TIN

Description: ROUND ALUMINUM TIN MARKED "FREE SAMPLE", "BUCKLEY'S STAINLESS WHITE RUB A VALUABLE AID IN RELIEVING CONGESTION AND INFLAMMATION", "W.K. BUCKLEY LIMITED TORONTO CANADA" ON THE LID. BOTTOM OF THE TIN CONTAINS OINTMENT, AND OUTSIDE EDGE OF TIN IS MARKED "THE PROPRIETARY OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT NO. 17534". WRITTEN ON THE BASE OF THE TIN IS "WHITE RUB", "A STAINLESS COLD CREAM, MEDICATED WITH 12 SOOTHING, HEALING, PENETRATING, VAPORISING OILS AND DRUGS. FOR THE TREATMENT OF CONGESTION DUE TO COLDS, MUSCULAR ACHES AND PAINS, NEURALGIA, SPRAINS, TIRED ACHING FEET. HEALS ROUGH RED HANDS SPLENDID FOR SUN BURN. READ CIRCULAR IN CARTON FOR OTHER USES." ITEM DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE EVER BEEN USED, AND THEREFORE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.

History: ACCORDING TO DONOR ITEM WAS FOUND AT MCCAFFREY DRUGS ON 13TH STREET AND 4TH AVENUE NORTH. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED A BIOGRAPHY OF AB CHERVINSKI, THE DONOR OF THIS OBJECT, WITH INFORMATION FROM LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1982, 1989, AND 2011. ADAM ABRAHAM 'AB" CHERVINSKI WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 24, 1920 IN LETHBRIDGE. AS A TEENAGER HE WORKED AS A MESSENGER BOY FOR THE CPR TELEGRAPH OFFICE. CHERVINSKI BRIEFLY LIVED IN ONTARIO DURING HIS SERVICE WITH THE AIR FORCE, BUT RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE WORKED FOR ALBERTA GOVERNMENT TELEPHONES FOR 37 YEARS. HE WAS A LIFELONG COLLECTOR OF ANTIQUES, AVID LOCAL HISTORIAN, AND HEAVILY INVOLVED IN MUSICAL THEATRE. AB CHERVINSKI DIED ON JUNE 2, 2011. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970107001-GA FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT CHERVINSKI. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ADAM ABRAHAM CHERVINSKI. EXTENSIVE RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO LOCATE THE DONOR'S LIVING NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.