PEELER, VEGETABLE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact9629
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PEELING KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041536
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PEELING KNIFE
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.5
- Length
- 18.6
- Width
- 2.1
- Description
- STEEL BLADE WITH KINK DOWN LENGTH OF BLADE WHICH HAS SECONDARY BLADE ALONG OPEN EDGE OF KINK. WOOD HANDLE IS CYLINDRICAL WITH STEEL LOOP ON BUTT. STEEL BOLSTER CAP IS LOOSE AND PARTLY RUSTED.
- Subjects
- FOOD PROCESSING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- PEELING KNIFE WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM USED BY DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE AT COALDALE. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041536
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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