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Bob D.: Posted on Thursday, March 15, 2012 3:20 PM
Building and Restoration Committee report -March, 2012 The work party at the woodworking shop was very productive with all the Walter Reis carvings accessioned, cleaned and put on shelves. Dennis made some more shelving brackets for one more shelf so we can spread the carvings out a bit. The woodworkers will also find a way to display the plaques to better advantage. Work is progressing on both the stagecoach and the drag saw. Re-skinning the exterior of the coach has become a rather formidable challenge as the thin plywood has to be bent to a compound angle which is very difficult to do successfully. |
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Bob DeMaertelaere: Posted on Friday, December 30, 2011 7:58 PM
Concord Stagecoach
Work is progressing on the Concord
stagecoach with David Bevan starting work on the leather upholstery. The seats
are tufted button leather, so it was necessary to manufacture about 80 leather
buttons, which David has manufactured from scraps. It was decided to try and
complete the interior of the coach before the new veneer is applied to the
outside as it is easier to access the rather cramped interior with the veneer
off.
Lawrence Radford, the
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Bob DeMaertelaere: Posted on Wednesday, November 09, 2011 6:56 PM
The Boundary Museum Society has a Concord
style stagecoach in its possession. This community artifact would date back to
the late 1800's and was used to move people with their luggage and express
items from and return.
The coach was in the Gyro park outdoor
display area in Grand Forks. The undercarriage (including metal) had many
coats of yellow paint and the coach itself had coat upon coat of red paint.
There was no lettering visible as it had been painted over many times. |
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Marketing/Events: Posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 1:05 PM
 Over 120 people attended our first ever
Pie in July event held last Saturday at our new location: the Fructova
Heritage Site.
The concept of Pie and July was conceived last summer by
our summer students, Allie and Stepan. The idea began when the students were trying
to think of a way to utilize the traditional Doukhobor oven located on site at
the museum. When the students learned that the our new location,
“Fructova”, meant “of the fruit” in Russian, they quickly combined the idea of
fruit, baking, and famous Doukhobor hospitality into Pie in July! |
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Bob De Maertelaere: Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:12 AM
 As promised here is a photo of the little school desks that were cleaned up and restored to useable condition. Thank you David Bevan for the photo and thank you to Lorne Smithson for putting it on the web page. Lorne has done most of the web page set up along with our indomitable administrator Sue Adrain. Today was clean up day at Fructova and Lorne, Cliff, Lawrence and myself loaded up Lorne's trailer with a full load of garbage that seemed to grow over the winter. Work on displays is progressing and once they are a bit more advanced we may give you a sneak preview. |
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Bob De Maertelaere: Posted on Thursday, May 05, 2011 10:07 AM
This is my first entry into our new web page. My name is Bob De Maertelaere and I am a director with the Boundary Museum Society. It is my hope to use this web page as a means of keeping our members and visitors informed of what is happening at our community museum. Of course this time of year is beginning to get very busy as the staff and volunteers are preparing displays and shining everything up for a May 1 st opening. The Boundary Woodworkers Guild has just finished a complete restoration of a Pat Burns meat delivery wagon and we will be posting pictures soon. |
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