Bank, Still
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| Object Name: | Bank, Still |
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| Alternative Object Name: | Coin Bank |
| Material: | tin, paint |
| Catalogue Number: | BR2012.20.9 |
| Accession Number: | BR2012.20 |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1891 |
| Description: | A tin still bank shaped like the front of a church. It is painted green on the front and back, and brown on the sides and top. The front of the bank has a gold design, columns, a flag and the words: "My Bank". Three tiny spires protrude on the three corners. One spire is missing from the fourth corner. Two spires are slightly bent. The remains of a white band of tape still adhere to the bottom of the bank. |
| History of Use: | Note with item reads: "Grandma Graydon's Bank. Given to Dorothy Graydon 1964."Donor Dorothy (nee Graydon) Galajda is the neice of Jean (nee Graydon) Burns: only child of Streetsville residents, Austin E. Graydon (1879-1967) and Bertha (nee Shaw) Graydon (1888-1972). Jean's father, Austin Graydon, is the son of John Graydon (1836-1904). John Graydon was a prominent builder in Streetsville from 1850-1900. John was a dedicated member of the Methodist Church and worked on the Public and High School Boards for more than thirty years. He was also a Streetsville Councillor, Reeve from 1877-1898, and a Warden of Peel County in 1897. A staunch supporter of the Conservative Party, John was a Justice of the Peace and was instrumental in the construction of the Credit Valley Railway that linked Streetsville with rail service in 1879. John and his wife Jane (Jennie) had five children: son Austin, and daughters Hattie (1867-1961), Minerva (1869-1871), Mabel (1871-1964), and Mysia (1874-1960). The surviving three women never married and were known as the "Graydon Girls." See fact sheets produced by the Mississauga Heritage Foundation (at http://www.heritagemississauga.com/page/John-Graydon) for more information on John Graydon (1836-1904). Or visit: http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/pastprofiles?paf_gear_id=9700018&itemId=56100051&returnUrl=%2Fportal%2Fresidents%2Fpastprofiles%3Bjsessionid%3DXO0Q3RGIMKLDRTRPH3XT44WOF25W2PW0 |
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| Institution City: | Mississauga |
| Institution Province: | Ontario |