CURLER

Description: WOOD HANDLES ARE NARROW AT END AND GRADUALLY BECOME WIDER TOWARDS BARREL. HAS STEEL ENDS AT BOTH SIDES. AT END OF HANDLE THERE ARE CAPS THAT FIT OVER THE WOOD, AND ARE SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED ON BOTTOM. APPEARS THERE IS ENGRAVING ON THESE ENDS, IS ILLEGIBLE. CAPS ON BARREL END ARE NARROWER THAN WOOD, HAS TWO ROUND OPENINGS WHERE BARREL ENDS CONNECT TO THE HANDLE. THESE BARREL ENDS ARE THE SAME, THEY ARE BOTH CURVED (LOOK LIKE WISH-BONE) AND COME TOGETHER AT TOP TO PRODUCE BARREL. BARREL ENDS ARE HOLLOW STEEL HALF-CIRCLES. BARREL HAS TWO PIECES, TOP PIECE IS SAME AS ENDS, BOTTOM PIECE IS SOLID CIRCLE WITH POINTED END. THESE TWO PIECES ARE HELD TOGETHER BY A PIN THROUGH THE END WHERE THE BARREL AND BARREL ENDS MEET. WRAPPED AROUND PIN IS AN INNER WIRE THAT EXTENDS TO THE BARREL ENDS WHICH PROVIDES TENSION WHEN THE TWO PIECES ARE PULLED APART BY SQUEEZING THE HANDLE TOGETHER. HAS SURFACE AND ACTIVE CORROSION THROUGHOUT.

History: OWNED BY LOU PETERS, FROM SKIFF. WAS BILL'S MATERNAL GRANDFATHER WHO WAS A U.S. IMMIGRANT AND FORMER BLACKSMITH. HE PUT WINDOWS IN THE LONDON APARTMENTS IN LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* THIS ARTIFACT WAS RESEARCHED FOR A 2018 COLLECTIONS AUDIT CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK. AN OBITUARY FOR THE DONOR W. H. "BILL" PERRY WAS FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT DOCUMENT. W. H. "BILL" PERRY WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 28, 1922 IN LETHBRIDGE TO HAROLD AND VINA PERRY. HE MARRIED LUCILLE MCKANNA IN 1945 AFTER HIS RETURN FROM OVERSEAS AFTER WORLD WAR II. THEY FARMED IN THE CHIN AREA AND RAISED THEIR FAMILY. THEIR CHILDREN WERE LYNDA, WILLIAM KENT, DON, AND CAMERON. IN 1984, BILL AND LUCILLE RETIRED FROM THE FARM AND SETTLED IN COALDALE IN 1991. BILL PASSED AWAY IN COALDALE ON FEBRUARY 17, 1998 AT THE AGE OF 75 YEARS.