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1995.10.1

ID Number: 1995.10.1
Category: Personal Artifacts
Sub-category: personal gear
Item Type: hearing
Item Name: aid
Materials: PLASTIC METAL, UNKNOWN PAPER, UNKNOWN
Description: hearing aid, box, instruction booklet and battery - hearing aid: clip on back attached with 2 slot screws; case held together with rivets; wire running from top of case to ear piece; "crown" insignia on round speaker area; base is white, part that goes in ear is clear plastic; box is burgundy cardboard; battery is grey; booklet has grey cover; 2 staples; 18 pages; folded in half
History: The hearing aid belonged to Bruce Irvine. Bruce Irvine (b.29th March, died October 30, 1968) owned the Horseshoe Hotel at Howard and Cataraqui (where Aylmer and Glengarry join form a horseshoe shape - hence the name of the hotel). Emily Irvine worked for a dry cleaner and then c.1959 went to work for Community and Social Services. J. Bruce Irvine's parents, Margaret (nee Carriere) Irvine and William C. "Red" Irvine owned the hotel prior to their son. They had taken over management of the hotel in 1913-1914 and later (probably before the end of the first World War) had purchased the hotel. Donor says her husband was tending bar from an early age. Donor says that the Horseshoe Hotel was one of the first to get a legal liquor licence when they came out in the 30's
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Carriere person

Irvine person

Liquor subject

Medical subject

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