CAN

Description: CYLINDER SHAPED, TIN CAN. SIDES OF CAN ARE PAINTED. YELLOW BACKGROUND. ON FRONT IS A BROWN RECTANGLE, WITHIN WHICH READS "KLIM POWDERED WHOLE MILK NET WEIGHT 2 1/2 LBS. OR 1134 GR. MANUFACTURED BY THE BORDEN COMPANY LIMITED TORONTO FOR DISTRIBUTION IN CANADA AND FOR EXPORT FOR THE BORDEN COMPANY NEW YORK, N.Y. U.S.A. ESTABLISHED 1857 MADE IN CANADA". ALSO PAINTED ONTO SIDES ARE TWO CREAM COLOURED RECTANGLES, WITH BROWN PRINT; ONE IS IN ENGLISH ONE IS IN FRENCH. THESE GIVE PRODUCT INFO., "DIRECTIONS FOR MIXING", "SPECIAL INFORMATION FOR PHYSICIANS", AND "APPROXIMATE ANALYSIS". EMBOSSED ONTO BOTTOM OF CAN IS "SSSAR AR". HAS A LID.

History: CAN BELONGED TO MABEL ULRICKSON (1905-1982), AND WAS PURCHASED IN 1940'S. AFTER CONTENTS USED, CAN WAS USED FOR STORING FLOUR, ETC. DONOR REMEMBERS CANS FROM CHILDHOOD. DONOR WAS RAISED IN LETHBRIDGE. HIS FAMILY FIRST CAME TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1942; HIS FATHER WAS A CARPENTER AND SPENT THE 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.