Purden, George


George is the son of H. Wyatt-Purden who farmed lands near Mt. Currie beginning in the 1930's. H. Wyatt-Purden was involved as a trustee and as president in the formative years of the Pemberton Valley Dyking District, which was established in 1947.

Adze
Description:
Mattock (or adze) from the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.15
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Block Plane
Description:
Block Plane from the Harold Wyatt-Purden Farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.03
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Blow Torch
Description:
Blow torch from the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.02
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Ear Tags
Description:
Ear Tags for livestock from the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm. There are 26 tags on a cardboard sleeve.
Date of Object:
ca. 1950
Accession #:
010.16.05
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Gas Lantern Pump
Description:
Air pump for gas appliances. Used to build pressure in appliances that require high pressure white gas.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.09
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Hay Knife
Description:
Hay knife. Foot powered. From the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.13
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Hay Knife
Description:
Hay cutter. Hand powered. From the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.14
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Horseshoes
Description:
Horseshoes with ice pegs from the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm. There are eight nail holes.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.08ab
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Lantern
Description:
This mantle lantern is from the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm. The mantle is made of mica.
Date of Object:
ca. 1930
Accession #:
010.16.01
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Log Dog - Hook and Chain
Description:
Logging Dogs used to chain logs together during logging activities. From the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1950
Accession #:
010.16.17
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Pliers
Description:
Pliers that were used to pinch ear tags onto livestock from the Harold Wyatt-Purden Farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1950
Accession #:
010.16.06
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Potato Hook
Description:
Heavy potato hook; worn wooden handle; four tines, each 25.5 cm long of steel. Condition: Sound. History: used in early potato harvests on the Purden farm, first operated in the 1930's by H. Wyatt-Purden.
Date of Object:
ca. 1930
Accession #:
984.29.01
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Shoe Last
Description:
Shoe last, triple, for repairing shoes. From the Harold Wyatt-Purden Farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1940
Accession #:
010.16.16
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Soldering Iron
Description:
Soldering iron used with blow torch from the Harold Wyatt-Purden farm. This tool would have been used for many repairs around the farm.
Date of Object:
ca. 1950
Accession #:
010.16.07
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