WASHSTAND

Description: .1 WASH STAND. BIRCH, WALNUT, BRASS KNOBS, MARBLE. 12 PIECES. MARKING ON BACK "47". 1 LONG DRAWER WITH BRASS KNOBS. 2 SMALLER DRAWERS BELOW ONE ANOTHER TO THE LEFT SIDE AND A SWINGING DOOR TO THE RIGHT OF THESE DRAWERS, BRASS HANDLES, WOODEN KNOB. FOUR CASTORS BROKEN OFF; ONE LEG HAS BEEN REPAIRED. MARBLE TOP, BUILT UP BACK & SIDES FOUND ON STAND, GREY & WHITE. .2 DRESSER & MIRROR (SET) 190.2 CM HT. X 95.2 CM WTH. X 43.2 CM DEPTH (FRONT TO BACK). "47" MARKED ON BACK OF DRESSER. ADJUSTABLE MIRROR. WOODEN STANDS FOR CANDLE ON EITHER SIDE OF MIRROR. 3 LONG DRAWERS BELOW ONE ANOTHER, EACH WITH 2 BRASS HANDLES & KEYHOLE. DRESSER ON 4 CASTORS (DETACHED). TOP DRAWER DIVIDED INTO SMALL COMPARTMENTS ALONG FRONT. ADJUSTABLE MIRROR HINGED ON MIDDLE LEFT & MIDDLE RIGHT BY A BRASS KNOB (ON EITHER SIDE). DIMENSIONS OF MIRROR: 78.7 CM X 58.4 CM. GREY & WHITE MARBLE TOP. MARKED "THOMAS MCNABB...".

History: BROUGHT TO LETHBRIDGE FROM BELLVILLE, ONTARIO BY THOMAS MCNABB IN 1884. MCNABB WAS MASTER MECHANIC FOR THE NORTH WESTERN COAL & NAVIGATION CO. LATER THE ALBERTA RAILWAY & COAL CO. HE WAS AN EARLY PIONEER (FARMER/RANCHER) IN THE IRON SPRINGS/TURIN AREA. HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AT THE REQUEST OF WILLIAM STAFFORD. AS A RESULT OF RESEARCH DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A SCOTTISH-THEMED EXHIBIT IN 2009, THE GALT CONDUCTED NEW INFORMATION ON THE HARVIE FAMILY, ADDING THE FOLLOWING TO THE RECORD. ROBERT AND MARGARET HARVIE LEFT SCOTLAND IN 1904 AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA, DESTINED FOR LETHBRIDGE, WITH THEIR FAMILY. THE FAMILY CONSISTED OF TWO SONS (JOHN AND CHARLIE) AND A DAUGHTER (MARGARET). MR. HARVIE’S MINING EXPERIENCE IN HIS NATIVE SCOTLAND PROVED VALUABLE IN LETHBRIDGE AND DIAMOND CITY WHERE, HE FOUND WORK MINING COAL. IN 1907, MR. HARVIE MOVED HIS FAMILY ON TO THE PRAIRIE AFTER HE DECIDED THAT FARMING WAS HIS CALLING. HE OCCUPIED LANDS IN AND AROUND LETHBRIDGE BEFORE SETTLING PERMANENTLY NEAR TURIN. MRS. MARGARET MCNABB WAS THE LAST SURVIVING MEMBER OF THE HARVIE FAMILY. SHE PASSED AWAY AT AGE 86 IN 1979. FOR MORE BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS ON THE FAMILY, PLEASE REFERENCE P19651761000-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2017, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING ITEMS DONATED BY MARGARET MCNABB. THE ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE AND CONTACT THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.