Egg grader
Photograph of a scale used for weighing eggs.
Bulkley Valley Museum
Bulkley Valley Museum artifact collection
Bulkley Valley Museum
1978.141.3
Egg candler
Photograph of an egg candler, used for illuminating an egg to view its fertility.
Bulkley Valley Museum
Bulkley Valley Museum artifact collection
Bulkley Valley Museum
1984.3.1
Egg candler
Photograph of an egg candler, used for illuminating an egg to view its fertility.
Bulkley Valley Museum
Bulkley Valley Museum artifact collection
Bulkley Valley Museum
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1978.141.2
Coyle carton advertisements
Advertisements for later versions of Coyle cartons, manufactured in Toronto (top) and Vancouver (bottom).
Collett-Sproule Limited
Joseph Coyle
Joseph L. Coyle fonds (PF16), Bulkley Valley Museum
Bulkley Valley Museum
c. 1930s-1940s
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Coyle Egg-Safety Carton advertisement
Advertisement for Coyle egg safety cartons, manufactured at Halstead Street in Chicago.
Egg Safety Carton Co.
Joseph L. Coyle fonds (PF16), Bulkley Valley Museum
Bulkley Valley Museum
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"Makes Machine to Make Egg Carton," Interior News article
News article on Joseph Coyle's invention of an egg carton-making machine.
Interior News
Newspapers.com
Bulkley Valley Museum
March 31, 1920
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Coyle egg carton, original patent
Joseph Coyle's original egg carton design, patent #181662.
Joseph Coyle
Canadian Patent Database / Canadian Intellectual Property Office
Canadian Patent Database
1917
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Jack McNeil and Gabriel Lacroix
Telkwa Hotel proprietor Jack McNeil (left) and farmer Gabriel Lacroix (right), whose argument over broken eggs is said to have inspired Joseph Coyle to invent the egg carton.
Bulkley Valley Museum visual record collection
Bulkley Valley Museum
c. 1926 / July 6, 1915
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Ellen Coyle and Muriel Adams in first Smithers car
Cropped version of P0918
Gilbert Clarke Killam
Bulkley Valley Museum visual records collection
Bulkley Valley Museum
1916
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Joseph, Winnifred, and Ellen Coyle
Cropped photo showing the Coyle family.
Bulkley Valley Museum visual records collection
Bulkley Valley Museum
c. August 24, 1912
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