BOX, PUFF

Description: THE OUTER CASE IS MADE OF CARDBOARD, AND IS PRIMARILY BLACK ON ONE SIDE WITH WHITE LETTERING, AND ON THE OTHER, PRIMARILY WHITE WITH BLACK LETTERING. ON EITHER SURFACE, IT STATES "FABERGE" IN A HANDWRITING LIKE STYLE FONT. ON EITHER SIDE (NARROW SIDE), IT STATES "TRIANGLE COMPACT WITH EXTRA REFILL". THE SIDES ARE HALF WHITE AND HALF BLACK WITH CONTRASTING WRITING. INSIDE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PIECES. THE MOST OBVIOUS IS A TRIANGULAR GOLD MIRROR INSIDE A CASE INTO WHICH THE COMPRESSED POWDER IS ALSO FIT. THE OUTSIDE OF THE CONTAINER HAS A WAVY DESIGN ON IT. ALSO INSIDE ARE A SPARE COMPRESSED POWDER "REFILL", AS WELL AS A BOOKLET, AND A CARDBOARD FITTING USED TO KEEP EVERYTHING IN.

History: ALL OF THESE ARTIFACTS WOULD HAVE BEEN OWNED BY EITHER HAZEL RUTH MCNABBB AND HER MOTHER MRS. JOSEPH MCNABB (MAE). HOWEVER, MOST WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO HAZEL. MOST PURCHASES WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN OR NEAR LETHBRIDGE OR FORT MACLEOD. THE DONOR WAS BORN IN 1912 IN FORT MACLEOD AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1946. FAMILY LIVED ALONG THE OLD MAN RIVER ACROSS FROM THE RESERVATION, MOTHER WAS FROM NEW YORK, AND AFTER MARRYING HER HUSBAND CAME TO ALBERTA TO RANCH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE DONOR, THE LATE MS. HAZEL MCNABB, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION'S PERMANENT FILE. INCLUDED IN THE FILE, IS A 50 MIN INTERVIEW WITH MCNABB'S CLOSE FRIEND MARY OORDT FROM 20 MAY 2014.