adding machine
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.119.1
- Description
- Adding machine, "Burroughs", No. 9 168098. Patented April 7, 1909. Class 1, model 9 bookkeeping machine, made 1911-1913
- Object History
- William Burroughs received a patent for an adding machine in August 1888. His company soon became the largest manufacturer of adding machines in the world, selling over a million machines by 1926. The machines quickly became a common piece of equipment in banks and offices in the early 1900s. The machine automated the work of clerks, allowing them to process work in less time, and with more accuracy.
- Maker
- Burroughs Adding Machine Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Michigan
- Site/City Made
- Detroit
- Patent Date
- 1909
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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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band organ
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.21.1
- Description
- This is a Wurlitzer Military Band Organ, Style 146B. Built by the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, ca 1925. The organ is supposed to recreate the sound of a 20-piece military band, with percussion instruments that include bass drum, snare drums, cymbals, and xylophones, as well as pipes to reproduce the sounds of trumpets, trombones, flutes, and violins.
This band organ is operated by paper rolls based on Wurlitzer's unique, 46 note roll scale, "Style 150".
Our Model 146B has duplex roll frames, allowing continuous playing, one roll rewinds as the other is playing.
An electric motor mounted on the top uses a belt to drive a crankshaft that powers both the air bellows that feed the various music pipes as well as the roll mechanism.
The band organ was originally intended to be used with a carousel out of doors. A perferated sheet of plexie glass has been placed over the front opening to reduce the volume of the instrument inside the carousel building.
Outside Visible
Snare Drum on proper right
Bass Drum with cymbal on proper left
Inside
16 Octave Violin Pipes
3 Wooden Trombones
3 Octave Stopped Bass Pipes
15 Wooden Trumpets
15 Stopped Flute Pipes
16 Violin Pipes
9 Open Pipes
Bottom
3 Open Bass Pipes
9 Stopped Accompaniment Pipes
16 Stopped Melody Pipes
Bells
16 Bell Bars, playing form the musical roll.
- Object History
- The band organ was purchased and restored by the Friends of the Carousel to replace the original organ that had been sold before the carousel was acquired for the Burnaby Village Museum. The Friends of the Carousel bought this machine from a collector in Spokane, Washington. He had obtained it from a closed down travelling carnival company in Reno, Nevada. They had used it with a carousel in the American mid-west.
- Marks/Labels
- "Wurlitzer", painted in gold on front of organ
- Maker
- Wurlitzer Music Company Limited
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- North Tonawanda
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Musical Instruments
- Names
- C.W. Parker Company
- Lower Mainland Association of the Friends of the Vancouver Carousel
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV995.9.30
- Description
- Infant Care - Booklet -- [1914]. Booklet from the U.S. Department of Labor Children's Bureau, called Infant Care by Mrs. Max West. The booklet is Number 2 of the Care of Children Series and Bureau Publication Number 8. The booklet was printed in Washington by the Government Pringting office in 1914. The booklet measures 15cm x 23cm.
- Object History
- Donor inherited object from the estate of his father, Dr. Stanley H. Sievenpiper.
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Title
- Infant Care
- Publication Date
- 1914
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Booklets
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.223
- Description
- Booklet: "SHEET METAL WORK" "Trades that Provide Big-Pay Positions or a Profitable Business of Your Own"; orange with black print, white borders; black and white illustration of man drafting at table, tools and metal in background; below picture, "INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS" "SCRANTON, PA." "1928"; back cover is white with black illustration of of building; "435L--29587-1500" "PRINTED IN U.S.A."; staplebound, 33 pp; on fly-leaf, "SHEET METAL WORK AND BOILERMAKING"; illustrated; soiled, darkened around edges, some pages turned down; has been folded in half
- Colour
- White
- Maker
- International Correspondence Schools
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Pennsylvania
- Site/City Made
- Scranton
- Title
- Sheet Metal Work
- Publication Date
- 1928
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booklet
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV001.1.224
- Description
- Booklet: "INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY of TECHNOLOGY"; cover is pale yellow with white border, darker yellow stripe down centre; title is white on black rectangle with ornamental yellow border; back cover is white with black and white illustration, "SCIENCE INSTRUCTING INDUSTRY"; "76L--30031-3m" "PRINTED IN U.S.A."; 31 pp, staplebound; International Textbook Company, Scranton, Pa., 1928; lists books and prices, order form at back; with pink envelope, black print "International Correspondence Schools Canadian, Limited, 18 HASTINGS STREET, WEST, VANCOUVER, B.C." "J.W. Pickin Room 6"
- Colour
- Yellow
- Maker
- International Textbook Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- Pennsylvania
- Site/City Made
- Scranton
- Title
- International Library of Technology
- Publication Date
- 1928
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box
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.535
- Description
- Box, pink with white flowers; lid has brown label on bottom; "Lum Jok Pills".
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Category
- 07. Distribution & Transportation Artifacts
- Classification
- Container
- Marks/Labels
- English translation adjusted to white turbidity pills. The characters literally translate to: company, issue, old Chinatown in San Francisco, five, drench, white, turbid, pill; take twice daily morning and evening, take three mace each time, take with tea, it is appropriate to eliminate the consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and food that is fatty or with dry-heat). This medicine is located in San Francisco Chinatown.
English packaging label: Ng Lum Jok Pills. Net weight 1/4 lb. Chinese Herb Compound Pills. A liver tonic and for constipation. Their action assists the natural circulation of the blood. Directions - Take a dose of 3 drs. 2 or 3 times daily. Made in the U.S.A. by Kay Sang Herb Company. 843 Clay Street, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
This product is used to treat gonorrhea, and whittish/cloudy urine. It is made of a variety of ingredients and is used to treat discharge, warmth in the bladder, unclear urine, and nocturnal emission. It reduces inflammation and pain. The manufacturer recommends that the product not be taken with tobacco, alcohol, fatty foods, or with dry-heat.
- Measurements
- 4.5 cm in height x 8 cm in width
- Maker
- Kay Sang Herb Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- California
- Site/City Made
- San Francisco
- Subjects
- Science and Technology Tools and Equipment
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Names
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
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Brothers Earl and Norman Wild
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Collection/Fonds
- Murray family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7 x 7 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 548-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Accession Number
- 2012-31
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of brothers Earl and Norman Wild in Idaho, in the United States of America (USA). Norman is holding an unidentified toddler on one arm, and has his other arm around his brother.
- Names
- Wild, Norman
- Wild, Earl
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on verso of photograph reads: "Norman's brother Earl + Norman. Idaho USA"
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The Brownie stories of the world : no. iii, Noway, United States of America, the Netherlands
button pin
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.21
- Description
- Badge, button, round, very small. Coloured portrait of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on gold background. Stamp on back reads "ALLIED PRINTING / NEWARK / UNION LABEL / TRADES COUNCIL / 3".
- Object History
- From the family home of Thomas Seaborn McNair and Mary Vida (nee McMillan) McNair who lived on West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver. Thomas McNair ran Edwards, McNair and Russell, an established estate agent business.
- Marks/Labels
- On reverse, "Buttons made by The Whitehead & Hoag Co. Newark, N.J., U.S.A." "Pat. April 14, 1896, July 21, 1896". Also on the back is a partial printing mark; "ALL'ED PRIN..." "TRADES UNION LABE... ....3" "NEW..."
- Maker
- Whitehead & Hoag Company
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New Jersey
- Site/City Made
- Newark
- Patent Date
- April 14, 1896, July 21, 1896
- Subjects
- Persons - Royalty
- Souvenirs
- Souvenirs - Royalty
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