NAIL

Description: 1)HAND-FORGED SQUARE NAIL. THIN AND RUSTED. 5.2CM LONG. 2)HAND-FORGED SQUARE NAIL. THIN AND RUSTED. 5.2CM LONG. 3) HAND-FORGED SQUARE NAIL. THICK AND RUSTED. 3.2CM LONG.

History: NAILS CAME INTO DONOR KEN MOSIMANN’S POSSESSION IN 1996 FROM HIS WIFE’S PATERNAL GRANDFATHER ‘VIC THOMPSON’ WHO AT THE AGE OF 95 PASSED AWAY IN 1996. THE NAILS HAD BEEN LEFT IN VIC THOMPSON’S FARM HOME EIGHT MILES EAST OF WHERE BRIDGEROAD CROSSES CHIN LAKE. ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, “WE USED TO TAKE TRIPS ALL OVER. [VIC] WENT OUT TO THE ORIGINAL FORT [AT FORT MACLEOD] WHERE HE KICKED SOME DIRT AROUND AND FOUND THESE NAILS. HE WAS A CURIOUS PERSON, AND WASN’T INTO HISTORY, BUT HAD A CURIOUS NATURE. IF HE FOUND SOMETHING CURIOUS HE KEPT IT.” THEN NAILS WERE AT HOME, SITTING ON A DRESSER PRIOR TO DONATION, WHEN MOSIMANN THOUGHT, “WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH THEM?” A NOTE SUBMITTED BY THE DONOR WITH THE ACQUISITION PAPERWORK READS, “PLEASE BE AWARE THESE ITEMS WERE DISCOVERED BY OUR GRANDFATHER; RAYMOND VICTOR THOMPSON AND HE SHOULD HE GIVEN CREDIT IF THEY ARE DISPLAYED. HE WAS A LOCAL FARMER AROUND LETHBRIDGE. THANK YOU!” UPON DONATION, THE NAILS WERE PIERCED THROUGH CARDBOARD WITH CREASE DOWN CENTER. WRITING ON FRONT READ, “NAILS FROM FORT MACLEOD.” REVERSE SAID, “MATINEE MATINEE, WITH THE EXCLUSIVE HUMIDOR PROCESS.” FRAGMENT OF GREY 23¢ STAMP. RUST COLOURED STAINING ON CARDBOARD AROUND NAILS. UPON CATALOGING, NAILS WERE REMOVED FROM CARDBOARD. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.