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Description: COTTON INSIDE BOX. BLACK CASE AND SIX SIDES. STAINS ON OUTSIDE OF WOODEN BOX. SERIAL #63012. COMPLETE WITH PLASTIC CASE AND WOODEN CASE WITH SLIDING LID. REGISTER INF DEGREES SCALE 94-110, "2600" ON END OF BOX.

History: *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A PIPE STAND AND HUMIDOR. RESEARCH USING THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD DID NOT FIND ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR. THROUGH THE CROSS-REFERENCING OF THE ADDRESS PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF DONATION WITH HENDERSON DIRECTORIES HELD IN THE GALT ARCHIVES FROM AROUND THE SAME TIME, THE DONOR WAS LIKELY SAMUEL C. CRAWFORD. THE NAME FIRST APPEARED IN THE DIRECTORY IN 1951. THE LISTING STATES THAT CRAWFORD WAS RETIRED AND WAS MARRIED TO ADA JANE. THE OBITUARY FOR ADA JANE PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATES, “ADA JANE CRAWFORD, A LETHBRIDGE RESIDENT FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, DIED AT HER HOME AT 527 7TH ST. SOUTH SUNDAY FOLLOWING A LENGTHY ILLNESS. [SHE WAS] BORN IN LEICESTERSHIRE, ENGLAND [ON] JANUARY 10, 1879. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER WIDOWER SAMUEL CRAWFORD OF LETHBRIDGE.” THE ONLINE GRAVESITE DATABASE, FINDAGRAVE, SHOWS THE HEADSTONE FOR PRIVATE SAMUEL C. CRAWFORD IN THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY IN LETHBRIDGE. IT LISTS HIS BIRTH YEAR AS 1887 AND HIS DEATH YEAR AS 1971. HIS WORLD WAR I SERVICE RECORDS STATE SAMUEL CHARLES CRAWFORD WAS BORN IN SWAN LAKE, MANITOBA ON FEBRUARY 17, 1887. HIS SERVICE NUMBER WAS 874750 AND HE ENLISTED IN 1916 AND WAS DISCHARGED UPON DEMOBILIZATION IN 1918. THE DEATH RECORD IN THE FILE STATES HE PASSED AWAY ON JULY 6, 1971. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19694344000 FOR MORE INFORMATION,