TIN

Description: RECTANGULAR METAL TIN. HAS A WHITE LABEL. ON FRONT AND BACK IS A SKETCH OF WORKERS IN A FIELD. BELOW THIS READS "MALKIN'S PURE SAVORY BY TEST THE BEST" IN BLACK, EXCEPT "PURE" WHICH IS IN RED. ONE SIDE READS "PURE SAVORY", AND THE OTHER READS "PURE SAVORY PACKED BY THE W.H. MALKIN CO., LIMITED VANCOUVER CANADA", IN BLACK, EXCEPT "PURE" WHICH IS IN RED. ON TOP OF TIN IS A RECTANGULAR FLAT PIECE OF METAL, WITH THE CORNER CUT OFF, AND SIX HOLES IN IT. THIS PIECE SLIDES TO REVEAL AN OPENING IN THE TIN.

History: SEE P19990093001-GA FOR HISTORY. *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.