Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1910

Materials

STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

15.5

Length

42.8

Width

10.2

Description

TOBACCO PLUG CUTTER. CUTTING EDGE NICKED. "EMPIRE TOBACCO SEAL CO. GRANBY, QUEBEC NO. 2" EMBOSSED IN GOLD ON BOTH SIDES OF HEAD. CUTTER IS MOUNTED ON METAL BASE. WAS PAINTED BLACK WITH GOLD LETTERING AND TRIM. MOST OF THE PAINT HAS WORN OFF. SOME CORROSION. BASE HAS HOLES IN EACH END TO BE BOLTED TO A TABLE.

Subjects

MERCHANDISING T&E

Historical Association

RETAIL TRADE

History

HAD BEEN IN MR. MCDONALD'S POSSESSION FOR OVER 25 YEARS. MADE IN QUEBEC, ACQUIRED IN BELLEVUE. MR. MCDONALD CAME TO BELLEVUE IN 1921, (UNABLE TO RECALL DONOR). HE WORKED IN BELLEVUE COAL MINE, IN HILLCREST MINE IN 1919. HE CAME FROM NOVA SCOTIA IN 1917 AND WORKED ACROSS CANADA IN HARVEST CREWS AT THE AGE OF 16. CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1966. MERVILLE (LEDIEU) MCDONALD, HIS SECOND WIFE, WAS BORN IN COLEMAN. HER FATHER RAN "BIG CORNERSTORE" IN COLEMAN (ED LEDIEU). HER PATERNAL GRANDFATHER FARMED IN CRESTON, B.C. IN LATER YEARS. THE GRANDFATHER & SON ARRIVED IN LILLE (NORTH OF FRANK) PRIOR TO THE FRANK SLIDE, LATER MOVED TO COLEMAN.

Catalogue Number

P19738474000

Acquisition Date

1973-04

Collection

Museum

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