Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CRACKER BOX

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1950

Materials

CARDBOARD

No. Pieces

9

Height

17.2

Length

21.4

Width

16.6

Description

CARDBOARD BOX IS RED WITH YELLOW AND OFF-WHITE WRITING AND YELLOWISH PICTURES OF CRACKERS. LID IS ON TOP AND FOLDS ON ONE SIDE WITH OPPOSITE SIDE HAVING A FLAP WITH A SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE WHICH TUCKS IN TO SIDE OF BOX TO HOLD LID IN PLACE. LID READS "TWO POUNDS NET WEIGHT PAULIN'S PEERLESS CREAM SODAS SALTED". FRONT AND SIDES OF BOX HAVE A CURVED LINE OF PICTURES OF THE CRACKERS. FRONT HAS SAME WRITING AS TOP EXCEPT THE WEIGHT, HAS SQUARE TAB. BOTH SIDES "FRESH FROM THE OVENS DAINTY SODA SIZE". BACK READS "PAULIN'S PEERLESS CREAM SODAS". THEN BELOW IN OFF-WHITE BOX WITH RED WRITING HAS THREE RECIPES FOR "EVERY-DAY BREADING RECIPE MACARONI AND TOMATO CASSEROLE ESCALLOPED TOMATOES". BOTTOM HAS FOUR FLAPS FOLDED AND TABBED TOGETHER WITH "PAULIN CHAMBERS CO., LTD., FACTORY AND HEAD OFFICE WINNIPEG, MANITOBA, BRANCHES AT REGINA, SASKATOON, CALGARY AND EDMONTON." IN RED. HAS BLACK STAMP OF "0205114". FRONT HAS IN HAND-WRITING "64". ON TOP HAS TWO FLAPS UNDER TOP FLAP WHICH ARE RECTANGULAR WITH ONE SIDE CUT AT SLIGHT ANGLE. ONE READS "1", THE OTHER "IMPORTANT: TO RESTORE CRISPNESS AND FLAVOUR, WARM BFORE USING.". EDGES ARE ALL WORN, ESPECIALLY IN TOP. INSIDE ARE NUMEROUS MINOR STAINS. SMALL RIP ALONG TAB CREASE AND HAS PIECE MISSING ALONG TAB'S BOTTOM SQUARE NOTCH. SMALL HOLE IN FRONT BY TAB. INSIDE BOX HAS THREE CARDBOARD LAYERS THAT ARE RECTANGULAR WITH HALF-CIRCLE NOTCHES ALONG WIDTH SIDES. ALONG LENGTH HAVE PERFORATED EDGES WITH RECTANGULAR TABS THAT FOLD UP. THESE PROBABLY ACTED AS SHELVES FOR CRACKERS. FIVE PERFORATED EDGES HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF OF SHELVES, OTHER IS BEGINNING TO WEAR AND TEAR. ARE INSIDE BOX.

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

SEE FILE P19950049001-GA FOR FAMILY HISTORY. BELONGED TO ESTELLA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING PARTS OF SEVERAL ITEMS DONATED BY CLAIRE DAHLQUIST. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. LEVI MACDONALD PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88 ON OCTOBER 6, 1977. HE WAS BORN IN WEST TILBURY TOWNSHIP, ESSEX COUNTY, ON ON JULY 30, 1889, THE SON OF HIRAM AND ALICE (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) MACDONALD. IN 1914, LEVI MARRIED ESTELLA AGNES CHALMERS. IN 1918, THEY LIVED IN BURDETT AND THEN IN TABER IN 1921. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, “HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ALBERTA FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE, THE MOOSE LODGE, THE CANADIAN LEGION, AND THE ELKS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. ESTELLA AGNES MACDONALD (NEE CHALMERS) WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ONTARIO. ESTELLA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON MAY 11, 1981. LEA HIRAM MACDONALD WAS BORN IN LOWBANKS, ON ON MARCH 11, 1928 AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM IN TABER. HE MARRIED BEVERLY AYERS IN GREAT FALLS, MT ON MARCH 10, 1958. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 79 ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2007. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING FIFTEEN ARTIFACTS DONATED BY CLAIRE DAHLQUIST. ATTEMPTS MADE TO CONTACT THE DONOR TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS AND THEIR USE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

Catalogue Number

P19950049004

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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