LIGHTER

Description: HAS A PLASTIC BODY; BOTTOM IS WHITE, REST OF BODY IS BROWN. HAS A TIN ELEMENT AT TOP WITH "MADE IN FRANCE" AND "BIC" ETCHED INTO IT. AT BACK, JUST BELOW ELEMENT IS A WHEEL (TO ADJUST FLAME HEIGHT). THERE IS A METAL WHEEL AT TOP (FOR FLINT) AND BELOW THIS IS A RED PLASTIC BUTTON, EMBOSSED WITH "BIC".

History: DONOR'S DAUGHTER BROUGHT ITEMS TO MUSEUM AFTER CLEANING OUT MOTHER'S HOME (DOROTHY) AS SHE WAS MOVING. DOROTHY WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE BEGAN SMOKING IN HER 20S (WAS 86 AT TIME OF DONATION) AND QUIT WHEN ORDERED BY DOCTOR IN 70S. DOROTHY'S PARENTS BOTH SMOKED AND NEVER STOPPED THEIR CHILDREN FROM DOING SO. DONOR MOVED IN 30S ACROSS CANADA AND U.S. BUT RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1975, STILL A SMOKER. SEE PAST DONATIONS. DONOR'S FATHER, RALPH MAYNARD, CAME FROM ENGLAND CIRCA 1902. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. SCHAMUHN SPOKE WITH DOROTHY RICHARDS’S DAUGHTER, JUDITH MCILWRAITH, REGARDING HER MOTHER’S PRIOR DONATIONS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OBJECT WAS DETERMINED UPON CONTACTING NEXT-OF-KIN. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P20000062001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.