FRAME, PICTURE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact4591
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, PAPER, GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19890013002
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD, PAPER, GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 25.8
- Width
- 20.7
- Description
- FRAMED AND MOUNTED POEM ON CARD "STRENGTH FOR TODAY IS ALL THAT YOU NEED, FOR THERE WILL NEVER BE A TO-MORROW, TO-MORROW WILL PROVE BUT ANOTHER TODAY, WITH ITS MEASURE OF JOY AND SORROW." STAMPED ON THE REVERSE IS "MAY 26 1930"
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- FROM THE ESTATE OF ROY & MAY STEWART OF CLARESHOLM. MADE IN U.S.A. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. ROY AND MAE STEWART, ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THIS ARTIFACT, WERE THE PARENTS OF THE DONOR, RAE TRIMBLE. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE STEWARTS WAS FOUND IN MAE STEWART'S LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY FROM FEBRUARY 8, 1989. MAE WAS BORN AND RAISED NEAR CLARESHOLM, AND RECEIVED SCHOOLING IN CALGARY AND AT THE GALT SCHOOL OF NURSING IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE WORKED AT THE CLARESHOLM HOSPITAL AND MARRIED ROY STEWART IN 1931. THEY FARMED IN THE STARLINE DISTRICT UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT TO CLARESHOLM IN 1956, WHERE MAE BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN ELECTED TO TOWN COUNCIL IN 1976. MAE DIED ON FEBRUARY 5, 1989, AND ROY IS LISTED AS PREDECEASING HER. SEE HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY IN PERMANENT FILE. THE POEM REPRODUCED ON THIS CARD IS A STANZA FROM THE HYMN 'STRENGTH FOR TODAY IS OUR ONLY NEED', WRITTEN BY MARY ANN KIDDER. KIDDER WAS BORN IN BOSTON IN 1820, AND COMPOSED MANY HYMNS AS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. SHE DIED IN 1905. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR A HARDCOPY OF THE HYMN'S FULL LYRICS IN THE BOOK 'A SELECTION OF SPIRITUAL SONGS WITH MUSIC: FOR THE CHURCH AND CHOIR' BY CHARLES SEYMOUR ROBINSON.
- Catalogue Number
- P19890013002
- Acquisition Date
- 1989-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- CHRISTMAS TREE STAND
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P20010018000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CHRISTMAS TREE STAND
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STEEL, WOOD, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 8
- Height
- 16.8
- Length
- 51.4
- Width
- 51.4
- Description
- STEEL TREE HOLDER. PAINTED LIGHT YELLOW WITH RED ACCENTS. HAS A TRIANGULAR BASE, WITH THREE LEGS, AND A CYLINDER THAT RISES VERTICALLY FROM CENTER OF BASE. ON TWO SIDES OF BASE ARE THREE LIGHT SOCKETS; OTHER SIDE HAS ONE LIGHT SOCKET, A HOLE (WHERE ONE LIGHT SOCKET IS MISSING), AND AN ELECTRICAL OUTLET. THERE IS A BROWN ELECTRICAL CORD JUST UNDERNEATH ELECTRICAL OUTLET. PAINTED ON SIDES OF CYLINDER ARE VARIOUS CHRISTMAS SCENES. AT TOP OF CYLINDER ARE THREE SCREWS (FOR TIGHTENING AROUND TREE). INSIDE CYLINDER IS A STEEL DISC, WITH A TRIANGLE CUTOUT IN CENTER. INSIDE OF CYLINDER, AND STEEL DISC, ARE DIRTY AND SOMEWHAT CORRODED. INCLUDED WITH STAND ARE THREE RECTANGULAR PIECES OF WOOD, WITH ROUND INDENTS IN THEM (FROM SCREWS ON STAND); WOOD IS BLACKENED.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- PURCHASED BY DONOR FROM HOYT HARDWARE BETWEEN 1955 & 1960. STAND WAS BROUGHT INTO MUSEUM, ON BEHALF OF DONOR, BY IRMA DOGTEROM (DONOR'S NEIGHBOUR AND MUSEUM BOARD MEMBER). DONOR WAS GOING TO THROW STAND AWAY SO IRMA SALVAGED IT.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010018000
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-08
- Collection
- Museum
Images
ORNAMENT, TABLE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact434
- Other Name
- MUSHROOM CENTREPIECE
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19738306000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MUSHROOM CENTREPIECE
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 29.2
- Width
- 19.1
- Diameter
- 29.2
- Description
