CASE

Description: BLUE "TUNE TOTE" CASE AND 12 45 RPM RECORDS. 1. TOTE FEATURES VINYL COVERING EMBOSSED WITH TWO GIRLS LISTENING TO RECORDS. BLACK POCKET SLIDING HANDLES. "PONYTAIL". INTERIOR HAS 13 PAPER SLEEVES FOR INSERTION OF RECORDS. 2. 45 RPM RECORD, "CAROLINA MOON", "CONNIE FRANCIS". YELLOW LABEL. 3. 45 RPM RECORD, "DONCHA' THINK IT'S TIME","ELVIS PRESLEY". BLACK LABEL 4. 45 RPM RECORD, "LITTLE STAR", "THE ELEGANTS", MAROON LABEL 5. 45 RPM RECORD, "WHY BABY WHY", "PAT BOONE", BLACK LABEL 6. 45 RPM RECORD, "LIPSTICK ON YOUR COLLAR", "CONNIE FRANCIS", YELLOW LABEL 7. 45 RPM RECORD, "TWO FOOLS", "FRANKIE AVALON", WHITE LABEL 8. 45 RPM RECORD, "ROUND AND ROUND", "PERRY COMO", BLACK LABEL 9. 45 RPM RECORD, "PROBLEMS", "THE EVERLY BROTHERS", MAROON LABEL 10. 45 RPM RECORD, "BIMBOMBEY", "JIMMIE ROGERS", MAROON LABEL 11. 45 RPM RECORD, "FORGET ME NOT", "KALIN TWINS", BLACK LABEL 12. 45 RPM RECORD, "WHEN", "KALIN TWINS", BLACK LABEL 13. 45 RPM RECORD, "I'LL GLADLY MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN", "DEAN MARTIN", PURPLE LABEL

History: MATERIAL OWNED BY DONOR (NEE MARQUARDSON) AND USED IN 1950'S. DONOR LIVED IN STIRLING DURING PERIOD. RECORDS AND TOTE LIKELY ACQUIRED IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR FAN OF ELVIS AND WOULD HAVE LISTENED TO RECORDS AT HOME OR TAKEN TO EVENING 'LAWN DANCES'. DONOR USED BETWEEN AGES 12 TO 16. DONOR WAS "PROUD TO OWN CUTE TOTE" AND LIKED BEING ORGANIZED, THE TOTE TOOK GOOD CARE OF HER MUSIC. SHE HUNG ON TO TOTE DUE TO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORIES. DONOR'S GRANDFATHER WAS ONE OF FIRST TWENTY FOUR PERSONS TO SETTLE STIRLING IN 1899. HER GRANDFATHER, HANS MARQUARDSON, CAME TO WORK ON THE ST. MARY'S CANAL AND TO BUY A HOMESTEAD. HE HAD BEEN A FREIGHTER AND STAGE COACH DRIVER IN UTAH AND NEVADA. HE EMIGRATED FROM DENMARK IN 1864 WHILE THE CIVIL WAR WAS RAGING IN THE EASTERN US.