CAN, FOOD-STORAGE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SUGAR, FLOUR, TEA & COFFEE CAN SET
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041232
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SUGAR, FLOUR, TEA & COFFEE CAN SET
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 8
- Description
- .1)FLOUR CAN. 19.3CM (H) X 23.1CM (D) LIME GREEN CYLINDRICAL STEEL TIN WITH CIRCULAR STEEL LID OF SAME COLOUR. SIDE OF CAN HAS "FLOUR" STENCILED ON IT IN BLACK. .2) SUGAR CAN. 18.0CM (H) X 21.3CM (D) LIGHT GREEN CYLINDRICAL STEEL TIN WITH CIRCULAR STEEL LID OF SAME COLOUR. SIDE OF CAN HAS "SUGAR" STENCILED ON IT WHICH IS BADLY WORN. THE WORD "FLOOR" IS HAND PRINTED IN BLACK INK ON LID. .3) TEA CAN. 16.3CM (H) X 15.6CM (D) LIME GREEN CYLINDRICAL STEEL TIN WITH CIRCULAR STEEL LID OF SAME COLOUR. SIDE OF CAN HAS "TEA" STENCILED ON IT IN BLACK LETTERS. .4) COFFEE CAN. 14.0CM (H) X 11.1CM (D) LIGHT GREEN CYLINDRICAL STEEL TIN WITH CIRCULAR LID OF SAME COLOUR. PAINT ON LID IS PEELING BADLY. SIDE OF CAN HAS COFFEE STENCILED ON IT WHICH IS EXTREMELY WORN.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- FOOD TINS WERE USED BY DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE LIVING IN COALDALE. HER FATHER, REV. NAKAYAMA, AND HIS FAMILY WERE ORGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER AND MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING INTERNMENT IN SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. REV. NAKAYAMA FOUNDED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE AND SERVED THE ANGLICAN CHURCH THERE UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041232
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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