CLIPPERS, HAIR
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1935
- Materials
- NICKEL PLATE
- Catalogue Number
- P19705735000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1925
- Date Range To
- 1935
- Materials
- NICKEL PLATE
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Length
- 17.1
- Description
- "JOHN OSTER MFG. CO. RACINE, WIS. MADE IN U.S.A." STAMPED ON HANDLE. "MODEL-B" STAMPED ON BLADE COVER. "NO. 1" STAMPED ON BOTTOM OF BLADE GUARD.
- Subjects
- TOILET ARTICLE
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- PROFESSIONS
- History
- *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED THE THREE ARTIFACTS DONATED BY PETER BRIOSI. ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE THE DONOR’S NEXT-OF-KIN TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FOUND THROUGH ARCHIVAL RESEARCH: ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, PETER BRIOSI WAS BORN IN MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY IN 1890. IT READS, “THE LATE MR. BRIOSI RETURNED TO ITALY WITH HIS PARENTS WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL 1908 WHEN HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE. HIS FIRST JOB IN LETHBRIDGE WAS A FIREMAN IN THE NO. 3 MINES AND HE REMAINED IN THE NO. 3 MINES UNTIL ITS CLOSURE. HE THEN HAD A YEAR IN DIAMOND CITY IN THE SAME CAPACITY, BUT TOOK ILL AND HAD TO GIVE UP IS JOB AS FIREMAN. HE TOOK UP BARBERING, AND MANY OLD-TIMERS IN LETHBRIDGE WILL REMEMBER HIM AS BARBER IN THE LETHBRIDGE GREYHOUND BUS DEPOT.” ACCORDING TO BRIOSI’S OBITUARY, HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FIRST WIFE, CATHERINE BRIOSI (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY STATES SHE WAS BORN IN POLAND ON JULY 15, 1892. SHE MOVED TO THE LETHBRIDGE REGION IN 1909 AND MARRIED PETER BRIOSI IN ON MAY 20, 1912. THE COUPLE HAD THREE DAUGHTERS: STEPHANIE, HELEN, AND VICTORIA. CATHERINE BRIOSI PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1936 AT THE AGE OF 44. FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FIRST WIFE, BRIOSI WAS REMARRIED TO ROSE STANKO BRIOSI WHO WAS BORN IN POLAND ON MARCH 7, 1889 AND PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 19, 1970 AT THE AGE OF 81 YEARS. PETER BRIOSI PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON JULY 15, 1979 AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE OBITUARIES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19705735000
- Acquisition Date
- 1970-07
- Collection
- Museum
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