- CONSISTS OF 5 HAND CARVED, BLOLETUS SP "RED TOP" MUSHROOM SET INTO A GRASSED BASE. BASE IS COVERED WITH GREEN PLASTIC GRASS AND INSET WITH PLASTIC PINE TREE NEEDLES AND JUNIPER SPRIGS. HAND MADE.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING THREE DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION OF LETHBRIDGE. THOUGH THE ASSOCIATION HAS DISBANDED, SHE WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS OBJECT AND 81 OTHERS DONATED BY THE ASSOCIATION IN 1973 WERE ORIGINALLY PART OF THE GALT MUSEUM'S 'UKRAINIAN ROOM' EXHIBIT. ACCORDING TO LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1969 AND 1976, AND PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE GALT ARCHIVES (199110764419, 1991107612370, 199110764421, AND 199110764422) THE UKRAINIAN ROOM WAS INSTALLED IN 1966, WHEN THE MUSEUM WAS MOVED FROM THE BOWMAN CENTRE TO THE GALT HOSPITAL BUILDING. THE ROOM WAS FURNISHED WITH OBJECTS DONATED BY THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION, AND THE GROUP HELD ANNUAL TEAS THERE. THOUGH THE CATALOGUE NUMBERS OF THE UKRAINIAN ASSOCIATION DONATION REFLECT A 1973 DONATION DATE, THE INITIAL ACQUISITION YEAR LISTED IN HARDCOPY FILES IS 1966, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE OPENING DATE OF THE UKRAINIAN ROOM. IN ADDITION, ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ROOM DEPICT OBJECTS THAT ARE NOW HELD IN COLLECTIONS (P19738277001-GA, P19738277002-GA, AND P19738277003-GA CAN BE CLEARLY IDENTIFIED, WITH OTHER OBJECTS IDENTIFIED SPECULATIVELY). IN 1984 THE MUSEUM DISMANTLED ALL ITS DISPLAYS IN PREPARATION FOR THE BUILDING'S RENOVATION AND EXPANSION, AND ACCORDING TO BRAD BROWN, GALT EXHIBIT DESIGNER, WHEN THE FACILITY REOPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN 1985 ALL THE EXHIBITS HAD BEEN REWORKED, AND THE UKRAINIAN ROOM NO LONGER EXISTED. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19738306000
- Acquisition Date
- 1966-02
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- CARNIVAL GLASS
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20010014009
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CARNIVAL GLASS
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 22.5
- Diameter
- 9.0
- Description
- ORANGE (MARIGOLD) CARNIVAL GLASS VASE. VASE IS FLARED AT THE BOTTOM AND TOP, AND NARROWER IN THE CENTER. TOP EDGE OF GLASS IS 'RUFFLED', OR WAVY. VASE HAS HORIZONTAL RIBS DOWN ITS LENGTH. THERE IS AN IMPRESSED STARBURST PATTERN ON UNDERSIDE OF VASE.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- VASE WAS GIVEN AS A PRIZE BY THE LEALTA THEATRE (1938-1963) TO THE CARPENTER FAMILY. JOCK CARPENTER IS A LETHBRIDGE AUTHOR, WHO WROTE "$50 BRIDE" AND "BOOTLEGGER'S BRIDE", WHICH CONCENTRATE ON THE HISTORY OF THE FUR TRADE AND THE PROHIBITION LIQUOR TRADE IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010014009
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-09
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- FRAMED EMBROIDERED TEXTILE
- Date Range From
- 1948
- Date Range To
- 1997
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COTTON, WOOD, GLASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20100011000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FRAMED EMBROIDERED TEXTILE
- Date Range From
- 1948
- Date Range To
- 1997
- Materials
- COTTON, WOOD, GLASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.1
- Length
- 21.5
- Width
- 31.7
- Description
- TEXTILE, WALL HANGING – WOODEN FRAME WITH TWO ROD SHAPED HANDLES ON CENTRE OF SHORTER SIDES OF FRAME, CREAM COLORED COTTON FOUNDATION FABRIC EMBROIDERED WITH THREE BANDS OF GEOMETRIC DESIGNS IN ORANGE, RED, BLACK AND WHITE.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- DOMESTIC
- History
- ACCORDING TO DONOR FRANK BARTOSEK IN AN INTERVIEW WITH NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, ON JUNE 24, 2010, THE HANGING WAS A GIFT FROM HIS SISTER MARIA CHUDIK. BARTOSEK RECEIVED IT FROM HER WHEN HE AND HIS WIFE WENT BACK TO CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN 1997 TO SEE WHERE HE WAS BORN AND TO VISIT HIS SISTER (CHUDIK). CHUDIK GAVE THE HANGING TO BARTOSEK JUST AS HE WAS LEAVING, THUS HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE TEXTILE. DONOR DID NOT KNOW WHO HAD MADE THE PIECE. HE DID NOT KNOW IF THE DESIGN HELD A SPECIFIC MEANING. BARTOSEK SAID HIS "PARENTS' GENERATION WASN'T TOO FREE WITH INFORMATION. THEY HAD IT AND SAID THIS IS WHAT WE USED TO DO AND THAT WAS IT." ACCORDING TO BARTOSEK, THE DESIGN IS SIMILAR TO HOW THEY DECORATED EASTER EGGS. UPON RETURNING HOME, BARTOSEK PUT IT INTO A DISPLAY CABINET. IT