MATCHBOOK

Description: MATCHBOOK IS FROM "HOYT'S SPORTING & TOYS", IS PRIMARILY WHITE, SAVE FOR BLACK TEXT, AND AN IMAGE AT THE TOP OF THE BOOK WHICH HAS A PICTURE OF A RIFLE WITHA POWDER HORN AND THE FOLLOWING RED TEXT "REMINGTON SINCE 1816". ON THE COVER FLAP, THERE IS A PAINTED IMAGE OF A MOOSE ABOVE THE TEXT "CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING".

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.