BOTTLE, BEER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CALGARY ALE
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- GLASS, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P20010058004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CALGARY ALE
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- GLASS, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 23.2
- Diameter
- 6.0
- Description
- LONG NECK, AMBER BOTTLE. LABEL IS WHITE, RED AND BLACK. HAS A BUFFALO HEAD IN THE CENTRE WITH A HORSESHOE SHAPE OVERTOP. WITHIN HORSESHOE READS "CALGARY". BELOW BUFFALO HEAD READS "STOCK ALE". AROUND EDGES OF LABEL READS "NET CONTENTS 12 FLUID OZS. CALGARY BREWING & MALTING CO. LTD. CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA". LABEL HAS A SMALL RIP IN IT. NECK LABEL HAS SAME BUFFALO HEAD AND HORSESHOE LOGO; ALSO READS "CALGARY BREWING & MALTING CO. LTD. CALGARY CANADA". EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM OF BOTTLE IS "1 9 2377 W.S. MADE IN CANADA". BOTTLE IS EMPTY.
- Subjects
- MERCHANDISING T&E
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- DONOR RETRIEVED BOTTLE FROM HIS FATHER'S HOUSE; REMEMBERS IT BEING IN FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS. DONOR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE. HE WORKED FOR AE CROSS IN THE LATE 1960S TO EARLY 1970S, AND BECAME AN INDEPENDENT PHOTOGRAPHER, UNTIL 1976 WHEN HE MOVED TO RED DEER AND JOINED THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. HE MOVED BACK TO LETHBRIDGE IN 2000 AND IS STILL EMPLOYED WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010058004
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-10
- Collection
- Museum
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