Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

GLASS, OAK, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

170.4

Length

38.5

Width

81.2

Description

CONSISTS OF 5 SHELVES WITH GLASS DOOR & GLASS SIDES. CRACK IN UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER. MOUNTED ON CASTERS (WOODEN). BACK HAS BEEN REPAIRED. WRITING ON BACK COVER "617" IN CRAYON; "717" IN PEN; "RIED" SCRATCHED IN WOOD. ENTIRE CABINET IS SAGGING TO THE LEFT. BRASS DOOR HANDLE WITH KEYLOCK. BACK PLATE ON TOP IS LOOSE. WHITE PAINT STAIN ON 2ND SHELF FROM BOTTOM. MIRROR ON BACK OF TOP SHELF IS STREAKED. DEFECTIVE BUBBLE IN UPPER RIGHT OF DOOR GLASS. FINISH IS WORN AND SCRATCHES ARE APPARENT ALL OVER WOOD SURFACE.

Subjects

FURNITURE

Historical Association

FURNISHINGS

History

*UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE INTERVIEWED MURIEL GOIAN IN 2010 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT. ACCORDING TO MURIEL GOIAN (DAUGHTER OF C.N. FRASER) THE CABINET WAS LIKELY FILLED WITH CHINA AND KNICK KNACKS. AFTER GOIAN'S MOTHER (FREIDA MAE FRASER - NEE SHORTO) DIED, SHE THINKS HER FATHER MIGHT HAVE KEPT SOME WAR MEDALS IN IT. CABINET WAS USED IN LETHBRIDGE WHERE DONOR'S PARENT'S WERE MARRIED AND HAD ALL OF THIER CHILDREN. DONOR WAS UNABLE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING FURTHER ABOUT THE CABINET. *UPDATE* IN 2019 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A RAZOR DONATED BY C. N. FRASER. RESEARCH USING THE GALT ARCHIVES AND THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARCHIVAL DATABASE FOUND THAT THE DONOR WAS CARL N. FRASER. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON MAY 3, 1991, FRASER WAS BORN IN BARRIE, ONTARIO IN 1906. HE ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1909 WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION. THE OBITUARY STATES, "CARL WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1971." HE LOST HIS FIRST WIFE, FREDA MAY "QUEENIE" FRASER (NEE SHORTO), IN 1943. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD NEWS ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 26, 1943 DESCRIBES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH. THE COUPLE HAS THREE CHILDREN, ROBERT "BOB" BOYD, NEILSON "NEIL" MCGREGOR, AND MURIEL JEAN GOIAN. FRASER'S SECOND WIFE WAS NAMED SARAH "SADIE" FRASER. CARL N. FRASER PASSED AWAY IN ON MAY 1, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS. INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY WAS LEARNED FROM THE DONOR'S DAUGHTER, MURIEL GOIAN, DURING THE 2012 COLLECTIONS SURVEY OF MILITARY ARTIFACTS. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672486000. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672476000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES REFERENCED ABOVE AND CLIPPINGS FROM THE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.

Catalogue Number

P19738321000

Acquisition Date

1966-04

Collection

Museum

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