BOX, HANDKERCHIEF

Description: HANDKERCHIEF BOX, BRASS HINGES & FASTENER. LID HAS PAINTED CELLULOID PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WITH HAT & FLOWERS IN CAMEO. BOX SIDES FLORAL PAPERED PATTERN. INTERIOR LINED WITH FRAYED FINE COTTON FABRIC. BOTTOM IN INK HANDPRINTED "DUNN". BOX EXHIBITS WEAR AND SOILING.

History: BELIEVED GIVEN TO DONOR'S MOTHER (MRS. DUNN) WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN FOR USE AS A HANDKERCHIEF BOX. MOTHER BORN 1890 & DIED AT 92 IN 1982. *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. *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. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION.