Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TOILETRY CASE

Date

1910

Materials

CANVAS, LEATHER, GLASS, SILVERPLATE, IVORY, SATIN, HAIR, WOOD, MOTHER OF PEARL, CHROME

No. Pieces

33

Height

16.5

Length

45.8

Width

31.1

Description

.1 BROWN CANVAS COVERING WHICH FITS OVER CASE, BROWN SNAPS, LEATHER BINDING AROUND EDGES IS FRAYED, CANVAS IS STAINED, MAINLY ON SIDES. .2 EXTERIOR - TAN COLOURED LEATHER SUITCASE IS FITTED WITH 2 CHROME LOCKS, 7.0 CM X 4.4 CM, GOLD STITCHING AROUND EDGES OF CASE AND HANDLE; ONE LEATHER HANDLE, LETTER ABOVE HANDLE READS "THE ALEXANDER CLARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY 125 & 126 FENCHURCH STREET E.G.". CASE IS STAINED AND FRAYED SLIGHTLY OVERALL. "3" STAMPED INTO CHROME BENEATH EITHER LOCK. INTERIOR - CASE IS LINED WITH BOTTLE GREEN SATIN AND TRIMMED WITH BLACK LEATHER, HAS 21 POCKETS/HOLDERS, 6 OF WHICH HAVE GREEN SNAPS, LINING IS LOOSE ALONG FRONT. .3 2 IDENTICAL NICKEL PLATED KEYS WHICH ARE ATTACHED TO HANDLE WITH WHITE STRING, "3" STAMPED ON EACH ONE. .4 BUTTON HOOK IS 25.4 CM LTH, SILVERPLATE HANDLE WITH 4 HALL MARKINGS ON ON SIDE. MARKINGS DATE SILVERPLATE TO BIRMINGHAM, 1909-10. END OF HOOK IS STEEL WITH "STEEL ENGLISH MAKE" STAMPED ON ONE SIDE. .5 COMB IS 18.4 CM LTH, RUST IN COLOUR, SEVERAL TEETH MISSING. EDGED WITH PLAIN SILVERPLATE WITH 4 HALL MARKINGS . .6 MATCH HOLDER IS 5.7 CM LTH. X 2.5 CM WTH. X 5.1 CM HT. EXTERIOR - BLACK LEATHER, STAMPED IN GOLD LETTERING ON TOP "VESTA", ON BOTTOM "ALEXR. CLARK MFG. CO. OWN MKE". ROUND CHROME BUTTON ON SIDE OPEN HOLDER. STRIKER UNDER LID, TWO COMPARTMENT FOR MATCHES. .7 HAIR BRUSH 22.9 CM LTH. BACK & HANDLE ARE SILVERPLATE, HANDLE IS DENTED. 4 HALLMARKINGS ON SILVER EDGE NEAR BRISTLES. BRISTLES ARE HORSE HAIR AND ARE ATTACHED TO A WOOD BACKING. .8 TUBULAR CUT GLASS BOTTLE WITH SILVERPLATE CP, PROBABLY USED FOR PERFUME. BOTTLE IS 13.6 CM HT. RUST SPOTS ON SIDE, BOTTOM ON TOP. CAP IS NOT REMOVABLE, 4 HALL MARKINGS ALONG ONE SIDE. .9 CUT GLASS BOTTLE 9.5 CM HT, INCLUDING SILVERPLATE CAP, CAP IS BROKEN OFF, HALL MARKINGS ON CAP. BOTTLE IS RIDGED LENGTHWISE, PATTERN CUT ALONG TOP AND BOTTOM. .10 OVAL CUT GLASS BOTTLE 9.5CM (H) WITH SILVER PLATE REMOVABLE CAP. 4 HALLMARKINGS ON CAP. INSIDE CAP HAS GILT, PLATE. BOTTLE RIDGED VERTICALLY. TAN/BROWN COLORED SOAP CONTAINED INSIDE. SOAP RESIDUE ON SIDES OF JAR. .11 CUT GLASS BOTTLE WITH REMOVABLE SILVERPLATE CAP, 2.6 CM HT. OVAL SHAPE, 4 HALL MARKINGS ALONG EDGE OF CAP, LID (INSIDE) VERY BADLY TARNISHED. BOTTLE VERTICALLY RIDGED, FLESH COLOURED POWDER INSIDE GLASS. .12 CUT GLASS BOTTLE WITH SILVERPLATE REMOVABLE CAP IS 8.9 CM HT, TUBULAR SHAPE, HALLMARKINGS ALONG EDGE OF CAP. BOTTLE IS RIDGED VERTICALLY AND HOLDS 4 ELECTRIC HAIR CURLERS. .13 4 ELECTRIC HAIR CURLERS ARE FOUND INSIDE BOTTLE (.12), EACH CURLER IS 7.8 CM LTH. MADE OF METAL, EACH UNHOOKS AT ONE END, STAMPED "ELECTRIC HAIR CURLER" (SOME LETTERING HAS FADED) ABOUT 2.5 CM FROM END. .14 CUT GLASS BOTTLE WITH SILVERPLATE REMOVABLE CAP, 15.2 CM HT. TUBULAR SHAPE GLASS IS VERTICALLY RIDGED, HALLMARKINGS ON CAP. .15 HAIR BRUSH 22.9 CM LTH. WITH SILVERPLATE BACK & HANDLE, A FEW DENTS IN SILVER. 4 HALLMARKINGS ALONG EDGE OF SILVER. BRISTLES ARE HORSE HAIR ATTACHED TO WOODEN BACKING, WHICH IS LOOSE. .16 INK CONTAINER 5.7 CM LTH. X 5.1 CM HT. X 3.2 CM DEEP. EXTERIOR MADE OF BLACK LEATHER, GOLD LETTERING ON TOP "INK", ON BOTTOM "ALEXR. CLARK MFG. CO. OWN MAKE". ONE SIDE HAS A CHROME BUTTON & PIECE OF CHROME WHICH HOOK OVER THIS BUTTON, ON FRONT IS A CHROME BUTTON WHICH SPRING OPENS THE CONTAINER. .17 BLACK LEATHER POUCH 21.6 CM LTH (UNFOLDED) X 14.0 WTH. END OF POUCH FOLDS APPROX. 1/3 LTH. GOLD LETTERING INSIDE "ALEXR. CLARK MFG. CO. OWN MAKE". END WHICH DOES NOT FOLD IS PADDED, 6 GREEN TAFETTA LOOPS, TRIMMED WITH BLACK LEATHER, ONE LOOP ON EDGE IS UNSTITCHED. LEATHER SLIGHTLY FRAYED. .18 NIB PEN HAS REMOVABLE HANDLE (RUST COLOURED STAINS) TUBULAR SECTION WHICH CONNECTS NIB TO HANDLE HAS 2 SETS OF RIDGES NEAR HANDLE & NUMEROUS INK STAINS NEAR NIB. NIB IS BLACK WITH DRIED INK. PEN 16.2 CM LTH. .19 CORK SCREW 11.7 CM LTH. WITH AN IVORY HANDLE WHICH IS CRACKED ALONG ONE SIDE "ENGLISH MAKE STEEL" STAMPED ON SIDE OF METAL SECTION. .20 BUTTON HOOK IS 11.7 CM LTH. IVORY HANDLE (FEW STAINS AND SMALL CRACK) STAMPED ON ONE SIDE "ENGLISH MAKE, STEEL". .21 CUTICLE KNIFE 12.1 CM LTH. IVORY HANDLE. "ENGLISH MAKE, STEEL". .22 IVORY CIGARETTE HOLDER 9.2 CM LTH. SLIGHTLY STAINED, MOVABLE END WHERE CIGARETTE FITS (SMALL PIECE BROKEN OFF). .23 "S" SHAPED, PROBABLE ORNAMENT. MADE FROM MOTHER-OF-PEARL, SILVER BAND AROUND MIDDLE. PIECE SLIGHTLY STAINED.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

