CAR, TOY

Description: CAR IS TEAL IN COLOR, AND IS IN THE DESIGN OF AN EARLY 1940'S AUTOMOBILE (SEDAN). ON THE BASE OF THE CAR THERE IS THE FOLLOWING TEXT, "A-WEE-KIN-TOY (REGD)", "MADE IN ENGLAND", "THE CHAD VALLEY CO. LTD." AND AT THE FRONT, AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE CAR "THE HILLMAN MINX". THE CAR COMES WITH A SMALL KEY USED TO WIND THE CAR UP FOR IT TO MOVE AS OPERATED BY A WOUND SPRING INSIDE.

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. THE CAR IS A HILLMAN MINX, MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1957 AND 1967 AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 'ECONOMY CARS' TO BE IMPORTED INTO THE US. IT WAS NOT PARTICULARLY SUCCESSFUL. THE HILLMAN MINX ITSELF WAS ACTUALLY BUILT IN JAPAN BY THE ISUZU COMPANY. 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.