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OPENER, CAN

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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
STEEL
Catalogue Number
P19970041539
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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
STEEL
No. Pieces
1
Height
3.2
Length
15.5
Width
1.7
Description
STAINLESS STEEL CAN OPENER WITH WIND KEY AND NOTCH ON END OF HANDLE. "ANDROCK CANADA" IS STAMPED INTO HANDLE WHICH HAS HALF TWIST.
Subjects
FOOD PROCESSING T&E
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
CAN OPENER 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
P19970041539
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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