pulp mills.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a barge filled with sawdust docked outside of the Kapoor Sawmills Limited in the Burrard Inlet. A loading conveyor is visible in front of the barge. Sawdust chips were transported from the sawmill to pulp mills.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill.
In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school.
His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years.
Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Subjects
- Industries - Logging/lumber
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Geographic Access
- Burrard Inlet
- Barnet Marine Park
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.13
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1947] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- See page 62 in book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "The conveyor that loaded the sawdust chips on to a barge for transport to pulp mills, c. 1940s"
Less detail
beading machine
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.2248.8
- Description
- Beading machine. Metal handle with gears which roll together. Vice at bottom to attach to table. "The Brown boggs Co. Limited Makers, Hamilton , Ontario" Has three sets of beading dies (three pairs) single bead, triple bead and ogee.
- Object History
- Tinsmith's turning machine. Designed to turn a burred edge on a piece of sheet metal. The base clamps on to a bench and the machine head is secured to the base by a set screw. A hand crank turns two forming wheels which shape the metal between them.
- Marks/Labels
- "BROWN BOGGS CO LIMITED / MAKERS / HAMILTON CAN.", engraved on metal plaque
- Subjects
- Metalworking Tools and Equipment
Less detail
Besant Kaur Siddoo at her kitchen stove
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- In the Shadow by the Sea collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : 300 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Besant Kaur Siddoo (spouse of Kapoor Singh Siddoo) tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. A large galvanized hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove is to her left.
- History
- Kapoor Singh Siddoo was born in 1885 in the Punjab village of Kharaudi, India. Kapoor was one of the pioneer South Asian Canadian Sikhs who immigrated to America in 1906 and onto Canada in 1912. Kapoor first arrived in San Francisco in 1906, along with twenty uneducated men from the Province of Punjab, India. Kapoor was the only one among these men who was educated so acted as their interpreter, manager and accountant. They worked along the Southern Pacific Railway line near Marysville, California, toward Reno and Nevada. Kapoor heard about the beauty of British Columbia and decided to travel to the west coast but times were tough with discrimination against all South Asians in British Columbia. With this information, Kapoor traveled east to Northern Ontario where he tried homesteading for a year but the extreme winter conditions didn’t appeal to him. Kapoor returned to British Columbia after receiving word from South Asian Canadians that they were in need of an educated accountant/manager for a sawmill.
In 1923, with the change in immigration laws, Kapoor arranged for his wife, Besant Kaur to emigrate from India. Besant came to Canada accompanied by Kapoor’s older brother. Kapoor and Besant had two daughters, both born in Duncan B.C. Jagdis Kaur Siddoo was born in 1925 and Sarjit Kaur Siddoo was born in 1926. Both of their daughters graduated as doctors from University of Toronto medical school.
His career in B.C. began as a lumberman for a large lumber mill on Vancouver Island until 1935. Following this, Kapoor established the Kapoor Lumber Company Limited and operated a mill at Shawnigan Lake before eventually purchasing 45 acres in 1939 of the eastern section of the former Barnet Mill site in Burnaby. He purchased the site from the Municipality of Burnaby under the name of Modern Sawmills Limited since there was a restriction on selling this piece of a property to a non-white person. Eventually the name was changed to Kapoor Sawmills Limited. Kapoor’s company was a financial success but was tragically razed on January 14, 1947 due to a devastating fire. A smaller mill was rebuilt on the site and Kapoor maintained a successful financial operation until 1959. In 1959, Kapoor Siddoo was considered one of Vancouver’s most influential men in the South Asian Community. In this same year, the family set up the Kapoor Singh Siddoo Foundation and with help from his wife and daughters opened a hospital in the Punjab village of Aur. In 1964, Kapoor died in India at the age of 79 years.
Kapoor’s younger brother, Tara Singh Siddoo came to Canada from India in 1906 but after suffering discrimination, he returned to India in 1912. Several years later Tara returned to Canada joining Kapoor at a logging mill on Vancouver Island. Lesser shares of the mill were held by Tara and other family members. Tara and his wife, Beant Siddoo lived at Barnet between 1943 and 1945, with their family of five sons, Lakhbeer, Gurdeb, Gurcharn, Baldev, Hardev and three daughters, Harjeet (Sangha), Runjeet (Basi) and Buckshish (Sarai). One of Tara’s responsibilities was to oversee the logging camp and ensure that the logs arrived regularly from Cowichan Bay near Duncan to the Barnet logging mill.
