TIN

Description: CYLINDRICAL TIN WITH A YELLOW LABEL MARKED "PERFECT MUSTARD PLASTER", "WET THOROUGHLY BEFORE APPLYING", "THREE LEAVES 3 3/8 X 4 1/2 INCHES 8.5 X 11.4 CM MANUFACTURED BY JOHNSON & JOHNSON NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. U.S.A.", AND "CLOTH". ONE END OF TUBE HAS A CAP WITH THE LABEL AROUND THE BOTTOM. TIN IS EMPTY. METAL IS RUSTING IN AREAS, BUT OVERALL ITEM IS IN VERY 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.