CLEAT, SHOE

Description: CLEATS FIT ON A SHOE VIA A BROWN LEATHER STRAP WHICH IS TIGHTENED AROUND THE SHOE TO ANCHOR THE CLEATS ON. THE CLEATS THEMSELVES ARE MADE OF METAL (STEEL), AND FEATURE TWO ROWS OF METAL TRIANGLES ON EITHER SIDE. THE TWO CLEATS VARY IN SIZE WITH ONE PAIR APPEARING SIGNIFICANTLY CLEANER AND LARGER THAN THE OTHER. THE LEATHER STRAP IS ATTACHED TO THE CLEAT VIA METAL HOOKS THAT LOOP THROUGH TWO HOLES IN THE CLEAT.

History: THESE PARTICULAR ITEMS WERE USED TO WALK SECURELY ON ICE, AND WERE PROBABLY USED MAINLY WHEN ICE FISHING. 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.