Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

GUNNY SACK

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

BURLAP

No. Pieces

1

Length

89.2

Width

48

Description

HEAVY WOVEN BURLAP NATURAL COLORED SACK. CLOSED ALONG SIDE AND BOTTOM SEAMS. OPEN AT TOP. FRONT OF SACK PRINTED IN BLUE AND RED WITH "OK BRAND DUTCH GREEN PEAS PACKED BY O'LOAN, KIELY & CO. LTD. LETHBRIDGE, VANCOUVER CANADA NET WT. 100 LBS. WHEN PACKED PRODUCT OF CANADA". NUMEROUS HOLES THROUGHOUT; SOME REPAIRED. LARGE TEARS AND HOLES AT TOP OF SACK. BLACK STAINS ON BACK.

Subjects

MERCHANDISING T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

RETAIL TRADE

History

DONOR ACQUIRED OBJECTS WITH PURCHASE OF HOUSE AT ABOVE ADDRESS (OCT/98). DONOR CLAIMS PROPERTY WAS OWNED BY ZORATTI FAMILY, WHO WERE RESIDENTS DURING THE PROHIBITION. ACCORDING TO DONOR, PETER ZORATTI (ORIGINAL OWNER) MADE WINE IN HIS BASEMENT AND SOLD IT DURING PROHIBITION. HENDERSON DIRECTORIES LIST O'LOANE & KIELY & CO. LTD. AT 1417 2 AVE SO., UNDER MGT OF LABELLE IN 1942; AND O'LOANE IN 1944. NOT LISTED AFTER 1942. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING ITEMS DONATED BY SYLVIA NORTHGRAVE. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. SYLVIA NORTHGRAVE PURCHASED THE HOME AT 1212 4 AVENUE SOUTH IN OCTOBER 1998 AND IT WAS IN THIS HOUSE THAT SHE FOUND THE ITEMS WHICH WERE DONATED TO THE MUSEUM. THE RESIDENCE AT 1212 4 AVENUE SOUTH WAS REPORTEDLY BUILT IN 1922. THE FIRST AVAILABLE HENDERSON DIRECTORY IN 1925 LISTS EDGAR J. HILL AS THE RESIDENT. LATER LISTINGS HAVE MRS. IDA HILL AS THE RESIDENT UNTIL 1948. IN 1950, MRS. EMILY PATTERSON IS THE RESIDENT. BY 1952, PETER ZORATTI IS THE LISTED RESIDENT. EDGAR JAMES HILL WAS AN EARLY RESIDENT OF THE CITY AND WAS BORN IN BRUSSELS, ONTARIO IN 1858. FOR 13 YEARS HE WAS ENGAGED IN THE DRY GOODS BUSINESS IN TORONTO BEFORE MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE WITH HIS WIFE AND SON IN 1895. HE HAD A SUCCESSFUL MERCANTILE BUSINESS IN LETHBRIDGE WITH HIS SON EDGAR B. HILL. FATHER AND SON OWNED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LAND IN THE DOWNTOWN 4 AVENUE DISTRICT. EDGAR J. PASSED AWAY ON DECEMBER 26, 1926. IDA MAY HILL (NEE BURK) WAS BORN IN BOWMANVILLE, ON TO MR. AND MRS. THOMAS BURK. SHE MARRIED EDGAR J. HILL IN BOWMANVILLE IN 1879. SHE PASSED AWAY IN JUNE 1950 AT THE AGE OF 87. PETER ZORATTI WAS BORN IN UDINE, ITALY AND MOVED TO NATAL, BC IN 1903. HE WAS WELL-KNOWN IN THE CROWSNEST PASS AREA AND OPERATED THE NATAL HOTEL FOR 40 YEARS. WHEN HE FIRST ARRIVED IN NATAL, HE WORKED AS A BLACKSMITH, THEN SPENT 20 YEARS AS FIRE CHIEF. HE ALSO FOUNDED THE ITALIAN LODGE SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN 1903. HE WAS MARRIED TO THERESA ZORATTI (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). PETER PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88 ON OCTOBER 10, 1972. THERESA ZORATTI WAS BORN IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND MOVED TO CANADA AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE WAS EDUCATED IN PINCHER CREEK AND MOVED LATER TO NATAL, WHERE SHE MET AND MARRIED PETER. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 ON MARCH 5, 1983. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19980062003

Acquisition Date

1999-02

Collection

Museum

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