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Description: MODEL NO. 920. MERRY GO ROUND PUSH IN TO SET "PAT. NO. D157988 OTHER PATS. PENDING A.C. 110V., 60 CYCLE 9.5 WATTS USE A 7 WATT 110V. CANDELABRA BULB TO REPLACE BULB. REMOVE NUTS AND SCREWS ON BACK PLATE. MASTER CRAFTERS CLOCK AND RADIO COMPANY 216N CLINTON ST. CHICAGO 6, ILL." ON SEAL ON BACK. ARABIC NUMBERS. ELECTRIC. "MASTER CRAFTERS CLOCK MOVEMENT BY SESSIONS MADE IN U.S.A." ON FACE. MERRY-GO-ROUND UNDERNEATH CLOCK FACE. CARD INSULATION IS DRY AND BRITTLE. ELECTRICAL CORD ATTACHED AT REAR. LIGHT SWITCH AT SIDE. PLASTIC BODY HAS SIMULATED GRAIN APPEARANCE. CLOCK FACE HAS BRASS FRAME. CLOCK HAS HOUR, MINUTE, AND SECOND HANDS. MULTI-COLORED MERRY GO ROUND DISPLAYS TWO HORSES, A LAMA, AND A CROW, EACH RIDDEN BY CHILDREN.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2019 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A RAZOR DONATED BY C. N. FRASER. RESEARCH USING THE GALT ARCHIVES AND THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARCHIVAL DATABASE FOUND THAT THE DONOR WAS CARL N. FRASER. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON MAY 3, 1991, FRASER WAS BORN IN BARRIE, ONTARIO IN 1906. HE ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1909 WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EDUCATION. THE OBITUARY STATES, "CARL WAS EMPLOYED WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1971." HE LOST HIS FIRST WIFE, FREDA MAY "QUEENIE" FRASER (NEE SHORTO), IN 1943. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD NEWS ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 26, 1943 DESCRIBES THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER DEATH. THE COUPLE HAS THREE CHILDREN, ROBERT "BOB" BOYD, NEILSON "NEIL" MCGREGOR, AND MURIEL JEAN GOIAN. FRASER'S SECOND WIFE WAS NAMED SARAH "SADIE" FRASER. CARL N. FRASER PASSED AWAY IN ON MAY 1, 1991 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS. INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY WAS LEARNED FROM THE DONOR'S DAUGHTER, MURIEL GOIAN, DURING THE 2012 COLLECTIONS SURVEY OF MILITARY ARTIFACTS. FOR THAT INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672486000. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19672476000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES REFERENCED ABOVE AND CLIPPINGS FROM THE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH.