PLATE, HOT

Description: 1. HOTPLATE. HAS AN IMAGE OF A SQUARE RIGGED SAILING VESSEL (CLIPPER SHIP) SAILING ON THE OCEAN ON IT. THE BASE OF THIS HOT PLATE IS MADE OF BLUE-GREEN FELT, WHILE THE TRIMMING IS GOLD. 2. HOTPLATE. HAS A PICTURE OF POINSETTIA FLOWERS ON IT WITH GREEN LEAVES AND AN OFF-WHITE BACKGROUND. ON THE BACK OF THE HOTPLATE, THERE IS A DARK BROWN FLORAL DESIGN. THE EDGING IS IN GOLD.

History: ALL OF THESE ARTIFACTS WOULD HAVE BEEN OWNED BY EITHER HAZEL RUTH MCNABB OR 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.