WAS ALWAYS THERE. DONOR DECIDED TO GIVE THIS HANGING TO THE GALT BECAUSE HE IS "AT AN AGE WHERE WE HAVE TO CUT DOWN WHAT WE HAVE. NONE OF THE CHILDREN WANTED IT." BARTOSEK WAS BORN IN 1921 IN CZECHOSOLOVAKIA. IN 1925- 1926 HIS FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO CANADA. AT THE TIME, BARTOSEK WAS 4 1/2 YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER (FRANK BARTOSEK SR.) CAME TO RAYMOND ALONG WITH FOUR FRIENDS. THEY WORKED IN THE BEET FACTORY. THEY MOVED BECAUSE LAND WAS BECOMING SCARCE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA. IN 1926, BARTOSEK, ALONG WITH HIS MOTHER AND SOME OF HIS SIBLINGS, JOINED HIS FATHER IN CANADA. HIS SISTER (MARIA CHUDIK) STAYED IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA IN ORDER TO HELP HER GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20100011000
- Acquisition Date
- 2010-01
- Collection
- Museum
ORNAMENT, TABLE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact5810
- Other Name
- CERAMIC FRUIT
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19930014024
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CERAMIC FRUIT
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Description
- VARIOUS SIZES; APPROXIMATELY LIFE SIZE. CERAMIC PIECES DESIGNED TO APPROXIMATE APPEARANCE OF COMMON FRUITS INCLUDING: APPLE (2), BANANA, PEAR, PEACH. STICK ON LABEL ON 4 PIECES. STICKERS READ "ENESCO IMPORTS JAPAN".
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- USED AS DECORATION OR TABLE ORNAMENTATION AS A FRUIT BOWL. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING THOSE DONATED BY MARY MOORE, WHO ALSO DONATED THIS OBJECT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT MOORE WAS COMPILED FROM HER LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY AND NOTES MADE AT THE TIME OF DONATION. MARY WHELAN MOORE WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND IN 1898, AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1907 WITH HER PARENTS AND SISTERS LOUISA AND MARGARET. HER FATHER WORKED AS A MINER IN GALT MINES, AND ACQUIRED THREE CITY LOTS IN 1912 TO BUILD A HOUSE AT 1731 6 AVENUE NORTH. MARY LIVED IN THE HOUSE FROM THE TIME OF ITS COMPLETION IN 1918 UNTIL SIX MONTHS BEFORE HER DEATH. SHE TRAINED AT THE NORMAL SCHOOL IN CALGARY, AND WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 47 YEARS, TEACHING PRIMARY GRADES AT HARDIEVILLE SCHOOL AND ST. BASIL'S. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF ST. BASIL'S CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE. MARY MOORE DIED ON JULY 18, 1993. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF OBITUARY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930014024
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-04
- Collection
- Museum
ORNAMENT, TABLE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact5305
- Other Name
- GREEN FROG
- Date Range From
- 1949
- Date Range To
- 1953
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- PLASTER OF PARIS, MAN MADE FIBRE
- Catalogue Number
- P19910071000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- GREEN FROG
- Date Range From
- 1949
- Date Range To
- 1953
- Materials
- PLASTER OF PARIS, MAN MADE FIBRE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 8.7
- Width
- 10.7
- Description
- GREEN, YELLOW & BLACK FELT SHAVED FELT COVERED PLASTER OF PARIS FROG. CHIPS ALONG EDGE OF BASE & NOSE. HOLE ON BOTTOM PROBABLY FROM MANUFACTURING PROCESS. WELL WORN FELT FABRIC. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- TOY
- Historical Association
- DECORATIVE ARTS
- History
- DONOR RECEIVED FROG AS A SPECIAL PRESENT FROM PARENTS WHEN SHE LIVED IN PENTICTON B.C. BETWEEN 1949 - 1953. ALTHOUGH NOT INTENDED AS A TOY, ORNAMENT SOON BECAME A TOY & WAS PLAYED WITH EXTENSIVELY, HENCE WORN APPEARANCE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19910071000
- Acquisition Date
- 1991-10
- Collection
- Museum
POINT, GLAZIER'S
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact12626
- Date Range From
- 1830
- Date Range To
- 1953
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20090016040
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1830
- Date Range To
- 1953
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Length
- 3.8
- Width
- 1.2
- Description
- (5) GLAZIER'S POINTS, STEEL, PARALLELOGRAM SHAPED. TARNISHED THROUGHOUT. DULL EDGES.
