Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

P19641222001-002-GA

Date

1907

Materials

STEEL

No. Pieces

2

Length

11.1

Description

.1 CURVED ON ONE EDGE, CRIMPED ON OTHER. PAINTED BLACK. .2 BOBBIE PIN. CURVED ON ONE EDGE, CRIMPED ON OTHER. PAINTED BLACK.

Subjects

TOILET ARTICLE

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DONOR CLAIMS 1907. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ARTIFACTS IN RELATED LOCATIONS. IN AN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT NEXT-OF-KIN, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE IMMEDIATE NEXT-OF-KIN ARE DECEASED. LETHBRIDGE HERALD RESEARCH INDICATES THAT HARRY BOWEN WAS MARRIED TO LILLY HOLLAND LATHAM IN 1913. MRS. BOWEN ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE FROM HER HOME IN CROWE, ENGLAND – ALSO THE HOME OF HARRY BOWEN’S FATHER – THE DAY BEFORE THE COUPLE’S WEDDING. AFTER THEIR WEDDING, THE COUPLE SETTLED ON BOWEN’S RANCH IN MAGRATH. HARRY AND LILLY BOWEN HAD TWO CHILDREN, LATHAM AND MARJORIE “GRACE”. A NOTICE IN A 1926 EDITION OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATES HARRY BOWEN WAS ELECTED SCHOOL TRUSTEE FOR THE LENS SCHOOL DISTRICT. ACCORDING TO HER OBITUARY, LILLY BOWEN PASSED AWAY IN 1952 AT 68 YEARS OF AGE. NO OBITUARY WAS FOUND FOR HARRY BOWEN, BUT A NOTE IN THE PERMANENT FILE READS THAT HE WAS DECEASED THE SAME YEAR OF DONATION (1964). PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19641223000 FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Catalogue Number

P19641222000

Acquisition Date

1964-07

Collection

Museum

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