BOX, CIGARETTE

Description: WOODEN INTERIOR DIVIDED INTO 2 COMPARTMENTS "CIGARETTES EMBOSSED" ON HINGED LID. STYLIZED TREE DESIGN EMBOSSED ON FRONT. "MADE IN ENGLAND BELDRAY" ON BOTTOM. CORNER REINFORCEMENTS TURN UP TO FORM FEET. PAINT SPLATTERS ON WOODEN INTERIOR. SOME OXIDATION ON BODY AND LID.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2019, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED THIS CIGARETTE BOX DONATED BY CHRIS HANSEN. RESEARCH WAS UNABLE TO ESTABLISH CONNECTIONS WITH THE DONOR’S NEXT-OF-KIN, BUT BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS LOCATED ABOUT THE DONOR THROUGH ARCHIVAL RESEARCH. THE OBITUARY FOR HANS “CHRIS” HANSEN WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON APRIL 17, 1975. IT READS “HANSEN, FORMERLY OF RED DEER PASSED AWAY IN EDMONTON ON APRIL 15, 1975 AT THE AGE OF 79 YEARS. BORN IN NEBRASKA [IN 1895], HE CAME TO ALBERTA WITH HIS PARENTS TO THE ECKVILLE DISTRICT IN 1903. IN 1924 HE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO PEARL CARR AT INNISFAIL, LATER RESIDING IN CARSTAIRS, THEN MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE OWNED AND OPERATED THE CITY DAIRY FOR 36 YEARS. IN 1953, MR. HANSEN SOLD HIS INTEREST, RESIDING IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL 1968 WHEN HE MOVED TO RED DEER, WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL HIS PASSING.” THE OBITUARY STATES THAT HE SERVED WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY IN 1918 TO 1919. HE PREDECEASED HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN, RUSSELL, LAWRENCE, AND ELAINE CROOKS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651651000 FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE ONLINE ARCHIVAL RESEARCH WITH THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES.