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BOX

https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact9244
Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1970
Date Range To
1980
Materials
WOOD
Catalogue Number
P19970041353
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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1970
Date Range To
1980
Materials
WOOD
No. Pieces
2
Height
1.9
Length
8.9
Width
8.8
Description
SQUARE WOODEN BOX IN TWO HALVES. BURNED INTO ONE END IS "..EU LIGHT".
Subjects
CONTAINER
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
BOX WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM IN DONOR'S FAMILY USED FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
Catalogue Number
P19970041353
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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