CAN

Description: CYLINDER SHAPED, TIN CAN. SIDES OF CAN ARE PAINTED. RED BACKGROUND. AT THE TOP OF ONE SIDE READS "BAGDAD BRAND" IN BLUE. BELOW THIS IS A PICTURE OF THREE MEN WEARING TURBANS; ONE IS IN RED, AND HOLDING OUT HIS HAND, THE SECOND IS IN YELLOW AND IS BOWING, AND THE THIRD IS IN BLUE/GREY AND IS HOLDING A TRAY OF BEVERAGES. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PICTURE IS A POTTED PLANT, AND A PALM TREE. BELOW PICTURE IS "COFFEE" IN LIGHT BLUE, WITHIN A DARK BLUE RECTANGLE. THIS WHOLE SIDE IS REPEATED ON THE DIRECT OPPOSITE SIDE. ALSO PAINTED ON SIDES, ABOVE HANDLE ATTACHMENT, IS "5 LBS NET". BELOW HANDL EATTACHMENT IS A STEM OF LEAVES, WITH FLOWERS AND BERRIES ON IT. BELOW THIS READS "LEAVES, FLOWERS AND FRUIT OF THE COFFEE PLANT". AND, BELOW THIS READS "DWIGHT EDWARDS (CANADA) LTD. VANCOUVER B.C.". THE SAME IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAN. LID OF CAN IS GOLD COLOURED. THERE IS A WIRE HANDLE ATTACHED TO SIDES OF CAN.

History: CAN BELONGED TO MRS. MABEL ULRICKSON (1905-1982), PURCHASED IN 1940S. AFTER CONTENTS WERE USED IT WAS USED TO STORE FLOUR, ETCETERA. DONOR REMEMBERS CAN FROM HIS CHILDHOOD. DONOR WAS RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR'S FAMILY FIRST ARRIVED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1942; FATHER WAS A CARPENTER AND SPENT WAR YEARS BUILDING HANGERS AT AIRPORT. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED ARTIFACTS DONATED BY THIS DONOR. PUNDYK CONNECTED WITH THE DONOR’S SON AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING THIS FILE. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE DISPLAY OF THIS ARTIFACT.