- Subjects
- GLASS, PLASTICS, CLAYWORKING T&E
- Historical Association
- FINE ARTS
- DOMESTIC
- History
- FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE P20090016001 AND PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20090016040
- Acquisition Date
- 2009-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1890
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- SILK
- Catalogue Number
- P19920058026
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1850
- Date Range To
- 1890
- Materials
- SILK
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.3
- Length
- 195.5
- Width
- 195.0
- Description
- SQUARE, BURGUNDY. CONSISTS OF A SQUARE PIECE OF CLOTH, WITH TASSELS TIED TO EACH SIDE. EACH GROUP OF TASSELS IS TIED THROUGH A SMALL HOLE ON THE EDGE OF THE SCARF. THE GROUP OF TASSELS IS THEN CROSSED WITH THE GROUP ON EITHER SIDE, AND TIED IN A KNOT, AND THEN REPEATED, TO FORM A CRISS CROSS PATTERN. SCARF IS OTHERWISE PLAIN, EXCEPT FOR SOME WHITISH STAINS, MAINLY ON ONE SIDE. TASSELS ARE TANGLED TOGETHER.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- SEE P19920058006-GA FOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE DONATED BY MARJORIE WELCH'S MOTHER, NORA EVERSON. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHERLOCK/MACLEOD FAMILY, SEE RECORDS P19960108000 AND P19740093000.
- Catalogue Number
- P19920058026
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-11
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- ALBERTA CERTIFIED NURSING AIDE ASSOCIATION
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- Catalogue Number
- P20020026003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ALBERTA CERTIFIED NURSING AIDE ASSOCIATION
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- CERAMIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.2
- Diameter
- 15.0
- Description
- ROUND, OFF-WHITE, CERAMIC ASHTRAY. RIM OF ASHTRAY IS FLUTED. EDGE OF RIM HAS A BAND OF GOLD AROUND IT. IN CENTER OF ASHTRAY IS A BLUE AND GOLD DIAMOND WITH THE ALBERTA COAT OF ARMS IN THE CENTER. AT TOP OF DIAMOND ARE THE LETTERS "A C N A A". BELOW DIAMOND READS "ALBERTA CERTIFIED NURSING AIDE ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED MAY 1961". ON BOTTOM OF ASHTRAY IS THE OUTLINE OF A GOLD MAPLE LEAF WITH A BANNER IN THE CENTER THAT READS "DECORATED IN CANADA". BELOW MAPLE LEAF READS "22 K GOLD CAN. ART CHINA COLLINGWOOD ONT.".
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- HEALTH SERVICES
- History
- EMILY MORRISON TOOK HER NURSE'S AID TRAINING IN 1956 IN CALGARY. THE ALBERTA CERTIFIED NURSING AIDE ASSOCIATION WAS INCORPORATED IN 1961, THE SAME YEAR THAT EMILY BECAME A MEMBER. EMILY WAS ALSO SECRETARY-TREASURER OF ASSOCIATION FOR SOME YEARS. THE ASSOCIATION ACTED LIKE A UNION FOR NURSING AIDES. NURSING AIDES BATHED PATIENTS, TOOK TEMPERATURES, BUT GAVE NO MEDICATIONS. EMILY WAS ON PROVINCIAL EXECUTIVE AT TABER; GODRICH, ONT; AND LETHBRIDGE MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL FROM 1956 - 1965. EMILY RETIRED IN 1965. GRAHAM MORRISON CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1919, AT 6 YEARS OLD; HIS FATHER WAS A DRUGGIST IN VANCOUVER, MOVED TO HIGH RIVER, THEN LETHBRIDGE, AND GRAHAM HAS BEEN HERE EVER SINCE. IN 1942 EMILY MORRISON MOVED TO PICTURE BUTTE, FROM RED JACK SASKATCHEWAN, TO GO TO HIGH SCHOOL. EMILY HAD TO WORK TO PUT HERSELF THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. IN 1960 EMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE SHE WORKED AS A NURSING AIDE FROM 1960-1965. DONORS MET AND MARRIED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1965 AND HAVE SINCE RETIRED. THEY ARE CAMP HOSTS AT LAKE PAYNE, AND ENJOY CAMPING.
- Catalogue Number
- P20020026003
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-07
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- HOT-WATER BOTTLE COVER
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- NYLON YARN
- Catalogue Number
- P19930007013
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HOT-WATER BOTTLE COVER
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- NYLON YARN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 35.2
- Width
- 21.2
- Description
- BLUE, CROCHET STITCH COVER. OPEN 1 END TO FIT BOTTLE & DRAWSTRINGS FOR CLOSING. DRAWSTRINGS HAVE SMALL TASSELS AT ENDS.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- HANDMADE, USED TO COVER HOT WATER BOTTLE FOR WARMING A BED. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING P19930007003. NO NEW INFORMATION WAS FOUND ABOUT THAT PIECE, BUT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONORS, EARL AND MARY WAGNESS, WAS FOUND IN THEIR LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARIES. MARY WAS BORN IN CLAYTON, ONTARIO IN 1905 AND MOVED TO ENCHANT, ALBERTA WITH HER FAMILY IN 1917. AFTER COMPLETING A BUSINESS COURSE IN CALGARY SHE WORKED FOR THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE IN STAVELY. MARY MARRIED EARL WAGNESS IN STAVELY IN 1929, AND OVER THE 61 YEARS OF THEIR MARRIAGE THEY LIVED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ALBERTA, MOVING FOR EARL'S WORK WITH THE ALBERTA PACIFIC GRAIN COMPANY. THEY RETIRED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1956. MARY WAS ACTIVE IN CURLING, THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, CHURCH CHOIR, AND COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER WORK. EARL WAS A HOBBYIST WATCHMAKER - SEE RECORD P19930009001 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WATCHMAKING PRACTICE AND TOOLS. EARL DIED IN 1990, AND MARY DIED IN 2000. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF OBITUARIES. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A RIBBON AND A DICKEY DONATED BY SHIRLEY TUCKER. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. MARY CHRISTINA WAGNESS (NEE ROBERTSON) WAS BORN IN CLAYTON, ON ON FEBRUARY 28, 1905, THE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. J.B. ROBERTSON. IN 1917 HER FAMILY MOVED FROM ANTHER, SK TO ENCHANT, AB. AFTER COMPLETING A BUSINESS COURSE IN CALGARY, MARY WORKED FOR THE CANADIAN BANK OF COMMERCE IN STAVELY, AB. ACCORDING TO HER WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT, MARY WORKED FOR THE BANK FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS BEFORE HER MARRIAGE. SHE WAS MARRIED TO EARL WAGNESS ON AUGUST 7, 1929 AND THE COUPLE LIVED IN WOODHOUSE, BARONS, AND MILK RIVER, BEFORE RETIRING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1956. MARY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 95 IN APRIL 2000. EARL RANDOLPH WAGNESS PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON NOVEMBER 23, 1990. HE WAS THE SON OF MARTIN WAGNESS AND CAROLINA WAGNESS (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930007013
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-02
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- 3 PCE DOILY SET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19950073231
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- 3 PCE DOILY SET
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Description
- 3 PCE CREAM COLOURED COTTON RECTANGULAR DOILIES, TWO OF WHICH ARE LARGE (32.5 X 24.4), AND THE THIRD IS A SMALLER SIZE (28.3 X 15.1). SAME DESIGN ON ALL PIECES, WITH A GREY STITCHED TRIM AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE, AND BORDERING TWO GREY FLOWERS ON THE SURFACE. THERE IS A CUT-OUT PATTERN IN A CIRCULAR DESIGN, WITH A FLOWER AT EACH END. FABRIC HAS YELLOWED, AND EACH PIECE IS SLIGHTLY SOILED. STAINS.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S PARENTS. