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Month: December 2022
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Wipe Away Winter Blues: The Tradition of Christmas Gift-Giving
Wipe away the winter blues with this handkerchief artifact. This handkerchief was partnered with a Christmas card, a traditional gift that donor Barbara Dorosh’s grandmother would give for Christmas and New Year at their family’s annual New Year’s Day donner. Her grandma would arrive and set up the card and handkerchief before anyone else. The…
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The Legacy of Asp Bros & Co: A Look at Local Artifacts
Barreling through the holidays with this wooden artifact. This is a lid to a barrel that belonged to the Asp Bros & Co store here in Wetaskiwin. Stamped on the side is “Roasted Victoria Blend 96 15 Asp Bros & Co, Wetaskiwin, Alt twice.” Harding Asp and his brother John had a grocery store in…
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Exploring 1854 Electrotherapy: A Historic Machine at the Heritage Museum
This week the Heritage Museum is lighting it up with this electrotherapy machine produced in 1854. The world was intrigued with electrotherapy and its possibilities when it was created. It was believed that these machines could help cure many diseases, going as far as to say they could cure cancer. Davis and Kidder’s company created…