TOWEL, DISH

Description: BLUE AND WHITE LINEN/COTTON BLEND TEA TOWEL, WITH A WIDE BLUE BAND UP THE CENTRE THAT HAS A FLOWERED PATTERN. THE TOWEL HAS THREE HORIZONTAL STRIPES ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS, AND ONE WIDE STRIPE UP THE LENGTH OF EACH SIDE. ON THE BOTTOM CENTRE IS A BROWN AND WHITE STICKY LABEL MARKED "PEDIGREE A DESIGNER ORIGINAL 75% LINEN/LIN 25% COTTON/COTON WITH COLORED DECORATION ... ? STYLE PRINTEMPS SIZE ...? PP. 20X30 CA 00027 MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA". ON THE LABEL IS A PRICE TAG MARKED "J9A 06 WOODWARDS $.98 EACH". HAS NEVER BEEN USED, STILL LIKE NEW.

History: ITEMS WERE CONTAINED IN A TRUNK BELONGING TO THE DONOR'S MOTHER, WHO WAS BORN IN 1902 AND WAS RAISED ON A DOUKHOBOR COMMUNE UNTIL SHE AND FRED EVDOKIMOFF LEFT WHEN THEY WERE 18 YEARS OLD TO GET MARRIED. MANY OF THE ITEMS DATE BACK TO THE EARLY 1900'S, WHILE OTHERS ARE MODERN AND DATE TO THE 1980'S. DONOR'S PARENTS MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952. MRS. EVDOKIMOFF DIED IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS OLD. *UPDATE* NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, MET WITH DONOR WALLY EVDOKIMOFF IN 2010 TO DISCUSS HIS DONATION OF THE TRUNK AND ITS CONTENTS. SEE BELOW. ACCORDING TO EVDOKIMOFF, TEA TOWELS LIKE THIS ONE WERE USED IN THE HOME REGULARLY. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCSSORIES, INCLUDING A TOILET SET AND JACKET DONATED BY WALLY EVDOKIMOFF. DURING A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH PUNDYK IN 2018, EVDOKIMOFF STATED HIS FAMILY LIVED IN YORKTON, SASKATCHEWAN AND BRILLIANT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. THEY WERE MOST LIKELY A PART OF THE DOUKHOBOR COMMUNITIES IN THOSE AREAS. HE CONFIRMED THAT HIS PARENTS FIRST ARRIVED IN ALBERTA IN 1952.