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE DONATED AS PART OF THE ING ESTATE (P19950073023). SHE EXTRACTED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE ING FAMILY FROM PERMANENT FILE P19950073001, WHICH CONTAINS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN CONDUCTED WITH HAROLD ING JR., SON OF HAROLD AND MYRA, IN HIS ROOM AT THE LETHBRIDGE HOTEL IN SEPTEMBER 2005. MYRA WAS BORN IN GOLDEN B.C. TO SHIN-BOW AND CHOW TING RAH; HER FATHER ORGINALLY EMIGRATED TO CANADA TO WORK ON CANADIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND LATER BECAME A RESTAURANTEUR, WHERE MYRA DEVELOPED HER ENGLISH SKILLS AS A WAITRESS. "IN 1906 MY DAD [HAROLD ING SR.] LEFT HONG KONG FOR VANCOUVER, HE COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH... HE'S GOT TO BE A WAITER, A BUSBOY... AND HE LEARNED ALL THE WAY UP, IN THE MEANTIME PICKING UP ENGLISH... WENT TO WINNIPEG. THIS IS BEFORE ME. BY THEN HE KNEW THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF RESTAURANTING." MYRA AND HAROLD SR. MARRIED AND ADOPTED HAROLD JR. WHEN HE WAS BORN INTO A POOR FAMILY OF ELEVEN IN 1944, IN VANCOUVER. "ME AND MY TWIN SISTER WERE SOLD BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY. SO DAD, MY MOM PICKED ME AND DAD SAID YES THAT'S GOOD... I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY SISTER IS... THERE'S NO WAY OF FINDING OUT." THE ING FAMILY SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE IN THE LATE 1940S, AND HAROLD SR. OWNS AND OPERATES THE NEW MOON CAFE AND TWO GROCERIES, WHICH ARE RUN BY THE FAMILY AND NEW CHINESE IMMIGRANTS THAT HAROLD SR. SPONSORED. "AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS OLD [MY FATHER] INTRODUCED ME TO THE NEW MOON CAFE, AND I WAS A BUSBOY AT THE AGE OF FIVE... IN 1951 HE SHOWED ME MY FIRST HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL... BECAUSE HE WAS THE OWNER... HE'D WAKE UP AT FIVE IN THE MORNING TO GO TO THE CAFE, OFF AND ON TO THE GROCERY STORE AND MIGHT BE DONE AT EIGHT AT NIGHT, SUPPER AND IMMEDIATELY TO CHINATOWN [FOR] GAMBLING, PUTTING DOWN MAH JONG." HAROLD JR. ATTENDED WESTMINISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING THE DAY, AND CHINESE SCHOOL AT THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE EVENINGS - HIS FATHER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, AND THE ORGANIZATION RAN THE SCHOOL, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, AND BANQUETS, FUNDED BY MEMBERSHIP FEES. HAROLD'S YOUNGER BROTHER, CALVIN, "GOT SENT TO A BOARDING SCHOOL SOMEWHERE. HE WAS GIFTED, BUT HE HAD A BYPASS SURGERY, HE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS HEART. HE COULDN'T HANDLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO THEY SENT HIM TO B.C." AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND A BRIEF STINT IN CALGARY, HAROLD JR. RAN ING'S GROCERY FOR HIS FATHER, AND IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 70S ALSO WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND A SALESMAN AT SEARS. BOTH HAROLD SR. AND MYRA ING PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S, AND THE OBJECTS ENCOMPASSING DONATION P19950073001-231 WERE COLLECTED FROM THE FAMILY HOME. FOR A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND WRITTEN DETAILS ON THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE, SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950073231
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-11
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- TABLE RUNNER WITH BOX
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COTTON, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19950073060
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TABLE RUNNER WITH BOX
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- COTTON, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Length
- 85.7
- Width
- 40.7
- Description
