Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

ALBERTA'S PRIDE BEER CRATE

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1925

Materials

WOOD, METAL, INK

No. Pieces

1

Height

25.6

Length

29.5

Width

46.4

Description

UNFINISHED , WOODEN CRATE. VARIOUS WIDTHS OF WOOD NAILED TOGETHER. EACH END HAS TWO VERTICAL STRIPS NAILED ON THE OUTER EDGES. ONE SIDE READS, “THE BEER WITHOUT A PEER, ALBERTA’S PRIDE” AND DEPICTS A BEAVER SITTING ON TOP OF A GLOBE, IN FRONT OF A MAPLE LEAF. OTHER SIDE OF CRATE READS, “PROPERTY OF LETHBRIDGE BREWERIES LIMITED. LETHBRIDGE, CANADA.”. INSIDE OF CRATE ON BOTTOM HAS CURSIVE HANDWRITING WHICH HAS MOSTLY COME OFF.

Subjects

CONTAINER

Historical Association

BUSINESS

INDUSTRY

RETAIL TRADE

History

DONOR GÜNTER HORN CAME INTO POSSESSION OF THE DONATED OBJECTS WHEN THE LETHBRIDGE BREWERY SHUT DOWN IN 1990. AT THE TIME OF DONATION HORN SAID, “I WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE SELECTED BY MOLSON’S TO GET RID OF THE ASSETS, TO DEAL WITH CONTRACTORS AND COMMITTEES, YOU KNOW, DISPOSE OF THE ITEMS. THERE WAS A THIRD PERSON AND HE WAS LOCATED IN SASKATOON, ALSO WORKING FOR MOLSON’S. THAT WAS BASICALLY THE ROLE. I WAS, PRIOR TO THAT, I WAS A BREW MASTER, THE BREWING MANAGER. I WAS FAMILIAR WITH THE PLANT LAYOUT AND EQUIPMENT THAT WAS AVAILABLE; SOME THAT WAS SENT TO OTHER MOLSON’S PLANTS LIKE CALGARY, EDMONTON, BARRIE, REGINA TO GET ENOUGH ITEMS. AND WHAT WAS NOT REQUIRED OR REQUESTED BY MOLSON’S BREWERIES, LIKE OTHER PLANTS, IT WAS MADE AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS FOR TANKS AND SOME OF THE MACHINERY. THAT IS BASICALLY IT - THE TEAM OF CONTRACTORS WITH POTENTIAL BUYERS GO TO THE PLANT, SEE WHAT EQUIPMENT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN, OR ALSO WHAT WAS AVAILABLE, AND WE HAD, IN CONJUNCTION WITH A THIRD PERSON IN SASKATOON, PRICES THAT WERE SET FOR DIFFERENT ITEMS AND WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT WAS TAKEN OUT AND ALSO THAT THEY ARE PAYING THE SAME QUANTITY FOR THE PRICE THAT WAS SET BY MOLSON’S. WE DIDN’T SET ANY - IT WAS NOT MY FUNCTION TO SET PRICES. THAT WAS MOST LIKELY IN GENERAL WITH THE MEN FROM OTHER PLANTS CLOSURES.” THE CRATE CAME FROM A PREVIOUSLY SECURED STORAGE AREA. HORN SAID, “WE HAD STORAGE AREAS IN THE BREWERY AND SOME I HAD ACCESS TO, AND SOME I HAD ACCESS TO LATER ON, BECAUSE I HAD THE KEYS. EVERYTHING WAS OPEN AFTER THAT, THERE WERE NO MORE SECURE AREAS; CERTAIN RECORDS WERE KEPT WITH THIS AND THAT, IT WAS SUDDENLY OPEN. AND THIS CASE I FOUND IN A STORAGE AREA. IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE LIKE A CRAWL SPACE, ABOUT 4 FEET HIGH AND THERE WAS A LOT OF STUFF STORED IN THERE, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THEM. OUR MAINTENANCE PEOPLE HAD TO GO BACK THERE EVERY SO OFTEN, THERE WERE CERTAIN PIPES IN THE FALSE CEILING THAT ORIGINATED SOMEPLACE ELSE, BUT CAME THROUGH THE FALSE CEILING LEADING INTO ANOTHER AREA. IT WAS OPEN BUT IT WAS NOT…IT WAS MAINTENANCE PEOPLE WHO HAD THE MAINTENANCE JOB, BUT NOT TO HAUL OUT THINGS THAT THEY LIKED OR DIDN’T LIKE.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20100013004

Acquisition Date

2010-03

Collection

Museum

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