Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

GLASS, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Length

10

Diameter

2.7

Description

GLASS TUBE BULB WITH BRASS SOCKET CASING. 3.5 CM PORTION AT BASE OF GLASS BULB HAS WHITE FROSTING. FILAMENT OF BULB IS IN SHAPE OF THE STAR OF DAVID. CARBON RESIDUE IS ON INSIDE OF BULB. BRASS CASING IS THREADED TO FIT ELECTRICAL SOCKET AND GAS SINGLE SOLDERING BEAD AT JUNCTION OF GLASS AND BASE AT VERY BOTTOM IS BLACK PORCELAIN CAP. STAMPED IN SMALL BLACK LETTERING AROUND BASE AND CAP IS "PAT B4-3W-110V" AND ANOTHER SET OF ILLEGIBLE PRINTING. STAR OF DAVID FILAMENT GLOWS ORANGE AND BULB IS STILL IN WORKING CONDITION.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

RELIGION

History

BULB WAS USED AS PART OF THE FRIDAY EVENING SABBATH RITE OF LIGHTING A CANDLE. THE SABBATH BEGINS AT SUNDOWN AND TORAH PREVENTS KINDLING OF FIRE ON THE SABBATH. THUS A CANDLE WAS IGNITED BEFORE SUNDOWN AND BECAME RITUAL. AS TECHNOLOGY PROGRESSED LIGHTBULBS TOOK THE PLACE OF CANDLES. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE BULBS. WAS LEFT TO THE MCHARDY'S UPON HER DEATH. IT IS KNOWN THAT MRS. RODEN ALWAYS CELEBRATED PASSOVER. SHE IS SURVIVED BY ONLY ONE NIECE, MS.DEBBIE GREEN. *UPDATE* IN 2019 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ROBERT MCHARDY. INFORMATION ABOUT MCHARDY FOUND ON A GRAVESITE DATABASE STATES HE WAS BORN ON JULY 11 1938 IN NEW GLASGOW, NOVA SCOTIA. HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AFTER ACCEPTING A TEACHING POSITION IN THE CITY IN 1968. HE WAS MARRIED TO FRANCES ANDERSON IN 1968 AND HAD TWO SONS. THE INITIAL DOCUMENTATION OF THESE ARTIFACTS STATES THAT THEY BELONGED TO ETHEL RODIN (NEE DUNN). ACCORDING TO HER JULY 12, 1990 LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, RODIN WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1907. SHE IMMIGRATED TO CANADA WITH HER FAMILY, WHERE THEY INITIALLY SETTLED IN EDMONTON. SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHEN SHE MARRIED DAVE RODIN (DATE UNKNOWN). DAVE RODIN’S OBITUARY (PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1977) STATES HE CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1929 TO OPERATE THE BUY-RITE GROCERY STORE. DAVE RODIN PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1977 AT THE AGE OF 74 YEARS. ETHEL RODIN PASSED AWAY ON JULY 9, 1990 AT THE AGE OF 82 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING COPIES OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES.

*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.

Catalogue Number

P19930055001

Acquisition Date

1993-09

Collection

Museum

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