Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1950

Materials

PAPER, PLASTIC, PAINT

No. Pieces

1

Length

37

Width

30

Description

PLASTIC DOLL HAS PAINTED GOLD HAIR, BROWN EYES, AND RED LIPS AND EYEBROWS. ARMS ARE ATTACHED BY ELASTIC STRING TO BODY, BODY IS HOLLOW. HAS GOLD PAINTED SHOES. DRESS AND HAT ARE MADE OF A CREPE (ONION?) PAPER WHICH IS YELLOWING AND HAS GOLD PAINT DECORATED SPOTS. HAT CURVES OVER TOP OF HEAD AND BENDS UP AT TOP AND SLIGHTLY BELOW CROWN. IS NAILED ON OVER HEAD. HAS TASSELS HANGING FROM THE SIDES. HAS STRIP OF PAPER CRISS-CROSSED OVER CHEST AND BACK WHICH IS NAILED ON, THEN IS GATHERED AROUND BODY AND NAILED IN PLACE TO FALL IN GATHERED PLEATS. HAS TWO LAYERS, ONE IS SHORTER THAN THE OTHER. HAS STRINGS OF TWISTED PAPER HANGING FROM FRONT AND BACK. FEET HAVE A HOLE IN THEM, NAILS ENDS ARE VISIBLE THROUGH THEM. FACE IS DENTED BY LEFT EYE. MINOR TEARING OF ENDS OF PAPER. HAS SMALL WATER STAINS ON DRESS. HAS "MADE IN JAPAN" ON BACK OF NECK.

Subjects

TOY

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

DONOR'S GRANDPARENTS WERE THE OWNERS OF THE ARTIFACTS DONATED. LEVI MACDONALD WAS BORN ON JULY 30, 1889, RESIDED IN LOWBANKS, ONTARIO. ON AUG. 14, 1896 ESTELLA AGNES CHALMERS WAS ALSO BORN THERE. THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1914 WHERE HE WORKED FOR HIS COUSIN IN AN IRON FOUNDRY AS A CARPENTER. MOVED TO BURDETT IN 1918 WHERE THE SAME COUSIN HAD A HOTEL AND LAND WHICH LEVI FARMED (VERY DRY YEAR). AFTER TWO UNSUCCESSFUL YEARS THEY MOVED TO TABER TO FARM AND START A HOUSEHOLD. LIVELIHOODS ARE EXPLAINED ON ATTACHED SHEET. DAUGHTER MARY ESTELLA MACDONALD WAS BORN IN MEDICINE HAT HOSPITAL ON DECEMBER 14, 1925. SON LEA HIRAM WAS BORN AT HER FAMILY HOME IN ONTARIO ON MARCH 11, 1928. BUILT A HOME IN 1947 WHERE THEY LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH (1977) AND HER DEATH (1981). DONOR'S UNCLE STILL FARMS THE LAND HE GREW UP ON. HER MOTHER (MARY) LIVES IN BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON. HER HUSBAND AND THREE CHILDREN LIVE IN THE TABER HOME BUILT IN 1947. DOLL BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER. *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

P19950049001

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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