BOX

Description: TICKET BOX WITH TWO GREEN LIDS ON HINGES, CONTAINS WHITE, COMPARTMENTALIZED TRAY - 2 PIECES TICKET BOX, WOODEN BOX WITH TWO PISTACHIO GREEN, TIN LIDS ON OFF CENTER HINGE, FRONT OF BOX HAS ADHESIVE DECAL MARKED “SAFEWAY” IN YELLOW AND RED, DECAL CHIPPING, WOOD SOILED THROUGHOUT, TIN AND WOOD SCRATCHED THROUGHOUT, SMALLER LID OPENS TO REVEAL REMOVABLE WHITE PLASTIC COMPARTMENTALIZED TRAY (MEASURING 33.6 CM LONG BY 8.8 CM WIDE BY 3.9 CM DEEP) AND THREE OTHER WOODEN COMPARTMENTS, LARGER LID COVERS ONE LARGE COMPARTMENT.

History: ACCORDING TO DONOR ANTON VANDER BEEK AT TIME OF DONATION, THE BOX CAME FROM SAFEWAY. THE BOX WAS USED TO PRODUCE AND HOLD ITEM TICKET NUMBERS (CONTAINED IN WHITE PLASTIC TRAY), SPECIAL PRICE TAGS (IN MEDIUM COMPARTMENT) AND PRODUCT CARDS FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (IN LARGE COMPARTMENT). THE BOX WAS USED UNTIL ABOUT 1975 WHEN IT WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW PRICING SYSTEM. VANDER BEEK WORKED FOR SAFEWAY FROM 1960 UNTIIL HE RETIRED IN 1978 AS PRODUCE MANAGER. HE USUALLY WORKED IN THE MAYOR MAGRATH AND 16TH AVE S. LOCATION (WHERE VALUE VILLAGE IS NOW). AFTER HIS RETIREMENT, THE BOX WAS SAVED AS A MEMENTO. DONOR'S WIFE JOHANNA USED IT TO STORE SEWING ITEMS SUCH AS THREAD, SCISSORS, NEEDLES ETC. VANDER BEEK CAME TO CANADA IN 1951 FROM SOUTH HOLLAND. HIS WIFE JOHANNA CAME TO CANADA IN 1952. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1953 IN LETHBRIDGE.