TYPEWRITER

Description: TYPEWRITER IS CREAM COLOURED. PRINTED ON TOP PLATE OF TYPEWRITER, IN GOLD, IS "ROYAL". WRITTEN ON TOP OF PAPER BAIL, IN BLACK, IS "QUIET DELUXE", AND PRINTED BEHIND CYLINDER, IN BLACK, IS "MADE IN HOLLAND". TYPEWRITER IS IN A BLACK LEATHERETTE CASE, WITH BURGUNDY LINING. A CLEAR PLASTIC POCKET INSIDE CASE HAS "MADE IN HOLLAND" ON IT IN GOLD. CASE HAS A BLACK LEATHERETTE HANDLE ATTACHED BY SQUARE, STEEL RINGS. THERE IS ALSO A STEEL CLOSURE, WITH KEYHOLE ON FRONT OF CASE. THESE CAME IN A CARDBOARD BOX WITH BLACK PRINT, AND "ROYAL" ON THE FRONT WITHIN AN ORANGE RECTANGLE. BOX ALSO HAS A PACKING SLIP ON IT THAT READS "MR. W.T. NUGENT, 615 - 17 ST. SO., LETHBRIDGE, ALTA", ETCETERA. INSIDE BOX THERE IS A CARDBOARD INSERT AND AN ODDLY SHAPED PIECE OF PLASTIC.

History: RELATED CATALOGUE NUMBERS P19990041011-17-GA. 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.