IRON, BRANDING

History: BELIEVED TO DATE TO ABOUT 1885 & USED UNTIL THE MID 1940'S. **UPDATE 20 SEPTEMBER 2013: FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE VAN HORNE FAMILY, PLEASE SEE THE ELECTRONIC AND PERMANENT FILES OF DONATIONS P19672878000 AND P19651981000. REFERENCED FILES INCLUDE A TRANSCRIPTION OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE VAN HORNE’S GRANDDAUGHTER MIRIAM SMITH IN 2012. **UPDATE 7 APRIL 2020: GALT COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A RELEVANCY AUDIT OF THE MUSEUM’S ASHTRAY COLLECTION, INCL. AN EXAMPLE DONATED BY RENE CRIGHTON (NEE VAN HORNE). THE AUDIT LED PUNDYK TO INTERVIEW MS. MIRIAM SMITH, RENE CRIGHTON’S DAUGHTER, ON 11 OCTOBER 2018 TO LEARN IF SHE HAD SPECIFIC MEMORIES OF THE ASHTRAY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER OBJECTS DONATED BY RENE ON HER MATERNAL FAMILY’S BEHALF. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ARTIFACT, MIRIAM SMITH SAID, “NO, I DON’T KNOW. … IT COULD HAVE BEEN CHARLES…MY GRANDPA HAD A SON, AND HIS FIRST NAME WAS CHARLES... OUT ON THE COUTTS HIGHWAY, THEY BUILT THE FIRST LOG HOUSE THAT WAS OUT THERE, AND THEY RAISED SHETLAND PONIES -MEAN LITTLE DEVILS. … THE LOG HOUSE, OUT ON THE COUTTS HIGHWAY. IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS BUILT… WE USED TO GO OUT THERE ONCE IN A WHILE, AND IT WAS A NICE HOME.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE P19672867000.