Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HAND HELD FOOD DICER

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

STEEL, WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Height

11.5

Diameter

9.5

Description

NICKEL PLATED STEEL SEMI-CIRCULAR BLADES CROSSED OVER IN AN "X" PATTERN, WITH A BRIGHT GREEN WOODEN HANDLE WITH A YELLOW STRIPE AROUND THE BASE, NEAR THE BLADE. EDGE OF BLADE IS RUSTING SLIGHTLY, BUT OVERALL THE ITEM IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

Subjects

FOOD PROCESSING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

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.

Catalogue Number

P19970054014

Acquisition Date

1998-01

Collection

Museum

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