CRATE, SHIPPING

Description: WOODEN BOX. BOX IS MADE OUT OF WOODEN PLANKS, NAILED TOGETHER. THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN BOTTOM OF BOX AND TWO LONGER SIDES. PAINTED ONTO THESE SIDES IN GREEN IS "7-UP". THE SHORTER SIDES OF BOX HAVE OVAL SHAPED HOLES IN THE TOPS, FOR HANDLES. PAINTED ON THESE SIDES, IN GREEN, IS "CHINOOK BEVERAGES LETHBRIDGE". ON EACH SHORTER SIDE THERE ARE TWO EXTRA PIECES OF WOOD NAILED TO THEM, FOR SUPPORT. INSIDE THE BOX, THERE IS A VERTICAL PIECE OF WOOD IN THE MIDDLE, THAT FORMS TWO COMPARTMENTS. BOX HAS NO LID.

History: BELONGED TO JACK MCCALLUM. DONOR THINKS JACK GOT IT FROM SUPINA MERCANTILE (WAS LOCATED ON 13TH ST. NORTH IN LETHBRIDGE), WHERE HE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS MCCALLUM WAS DONOR'S NEIGHBOUR. 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.