- WHITE COTTON TABLE RUNNER WITH BLUE SCALLOPED EMBROIDERED BORDER. BLUE GEOMETRICAL PATTERN WITH PINK, RED, ORANGE, GREEN, BROWN, AND YELLOW FLORAL PATTERN IN DOUBLE RING FORMATION IN CENTRE. CREASED FROM STORAGE IN BOX; YELLOWED SLIGHTLY. STICKER IN ONE CORNER READS "MADE IN CHINA". C/W 2-PIECE FLAT BOX WITH WHITE BASE AND GREEN TEXTURED LID. SHEET OF WHITE PAPER LINING IN BOX, STAMPED "MADE IN SWITZERLAND". CORNERS OF BOX SLIGHTLY WORN.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE DONATED AS PART OF THE ING ESTATE (P19950073023). SHE EXTRACTED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE ING FAMILY FROM PERMANENT FILE P19950073001, WHICH CONTAINS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN CONDUCTED WITH HAROLD ING JR., SON OF HAROLD AND MYRA, IN HIS ROOM AT THE LETHBRIDGE HOTEL IN SEPTEMBER 2005. MYRA WAS BORN IN GOLDEN B.C. TO SHIN-BOW AND CHOW TING RAH; HER FATHER ORGINALLY EMIGRATED TO CANADA TO WORK ON CANADIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND LATER BECAME A RESTAURANTEUR, WHERE MYRA DEVELOPED HER ENGLISH SKILLS AS A WAITRESS. "IN 1906 MY DAD [HAROLD ING SR.] LEFT HONG KONG FOR VANCOUVER, HE COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH... HE'S GOT TO BE A WAITER, A BUSBOY... AND HE LEARNED ALL THE WAY UP, IN THE MEANTIME PICKING UP ENGLISH... WENT TO WINNIPEG. THIS IS BEFORE ME. BY THEN HE KNEW THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF RESTAURANTING." MYRA AND HAROLD SR. MARRIED AND ADOPTED HAROLD JR. WHEN HE WAS BORN INTO A POOR FAMILY OF ELEVEN IN 1944, IN VANCOUVER. "ME AND MY TWIN SISTER WERE SOLD BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY. SO DAD, MY MOM PICKED ME AND DAD SAID YES THAT'S GOOD... I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY SISTER IS... THERE'S NO WAY OF FINDING OUT." THE ING FAMILY SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE IN THE LATE 1940S, AND HAROLD SR. OWNS AND OPERATES THE NEW MOON CAFE AND TWO GROCERIES, WHICH ARE RUN BY THE FAMILY AND NEW CHINESE IMMIGRANTS THAT HAROLD SR. SPONSORED. "AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS OLD [MY FATHER] INTRODUCED ME TO THE NEW MOON CAFE, AND I WAS A BUSBOY AT THE AGE OF FIVE... IN 1951 HE SHOWED ME MY FIRST HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL... BECAUSE HE WAS THE OWNER... HE'D WAKE UP AT FIVE IN THE MORNING TO GO TO THE CAFE, OFF AND ON TO THE GROCERY STORE AND MIGHT BE DONE AT EIGHT AT NIGHT, SUPPER AND IMMEDIATELY TO CHINATOWN [FOR] GAMBLING, PUTTING DOWN MAH JONG." HAROLD JR. ATTENDED WESTMINISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING THE DAY, AND CHINESE SCHOOL AT THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE EVENINGS - HIS FATHER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, AND THE ORGANIZATION RAN THE SCHOOL, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, AND BANQUETS, FUNDED BY MEMBERSHIP FEES. HAROLD'S YOUNGER BROTHER, CALVIN, "GOT SENT TO A BOARDING SCHOOL SOMEWHERE. HE WAS GIFTED, BUT HE HAD A BYPASS SURGERY, HE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS HEART. HE COULDN'T HANDLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO THEY SENT HIM TO B.C." AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND A BRIEF STINT IN CALGARY, HAROLD JR. RAN ING'S GROCERY FOR HIS FATHER, AND IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 70S ALSO WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND A SALESMAN AT SEARS. BOTH HAROLD SR. AND MYRA ING PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S, AND THE OBJECTS ENCOMPASSING DONATION P19950073001-231 WERE COLLECTED FROM THE FAMILY HOME. FOR A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND WRITTEN DETAILS ON THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE, SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950073060
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-11
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- TABLE LINEN SET OF RUNNER AND NAPKINS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19950073230
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- TABLE LINEN SET OF RUNNER AND NAPKINS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Description
- RUNNER: 82.0 X 84.3. NAPKIN: 25.9 X 25.9. SQUARE CREAM-COLORED COTTON TABLE RUNNER WITH 4 MATCHING CLOTH NAPKINS. ALL THE PIECES HAVE A BLACK STITCHED EDGE, BUT THE RUNNER ALSO HAS A CROCHETED YELLOW SCALLOPED TRIM AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE. IN ONE CORNER ON EACH OF THE NAPKINS IS A FLOWER PATTERN, AND THE RUNNER HAS THE FLOWER DESIGN IN EACH CORNER OF THE RUNNER. THE PIECES HAVE VARIOUS STAINS ON THE SURFACE, BUT ARE OVERALL IN GOOD CONDITION. INS ON THE TOP.