- Subjects
- Persons - South Asian Canadians
- Names
- Kapoor Sawmills Limited
- Siddoo, Besant Kaur
- Accession Code
- BV019.32.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [194-] (date of original), copied 2004
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Mountain Area
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- see page 63 in the book "In the Shadow by the Sea - recollections of Burnaby's Barnet Village". Caption with photograph reads: "Mrs. Kapoor Siddoo tending the sawdust burner at her kitchen stove. Note the hopper which fed the sawdust to the fire box of the stove. c. 1940s"
Less detail
Be your own lawyer : or, treasures of the law office
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.122.37
- Call Number
- 347.7 ANG
- Edition
- Dominion ed.
- Author
- Anger, William Henry
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- W. H. Anger
- Publication Date
- 1897
- Physical Description
- 172 p. : facsims., forms. ; 26 cm.
- Inscription
- "W230"
[handwritten and crossed-out in pen under front cover and flyleaf.]
"GEO. PATRICK, General Agent and Collector. ROOM 9, MILLER BLOCK, AGENTS WANTED. VANCOUVER,
B. C."
[stamped on flyleaf.]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Business law--Canada
- Commercial law--Canada
- Notes
- "Giving in concise form the mercantile or business laws of Canada, the technical points and main features of the law, with hundreds of hints, cautions, warnings and suggestions, together with all the important legal and business documents, the mingin laws and regulations of Ontario, British Columbia, and the Yukon district of North-west Territories up to date, September 1897, forming a work of ready-reference for magistrates, professional and business men, landowners, contractors, Etc." -- title page.
- "Lawyers will also find it invaluable as a well-classified condensation of most vital legal points." -- title page.
- Enlarged and revised.
- "By a barrister-at-law." -- title page.
- Includes index.
- Anger, W. H. (William Henry),1846-
Less detail
bicycle
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV987.14.1
- Description
- Girl's black bicycle, made by Canadian Cycle and Motor Co. (CCM).There is a string netting over the rear wheel and drive chain to prevent long skirts getting caught. A bent wood strip loops over the chain drive to act as additional protection. There is a small, leather, tool kit attached to the back of the leather seat. The hand grips are also leather.
- Marks/Labels
- "CCM", printed on logo on handlebar post
- Maker
- Canadian Cycle and Motor Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Subjects
- Transportation
- Transportation - Bicycles
Less detail
booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.76.5
- Description
- Rawleigh's Good Health Guide - Booklet -- [1926]. Rawleigh's GOOD HEALTH GUIDE Cook Book and Almanac 1926. The cover shows coloured picture of woman with bouquet of flowers with trees in the background. There is a hole at upper left, "HANGER" with arrow in border. The back cover has coloured picture of yellow Rawleigh truck on road, farm behind, woman in foreground waving, children playing at pond, "From Producer to Consumer" "The Greatest Industry of its Kind"
- Maker
- W. T. Rawleigh Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- London
- Title
- Rawleigh's Good Health Guide Cook Book and Almanac
- Publication Date
- 1926
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Less detail
booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.76.8
- Description
- Rawleigh's Good Health Guide 40th Anniversary - Booklet -- [1929]. Rawleigh's 40th Anniversary Good Health Guide and Cook Book. The cover is mainly black with a coloured picture of a woman and a girl backing in the kitchen. Written below the picture is "HER FIRST LESSON". There is a hole in the top left corner for hanging. The back cover has a coloured picture of a woman and dog on steps, and boy carrying suitcase and man behind him. There is a Rawleigh's truck parked on road in the background. Written below the picture is "HERE'S THE RAWLEIGH MAN AGAIN MOTHER". There is white space below for stamp which was left blank. "Printed in Canada"; 1929 edition
- Maker
- W. T. Rawleigh Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- London
- Title
- The Rawleigh's 40th Anniversary Good Health Guide and Cook Book
- Publication Date
- 1929
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Less detail
booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.173.119
- Description
- The Auto Knitter Instruction Book - Booklet -- [1925]. The Nineteenth Edition of the Auto Knitter Instruction book from September 1925. The cover is red with "Auto Knitter" in white, black borders, all other printing in black. The instruction book was produced by The Auto Knitter Hosiery Company Limited in Toronto, Ontario. The back cover has a circle at centre with a black and white photograph of smiling woman while using auto knitter. The booklet has instructions for set-up and use of machine, directions for making some articles of clothing, list of parts and price list; separate price list on green paper
- Object History
- Acquisition Record form in accession file lists knitting machine related objects being donated and states: "Material came from St. Annes Boys School at Duncan B.C. - run by Sisters of St. Annes - closed in 1970."
- Maker
- Auto Knitter Hosiery Company, Limited
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
- Patent Date
- Copyright 1923
- Title
- The Auto Knitter Instruction Book
- Publication Date
- 1925
- Subjects
- Textileworking Tools and Equipment
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
Less detail