PLATE, DINNER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLATE, GRASSY LAKE TRADING
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P20010081002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLATE, GRASSY LAKE TRADING
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.5
- Diameter
- 24
- Description
- PLATE TRIMMED IN GOLD WITH EMBOSSED LEAF AND BEAVER BORDER. CHIP ON EDGE. CENTRE OF PLATE MARKED "GRASSY LAKE TRADING.. A.P. JONES.. GENERAL MERCHANT". BASE BEARS LOGO OF "MEDICINE HAT POTTERIES".
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- PLATE WAS BOUGHT ALONG WITH P20010081001-GA AT A THRIFT STORE IN THE 1980'S OR EARLY 90'S. DONOR RECOGNIZED POSSIBLE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF PLATE AND DECIDED TO DONATE. DONOR CLAIMS INFORMATION IN GRASSY LAKE HISTORY BOOK CHRONICLES STORE. IN 1924 ERNEST JONES BOUGHT THE LARSON BROTHERS AND HANK HARDWARE BUILDING. JONES BUILT THE BUSINESS UP TO THE GENERAL STORE UNTIL HIS SON ALBERT TOOK OVER THE OPERATION IN 1939. ALBERT AND WIFE EDNA LIVED IN UPSTAIRS OF STORE AND RAN IT AND LOCAL SWITCHBOARD UNTIL ITS CLOSURE IN 1964. DONOR HAS BEEN A RESIDENT SINCE 1981. HER HUSBAND WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE. HUSBAND'S FATHER JOHN CICMAN CAME HERE FROM SASKATCHEWAN DURING THE DEPRESSION TO WORK IN THE MINES. SEE OTHER DONATIONS.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010081002
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-12
- Collection
- Museum
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