Christmas time makes us think of children’s gifts and toys. So, I thought I would do a bit of research.The first record of children’s toys is in the 14th century when small stone and clay marbles were found in children’s graves in Egypt. – In the 16th century there was evidence of wooden dolls and …
We have recently hung the pennant of the 222 Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force in themuseum. It hung along with its flag for a number of years in St. Andrews Anglican Church inHartney. It was then hung in the board room at the Civic Centre and is now located near thehole in the wall left by …
We are very fortunate in the museum to have a number of artifacts which pertain to Louis Café.There is the original cupboard which was located behind the counter in Louis Café as well asone of the benches from the booths in the café. They are located in the Merchants area and theSports area respectively. There …
WHAT’S OLD AT THE MUSEUM? As I entered the museum yesterday in search of what I would write about, I was struck by the number of artefacts that we have that create music. As I thought about that, it was not really surprising, since before the days of Sirius XM, radios, streaming music and television. …
What’s Old at the Museum? My last two columns I have written about the fraternal Lodges in Hartney. We also have artifacts from the Excelsior Rebekah Lodge, Victoria Chapter of the Eastern Star, Order of the Royal Purple and the Victoria Chapter of Past Matrons. The Excelsior Rebekah Lodge was instituted in 1922 with 2 …
Recently, I was writing up some talking points about various artifacts in the museum and my Mom was helping me with the research. I wanted to know how old the big ornate lodge chairs were in the lodge room and she did the research on them and found some interesting information. The Independent Order of …