CRATE

Description: CRATE IS MADE UP OF 4" SLATS WITH SOLED ENDS AND DIVIDER IN THE CENTER. SIDE SLAT ON ONE SIDE CRACKED. LABEL GLUED TO ONE END OF CRATE IS RIPPED THROUGH DUE TO CRACK IN CRATE. LABEL READS: "UMPIRE" BRAND "REG. U.S. PAT. OF.F 1/4 MORE JUICE WINTER HAVEN CITRUS GROWER ASSOCIATION WINTERHAVEN, FLORIDA". STAMPED IN BLUE INK ON ONE END "PRODUCT OF U.S.A. 100 TANGERINE PACKER 15".

History: DONOR, NEE MUNRO, WAS BORN IN DELBURNE, ALBERTA. SHE TOOK HER NURSES TRAINING AT CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 1927. FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS SHE AND HER LATE HUSBAND RESIDED AT 1244 6 AVE. S. HE WAS A C.P.R. TELEGRAPHER AND DISPATCHER IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE WAS A V.O.N. (VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES) NURSE IN LETHBRIDGE FROM 1955 UNTIL RETIREMENT. DONORS PARENTS HOMESTEADED AT DELBURNE IN 1901. *UPDATE* AN ARTIFACT IN THIS DONATION WAS PART OF THE 2018 COLLECTIONS SURVEY CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK, DESPITE CONTACT WITH NEXT-OF-KIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD CLIPPINGS ABOUT THOMAS AND EURETTA HAMBLIN AND PHOTOGRAPHS, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P19790006000-GA.