Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1905

Date Range To

1911

Materials

WOOD, BRASS, LEATHER

No. Pieces

1

Height

45.7

Length

84.1

Width

21.0

Description

BOTTOM HAS DRAWER WHICH ROTATES IN AND OUT OF POSITION ON ONE BROKEN HINGE. TOP FOLDS DOWN TO ALLOW ACCESS TO INTERIOR. STEEL FITTINGS WITH BRASS AND COPPER PLATE. REINFORCED CORNERS & SIDES. LATCHES SECURE TOP WHEN FOLDED. EXTERIOR MARKED VARIOUSLY. LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE. HOLES IN BASE.

Subjects

WOODWORKING T&E

Historical Association

TRADES

History

REFER TO P19738806000-GA FOR HISTORY. DONOR'S FATHER CAME TO CANADA IN 1911, BRINGING HIS CARPENTRY TOOLS WITH HIM. DONOR FEELS TOOL BOX ACQUIRED IN ENGLAND BEFORE 1911. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED AN ASHTRAY DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY ELINOR GLOVER. AS PART OF THE SURVEY PROCESS, PUNDYK CONTACTED GLOVER’S DAUGHTER DIANE GLOVER. NO ITEM SPECIFIC INFORMATION COULD BE ADDED TO THE ARTIFACT FILES. FURTHER ARCHIVAL RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED REGARDING THE DONOR’S FAMILY, INCLUDING HER FATHER WILLIAM PALFREY, WHOSE NAME IS MENTIONED IN RELATION TO THE ARTIFACTS IN THE INITIAL RECORDS. PALFREY’S OBITUARY WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON JULY 3, 1973. IT REITERATED MOST OF THE INFORMATION LISTED IN THE INITIAL HISTORY AS RECORDED IN P19738806000, ADDING THAT HE WAS MARRIED TO ANNIE PALFREY. TOGETHER THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, ELINOR GLOVER (THE DONOR). HE PASSED AWAY IN EDMONTON AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS. HIS HEADSTONE IN LETHBRIDGE’S MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY LISTS HIS YEAR OF BIRTH AS 1891. THE DONOR’S OBITUARY WAS FOUND PUBLISHED ONLINE IN THE EDMONTON JOURNAL. IT RECORDS THAT ELINOR KAY GLOVER (NEE PALFREY) WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 7, 1934. SHE MARRIED KENNETH GLOVER IN LETHBRIDGE IN AUGUST 1959, ACCORDING TO A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 18, 1959. THE COUPLE HAD THREE CHILDREN: BRIAN, DIANE, AND KAREN. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19738813000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD CLIPPINGS.

Catalogue Number

P19738815000

Acquisition Date

1973-08

Collection

Museum

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