UNIFORM, POLICE
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- Other Name
- R.N.W.M.P. BOOTS
- Date Range From
- 1908
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEATHER, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19672564004
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- R.N.W.M.P. BOOTS
- Date Range From
- 1908
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Date
- 1908
- Materials
- LEATHER, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 37.8
- Length
- 27.8
- Width
- 10.1
- Description
- LEATHER LACED INSTEP & UPPER, BROWN, LEATHER SOLE & RIDING HEEL. LACED AT REAR & FRONT. SIDE LACING DECORATIVE. GUSSET AT FRONT ABOVE LACES. CLOTH PULL TABS INSIDE NR. TOP. PULL TABS ON INSIDE ARE STRIPED. INSTEP LACES MISSING. BOTTOM OF HEELS READ "ITS". SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-FOOTWEAR
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- BOOT BASED ON STRATHCONA PATTERN ALTHOUGH NOT CONSISTENT WITH 1901 ISSUE. OTHER PATTERNS WERE TRIED. SEE P19672564001-GA FOR HISTORY & REFERENCES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19672564004
- Acquisition Date
- 1967-03
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- PAIR RCMP BOOTS
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEATHER, RUBBER, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19970073008
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PAIR RCMP BOOTS
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- LEATHER, RUBBER, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 42.2
- Length
- 29.9
- Width
- 10.3
- Description
- PAIR LIGHT BROWN LEATHER CALF-HIGH RIDING BOOTS. LACES UP FRONT TO MID-CALF, AND AT TOP PORTION OF OUTER SIDES. LACE IS MISSING FROM RIGHT BOOT; VERY BRITTLE AND BROKEN NEAR LOWER EYELETS OF LEFT BOOT. PRESSED PAPER SOLES WITH RUBBER HEELS MARKED "GOOD YEAR". BOOTS ARE CREASED FROM WEAR. PIECE OF LACE IS DETACHED AND STORED SEPARATELY.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-FOOTWEAR
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- BELONGED TO E.D. WHITE, REG. #21698; FEB. 21, 1941. ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE ISSUE. SEE P19970073001-8-GA FOR RELATED PIECES AND P19970073001-GA FOR MORE INFO. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING ITEMS, INCLUDING SEVERAL ITEMS DONATED BY THE LEGION. EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE RCMP HISTORY SECTION GAVE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: THE SERIAL NUMBER 21698 DOES NOT BELONG TO E.D. WHITE. IT BELONGED TO AN RCMP OFFICER WHO SERVED BETWEEN 1961-1997. NO RCMP MEMBER WITH THE LAST NAME "WHITE" AND INITIALS "E.D." WERE FOUND WITHIN THE RCMP RECORDS. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970073008
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-08
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- R.C.M.P. ANKLE BOOTS
- Date Range From
- 1944
- Date Range To
- 1952
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEATHER, CANVAS, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P20020021003
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- R.C.M.P. ANKLE BOOTS
- Date Range From
- 1944
- Date Range To
- 1952
- Materials
- LEATHER, CANVAS, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 17.5
- Length
- 30.3
- Width
- 10.8
- Description
- PAIR OF BLACK LEATHER ANKLE BOOTS. BLACK SHOELACES. AT TOP OF EACH BOOT ON INSIDE OF ANKLE THE LETTERS "MP" ARE PERFORATED INTO LEATHER. STAMPED INSIDE EACH BOOT IS "E 80 1450 A I". BOOTS HAVE BROWN LEATHER SOLES. EMBOSSED ON HEEL OF BOOTS IS "WINGFOOT GOOD YEAR".
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-FOOTWEAR
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, EDWARD BUCHANAN. EDWARD WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE FROM 1919 UNTIL 1932, WHEN HE TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. HE WAS A SENIOR STAFF SARGEANT, ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE AT LETHBRIDGE FROM MAY 1944 TO NOV. 1950. HE RETIRED IN 1950, THEN BECAME DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. FOLLOWING RETIREMENT, EDWARD BECAME A MEMBER OF THE RCMP VETERAN'S ASSOCATION IN EDMONTON IN 1950/51, AND REMAINED A MEMBER UNTIL HIS PASSING; HE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THIS ASSOCIATION. SEE P20020090001-GA FOR COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD BUCHANAN. *UPDATE* AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY GALT’S COLLECTION TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN ON JUNE 8, 2018 WITH THE DONOR JEAN I. BUCHANAN IN REGARDS TO A NEW ARTIFACT OFFER SHE WAS MAKING TO THE MUSEUM. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P20180014001 FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CAREER OF SENIOR STAFF SERGEANT EDWARD ETTERSHANK “BUCK” BUCHANAN, INCLUDING FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND THE OBITUARY COPY.
- Catalogue Number
- P20020021003
- Acquisition Date
- 2002-11
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CHROMED METAL, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19739467000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1920
- Materials
- CHROMED METAL, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 33.0
- Diameter
- 16.2
- Description
- CAPACITY APPROXIMATELY ONE GALLON. SWINGING HANDLE, DETACHABLE SPOUT (SCREW BASE), AND A SLIP ON SPOUT CAP ATTACHED TO HANDLE WITH A CHAIN. "1" PAINTED ON CAN SIDE, IN TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. CAN EXHIBITS WORN CHROME PLATING SEVERAL SHALLOW DENTS, AND A LEAKING BASE SEAM. A SPOT WELD REPAIR IS ON THE BASE SEAM. CAN USED TO OIL THE SEALS ON A STEAM PUMPER.
- Subjects
- METALWORKING T&E
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- CARRIED ON LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT STEAM PUMP TRUCK #1, AN AMERICAN-LA FRANCE TYPE 12. REF TO P19739463000-GA. PUMP TRUCK NO. 1.
- Catalogue Number
- P19739467000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-11
- Collection
- Museum