RAZOR

Description: .1 CASE. GREEN LEATHERETTE COVERED, LID BENT AND LINED WITH PURPLE VELVET. STAMPED ON LID OF CASE "WHILE YOU ARE IN TOWN VISIT THE WHITE LUNCH CAFE LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA PRICES TO MEET EVERYBODY". STAMPED ON INSIDE OF LID. "GILLETTE KNOWN THE WORLD OVER". .2 RAZOR BOTTOM NICKEL PLATED STEEL. .3 GILLETTE RAZOR BLADE, BOTTOM PART OF BLADE BROKEN OFF "NOW THE WORLD OVER NO STROPPING 2167 NO HONING". .4 NICKEL PLATED RAZOR HOLDS BLADE TO BOTTOM. HAS "GILLETTE TRADE MARK" AND DIAMOND MONOGRAM AS WELL AS "MADE IN CANADA". .5 HANDLE NICKEL PLATED/SCREWS ONTO BOTTOM. HANDLE HAS CORRUGATED (DIAMOND SHAPE) PATTERN.

History: RAZOR WAS A COMPLIMENTARY GIFT FROM THE WHITE LUNCH CAFE IN LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED IKE LANIER ABOUT ARTIFACTS DONATED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. WHEN ASKED IF HE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT, “OH, SURE. THE ONLY TIME MY DAD EVER TOOK ME TO LUNCH WAS AT THE WHITE LUNCH CAFÉ. IT WAS ON 5TH STREET AND IT WAS GREEK. … ONLY ONCE, I REMEMBER. IT WAS A BIG DEAL IN THOSE DAYS. … IT WASN’T REALLY A SPECIAL OCCASION, I DON’T THINK, OTHER THAN HE HAD TO GO TO TOWN. [IT WAS SPECIAL FOR ME.] IT WAS, I THINK, ONE OF THE VERY FEW NON-CHINESE RESTAURANTS. {I THINK THIS WAS] A GIFT. I GUESS SO. ADVERTISING. … THAT’S A STRAIGHT RAZOR I THINK. [YOU MUST HAVE SHARPENED IT.] THEY MUST HAVE, BECAUSE YOU DIDN’T GO TO THE DRUG STORE AND GET BLADES. WELL, THERE’S A BLADE. SO, I’M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT. [MY FATHER] WAS CLEAN SHAVEN.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651574000-GA FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW.