BOX
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MCARTHUR'S LADIES WEAR
- Date Range From
- 1955
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- CARDBOARD
- Catalogue Number
- P20030033002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MCARTHUR'S LADIES WEAR
- Date Range From
- 1955
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- CARDBOARD
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Length
- 87.3
- Width
- 37.5
- Description
- TOP AND BOTTOM OF BOX ARE SEPARATE. BOTH PIECES ARE FLATTENED. TOP PIECE OF BOX FEATURES A GREEN AND OFF WHITE CHECKERED PATTERN. PRINTED IN BLACK ON TOP OF BOX IS "MCARTHUR'S LADIES WEAR", " "WHERE STYLE-CONSCIOUS WOMEN LIKE TO SHOP" ", "10141-101ST STREET EDMONTON", "SHOPPERS' PARK WESTMOUNT EDMONTON", "507-4TH AVENUE S. LETHBRIDGE". THERE IS A TEAR ON ONE SIDE OF TOP. BOTH TOP AND BOTTOM EACH HAVE 4 STAPLES IN THEM. BOTTOM OF BOX IS OFF-WHITE ON THE EXTERIOR AND HAS NO MARKINGS. BOTTOM OF BOX HAS WRINKLES.
- Subjects
- CONTAINER
- Historical Association
- RETAIL TRADE
- History
- BOX RECEIVED BY DONOR'S WIFE, BARBARA CUELL, WHEN SHE PURCHASED A LONG, BEIGED COLOURED COAT FROM MCARTHUR'S LADIES WEAR AROUND 1959 OR 1960. MCCARTHUR'S WAS LOCATED AT 507 4TH AVENUE SOUTH IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1948, BECAUSE DRY CLIMATE WAS GOOD FOR HIS FATHER'S ASTHMA. HE MARRIED BARBARA CUELL WHO HAS LIVED HERE ALL HER LIFE. BARBARA'S MOTHER, VIOLET ANN BEATON, CAME TO LETHBRIDGE ABOUT 1912, FROM ABERDEEN SCOTLAND. BARBARA'S FATHER, CECIL THOMAS ARTHUR CUELL, CAME TO LETHBRIDGE ABOUT 1923, FROM CALGARY, ORIGINALLY FROM PORTSMOUTH ENGLAND AS A 12 OR 13 YEAR OLD.
- Catalogue Number
- P20030033002
- Acquisition Date
- 2004-01
- Collection
- Museum
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