BOTTLE

Description: CLEAR, GLASS BOTTLE. THERE IS THE REMNANTS OF BLUING IN BOTTLE WHICH GIVES IT A DARK BLUE APPEARANCE. PAPER LABEL ON BOTTLE IS WHITE, WITH RED AND BLACK PRINT. A RED STRIPE ON THE TOP OF LABEL READS "MRS. STEWART'S NO-DRIP BLUING PROCESS PATENTED". BELOW THIS IS "MRS. STEWART'S LIQUID BLUING TEN FL. OZ." IN BLACK, AND "WHITER WASHING EASIER TOO!" IN RED. THERE IS ALSO A RED OVAL WITH THE BUST OF AN ELDERLY WOMAN IN IT. AT THE BOTTOM, IN BLACK IS "MANUFACTURED BY LUTHER FORD & COMPANY, WINNIPEG, MAN.". TO THE LEFT OF ALL OF THIS IS PRODUCT INFO., DIRECTIONS, AND AN ADDRESS. EMBOSSED ON BOTTLE, ABOVE LABEL, IS "THIS CONTAINS MRS. STEWART'S BLUING". EMBOSSED ON BOTTOM OF BOTTLE IS "V-369". BOTTLE HAS NO LID. SEE ALSO CONDITION REPORT ON FILE.

History: 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.