Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

STEEL, LEATHER, GLASS

No. Pieces

2

Height

3.2

Length

14.9

Width

8.0

Description

PAINTED RED. LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE. "DISCARD JAN. 1960" PRINTED ON SIDE. METAL PLATE RIVETED TO BACK OF HEAD LAMP "EXCEL LIGHT, 4179". THUMB SCREW "ON/OFF" KNOB.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

USED BY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN FIRE FIGHTING OPERATIONS.

Catalogue Number

P19641359000

Acquisition Date

1964-12

Collection

Museum

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Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SIDE-LIFT TUBULAR TYPE

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

GLASS, CHROMED METAL

No. Pieces

2

Height

48.3

Diameter

15.0

Description

RED GLASS GLOBE. FITTED WITH A BARRICADE CAGE OF CHROMED TIN, EMBOSSED IN 2 PLACES: "DIETZ". BASE, CHROMED & EMBOSSED: "DIETZ KING" "FIRE DEPT.". KEROSENE TYPE

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

CARRIED ON LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT AMBULANCE. MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN CARRIED ONOTHER FIRE FIGHTING VEHICLES. REF TO P196413590000-GA FOR GIFT CERTIFICATE.

Catalogue Number

P19739474000

Acquisition Date

1964-12

Collection

Museum

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Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SIDE LIFT TUBULAR TYPE

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

GLASS, CHROMED METAL

No. Pieces

2

Height

45.8

Diameter

13.3

Description

CLEAR GLASS GLOBE, EMBOSSED: "MADE IN CANADA". FITTED WITH A BARRICADE CAGE OF CHROMED TIN, EMBOSSED IN 2 PLACES "DIETZ". BASE OF CHROMED TIM, EMBOSSED "DIETZ KING" "FIRE DEPT.". CHROME PLATING WORN OFF IN PATCHES. KEROSENE OPERATED.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

EXCEPT GLOBE-CANADA (PROBABLY A REPLACEMENT LENS) ORIGINALLY CARRIED ON LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT STEAM PUMP TRUCK NO. 1 (E.G. AMERICAN LA FRANCE TYPE 12).

Catalogue Number

P19739463000

Acquisition Date

1973-11

Collection

Museum

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Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

VEHICLE SEARCH LIGHT

Date Range From

1975

Date Range To

1985

Materials

CHROME, GLASS, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

2

Height

21.5

Length

42.5

Diameter

17.4

Description

.1 CHROME SHALLOW CONICAL-SHAPED LAMP HEAD WITH SMALL BULB INSIDE. GLASS COVER MARKED "GE"; PLATE AT SIDE OF HOUSING READS "UNITY MFG. CO. CHGO. U.S.A UNITY MODEL S6". CHROME SHAFT EXTENDS FROM ONE SIDE OF LAMP HEAD, WITH STEEL END. 39.5CM (L). .2 HANDLE. BLACK PLASTIC KNOB HANDLE WITH BRASS FERRULE JOINING CHROME FITTING FOR SHAFT. FITTING HAS HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL HOLE FOR INSERTING SHAFT; TIGHTENS BY MEANS OF PERPENDICULAR SCREW ON EXTERIOR. BACK OF INTERIOR CHROME DEVICE HAS GEARS WHICH ENABLE SEARCHLIGHT TO BE TURNED BY MEANS OF BLACK HANDLE. BLACK PLASTIC-COATED WIRE EXTENDS FROM SIDE OF HANDLE, 82.4CM(L). NO MARKINGS.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

HAND POINTED, VEHICLE-BASED SPOT LIGHT. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME DONATED BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES. FOR A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19960112001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH CURRENT AND FORMER LETHBRIDGE POLICE, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960112000.

Catalogue Number

P19960112051

Acquisition Date

1996-12

Collection

Museum

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Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

FIRE STATION LAMP

Date

1919

Materials

BRASS, GLASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

80.0

Diameter

17.5

Description

THE LAMP HAS AN EXTERIOR COLOR OF SILVER. IT IS QUITE TALL AND NARROW WITH A LIGHTBULB ON THE TOP, BUT NO SHADE. THERE IS AN ORNAMENTAL DECORATION AT THE VERY TOP THAT IS SCREWED ON. ON THE SIDE OF THE LAMP, THERE IS A WRITTEN DEDICATION WHICH STATES, "PRESENTED TO W.D.L. HARDIE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFTEY BY OFFICERS & MEMBERS OF THE LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE COMPLETE NOTORIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OCT. 1919."