CASE BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER-IN-LAW, MRS. E.L. CONNOR (DECEASED). CASE PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY MRS. CONNOR'S HUSBAND, DR. CONNOR (DECEASED). *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, INCLUDING THIS TRAVELLING CASE DONATED TO THE MUSEUM BY WILLIAM HAY. ATTEMPTS MADE TO CONTACT THE DONOR’S NEXT-OF-KIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND NO FURTHER ITEM-SPECIFIC INFORMATION COULD BE DETERMINED. AS INITIAL DOCUMENTATION STATED THE CASE BELONGED TO DR. AND MRS. E. L. CONNOR, FURTHER RESEARCH WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE CONNOR FAMILY. A CLIPPING PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON MAY 15, 1929 STATED, “DR. E. L. CONNOR, M. D., ONE OF THE LEADING PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, PASSED AWAY IN CALGARY TUESDAY EVENING (MAY 14, 1929)… DR. CONNOR PRACTICED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN PINCHER CREEK BEFORE COMING TO LETHBRIDGE.” DR. CONNOR’S WORLD WAR I SERVICE RECORDS WERE FOUND THROUGH THE LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES OF CANADA ONLINE DATABASE. HIS BIRTH DATE IS LISTED AS JANUARY 17, 1881. THE OBITUARY FOR HIS WIFE, LENA FLORENCE, WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON MARCH 24, 1976. IT STATES, “PASSED AWAY IN THE CITY ON MONDAY, MARCH 22ND, 1976 LENA FLORENCE… AT THE AGE OF 88 YEARS. BORN IN LLANDUDNO, NORTH WALES ON DECEMBER 23RD, 1887 SHE CAME TO CANADA IN 1910 AND WAS MARRIED IN OCTOBER OF THAT YEAR TO THE LATE DR. E. L. CONNOR. THE COUPLE MOVED TO PINCHER CREEK WHERE THE DOCTOR HAD A PRACTICE AND THEY LIVED THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE… SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER ELDER DAUGHTER, MRS. CAMILLE (CAM) HAY… SURVIVING [IS] ONE DAUGHTER, MRS. W. E. (LAWREEN) ARMSTRONG OF CALGARY.” THE DONOR’S WIFE WAS CAMILLE (CAM) HAY (NEE CONNOR). ACCORDING TO HER OCTOBER 17, 1974 LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, SHE WAS BORN IN PINCHER CREEK AND WAS EDUCATED IN LETHBRIDGE BEFORE GOING TO RUPERT’S LAND LADIES’ COLLEGE IN WINNIPEG THEN THE UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA. SHE GRADUATED IN DIETETICS AND RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE TO WORK AS A DIETITIAN. THE WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CAMILLE AND WILLIAM HAY STATES THAT THEY WERE MARRIED ON JUNE 25, 1937. WILLIAM (BILL) HAY WAS BORN IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND ON APRIL 6, 1906. HE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1911, WHERE THEY INITIALLY SETTLED IN PINCHER CREEK. HIS FATHER, DAVID HAY, JOINED THE RCMP IN FORT MACLEOD. WILLIAM HAY WORKED FOR THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD FOR 49 YEARS, WORKING HIS WAY UP FROM A PROOFREADER-REPORT TO ASSOCIATE EDITOR AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT. CAMILLE AND BILL HAD TWO CHILDREN: DAVID AND DEBORAH (1948 - 2015). CAMILLE PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON OCTOBER 15, 1974 AND BILL PASSED AWAY IN THE CITY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, ON NOVEMBER 14, 1977, AT THE AGE OF 71 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH.

Catalogue Number

P19760048000

Acquisition Date

1976-04

Collection

Museum

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