TIN

Description: COMPLETE WITH LID. "HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY HUDSON'S BAY TOBACCOS IN GOLD EMBLEM CUT PLUG". IN BLACK AND GOLD ON RED. "HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY INCORPORATED 2 MAY 1670 CUT PLUG" ON TWO SIDES IN BLACK AND GOLD ON RED. "H.B.C. CUT IS MANUFACTURED FROM THE HIGHEST GRADES OF VIRGINIA LEAF. HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY INCORPORATED 2ND MAY 1670 MADE IN CANADA FACTORY NO. 18 PORT 100" IN BLACK ON RED. H.B. CO. SEAL ON TOP EMBOSSED ON BASE. "THE GOVENOR & COMPANY TRADING INTO HUDSON'S BAY OF ADVENTURE IS OF ENGLAND.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING TOBACCO TIN DONATED BY MRS. GEORGE KING (DONOR NAME AS RECORDED AT THE TIME OF DONATION). THE DONOR'S NAME WAS PHYLLIS WERNICK AND HAS BEEN UPDATED IN THE DATABASE. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY FOR GEORGE KEEBLE KING HAS BEEN ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE. IT STATES: "GEORGE KEEBLE KING PASSED AWAY IN EDMONTON, JANUARY 20, 2016, AT THE AGE OF 90. GEORGE WAS RAISED IN THE IRON SPRINGS AREA, SERVED IN WW2 AND SETTLED IN THE TOWN OF COALDALE, WHERE HE WAS EMPLOYED FOR 35 YEARS. IN 1954, HE MARRIED THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE PHYLLIS WERNICK, AND ENJOYED 61 WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER. THEY RAISED THREE CHILDREN; BRIAN, CONNIE HARRISON, COLEEN GRAHAM... GEORGE WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE MANY FACETS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COALDALE FROM A SMALL VILLAGE, TO THE THRIVING TOWN IT WAS WHEN HE RETIRED 30 YEARS AGO... GEORGE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, SAM AND MARGARET KING, AND SIX OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS, LEAVING ONE SISTER AUDREY BAKER." FOR FULL OBITUARY, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.