POT

Description: STOCKPOT & LID. ALUMINUM HANDLES, 2, RIVETED. HANDLE ON LID MISSING

History: USED BY DONOR'S MOTHER FROM DATE OF MARRIAGE - 1914. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, TALKED WITH THE DONOR, DORIS SCHEIBNER ABOUT HER DONATIONS. SEE BELOW. THE POT WAS HER MOTHER’S POTATO POT. SHE USED IT ALL HER LIFE COOKING POTATOES. SHE USUALLY BOILED OR MASHED THE POTATOES. SCHEIBNER SAID “WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOD, ESPECIALLY IF THEY WERE MASHED BECAUSE SHE WOULD PUT BUTTER AND CREAM IN THEM.” SCHEIBNER THOUGHT IT WAS A UNIQUE SHAPE. THE HANDLE FELL OFF AFTER SCHEIBNER LEFT HOME TO GO TO SCHOOL. SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT TO FALL OFF. HER MOTHER HAD THE POT AS LONG AS SCHEIBNER CAN REMEMBER. SHE MUST HAVE GOTTEN IT IN SEDGEWICK IN THE EARLY YEARS OF HER MARRIAGE. SCHEIBNER GOT THE POT WHILE CLEANING OUT HER MOTHER’S HOUSE WHEN SHE WENT TO A NURSING HOME (1987). THE LAST YEARS OF HER MOTHER’S LIFE WERE SPENT AT THE FORT MACLEOD, AB NURSING HOME. SCHEIBNER DIDN’T USE THE POT ONCE SHE RECEIVED IT. SHE DIDN’T HAVE THE HEART TO THROW IT OUT. SHE ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS UNUSUAL AS SHE HADN’T SEEN A POT THAT SHAPE BEFORE, THUS SHE DONATED IT TO THE GALT. SEE P19880059010 FOR FAMILY HISTORY.