IRON

Description: HANDLE AND BASE ARE LIGHT BLUE. ETCHED INTO BASE OF HANDLE IS "MODEL 4[??]" "COLEMAN [? ? ?] & STOVE CO LIMITED TORONTO, CANADA". THERE IS ALOT OF CORROSION ON THIS PIECE. AT BACK OF IRON IS A ROUND WATER RESERVOIR. BELOW THIS IS A BLACK KNOB THAT ROTATES AND HAS "CLOSE" AND AN ARROW ETCHED INTO IT. THE BLUE PART OF THE BASE HAS RECTANGULAR GAPS, BETWEEN IT AND THE REST OF THE IRON.

History: IRON BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER-IN-LAW. WAS BOUGHT BEFORE 1950, WHEN POWER WAS MADE AVAILABLE IN HOMES IN COALDALE, WHERE THEY LIVED. WAS USED WITH IRON REST P19990059002-GA. DONOR'S GRANDPARENTS (ON FATHER'S SIDE) CAME FROM ENGLAND IN 1890'S; THEY HAD TO FORD BELLY RIVER TO FORT MACLEOD TO GET A MARRIAGE LICENSE. THEY CAME HERE FOR WORK; DONOR'S GRANDFATHER WORKED IN MINES. THEIR SON, DONOR'S FATHER, WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1896; HE WORKED IN DIFFERENT MINES ALL OVER THIS AREA. DONOR'S GRANDFATHER ON HER MOTHER'S SIDE, WAS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BUILDING OF THE CLOCK TOWER ON POST OFFICE; HE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD READ THE BLUEPRINTS. DONOR WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE, AND IS A CONTINUING VOLUNTEER AT THE GALT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES, SINCE 1998.