ASHTRAY

Description: CASE IS COLORED GOLD, WITH A CURVED DESIGN ETCHED ONTO IT. THE LID HAS A PICTURE OF A CIGARETTE ON IT. A SMALL SQUARE IS ALSO SEEN IN THE LOWER LEFT HAND SECTION. THE LID FLIPS OPEN WHEN A SMALL BUTTON IS PUSHED IN FRONT. AS IT FLIPS OPEN, A CIGARETTE HOLDER FLIPS TO THE SIDE, AND IS SITUATED SO TO PROVIDE A PLACE TO REST A BURNING CIGARETTE.

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.