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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hello all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">A collection of textile working equipment, including floor looms and spare loom parts (various sizes), warping mill, equipment for spinning, shuttles, and bobbins is available for transfer
to other BC museums or heritage institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Background: This collection is associated with Honey Hooser, a Surrey-based weaver and instructor. She also worked with veterans, using weaving as a form of occupational therapy. Her
husband, George Arthur Hooser, built the looms in the collection. This equipment was formerly displayed and housed at the Hooser Weaving Centre (1985-2005) in South Surrey. Some equipment is homemade while others (shuttles, pirns, reeds) are manufactured.
A list containing descriptions of the items and thumbnail photos is attached. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">If interested in any of the items, please contact Louisa Smith, Collections Assistant at
<a href="mailto:louisa.smith@surrey.ca">louisa.smith@surrey.ca</a> by July 9<sup>th</sup>. Thank you!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#404040;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">LOUISA SMITH | Collections Assistant<br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#76923C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">CITY OF SURREY</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#999999;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
Surrey Heritage<br>
17671 56 Ave, Surrey, BC V3S 1C9<br>
T 604.591.4174 | </span><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><a href="www.surrey.ca"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#76923C">www.surrey.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#76923C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#77933C;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Surrey is situated on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Salish peoples, including
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the q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ən̓ (Kwantlen), and se’mya’me (Semiahmoo) Nations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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