TOWEL, HAND

Description: GREEN HAND TOWEL. FOLDED INTO THIRDS LENGTHWISE; IS KEPT FOLDED BY A STEEL RIVET AT THE TOP, THAT HAS A SMALL LOOP FOR HANGING ON THE BACK. NEAR TOP OF TOWEL IS A ROUND PIECE OF BLACK VINYL WITH WHITE PRINT ON IT. IT READS "YOUR HOST LETHBRIDGE BREWERY", AND INCLUDES THE OUTLINE OF THE HOUSE OF LETHBRIDGE. TOWEL HAS A FLUFFY APPEARANCE, EXCEPT FOR A BAND AROUND TOP AND BOTTOM. TOWEL HAS SOME LOOSE THREADS.

History: TOWEL BELONGED TO DONOR'S BROTHER, JOE KOVACS. DONOR THINKS BROTHER ACQUIRED TOWEL AS A MEMENTO BEFORE HE RETIRED FROM THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY. TOWEL POSSIBLY USED IN THE SNAKE ROOM, WHICH WAS A ROOM AT THE BREWERY USED FOR ENTERTAINING. JOE KOVACS WORKED AT THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY FOR 17 YEARS IN THE BOTTLING DEPARTMENT; STARTED IN THE EARLY 70S AND RETIRED SHORTLY BEFORE THE BREWERIES CLOSURE IN 1990. DONORS PARENTS IMMIGRATED FROM HUNGARY AND SETTLED IN RAYMOND THEN HARDIEVILLE, CA. 1920S. THE FAMILY FARMED IN SHAUGHNESSY THEN LATER MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, IN 1951. BOTH JOE AND ANDREW STAYED IN LETHBRIDGE ALL THEIR LIVES. JOE PASSED AWAY AROUND 1994. ANDREW USED TO WORK FOR OLIVER INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES BEFORE HIS RETIREMENT IN 1996. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS (SOME OF WHICH ORIGINATED WITH THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY), AND CORRELATED THIS ARTIFACT'S ORIGINAL LOCATION (THE "SNAKE ROOM" AT THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY) WITH THE CONTENT OF TWO DONOR INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN. SEE RECORD P20120028003 FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH DONOR LINDA LIPTAK, WHO WORKED THE BAR AND FOOD SERVICE THERE, AND P20100013007 FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH DONOR GUNTER HORN, FORMER LETHBRIDGE BREWERY BREWMASTER.