CRATE, SHIPPING

Description: WOODEN BOX. BOTTOM OF BOX IS MADE UP OF TWO PLANKS, THESE ARE NAILED TO EACHSIDE, WHICH ARE MADE UP OF SEPARATE, WIDER PLANKS. THERE IS A PAPER LABEL GLUED TO FRONT PLANK. LABEL IS YELLOW; HAS AN ORANGE SUN IN TOP LEFT CORNER. OVERLAYING THIS IS THE WORD "SUN", AND A BLACK BANNER THAT READS "DELICIOUS EASY TO PEEL". TOP RIGHT OF LABEL READS "MANDARIN ORANGES 45-52 ORANGES" IN ORANGE AND BLACK. BELOW THIS IS AN ORANGE RING, WITHIN THE BORDERS OF WHICH READS "JAPAN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION". WITHIN THE RING IS A WHITE CIRCLE, WITH AN ORANGE OVERLAID WITH "FESTIVAL BRAND". BOTTOM LEFT OF LABEL READS "GROWN IN JAPAN PACKED BY JAPAN FRUIT GROWERS COOP. ASS'N SHED E46". TO THE LEFT OF THIS IS A BLACK CIRCLE, WITHIN WHICH READS "JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FANCY M-2".

History: SHIPPING CONTAINER FOR MANDARIN ORANGES AT CHRISTMAS. ALSO ONE IN EDUCATION COLLECTION; THEY USED TO BE BUNDLED TOGETHER WITH A COARSE ROPE MADE OF REEDS OR SOME TYPE OF GRASS. DONOR HAS LIVED HERE SINCE 1930; CAME WITH PARENTS FROM WINNEFRED (EAST OF BOW ISLAND). SEE PRIOR DONATIONS. *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.