PROBLEMATIC

Description: PROBLEMATIC, MINIATURE BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE OF CPR VIADUCT IN EMBOSSED, GOLD FINISHED TIN FRAME, IMAGE YELLOWED, TEXT STATES “CPRY VIADUCT… HEIGHT 367 FEET,” FRAME EMBOSSED WITH LEAVES AND FLOWERS, HOLE IN TOP OF FRAME HOLDS COPPER COLORED WIRE LOOP INTERLOCKED WITH A SECOND, SIMILAR LOOP.

History: ACCORDING TO DONOR, CARLA SAMUELS (NEE CURRIE), AT THE TIME OF DONATION, SHE ACQUIRED THE OBJECT IN 1991 UPON THE PASSING OF HER FATHER WALTER CURRIE. DONOR HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE OBJECT'S EXISTENCE PRIOR TO HER OWNERSHIP OF IT. SAMUELS WAS UNABLE TO GAIN CONTEXT FROM HER MOTHER WITH REGARD TO HER FATHER'S ACQUISITION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE OBJECT. SAMUELS' FATHER WAS THE SECRETARY FOR THE KNIGHTS OF PHYTHIAS (KOP) LODGE FROM THE LATE 1960'S TO THE EARLY 1970'S. IT IS PRESUMED HE ACCUMULATED THE MATERIAL AS A RESULT OF HIS MEMBERSHIP WITH THE KOP. ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY C. F. P. CONYBEARE. CONYBEARE PASSED AWAY IN 1927. SEE P20090021001 AND PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.