MOLD, JELLY

Description: LIGHT BROWN AND BURGUNDY RECTANGULAR SHAPED PAPER BOX MARKED ON THE FRONT "LA BRA JEL-RAC INCLUDING MOLDS", "LAUTS & BRADY 1950 NAOMI AVENUE LOS ANGELES 11, CALIFORNIA". TWO SIDES ARE MARKED "A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE", "SAVES TIME- GELATINE JELLS IN LESS TIME", "SAVES SPACE-ELIMINATES FRANTIC SHIFTING OF ICE-BOX CONTENTS", "SAVES CHILLING- INDIVIDUAL MOLDS ARE INSERTED IN RACK READY FOR PLACING IN REFRIGERATOR", AND "FILL MOLD AND LOAD RACK FROM BOTTOM UPWARDS". CONTAINED INSIDE BOX ARE 6 ROUND ALUMINUM MOLDS AND 1 RACK TO HOLD MOLDS, WITH A HANDLE ON THE SIDE TO MOVE THE ITEMS. ONE END OF BOX IS TORN OFF APART, BUT TRAY AND MOLDS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.

History: ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S AUNT, PHYLLIS MARY (WHITTON) MCDONELL, WHO CAME TO CANADA IN 1903 AT THE AGE OF 3 AND SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1938 SHE MARRIED WILLIAM MCDONELL, WHO WAS A RANCHER AND A FARMER WHO WORKED FOR JOHN DEERE, BUT ALSO INVENTED AND BUILT CONASTOGA MOTOR HOMES. PHYLLIS WORKED AT CITY HALL AS A RECEPTIONIST, AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOUTHMINSTER CHURCH. THE COUPLE REMAINED IN LETHBRIDGE, AND DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN. PHYLLIS PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES INCLUDING A ROBE, TWO PURSES, AND A HATPIN DONATED BY MCDONALD. A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATED PHYLLIS MCDONELL PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 13TH, 1997. ACCORDING TO THE MCDONELL'S HEADSTONE IN THE SAINT PATRICK CEMETERY (LETHBRIDGE), SHE WAS BORN IN 1903. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970033013 FOR COPIES OF RESEARCH SOURCES USED.