Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

APPLE BOX

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

WOOD, PAPER

No. Pieces

1

Height

30.5

Length

49.5

Width

20.5

Description

OPEN TOP WOODEN BOX CONSTRUCTED OF 3/8 INCH WOOD. BOTTOM IS SINGLE PIECE WITH ENDS AND SIDE NAILED TO IT. ENDS ARE MADE UP OF TWO PIECES NAILED SIDE BY SIDE. SIDES ARE MADE UP OF THREE 8.6 CM SLATS NAILED 1.6 CM APART TO ENDS AND REINFORCED WITH NARROW WOODEN BRACKETS. 25.3CM X 21.2CM PAPER LABEL IS PASTED TO ONE END. BACKGROUND IS BLACK WITH BLUE TRIANGLE IN MIDDLE. IN TOP RIGHT CORNER IS GOLD CROWN WITH "CONTENTS ONE VOLUME BUSHEL" IN RED ABOVE IT. WRITTEN DIAGONALLY IN YELLOW IS "ROYAL CREST" WITH "BRAND" IN RED. BENEATH IT ON LEFT SIDE IS "FANCY CANADIAN" IN GREEN AND "APPLES" IN RED. TO ITS RIGHT IS APPLE CREST IN WHITE CIRCLE WITH "SALES AGENTS" AND "B.C. TREE FRUITS LTD. KELOWNA B.C.". ACROSS BOTTOM IN BLUE IS "PACKED BY CRESTON CO-OPERATIVE FRUIT EXCHANGE CRESTON, B.C. CANADA" IN VERY SMALL BLUE PRINT IS "LITHO IN CANADA SMITH LITHO CO. LTD. VAN, B.C.". STAMPED ON WOOD AROUND EDGE IS "MCINTOSH", "163", "FANCY" AND "K085156". AT OPPOSITE END IS STAMPED A BLUE CIRCLE WITH "5" IN THE MIDDLE. THE BORDER OF CIRCLE HAS WRITING OF WHICH "CO-OP" IS THE ONLY THING LEGIBLE. TOP SLAT ON ONE SIDE IS DAMAGED.

Subjects

CONTAINER

Historical Association

AGRICULTURE

TRADES

History

*UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A PAIR OF ICE SKATES DONATED BY BURTON CRABB COURTESY OF HIS SON, KEN CRABB. A GENEALOGY DOCUMENT WAS PROVIDED BY THE DONOR AT THE TIME OF DONATION, WHICH STATES JOHN CRABB (D. 1893) AND MARY EMILY PYATT (D. 1898) WERE MARRIED IN PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND ON JANUARY 17, 1864. THEY HAD THEIR FIRST THREE CHILDREN, RICHARD (1866-1922), JOHN KNIGHT (1868-1917), AND FRED (B. 1870) IN ENGLAND BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO CANADA, WHERE THEY FIRST LANDED IN THE OTTAWA AREA. THEIR REMAINING CHILDREN – EMMA (B. 1872), JENNIE (B. 1873), WILLIAM THOMAS (1875-1878), GEORGE (1876-1878), HENRY (B. 1878), CHARLES PYATT (B. 1881), AND EVANGELINE (1891-1891) – WERE BORN THERE. THE ELDEST IN THE FAMILY, RICHARD CRABB, WAS IN THE PHOTOGRAPHIC BUSINESS. UPON HIS RETURN TO CANADA AFTER WORKING FOR A PERIOD IN THE WEST INDIES, HE TRAVELLED THROUGHOUT THE WEST, WHERE HE TOOK PHOTOGRAPHS FOR STEELING COMPANIES. HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AND MET HIS WIFE, CHARLOTTE E. YOUNG (1874-1944), IN FORT MACLEOD. THE COUPLE WERE MARRIED ON JULY 8, 1902. THEIR CHILDREN WERE JOHN PERRY (1902-2000), RICHARD HENRY (1904-1987), BURTON GRENVILLE (1905-1997), REGINALD ERNEST (1907-1983), MARY ELIZABETH (1910-1911), EDITH BAXTER (1911-1913), EMILY MAY (1911-1913), AND EDWIN ROBERT (CRABBE) ( 1914-1987). RICHARD CRABB WAS LETHBRIDGE’S FIRST RESIDENT PHOTOGRAPHER. ACCORDING TO A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE PUBLISHED ON APRIL 29, 1978, “[HE WAS] A PROFESSIONAL WHOSE SHOTS CATALOGED AN ERA FROM 1880S TO 1915.” HE BUILT A STUDIO ON 3RD AVENUE SOUTH, EAST OF 7TH STREET. BUSINESS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY BECAME POOR WITH THE ONSET OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, SO RICHARD WENT TO WORK IN THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE’S ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT LETHBRIDGE IN 1915. HE PASSED AWAY IN THE CITY IN 1922. THE COLLECTION’S DONOR, BURTON GRENVILLE CRABB, WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON NOVEMBER 28, 1905 AND DIED IN THE CITY OF MARCH 14, 1997. HE MARRIED JEANNETTE ALICE THIBODEAU (1905-1986) IN PINCHER CREEK ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1935. THE COUPLE HAD TWO CHILDREN: KENNETH BURTON CRABB AND FRANCES MARIE GULLEKSON (1939-1997). KENNETH BURTON CRABB WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 9, 1936 IN LETHBRIDGE. HE MARRIED CLARA JEAN FRASER (B. JANUARY 3, 1939) IN LETHBRIDGE ON FEBRUARY 11, 1961. THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN: RICHARD ALLEN (B. AUGUST 20, 1961), ROBERT DOUGLAS (B. OCTOBER 10, 1962), CATHERINE LOUISE (OCTOBER 31, 1964 – NOVEMBER 1, 1964), AND CHERYL MARIE (B. MAY 23, 1968). KENNETH BURTON CRABB PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON JULY 23, 2013. IN 1977, BURTON CRABB WAS INTERVIEWED AS PART OF THE PIONEER RESEARCHERS’ ASSOCIATION ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, WHERE HE SHARED HIS FAMILY. THAT INTERVIEW IS PRESERVED IN THE GALT ARCHIVES, RECORD 19921008008. AS PART OF THE AUDIT RESEARCH, PUNDYK WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE DONORS’ DESCENDANTS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS ESTABLISHED REGARDING THE ARTIFACTS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Catalogue Number

P19940023005

Acquisition Date

1994-07

Collection

Museum

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