Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1960

Materials

ALUMINUM, CARDBOARD, STEEL

No. Pieces

19

Height

9.0

Length

21.0

Width

10.7

Description

1. BOX. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. 2 PIECE. LID HAS BEEN TORN OFF. BOX IS PRIMARILY YELLOW, GREEN, AND BLACK. TOP AND FRONT OF BOX HAVE A PICTURE OF PRODUCT AS WELL AS "MIRRO FULL RECIPE COOKY PRESS". SIDES READ AS ABOVE. BACK OF BOX GIVES "DIRECTIONS FOR USING FULL-RECIPE COOKY PRESS". BOTTOM OF BOX GIVES 5 DIFFERENT RECIPES. INSIDE FLAP OF LID READS "544 F. T. MADE IN U.S.A.". 2. PRESS. 19.0(L) X 8.3(D). 3 PIECE. CONSISTS OF AN ALUMINUM CYLINDER WITH CAPS THAT SCREW ON TO EACH END. ONE CAP HAS A ROUND HOLE IN IT. OTHER CAP IS ATTACHED TO A THREADED ROD THAT GOES INTO CYLINDER, AND A BLACK PAINTED STEEL HAND GRIP FOR TURNING ROD. IMPRESSED INTO CAP IS "MIRRO THE FINEST ALUMINUM MADE IN U.S.A. PAT. NO. 2055868". 3. GAUGES. 3.5(H) X 8.5(D) AND 3.9(H) X 8.5(D). 2 PIECES. EACH IS AN ALUMINUM RING WITH 6 PRONGS ON IT (3 ON EACH SIDE). ONE GAUGE HAS SLIGHTLY LONGER PRONGS THAN THE OTHER; ETCHED INTO THIS PIECE IS "2"; ETCHED INTO OTHER IS "1". GAUGES ARE MADE TO SNAP ONTO END OF PRESS. 4. FORMING PLATES. 0.1(H) X 4.9(D). 12 PIECES. ROUND STEEL DISCS WITH DIFFERENT SHAPES CUT OUT OF THEM, AND A DIFFERENT NUMBER ETCHED INTO EACH. AS FOLLOWS: 7 STARS & "18"; 10 LINES FORMING A FILLED IN CIRCLE & "14"; A CHRISTMAS TREE & "21"; A SINGLE STAR & "3"; 4 PETALS & "25"; FLOWER CONSISTING OF 6 PENTAGONAL PETALS & "24"; STARFISH & "23"; 5 DIAMONDS & "22"; A LINE WITH ONE JAGGED EDGE & "1"; A JAGGED Y-SHAPE INSIDE A HEART & "7"; A MISSILE SHAPE FLANKED BY 2 FLATTENED HEARTS & "20"; AND 6 LINES FORMING A CIRCLE WITH A CIRCLE IN THE CENTRE & "15".

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

SEE DIRECTIONS ON BOX FOR USE. GAUGES ARE USED TO GAUGE THE THICKNESS OF COOKIE. ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S (WALT) MOTHER & FATHER, ADA MAY HOLT AND HERBERT HOLT. SOME ITEMS ALSO BELONGED TO HOLT CHILDREN: GORD, RALPH AND WALT. ADA PRODUCED MUCH OF THE HANDIWORK IN COLLECTION. ALL ITEMS WERE USED IN LETHBRIDGE. HERBERT HOLT, WAS BORN IN NORTH WALES AND SERVED IN THE KING'S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1922 AND IN JANUARY 1923 JOINED THE STAFF OF THE FORT SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL JAIL AS A GUARD. HE BECAME DEPUTY WARDEN THERE IN NOVEMBER 1936, AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL HIS PROMOTION TO WARDEN AT THE LETHBRIDGE JAIL IN 1940. HERB'S VISION OF REHABILITATION INCLUDED "MEANINGFUL" WORK FOR PRISONERS, RESULTING IN FIELD WORK GROWING VEGETABLE CROPS AND WHEAT, RAISING CATTLE AND HOGS, AS WELL AS WORKING IN THE PRISON BUTCHER SHOP, BAKERY, CANNERY, AND CREAMERY. IN ADDITION, PRISONERS BEAUTIFIED THE GROUNDS BY WORKING ON FLOWER BEDS AND BUILDING STONE FENCES, CREATING AN ATTRACTIVE PARK IN THE "FRONT YARD" OF THE JAIL. HERB WAS MADE AN HONOURARY CHIEF BY THE PEIGAN NATION IN 1949 FOR HIS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL WORK TO NATIVE INMATES. HERB WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE IN AND FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA IN AUGUST 1950, AND HELD THIS POST UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1959. ADA HOLT (NEE MOYER) WAS BORN IN ONTARIO IN 1907; HER PARENTS MOVED OUTSIDE FORT SASKATCHEWAN IN 1909 WHERE THEY HOMESTEADED ON A FARM. AS A YOUNG WOMAN ADA WORKED FOR FIVE YEARS AT THE GENERAL STORE. ADA MET HERB IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN, AND THEY MARRIED IN 1935. ADA CONTINUED TO CALL LETHBRIDGE HER HOME AFTER HER HUSBAND'S DEATH UNTIL 1998 WHEN SHE SUFFERED A STROKE. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE BEVERLY CENTRE IN JANUARY OF 2000. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY ON FAMILY AND LETHBRIDGE GAOL.

*UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED LED TO CONTACT WITH THE DONOR AND/OR NEXT OF KIN, HOWEVER, NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ARTIFACT WAS PROVIDED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE, SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20000038004

Acquisition Date

2002-11

Collection

Museum

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