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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Today at the Vernon Museum and Archives we have a number of items available for transfer to other museums. These include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Two gas masks with their canisters. They come in their own boxes, and are made by ACME Protection Co, which to my shock is not actually a fictional company from the Bugs Bunny cartoons. They
were probably created for miners, but fire fighters may have used them as well. One is in slightly better condition than the other. The boxes however look like they’ve already been through a mining disaster or two, but they could be cleaned up. (Not accessioned)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Fill your museum with the toys of the past, and delight the children of the present, because today we have 3 doll carriages available:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A brown, imitation reed carriage with metal framework and rubber wheels. It’s from the 1920’s and clearly been played with a bit. (2012.084.006)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A pale cream wicker carriage with metal spoked wheels and an interior of red fabric decorated with flowers. The fabric is badly worn, and the metal corroded, but it’s still pretty
cute. (2020.01.012)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A pink dolls carriage from the 1950s, metal with a fabric top. (not accessioned)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Is your historical carriage missing a piece? Want to show off the scope of a blacksmiths trade? Then by all means you can have our carriage step. It’s black, and would have hung down to allow
elegant ladies in petticoats to hop up. (992.24.4) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Tools of the Trade<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Why bother having all that old antique wooden furniture if you can’t show how it was made? Lucky for you, today we have about 20 wooden carpenter planes, in all sort of sizes and ages. I am
not going to bore you with the individual details, if you need a wood carpenter plane consider me your dealer.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">To accompany the planes we have a small, folding boxwood carpenter ruler with brass fittings. It extends to 24 inches. (2007.074.002)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Why stop there? Show the visitors the entire furniture making process and put on display one of the 6 small handsaws we have available. They have wooden handles, metal blades, and while they
are a bit rusty they are still sharp.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">For those of you who don’t care for saws, we have two small hand held axes. They have dry wooden handles, with slightly corroded blades, but they are still both excellent examples of an axe.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Next up is an old fashioned mechanical tool for pulling weeds. It has a metal end for grabbing the weed and a long wood handle. It definitely looks like it’s been in someone’s shed for a decade
or so, but that just adds to its air of authenticity. (1996.002.137.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">We also have a delightful piece of clothing, a pair of cowhide leather chaps. They are cut at the legs so they can be buckled around the thigh and the waist. This pair was worn in a saw mill
in the 1960s’ and the surface is stained with dirt. It will make the perfect contrast to all your christening gowns and mourning dresses. (2015.46.1.1)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">We also have a small drill bit, either used by ship builders, or an electrician, or perhaps an electrician who moonlighted as a ship builder, the catalogue didn’t specify. It’s a bit rusty
but still an excellent example of a drill bit. (2005.004.046)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Silverware:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A classy silver plated tea set, its 5 pieces, including: a tray, a coffee pot, a tea pot, a cream jug, and a sugar bowl. It has beautiful floral designs engraved into the metal and it dates
to around 1912. While slightly tarnished it still conveys wealth and elegance, looking at it you can imagine a well to do couple using it for their morning tea before suddenly bolting upright as they see in the paper that the Titanic has sunk. (2008.094.001)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Meanwhile, down the hallway from the wealthy couple you would find the servants sitting around a brass serving tray just like the one we have available today. It’s much simpler, with only
a patterned rim for adornment. You could probably use it for museum events at the very least. (1970.043.001, date unknown)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Also available is a 5 piece silver plated tea service, with a tea pot, a coffee pot, a sugar bowl, a cream jug and a spoon holder. They all have flowers engraved on them and while they need
a polish they are very nice. If you hold them in a bundle in your arms you can pretend it’s the 1930’s and you are destitute and selling your silverware. (2010.087.003)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A silver plated tea set that rather stands out from the crowd. Its 4 pieces, (cream jug, coffee and tea pots, and a sugar bowl), but unlike its flowery neighbors it has a more modern looking
design, with simple ripple patterns. (2007.101.006)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A large silver plated serving tray, its oval shaped with "D" handles at each end. The center of tray has a logo with "Lakin Quote, A Deo Omnia" written around it. The catalog record tells
me this means “God in all things”, which is a rather reassuring message to drink tea off of at the end of a long day. (1997.06.062)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">For those of you thinking “wow, that’s a lot of silver plated tea things”, I have available a 5 piece silver plated tea set. It’s the usual suspects, teapot, coffee pot, milk pot, spoon holder
and sugar holder. They date to 1915ish, and have leaf patterns along the edges, and tiny little bunches of grapes on top. (1985.280.004)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">For those of you thinking, “okay, there is no way they have more silverware”, I present to you a small round candy or condiment plate. Its silver plated (of course) and made by Viking E.P.
It’s engraved with a perforated pattern and could work really well holding breath mints in your office. (2007.115.004)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">One time, this curator I worked for needed to impress a visiting city official and so she used our unaccessioned silver to serve him tea. He must have been impressed because we kept our funding.
The moral of the story is you can never have too many nice serving dishes. Speaking of which, we also have available a silver plated serving dish. Its medium sized, round, and has jaunty little legs and its own top. It’s a bit tarnished but rather nice. (1996.102.001)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A tiny silver plated bowl, plain except for the letters “JLPS” engraved on one side. Its date marked 1923 and it’s in good condition. (2005.045.008)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">A plated silver tankard. It is engraved with, “Salutations, 25 years of caring for your team mates”. You should invest in it now just in case one of your co-workers hangs around for 25 years.
(2016.044.013)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">Lastly, a large silver plated serving tray, with a raised fleur-del-les design, and fluted edge. It’s a Sheffield reproduction that has itself become an historical object, isn’t life funny
that way. (1989.109.089)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%">I am happy to send photographs or more information, but as usual, shipping costs will be your museums responsibility, and in some cases there will be an extra fee for shipping materials. If
you are interested in any of these objects please contact: <span class="MsoHyperlink">
<a href="mailto:Carolyn.ben@vernonmuseum.ca">Carolyn.ben@vernonmuseum.ca</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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