Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TIMBALE MOLD SET

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

WOOD, CAST IRON

No. Pieces

2

Description

.1 8 CM HT. X 4.7 CM 45.7 CM. LTH. WOOD, CAST IRON, 2 PCES. WOODEN HANDLE, HOLLOW GROOVED MOLD. RUSTED SLIGHTLY ON MOLD. .2 7.0 CM X 31.1 CM LTH. CAST IRON. BOTTOM PLATE STAMPED "PAT. APPLD. FOR" "UTILITIES." "CHICAGO" IS WRITTEN BELOW. BOTTOM PLATE, MOLD HELD TOGETHER WITH BOLT AND SCREW. RUSTED SLIGHTLY ON MOLD.

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

REF: P19750139000-GA. MOLD USED BY MRS. LANIER TO MAKE A PASTRY TYPE MOLD TO BE FILLED WITH PEAS OR CREAMED MEATS AT LUNCHEONS, ETC. THIS MOLD WAS DIPPED IN BATTER AROUND OUTSIDE OF MOLD AND THEN COOKED IN HOT OIL. LATER IT WAS FILLED WITH DESIRED FILLING. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BATHING SUIT, RIDING BREECHES, AND TWO EVENING GOWNS DONATED BY ALLENE LANIER. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ALLENE LANIER (NEE HANNA) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91 ON OCTOBER 24, 1981. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KENTUCKY, THE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MORTON HANNA. ALLENE WAS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. SHE TAUGHT FOR A FEW YEARS IN KENTUCKY BEFORE MOVING TO THE LETHBRIDGE AREA. IN MARCH 1917, ALLENE MARRIED THOMAS STRATTON LANIER, AND THE COUPLE FARMED IN THE WILSON SIDING AREA. THOMAS STRATTON “T.S.” LANIER WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1909. HE PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 14, 1976 AT THE AGE OF 89. ALLENE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY, THE YWCA BOARD, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE QUOTA CLUB, AND OF THE WHILSO WHITE COMMUNITY CLUB. IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, DATED JUNE 4, 1979, ALLENE WROTE: “AS AN EARLY SETTLER IN THIS AREA, WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN YWCA WORK IN KENTUCKY, I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO SAW THE NEED FOR MORE PERMANENT ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG GIRLS MOVING TO THE CITY THAN THAT PROVIDED BY TRAVELLER’S AID. I WELL REMEMBER CANVASSING WITH MRS. LUCY BAWDEN TO RAISE $15,000 TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF THE FIRST YWCA FACILITY.” SHE CONTINUED, SAYING THAT WHILE HER HEALTH PREVENTED HER FROM CANVASSING AGAIN, “IT IS MY FOND HOPE THAT THE RESPONSE TO THE APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR A NEW YWCA WILL BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS OUR FIRST EFFORTS.” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED IKE LANIER ABOUT ARTIFACTS DONATED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. WHEN ASKED IF HE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT, CALLED A ROSETTE IRON, “I REMEMBER THOSE FROM, IT WASN’T EXACTLY A PASTRY. I THINK IT WAS MORE LIKE A CORN MEAL MIXTURE. AND THIS WOULD BE HEATED AND YOU’D DIP IT INTO THE SAUCE - IT WAS MORE LIKE A PORRIDGE. AND THIS WOULD COOK THEM RIGHT ON HERE. BUT THEN, I GUESS THEY GREASED THIS WITH OIL OR FAT. WHATEVER COOKED ON THERE, THEY’D TAKE IT OFF AND FILL IT WITH SOMETHING. THE OUTSIDE WAS TASTY. THEY USED A LOT OF CORNBREAD. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A MILLER IN KENTUCKY AND HE BROUGHT THE FIRST STONE MILL WHEELS, HUGE THINGS INTO KENTUCKY. … IT’S IN THE LITTLE LANIER STATE PARK AND IT’S – I CAN NEVER REMEMBER WHETHER IT’S WHITE CORNMEAL OR YELLOW. BIG DIFFERENCE. SHE CAN STILL ORDER A BAG OF CORNMEAL. SHE ORDERS 3 OR 4 AND MAKES CORNBREAD IN THE SAME CAST IRON PANS AND EACH DEPRESSION IS FORMED LIKE A CORN COB. … [THIS WAS] FOR SPECIAL LIKE CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651574000-GA FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW.

Catalogue Number

P19750158000

Acquisition Date

1975-08

Collection

Museum

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