Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

W/ LID, “REIN T K M ALUMINIUM”

Date Range From

1945

Date Range To

2002

Materials

ALUMINIUM

No. Pieces

2

Height

14.5

Length

29

Width

21

Description

.A – ROUND ALUMINIUM POT WITH TWO CURVED METAL HANDLES BOLTED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF POT RIM. MAKER’S STAMP UNDER ONE HANDLE READS “REIN T K M ALUMINIUM”. POT INSIDE IS WORN AND SCRATCHED, AND OUTSIDE IS DENTED. HANDLES ARE LOOSE. OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. 14.5 X 29 X 21 .B – ROUND ALUMINIUM LID WITH CURVED METAL HANDLE BOLTED AT CENTRE. LIP OF LID IS RAISED. ALUMINIUM IS WORN, SCRATCHED AND DENTED. RUST AT JOIN BETWEEN LID AND HANDLE. OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. 3.1 X 20.5

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

THIS POT BELONGED TO MARY PETRASKO, MOTHER OF THE DONOR, SOPHIE VUCUREVICH. ON OCTOBER 16, 2014, COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED VUCUREVICH ABOUT THE POT AND HER PARENTS’ EMIGRATION FROM GERMANY IN 1950, WHEN SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD. VUCUREVICH SAID: “[MY MOTHER] WAS TAKEN FROM POLAND [TO GERMANY]… THEY TOOK HER AND SHE WORKED ON FARMS AND IN A FACTORY… SHE HAD TO WORK HARD… FORCED LABOUR… I DON’T KNOW HOW MY DAD GOT TO WHERE HE WAS… [THEY] RARELY TALKED ABOUT THAT PERIOD… IT WASN’T A GOOD TIME, SO [MOTHER] DIDN’T TALK ABOUT IT. MAYBE BETWEEN THEMSELVES BUT WE NEVER HEARD BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY BAD… THE BOMBS WERE FALLING AND THE WAR WAS ENDING, SO IT WAS TRAUMATIC… THEY MET AFTER THE WAR AND GOT MARRIED… EVERYBODY WAS LEAVING, SO THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER HERE AND THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY [BECAUSE] THEY KNEW SOMEONE FROM THE CAMP WHERE THEY LIVED AFTER THE WAR, AND THAT PERSON WAS ALREADY [IN CANADA] AND THEY HAD TO SIGN FOR THEM TO COME… I WAS LITTLE… I REMEMBER THE SHIP – THERE WERE RATS IN THE VENTS… [MY PARENTS] BROUGHT $16.00… IT WASN’T VERY MUCH MONEY, AND A FEW POTS AND SOME CLOTHES. THEY DIDN’T BRING VERY MUCH BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE VERY MUCH… MY MOTHER SAID [THE POT] WAS MADE FROM EXCESS WAR MATERIAL… WE ATE OUT OF [IT]. SHE COOKED FOR US, MASHED POTATOES, SOUP… PEROGIES… [THE POT] WAS IN ACTIVE USE UNTIL MY MOTHER MOVED TO A LODGE [IN 2002]. SHE STILL COOKED IN [IT].” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND GALT ARCHIVES FONDS 20140171 FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE PETRASKO FAMILY.

Catalogue Number

P20140042000

Acquisition Date

2014-10

Collection

Museum

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