BOX
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BIRK'S BOX
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD, PAPER, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041666
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BIRK'S BOX
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- WOOD, PAPER, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.5
- Length
- 7.5
- Width
- 7.5
- Description
- SQUARE BLUE PAPER COVERED BOX WITH SLIGHTLY DOMED LID. LID HAS GOLD COLORED BEAD BORDER AND DRAPED STYLE BORDER ALONG SIDE EDGE OF LID. INSIDE OF BOX IS LINED WITH WHITE SATIN WHICH IS VERY DIRTY. "BIRKS DIAMOND MERCHANT" LOGO IS ON INSIDE OF LID.
- Subjects
- MERCHANDISING T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BOX WAS FOUND AMONG THE BELONGINGS OF DONOR'S PARENTS, REV. G.G. AND LOIS NAKAYAMA. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041666
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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