Assiniboine Gloves
Pictured below is a pair of traditionally made Assiniboine gloves from about 1900. They were hand made for James William Watson by a First Nations … Read More
A.R.P Rattle
Air Raid Precautions (ARP) was an organization devoted to civilian defense education for the event of bomb or gas attacks on the home front. It … Read More
Canadian Bills
These Canadian twenty-five cent banknotes all date to the year 1900. Twenty-five cent Dominion of Canada notes existed from 1870 until 1923, although that was … Read More
Iceland Coin Bracelet
This bracelet is made up of seven Icelandic coins from 1942, although the middle ones is stamped “Iceland 1945.” Four of them are two aurar … Read More
Patent Medicines
Patent medicines, which were generally neither patented nor actual medicine, were common in late nineteenth century medicine cabinets. These compounds, tinctures, liniments, and “herbal remedies” … Read More
Mary Florence Haney Death Portrait
Mary Florence was the eldest child of Thomas and Anne Haney and the only one to have been born in Paris, Ontario. At the age … Read More
comptometer
The comptometer was the first commercially successful mechanical calculator, patented in 1887 Besides being an incredibly fun word to say, the comptometer was the first commercially successful … Read More
Phonograph
The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison and was the first device to be able to both record sound and play that sound … Read More
Cannon Ball
While it now sits in a corner of the Haney House living room, this cast-iron cannon ball was found on the north bank of the … Read More
byrnes collection
The Byrnes family moved to Maple Ridge when Brian was five years old. As an adult he owned Byrnes Garage on the Lougheed Highway at … Read More