JAR, GINGER
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SPICE JAR
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- GLASS, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19970052000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SPICE JAR
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- GLASS, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 13
- Length
- 4.6
- Width
- 3.7
- Description
- CLEAR GLASS JAR WITH THREADED STEEL LID, PERFORATED AND PAINTED WHITE. FOUR RAISED RIDGES IN GLASS ALONG LENGTH OF JAR. GOLD PAPER LABEL ON FRONT OF JAR READS IN BLACK AND RED "EATON'S SUNGLO BRAND PURE GINGER". BOTTOM OF LABEL TORN. BLACK HANDWRITTEN MARKING ON LID, APPEARS TO READ "10". CONTENTS INCLUDED.
- Subjects
- FOOD SERVICE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- DONOR PURCHASED ITEM FOR 10 CENTS IN 1934 AT FORMER EATONS STORE AT 4 AVE. AND 6 ST SOUTH. AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, EATON'S HAD A GROCERY LOCATED IN BASEMENT CALLED "TECO". DONOR HAS LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1934, AND CLAIMS THAT AT THAT TIME THERE WERE FEW GROCERY STORES. EATON'S WAS ONE WITH AN ADDED FEATURE BECAUSE THEY DELIVERED, AND WERE VERY CONVENIENT IF ONE WENT TO A FILM DOWNTOWN.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970052000
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-07
- Collection
- Museum
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