CRIB
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19980047000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Height
- 94.8
- Length
- 122
- Width
- 65.7
- Description
- FIVE PIECES. PAINTED YELLOW STEEL CRIB. TWO END PIECES HAVE RECTANGULAR CENTRE PANELS, WITH BENT PIPE FRAME. BRACKET ON EACH SIDE OF END PIECES, FOR HOLDING MATTRESS FRAME; ALSO STEEL ROD THROUGH WHICH ONE SIDE PIECE OF CRIB FITS (SLIDES UP AND DOWN FOR EASY ACCESS TO CRIB). SIDE PIECES OF FRAME CONSIST OF THIRTEEN VERTICAL BARS FIXED BETWEEN TOP AND BOTTOM RAIL. CRIB INCLUDES UNPAINTED STEEL MATTRESS BASE: RECTANGULAR FRAME WITH SERIES OF INTERLOCKING WIRES FORMING GRID; ATTACHED TO FRAME AT ONE END BY SPRINGS. CRIB HAS BEEN REPAINTED SEVERAL TIMES; PAINT CHIPPED IN SEVERAL PLACES THROUGHOUT.
- Subjects
- FURNITURE
- Historical Association
- FURNISHINGS
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S FAMILY (NEE BUTTAZZONI). PURCHASED IN 1949, AND USED FOR DONOR, HER THREE BROTHERS, TWO CHILDREN, AND A FEW COUSINS. DONOR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE; FATHER (ALBERT V.) BORN IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE IN 1924. HIS FAMILY CAME FROM ITALY. DONOR'S BROTHERS NAMED TONY, BRYAN, AND DONALD; CHILDREN ARE TWYLA-DAWN AND TRENTON. *UPDATE* IN 2010, NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND CORRECT CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE DONOR.
- Catalogue Number
- P19980047000
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-02
- Collection
- Museum
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