TRUNK
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WICKER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- WICKER
- Catalogue Number
- P19980015000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WICKER
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- WICKER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 33.5
- Length
- 60.5
- Width
- 39
- Description
- LARGE RECTANGULAR HEAVY DUTY WICKER TRUNK WITH A HINGED LID THAT FASTENS IN FRONT WITH 2 CLASPS, BUT ONE IS MISSING THE LATCH. LID IS ATTACHED WEAKLY AT THE BACK, WITH METAL WIRE. SURFACE IS SOILED, AND WORN, BUT STILL STRONG.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, ANNA MARIE (SMITH) KRUTP, WHO USED THE TRUNK TO BRING ITEMS WHEN SHE CAME TO WALSH, ALBERTA FROM ESTONIA AFTER WORLD WAR TWO, AND ALSO LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR 9 YEARS. DONOR HAS LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1947/48, AND HER HUSBAND WAS BORN HERE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980015000
- Acquisition Date
- 1998-04
- Collection
- Museum
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