Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TIN

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1950

Materials

STEEL, PAPER

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. BODY: 20.1CM (H) X 13.8CM (D). IRON ALLOY CANISTER IS A CYLINDER WITH A SLIGHTLY RAISED GROOVE AROUND CAN TOWARDS TOP (HOLDS LID IN PLACE). BASE HAS SMALL PROTRUDING RING AROUND OUTSIDE. HAS ONE VERTICAL SEAM WHERE THIN METAL SHEET CONNECTS. HAS ORANGE PAPER ON OUTSIDE WHICH READS ON FRONT "EGG... TRADE MARK REGISTERED BAKING POWDER" WITH A PICTURE OF THE CAN IN THE MIDDLE SURROUNDED BY A WHEAT WREATH. HAS HANDWRITING IN PENCIL ON FRONT THAT READS "SPICES-POPCORN". ON BACK ARE VARIOUS STATEMENTS ABOUT THE PRODUCT SUCH AS ITS LEGALITY, BEST CONDITIONS FOR ITS USE, CONTENTS AND DIRECTIONS. AT TOP IS IN ENGLISH AND BOTTOM IS IN FRENCH. ALONG VERY BOTTOM IS A NOTE IN HEBREW THAT STATES IT IS COSHURE, AND UNDERNEATH READS "GUARANTEED BY EGG-O BAKING POWDER CO., LIMITED HEAD OFFICE AND FACTORY: HAMILTON, CANADA BRANCHES: WINNIPEG VANCOUVER MONTREAL". IS A LIGHT COLOURED STRIP ON EACH SIDE THAT RUNS VERTICALLY AND DIVIDES FRONT AND BACK. READS ON ONE SIDE "PURITY STRENGTH PERFECTION" OTHER SIDE READS "PURE IN THE CAN. PURE IN THE...". CAN IS BENDING AND DENTED ESPECIALLY ALONG TOP, HAS SPOTS OF CORROSION. PAPER IS BRITTLE AND TORN ALONG TOP WITH SMALL HOLES THROUGHOUT. 2. LID: 1.8CM (H) X 13.9CM (D). LID IS STEEL SHEET WITH SIDES BENT OVER. ON TOP HAS SLIGHT DEPRESSION TOWARDS MIDDLE. READS "CHEMICALLY CORRECT EGG-O ABSOLUTELY PURE BAKING POWDER" IN RAISED LETTERING. HAS CORROSION, STAINED ON REVERSE AND METAL IS BENDING AND DENTED.

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

P19950049002

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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