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Object Description

Object Name

Box

Object ID

2009.004.010

Title

Circular steel box that belonged to Ivy McVicar.

Date

[191-?].

Description

Steel box; possibly homemade. Circular in shape. Comes in two parts: lid (a) and container (b). The lid has a little handle in the middle to enable lifting. Archie McVicar brought this box home after World War I, and Ivy McVicar used it for her powder puff.

People/Subject

Crompton, Ivy (nee Chatt, earlier McVicar)

Ivy was born Ivy Mabel Chatt in Hampton, England, in 1903. She studied dressmaking in London and she came to Canada in 1921 with her family, setting in North Burnaby. She worked in a dress shop in downtown Vancouver. Ivy married Archibald "Archie" McVicar on November 5, 1924. They would be together for 31 years, and she lived in North Langley until 1955. She also wrote for the Langley Advance in the 1930s. After Archie passed away in 1956, Ivy moved to 198th Street in downtown Langley and took another job in a dress shop nearby. Ivy married Frank Crompton in 1957. Ivy was a member of St. Andrew's Anglican Church and sang in the choir. Her daughter with Archibald, Kathy, married into the Kells family. Ivy passed away on February 7th 2002 in Langley.

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