[BCMA] Sled donation offer

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Burnaby Village Museum has been offered a "Flexible Flyer" children's sleigh bought around 1900 at TJ Trapp Hardware on Columbia Street in New Westminster.

This sleigh has some good history but we already have a similar sleigh with local history.

Here are a couple of web sites related to these sleds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible_flyer

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=flexible+flyer+sled&qpvt=flexible+flyer+sled&FORM=IGRE   for images for Flyers (there are modern sleds illustrated here)

http://www.ehow.com/about_5087180_history-antique-flexible-flyer-sleds.html   for a basic history of the manufacture of Flyers


I do have an image of the actual sled, if you are interested.

TomG


Tom Gooden
Assistant Curator
Burnaby Village Museum
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