CASE, SALES-SAMPLE

Description: GREEN WOOD CASE WITH PAPER LINING & LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE. INTERIOR OF LID HAS LABELS REPRESENTING VARIOUS BEERS & SOFT DRINKS "OLD STYLE PILSNER, PEPSI COLA, LETHBRIDGE BEER, BOHEMIAN MAID, CALGARY LAGER BEER & CALGARY PALE ALE". CASE IS CRACKED ON BOTTOM FROM FRONT TO BACK. A STRING HAS BEEN ADDED TO PREVENT LID FROM FULLY OPENING. C/W KEY & LOCKING MECHANISM.

History: ALFRED DAVIS SR. ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1896 & 1ST WORKED AT GALT NO. 3 MINE AS ASSISTANT TO MANAGER. HE SOON GAINED EMPLOYMENT AT THE CITY MINE (1909-41) AS MANAGER. MINE SUPPLIED COAL FOR CITY OWNED POWERHOUSE. HE WAS ONLY MANAGER. HE BUILT HOUSE AT 333 12 ST N. ABOUT 1902. HE RETIRED WHEN MINE CLOSED & DIED IN 1953. HIS SON, ALFRED J. DAVIS WORKED IN NO. 3 MINE, LATER IN BRUCE'S BRICKYARD, MOVING TO THE A.R.& I (AFTER 1912 C.P.R.) LEAVING AS ENGINEER TO BECOME STATIONARY ENGINEER FOR SICK'S BREWERY. HE RETIRED FROM BREWERY IN 1955 & MOVED INTO FATHER'S HOME. HE DIED IN 1977. HIS SON, LAURIE WORKED FOR SEVERAL FIRMS IN LETHBRIDGE & AS A STREETCAR OPERATOR FOR CITY OF LETHBRIDGE. HE MOVED INTO FATHER'S (GRANDFATHER'S) HOUSE FOLLOWING FATHER'S DEATH, WITH SISTER ENA. HE DIED IN 1989. ARTIFACTS ARE FROM ESTATE OF LAURIE DAVIS, BUT REFLECT ENTIRE FAMILY HISTORY SINCE HOME BUILT IN 1902. SOURCE: PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB ROUNDUP 1885-1985 SEE ALSO FOR ADDITIONAL FAMILY HISTORY. SAMPLE CASE LIKELY COLLECTED BY ALFRED J. DAVIS DURING HIS EMPLOYMENT WITH SICKS' BREWERY. THE BREWERY EMPLOYED AGENTS TO SELL PRODUCTS TO HOTELS & OTHER OUTLETS. MOST OF THE LABELS IN THIS CASE WERE FOR PRODUCTS MADE BY SICKS' OWNED BREWERIES. SEE P19900020001-GA FOR SICKS' BREWERY HISTORY. SEE ALSO "LETHBRIDGE ITS COAL HISTORY" P.55-7 FOR CITY MINE HISTORY.