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Description: RECTANGULAR POSTER, IN A NARROW, DARK BROWN, WOOD FRAME. POSTER IS OF A BLONDE GIRL, SITTING AT A TABLE, IN A COTTAGE IN THE WOODS, EATING OUT OF A BOWL. THERE ARE TWO OTHER BOWLS AND CHAIRS AT THE TABLE. TWO BEDS ARE VISIBLE THROUGH AN OPEN DOOR. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POSTER READS "[G]OLDEN LOCKS IN THE COTTAGE OF THE THREE BEARS". THE ARTIST HAS SIGNED BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, BUT IS ALMOST UNREADABLE. BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF POSTER IS TORN, AND COMING OUT OF FRAME. PAPER IS BRITTLE.

History: POSTER USED TO HANG IN THE CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT OF THE LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY. WHEN IT WAS RENOVATED, THE POSTERS WERE DISCARDED. DONOR'S MOTHER WAS A JANITOR THERE AT THE TIME AND SAVED THEM. DONOR BELIEVES POSTER BELONGS IN A SET OF SIX. RELATED CATALOGUE # P19990049001-GA. DONOR LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1930. HE CAME WITH HIS 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. SHE WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY THE ARTIST OF THIS PRINT AND P19990049001-GA, OR FIND ANY NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THESE ARTIFACTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, LLOYD TRONE, WAS FOUND IN HIS OBITUARY, PUBLISHED IN THE JUNE 1, 2010 ISSUE OF THE CROWSNEST PASS HERALD. 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 FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.