CARTRIDGE, TAPE

Description: 1. WHITE PLASTIC 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE. HAS A PAPER LABEL ON FRONT. LABEL HAS A TURQUOISE BACKGROUND, AND FEATURES A PICTURE OF MICKEY AND MINNIE MOUSE DANCING. ABOVE THEM READS "WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS MICKEY MOUSE DISCO". LABEL ALSO LISTS THE SONGS IN THE FOUR PROGRAMS ON THE TAPE, ETC. EMBOSSED ON BACK OF CARTRIDGE IS "MADE IN U.S.A.". LABEL IS DIRTY; THERE ARE BLACK MARKS ON MAGNETIC TAPE END OF CARTRIDGE. 2. BOX. CARDBOARD BOX, WITH AN OPENING IN BOTTOM, AND LARGE RECTANGULAR HOLE IN FRONT. BOX IS COLOURED WHITE, YELLOW, AND RED. FRONT READS "8 TRACK STEREO TAPE CARTRIDGE CARTOUCHE DE RUBAN", BACK GIVES CARE INSTRUCTIONS IN FRENCH AND ENGLISH.

History: RECORDS AND 8-TRACKS IN COLLECTION WERE DONATED ALONG WITH A CABINET RECORD/8-TRACK PLAYER THAT WAS ACCEPTED BY MUSEUM AS AN EQUIPMENT ACQUISITION. COLLECTION BELONGED TO VERNA BROWN, WHO BOUGHT THE PLAYER IN 1971 IN TABER, SURROUNDING AREA. THE PLAYER WAS USED UNTIL VERNA MOVED TO A SENIORS LODGE JANUARY 2000. THE PLAYER WAS PURCHASED WITH FUNDS FROM VERNA'S MOTHERS ESTATE AFTER HER PASSING IN JANUARY 1971. MOTHER ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1915.