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Description: THREE CARDBOARD BOXES, ALMOST IDENTICAL. ON THE FRONT OF EACH READS "ALL-FABRIC TINTEX TINTS & DYES" "NO BOILING NECESSARY" "WORLD'S LARGEST SELLING TINTS AND DYES PARK & TILFORD PRODUCT". THERE IS ALSO A PICTURE OF A WOMAN HOLDING UP A BLOUSE ON FRONT. BASE COLOUR OF BOX IS GREEN. ON BACK ARE DIRECTIONS, ON SIDES ARE A LIST OF TINTEX PRODUCTS AND A NOTE ON THE PRODUCT. ON TOP AND BOTTOM FLAPS READ "ALL-FABRIC TINTEX". TWO OF THE BOXES HAVE "2 PURPLE" ON TOP AND BOTTOM, AND THE THIRD BOX HAS "36 DARK GREEN" ON TOP AND BOTTOM. INSIDE EACH BOX IS DIRECTIONS AND AN ENVELOPE OF POWDERED DYE.

History: DONOR USED DYES TO TINT HER DAUGHTER'S HORSE BLANKETS. MURIEL NUGENT WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1915 IN WINNIPEG. THERE, SHE MET AND MARRIED WILLIAM T. NUGENT AND IN 1946, WITH THEIR FAMILY, THEY CAME TO LETHBRIDGE. THEY MOVED IN ORDER THAT WILLIAM COULD TAKE UP A JOB WITH WESTERN CANADIAN HARDWARE IN LETHBRIDGE. PRIOR, HE HAD SERVED WITH THE NAVAL RESERVES IN WINNIPEG DURING WORLD WAR II. MURIEL PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 8, 2002 AND WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND IN 1989.