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Description: WATCH BOX WITH BRASS HINGES & FASTENER. BOX HAS FLORAL PATTERN PAPER SIDES & PAINTED RURAL HARVEST SCENE CELLULOID LID. INTERIOR HAS ROUND WOOD WATCH SHAPE COVERED IN FINE COTTON CLOTH. CLOTH IS FADED & FRAYED. BOTTOM PRINTED IN INK "DUNN" & STICK ON LABEL. EDGES WORN. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.

History: DONOR'S MOTHER (MRS. DUNN) RECEIVED A WATCH AS A PRESENT WHEN SHE WAS IN HER TEENS. SHE WAS BORN IN 1890 & DIED AT 92 IN 1982. FAMILY ARRIVED IN CANADA & HOMESTEADED IN TURIN DISTRICT AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. *UPDATE* IN 2017, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION AND ARTIFACTS IN RELATED LOCATIONS, WHICH INCLUDED THIS WATCH BOX. A LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ADDED TO THE PERMANENT FILE STATES THE DONOR, ELLEN OSEEN, PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON JANUARY 29, 2010. SHE WAS BORN IN SUNDIAL, ALBERTA ON MARCH 18, 1914 AND WAS THE FIRST DAUGHTER OF BENJAMIN GEORGE AND CYNTHIA JANE DUNN (CUSTARD). ELLEN WAS ONE OF THEIR 13 CHILDREN. ELLEN WAS MARRIED TO ALFRED OLSEN AND TOGETHER THEY HAD FIVE SONS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.; *UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED INTO THE DONOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK.