Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PORTABLE OVEN

Date

1900

Materials

METAL, WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Height

87.6

Length

50.0

Width

40.6

Description

MARKED "MFRD BY THE TOLEDO COOKER CO. TOLEDO, OHIO, U.S.A. PAT'D JAN. 2 1900" BRASS NAME PLATE ON UPPER DOOR. 2 DOORS DECORATED WITH DIAMOND AND FLORAL DESIGN. 2 HANDLES ON TOP. RACKS MISSING. SOME CORROSION ON INSIDE OF COVER AND DOORS. THERE ARE TWO KEY HANDLES ON EACH DOOR. DOORS HAVE 3 HINGES.

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

THIS TYPE OF OVEN OFTEN USED OUTSIDE, OR OVER A RANGE WITHOUT AN OVEN. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE TAKLED TO ALLAN AND JIM JARVIE (SONS OF J.A. JARVIE) ABOUT THEIR FATHER'S DONATION. JIM AND ALLAN SUSPECTED THE PORTABLE OVEN HAD COME OUT OF A HOUSE THAT WAS LOCATED ON 8TH ST. AND 5TH AVE. S. THE HOUSE WAS BEING SOLD AND MOVED BECAUSE THE POST OFFICE WAS EXPANDING ITS PARKING LOT (1963-1965). THE HOUSE WAS RELOCATED TO AN ACREAGE WEST OF HARDIEVILLE (WHERE MELCORE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING PARTS OF LEGACY RIDGE). MELVIN JARVIE (JIM AND ALLAN’S BROTHER) OWNED THE LAND AND SOLD IT TO MELCORE WHEN THEY EXPRESSED INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. THE OVEN WAS NEVER KEPT IN THE JARVIE HOUSE. J.A. JARVIE MUST HAVE PICKED IT UP FROM THE HOUSE AND DONATED IT TO THE GALT RIGHT AWAY. J.A. JARVIE SERVED IN WWII IN ENGLAND. HE WAS A DISPATCH RIDER. IN 1944 AN ACCIDENT CAUSED HIM TO LOSE HIS LEG. WHILE OVERSEAS, HE GOT THE IDEA TO MAKE CINDER BLOCKS. SOMETIME AFTER HE RETURNED HOME TO LETHBRIDGE, HE STARTED “SUPERIOR MASONRY PRODUCTS.” J.A. JARVIE HELPED SUPPLY MATERIALS AND MACHINERY FROM “SUPERIOR MASONRY PRODUCTS” WHEN THE TRAIN ENGINE (WHICH CURRENTLY SITS BEHIND THE HEALTH UNIT) WAS MOVED FROM THE RAIL YARD TO GALT GARDENS. THE TRAIN WAS MOVED BY A TROJAN FRONT END LOADER THAT PULLED IT ALONG TRACKS THAT WERE PLACED ON GRAVEL AND MATERIAL, WHICH WERE TEMPORARILY LAID DOWN FOR THAT PURPOSE. HE AND ANDY STAYSKO USED TO GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS TRAINS. HE ALSO TOOK SOME OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE LAST RIDE OF THE DAYLINER. THE DAYLINER TRAVELLED BETWEEEN LETHBRIDGE AND CALGARY .

Catalogue Number

P19640820000

Acquisition Date

1964-03

Collection

Museum

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