TOWEL, HAND
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact10961
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HAND TOWEL
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- LINEN
- Catalogue Number
- P20010057024
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HAND TOWEL
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- LINEN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Length
- 46.5
- Width
- 28.4
- Description
- A LARGE WHITE HAND CLOTH. NO DISTINCTIVE MARKING SAVE FOR A SMALL HANDWRITTEN PIECE SEWN ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE CLOTH WHICH STATES "GALT HOSPITAL", AND "73 HAND TOWEL".
- Subjects
- TOILET ARTICLE
- Historical Association
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- THE GALT HOSPITAL OPERATED BETWEEN 1910 AND 1965. 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010057024
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-03
- Collection
- Museum
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