Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CRACKER BOX

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1950

Materials

CARDBOARD

No. Pieces

1

Height

11.1

Length

25.4

Width

11.4

Description

CARDBOARD BOX IS RED ON OUTSIDE WITH BLUE, RED AND OFF-WHITE WRITING. TOP AND TWO LENGTH SIDES ARE THE SAME WITH "CHRISTIE'S 1853" IN TOP LEFT. "4 INNER SEAL 1/4 LB. PACKETS" IN TOP RIGHT. THEN READS "PREMIUM CRACKERS NOT SALTED NET WEIGHT ONE POUND "THERE'S A CHRISTIE BISCUIT FOR EVERY TASTE" ". ON BOTTOM HAS PICTURE OF THIS ON TOP LEFT OVER TOP OF SKETCH OF CRACKERS. ON RIGHT HAS "HOW TO USE INNER SEAL PACKETS" DIRECTIONS IN BOTTOM MIDDLE HAS FOUR POINTS ON CRACKERS. ALONG ONE END HAS WRITING THAT READS "CHRISTIE'S 1853 CHRISTIE. BROWN AND COMPANY. LIMITED PREMIUM NOT SALTED CRACKERS OPEN AT OTHER END PRICE BAKERIES: TORONTO WINNIPEG". OTHER SIDE IS OPEN WITH FOUR FLAPS, TWO HAVE BEN RIPPED OFF. APPEARS WOULD HAVE BEEN IDENTICAL TO OPPOSITE SIDE WITH COVERED FLAP READING "52ENS". BOX HAS MINOR SOILING, IS WORN ON EDGES, AND TOP THAT HAS BEEN OPEN HAS RIP ON TOP OF CARDBOARD.

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

P19950049003

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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