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Description: IRON BOTTLE OPENER IS OVER-SIZED WITH ROUNDED HANDLE END THAT HAS HOLE DRILLED THROUGH CENTRE. FLARES AT OPENER END, BUT STILL HAS ROUNDED CORNERS. IS FLASK SHAPED. AT WIDE END HAS OVAL HOLE WITH A SQUARED INSERT ALONG ONE SIDE WHICH SERVES AS PRYER FOR OPENER. ETCHED ON ONE SIDE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM IS "1898 1992 LETH IRON EST. 1898". ON REVERSE READS "94TH YEAR GRAY DUCTILE & ALLOY IRONS". HAS ACTIVE CORROSION COVERING ARTIFACT, IS ESPECIALLY BAD AROUND EDGES. ETCHING IS WORN IN PLACES.

History: ACQUIRED FROM FRIEND OF DONOR'S. WITH THE PUSH FOR INDUSTRY THE CITY COUNCILLORS USUALLY OFFERED FREE SITES TO DEVELOPERS, WATER AND POWER AT COST, AND ONE OR MORE DECADES OF TAX EXEMPTIONS, LETHBRIDGE FOUNDRY WAS THE FIRST TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS. THEY REINCORPORATED TO LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS IN 1900. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.