MODEL-HOUSE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19860121000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 32.2
- Length
- 44.5
- Width
- 45.0
- Description
- RED, WHITE, BLUE. PART OF ROOF REMOVES TO REVEAL INTERIOR AND FOR ACCESS TO LIGHT BULB AND SOCKET. LIGHT PROVIDES INTERIOR LIGHTING AND IS SWITCHED BY PULLING CHAIN AT FRONT DOOR WHICH DOUBLES AS FRONT DOOR LIGHT FIXTURE. WINDOWS HAVE PLASTIC IN PLACE OF GLASS. INTERIOR FLOORS FINISHED WITH FELT (CARPET) AND LINOLEUM. DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE. HOUSE HAS CLAPBOARD SIDING, WOOD SHINGLES AND GABLE ROOF. BACK PORCH. FRONT DOOR STEP. REAR DOOR C/W BENCH. NO FURNITURE. MANY WINDOWS HAVE BECOME DISMOUNTED AND ARE CAVED INWARDS.
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- CORNELIUS YONKMAN MADE MODEL OF FRIEND'S LETHBRIDGE HOME BETWEEN 1960 & 1970. CORNELIUS YONKMAN BORN 1903 IN HOLLAND. EMIGRATED TO CANADA 1925. ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA 1927. FARMED AT ENSIGN ALBERTA 1930-38. MOVED TO NOBLEFORD 1938 AND FARMED UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1960. (HERB KNIGHTFARM). DIED 1978.
- Catalogue Number
- P19860121000
- Acquisition Date
- 1986-02
- Collection
- Museum
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