TONGS
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FILM DEVELOPING TONGS; PHOTOGRAPH
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010119004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FILM DEVELOPING TONGS; PHOTOGRAPH
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 1.7
- Length
- 15.1
- Width
- 3.2
- Description
- 1. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. FORMED FROM A SINGLE PIECE OF STEEL. TONGS ARE ROUNDED AT TOP, AND SPLAYED AT THE BOTTOM. THERE IS A RIDGE GOING DOWN CENTER OF TONGS. ETCHED ONTO TONGS IS "STAINLESS STEEL MADE IN U.S.A.". 2. 1.8 X 17.0 X 2.0. TWO PIECES OF STEEL; ONE SLOTTED INTO THE OTHER AT THE TOP. AT WORKING END OF TONGS, ONE ARM GOES THROUGH A HOLE IN THE OTHER. WHEN TONGS ARE PRESSED THEY OPEN. EMBOSSED ON ONE SIDE OF TONGS IS "CLIP TONG". ETCHED INTO OTHER SIDE IS "STAINLESS STEEL".
- Subjects
- PHOTOGRAPHIC T&E
- Historical Association
- PROFESSIONS
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND, STANLEY FRUET; ITEMS WERE PASSED DOWN TO DONOR FROM HIS FATHER, WILLIAM FRUET (SEE P20010041000 FOR HISTORY). BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1943, STANLEY WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED HERE AS WELL. HE FOLLOWED IN HIS FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS AND BECAME A PHOTOGRAPHER AND WAS EMPLOYED AS A PHOTO JOURNALIST WITH THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND EDMONTON JOURNAL. AFTER LEAVING THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS, STANLEY PARTOOK IN ONE OF HIS FAVORITE HOBBIES, TRAVELLING THE WORLD. STANLEY PASSED AWAY IN 2001.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010119004
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-08
- Collection
- Museum
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