TOWEL, DISH

Description: PINK AND WHITE LINEN/COTTON BLEND TEA TOWEL, WITH A WIDE PINK BAND UP THE CENTRE THAT HAS A TEA POT AND FLOWERS IN THE PATTERN. THE TOWEL HAS 2 STRIPES ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE TOP AND BOTTOM ENDS, AND UP EACH SIDE. ON THE BOTTOM CENTRE IS A GOLD, WHITE AND BLACK STICKY LABEL MARKED "PEDIGREE TRADITIONALLY FINE QUALITY LINEN 70% LIN BLENDED WITH COTTON 30% COTON STYLE CAFE APP. SIZE 20 X 30" "MADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA FOR CA 00027". ON THE LABEL IS A WHITE PRICE TAG MARKED "J1A-03 WOODWARDS $1.00". TOWEL HAS NEVER BEEN USED, AND IS 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.