Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

STAMP PAD

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

STEEL, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.5

Length

11.2

Width

7.5

Description

RECTANGULAR STEEL CASE WITH PURPLE LID THAT HAS YELLOW PIN STRIPES AND "CARTER'S STAMP PAD" BLACK AND YELLOW LOGO AT CENTER. BOTTOM HALF IS BLACK AND ON BOTTOM IS PLASTIC CHRISTMAS STICKER. STAMPED INTO BOTTOM IS "CONTAINER" AND "MADE IN U.S.A.". INSIDE HAS BLUE CLOTH PAD WITH BLUE INK. EDGES OF CONTAINER ARE WORN SLIGHTLY.

Subjects

WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E

Historical Association

BUSINESS

History

INKPAD BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST IN VANCOUVER, SLOCAN AND COALDALE. THIS IS ONE OF MANY ITEMS USED IN HIS CORRESPONDENCE. 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

P19970041426

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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