TIN

Description: RECTANGULAR METAL TIN. HAS AN ORANGE LABEL. FRONT AND BACK READ "8 OZ. NET" "BLUE RIBBON" "TRADE MARK REGISTERED" "PURE GINGER". THERE IS ALSO A BLUE BOW PICTURED ON FRONT AND BACK. THE TWO SIDES GIVE INFORMATION ON BLUE RIBBON SPICE FOLLOWED BY "BLUE RIBBON LIMITED WINNIPEG TORONTO VANCOUVER" AND "GINGER" WITHIN A GREEN STRIPE, THAT RUNS AROUND ENTIRE TIN. LID OF TIN IS OVAL SHAPED AND CONCAVE, WITH A LIP. SO IT SETS INTO TOP OF TIN.

History: DONOR RECEIVED ARTIFACTS FROM HIS MOTHER, DOROTHY TRONE, IN 1989-90. THEY WERE COLLECTED FROM AMONG PERSONAL EFFECTS WHEN DOROTHY VACATED HER HOME IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE (7TH ST. N.). DONOR NEVER USED ITEM'S CONTENTS. OBJECTS WERE PART OF REGULAR HOUSEHOLD STOCK. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY LLOYD TRONE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR WAS FOUND IN HIS OBITUARY, PUBLISHED IN THE JUNE 1, 2010 ISSUE OF THE CROWSNEST PASS HERALD. LLOYD TRONE WAS BORN IN 1928 IN MEDICINE HAT, AND MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1930. HE WORKED FOR CANADA PACKERS FOR 25 YEARS AND RETIRED TO THE CROWSNEST PASS, WHERE HE PASSED AWAY IN MAY 2010. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19990049001-GA FOR HARDCOPY OF DONOR'S OBITUARY.