PIN, ROLLING
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- WOOD, CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19738344000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- WOOD, CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 47.O
- Diameter
- 5.7
- Description
- WOOD HANDLES, CLEAR GLAZED STONEWARE ROLLER, CRAZED APPEARANCE. "J & A JOHNSTON GROCERCIES & PROVISIONS J & A TEA & COFFEE LETHBRIDGE ALTA."
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- RETAIL TRADE
- History
- JOHN JOHNSTON ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE FROM SCOTLAND ABOUT 1906 & SOON AFTER OPENED STORE WHICH OPERATED UNTIL 1955. HAD 1ST BUICK DELIVERY TRUCK IN TOWN. IN VERY EARLY YEARS IMPORTED WHISKEY & SOLD IT TO HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY. STORE WAS LOCATED ON WESTMINSTER (13 STREET) ROAD NORTH, ACROSS FROM WESTMINSTER SCHOOL. ALEX JOHNSTON ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE FROM SCOTLAND ABOUT 1910 TO JOIN HIS BROTHER. JOHN WAS A MEMBER OF ODDFELLOWS LODGE WHICH HAS 2 MEDALS FROM HIM. JOHN DIED IN 1965 AGE 83, ALEX DIED LATE '60'S ALSO IN '80'S ROLLING PINS WERE GIVEN AS XMAS GIFTS TO GOOD CUSTOMERS. PIN BELIEVED MADE IN MEDICINE HAT BY MEDALTA POTTERIES. NO IDENTIFYING MANUFACTURERS MARKS.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738344000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-06
- Collection
- Museum
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