Happy #MuseumMonday! A smiling man sitting side-saddle on a ride-on locomotive pulling small cars filled with passengers. These trains were at Swan Point in Hatzic Lake. The operator lived in Mission and moved the trains from place to place. Photo taken by Bill Saunders in the 1950’s. (P11925)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! Man sitting atop a huge pile of railway ties that look like they are loaded on a truck but it may just be parked behind the pile. Not much is known about this image that was taken in the 1920s. (P09106)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! Young men in a car with baseball dance posters in their hands parked in front of Gordon's Drug Store. Taken in 1921. (P09048)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! Ethel Lougheed seated next to Lord Willingdon on an open sided car in 1924. Lord Willingdon is looking over a double headed axe. (P08024)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! Here is a picture of the Saunders family Border Collie sitting outside on a bench with a pink toy. Such a fluffy dog! (P11941)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! This is Vernon Military Training Camp where there was annual training with the Westminster Regiment 2nd Battalion (Home Guard) B Company (Haney, Hammond etc). A long row of tents, some with sides hauled up for cooling. The building at the far end is identified as the latrine.
(P13167)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! Two men with backs to us looking out the windows of the Pitt Meadows control tower with instruments in front of them. This was taken in the 1950’s, just after the construction of the airport was complete.
(P04262)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! Shown is the Pioneer Lumber Water Tower lying on its side and all bashed in. Taken in December 1992, the words on tower say "Whonnock Lumber", the former name of the mill. The two workmen reveal the size of the tower. Don’t you think the picture looks a bit eerie?
(P04488)
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Happy #MuseumMonday! Oh yikes, somebody better call a tow truck for this tow truck!
(P12155)
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Happy #MuseumMonday ! Seated on the right in this photo is Mr. C.F. Nelson, otherwise known as the Boatman of Haney, displaying one of the fully rigged miniature model sailing ships he built himself.
(P12142)
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Happy #MuseumMonday ! Don't be alarmed! This mysterious contraption, believe it or not, is for setting hair perms! Here's the brave Volunteer Sandy MacDougall demonstrating how the device was used.
(P12024)
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Happy #MuseumMonday !! Summer break is only a few weeks away! These kids in 1983 were enjoying a summertime classic, the giant slip 'n slide. What are you most excited for this summer?
(P12022)
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Happy #MuseumMonday and Happy Spring! We're sure glad that winter's over and the sun is out. Just look at how chilly this day at Kanaka Falls must've been - Brrr!
(P06036)
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This #MuseumMonday , We're sharing this photo from the 1960s. "Operation Doorstep" was an organizaton that provided free tests and chest x-rays to check for TB, or Tuberculosis, with the intention to eraticate the disease.
(P02114)
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Happy #MuseumMonday to all! These lovely ladies are listed in our records as the "Merry Makers" who produced a performance titled "House of Music and Laughter". This photo is a scene from that performance!
(P02084)
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Neoclassical Gay Porn!
We’re back to the #PenisMuseum for #MuseumMonday with dicks on display at the Musee Fabre.
Happy #MuseumMonday ! This week, we're sharing this joyful bunch of gentlemen of the 1975 Lions Club of Maple Ridge preparing a pancake breakfast to share with the community!
(P02064)
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Happy #MuseumMonday ! Back in the 1960s, these three ambitious kids had a dream to sell BBQ chicken at the fall fair. Here they are at opening day of their small business.
(P02032)
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Happy #MuseumMonday ! This is what a typical camping setup would have looked like in the year 1959!
(P10729)
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For this #MuseumMonday, we've found a photo of what a hospital labratory would have looked like in 1967!
P05100
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