CARTRIDGE, TAPE

Description: 1. BLACK PLASTIC 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE. ON FRONT IS A PAPER LABEL. LABEL HAS A LIGHT PURPLE BACKGROUND; FEATURES A PICTURE OF ANNE MURRAY SITTING AT A TABLE. AT TOP OF PICTURE READS "ANNE MURRAY", BELOW PICTURE READS "I'LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU". LABEL ALSO LISTS SONGS IN THE FOUR PROGRAMS ON TAPE. LABEL IS RIPPED AT BOTTOM. EMBOSSED ON BACK OF CARTRIDGE IS "CASE MADE IN CANADA BY HARDMAN INDUSTRIES LTD. LICENCEE PATD. 1972-70". TAPE HAS A SMALL PIECE BROKEN OFF AT BOTTOM. 2. BOX. CARDBOARD, RECTANGULAR. HAS AN OPENING AT BOTTOM AND A LARGE RECTANGULAR HOLE IN THE FRONT. BOX IS COLOURED WHITE, YELLOW, AND RED. FRONT READS "8 TRACK STEREO TAPE CARTRIDGE CARTOUCHE DE RUBAN". BACK OF BOX 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.