- Subjects
- HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S PARENTS. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE DONATED AS PART OF THE ING ESTATE (P19950073023). SHE EXTRACTED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE ING FAMILY FROM PERMANENT FILE P19950073001, WHICH CONTAINS A TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN CONDUCTED WITH HAROLD ING JR., SON OF HAROLD AND MYRA, IN HIS ROOM AT THE LETHBRIDGE HOTEL IN SEPTEMBER 2005. MYRA WAS BORN IN GOLDEN B.C. TO SHIN-BOW AND CHOW TING RAH; HER FATHER ORGINALLY EMIGRATED TO CANADA TO WORK ON CANADIAN RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION AND LATER BECAME A RESTAURANTEUR, WHERE MYRA DEVELOPED HER ENGLISH SKILLS AS A WAITRESS. "IN 1906 MY DAD [HAROLD ING SR.] LEFT HONG KONG FOR VANCOUVER, HE COULDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH... HE'S GOT TO BE A WAITER, A BUSBOY... AND HE LEARNED ALL THE WAY UP, IN THE MEANTIME PICKING UP ENGLISH... WENT TO WINNIPEG. THIS IS BEFORE ME. BY THEN HE KNEW THE WHOLE SYSTEM OF RESTAURANTING." MYRA AND HAROLD SR. MARRIED AND ADOPTED HAROLD JR. WHEN HE WAS BORN INTO A POOR FAMILY OF ELEVEN IN 1944, IN VANCOUVER. "ME AND MY TWIN SISTER WERE SOLD BECAUSE THERE WERE JUST TOO MANY. SO DAD, MY MOM PICKED ME AND DAD SAID YES THAT'S GOOD... I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY SISTER IS... THERE'S NO WAY OF FINDING OUT." THE ING FAMILY SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE IN THE LATE 1940S, AND HAROLD SR. OWNS AND OPERATES THE NEW MOON CAFE AND TWO GROCERIES, WHICH ARE RUN BY THE FAMILY AND NEW CHINESE IMMIGRANTS THAT HAROLD SR. SPONSORED. "AT APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS OLD [MY FATHER] INTRODUCED ME TO THE NEW MOON CAFE, AND I WAS A BUSBOY AT THE AGE OF FIVE... IN 1951 HE SHOWED ME MY FIRST HUNDRED DOLLAR BILL... BECAUSE HE WAS THE OWNER... HE'D WAKE UP AT FIVE IN THE MORNING TO GO TO THE CAFE, OFF AND ON TO THE GROCERY STORE AND MIGHT BE DONE AT EIGHT AT NIGHT, SUPPER AND IMMEDIATELY TO CHINATOWN [FOR] GAMBLING, PUTTING DOWN MAH JONG." HAROLD JR. ATTENDED WESTMINISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DURING THE DAY, AND CHINESE SCHOOL AT THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE IN THE EVENINGS - HIS FATHER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE, AND THE ORGANIZATION RAN THE SCHOOL, CULTURAL CELEBRATIONS, FILM SCREENINGS, AND BANQUETS, FUNDED BY MEMBERSHIP FEES. HAROLD'S YOUNGER BROTHER, CALVIN, "GOT SENT TO A BOARDING SCHOOL SOMEWHERE. HE WAS GIFTED, BUT HE HAD A BYPASS SURGERY, HE HAD SOMETHING WRONG WITH HIS HEART. HE COULDN'T HANDLE PUBLIC SCHOOL, SO THEY SENT HIM TO B.C." AFTER HIGH SCHOOL AND A BRIEF STINT IN CALGARY, HAROLD JR. RAN ING'S GROCERY FOR HIS FATHER, AND IN THE LATE 1960S AND EARLY 70S ALSO WORKED AS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND A SALESMAN AT SEARS. BOTH HAROLD SR. AND MYRA ING PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S, AND THE OBJECTS ENCOMPASSING DONATION P19950073001-231 WERE COLLECTED FROM THE FAMILY HOME. FOR A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, COPIES OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND WRITTEN DETAILS ON THE CHINESE NATIONAL LEAGUE, SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950073230
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-11
- Collection
- Museum