Woven mill basket with Peterboro Basket Co. stamp, Corner Brook

A woven mill basket made by the Peterboro Basket Co., date of construction unknown. This basket belonged to Thomas Murley and was used in the Bowater paper mill in Corner Brook from 1941 to 1971. He worked as a machine tender on the #7 machine.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penney, Nicole
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_crafts/id/1500
Description
Summary:A woven mill basket made by the Peterboro Basket Co., date of construction unknown. This basket belonged to Thomas Murley and was used in the Bowater paper mill in Corner Brook from 1941 to 1971. He worked as a machine tender on the #7 machine.