OPENER, BOTTLE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact11145
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ALBERTA BREWERIES
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010054001
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ALBERTA BREWERIES
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.2
- Length
- 8.3
- Width
- 3.8
- Description
- SILVER. HAS A SHORT NARROW HANDLE, WITH A SMALL HOLE IN IT. TOP OF OPENER IS WIDER THAN HANDLE, AND HAS A CUTOUT. ETCHED INTO OPENER BELOW CUTOUT IS "ALBERTA BREWERIES". HAS A POINTING HAND ETCHED INTO IT THAT READS "YOU PAY" ON THE BACK.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- DONOR ACQUIRED ITEMS IN THE 1930S OR 40S, WHEN THE DONOR AND HER SISTERS WOULD PICK UP BEER FROM THE LOCAL BREWERY AND TAKE BACK TO THE FARM FOR THEIR FATHER, JOSEPH PAVAN. THE OPENERS WERE GIVEN OUT WITH CASES OF BEER. THE OPENER WITH THE HAND ON IT WAS SPUN WITHIN A GROUP OF PEOPLE TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD PAY FOR THE NEXT ROUND. THE FAMILY'S FARM WAS AT PAVAN DAIRY, NORTHEAST OF LETHBRIDGE. DONOR'S FATHER CAME FROM ITALY IN 1911 TO START A NEW LIFE IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010054001
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-10
- Collection
- Museum
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