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

COMMEMORATIVE

History

THIS LAMP WAS GIFT TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF LETHBRIDGE W.D.L. HARDIE UPON THE NOTORIZATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1919. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE ASSOCIATED WITH LETHBRIDGE MAYOR W. D. L. HARDIE, THE ORIGINAL RECIPIENT OF THIS ARTIFACT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF W. D. L. HARDIE WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM A TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM THE JUNE 16, 1942 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. WILLIAM DUNCAN LIVINGSTONE HARDIE WAS BORN NEAR EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND IN 1862, AND THE FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO OHIO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN 1885 HARDIE MARRIED MARGARET KIRTLEY, AND THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN: IANTHE, AGNES, E.W., JESSE, AND INZOLA. HARDIE FIRST CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1889, WHEN HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GALT NO. 1 MINE. AFTER FOUR YEARS HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES, WORKING FOR MINING COMPANIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, TENNESSEE, AND ALABAMA BEFORE RETURNING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1896 AS SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTHWEST COAL & NAVIGATION COMPANY. IN 1910 HARDIE LEFT THE GALT-OWNED COMPANY AND WORKED AS THE MANAGER OF THE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY UNTIL 1912, WHEN HE RAN FOR AND WON THE OFFICE OF LETHBRIDGE MAYOR. HARDIE SERVED AS MAYOR UNTIL 1928, WHEN HE WAS REPLACED BY ROBERT BARROWMAN. IN 1930 HARDIE HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL RUN FOR THE LETHBRIDG SEAT IN THE PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION. HARDIE WAS ACTIVE WITH THE LETHBRIDGE MASONS, THE ALBERTA UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES, AND HAD AN AVID INTEREST IN ASTROLOGY. HARDIEVILLE, THE FORMER HAMLET NORTHEAST OF LETHBRIDGE THAT WAS ANNEXED BY THE CITY IN 1978, WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. W. D. L. HARDIE DIED ON JUNE 16, 1942. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19880033000-GA FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIALS.

Catalogue Number

P20020001000

Acquisition Date

2002-04

Collection

Museum

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Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HALLIGAN RESCUE TOOL / HALLIGAN BAR

Date Range From

1985

Date Range To

2015

Materials

STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

14.5

Length

76.0

Width

17.4

Description

STEEL HALLIGAN RESCUE TOOL / HALLIGAN BAR / CROWBAR. SILVER COLOURED METAL. ONE END HAS A CLAW WITH A RECESSED NAIL PULLER, WHILE THE OTHER END HAS A DUCKBILL BLADE (OR ADZE) AND A PICK. THE CLAW IS 17.4CM LONG AND IS EMBOSSED WITH: "PARATECH USA 017120 C I" (THE 'C' IS ACTUALLY A COPYRIGHT SYMBOL). THE HANDLE PORTION OF THE TOOL HAS TWO GRIPS, ONE NEAR THE CLAW AND THE SECOND NEAR THE BLADE AND PICK. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE BLADE IS EMBOSSED WITH: "PARATECH USA 017038 C K" (AGAIN, THE 'C' IS A COPYRIGHT SYMBOL). STAMPED INTO THE HANDLE, TO THE CLAW SIDE OF THE MIDDLE, IS "AMR 7" OVERALL IN FAIR TO GOOD CONDITION. THE BLADE AND PICK ARE VERY RUSTY. THE BLADE HAS A SMALL DENT. THE RUST ON THE BLADE AND PICK IS WORSE, BUT THE CLAW END IS ALSO VERY RUSTED. SURFACE RUST ALL OVER THE HANDLE.

Subjects

MULTIPLE USE ARTIFACTS

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

History

THIS HALLIGAN RESCUE TOOL / HALLIGAN BAR / CROWBAR WAS USED BY THE LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED AT THE TIME OF DONATION, JESSE KURTZ, DEPUTY CHIEF – SUPPORT SERVICES (RETIRED), EXPLAINED THAT THE HALLIGAN TOOL IS A “FORCIBLE ENTRY OR EXIT TOOL USED TO FORCE ENTRY INTO A BUILDING AND ALSO USED FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO FORCE ENTRY OUT OF A BUILDING WHEN STRAPPED. THIS ONE IS STEEL; [NOW] WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE MADE OF TITANIUM AND ARE MUCH LIGHTER.” IN THE SUMMER OF 2015, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN, CONDUCTED A SERIES OF INTERVIEWS WITH CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING: CLIFF “CHARLIE” BROWN (HIRED IN 1966, RETIRED 2004), RAYMOND “RAY” PETIT (HIRED 1965, RETIRED 1998), AND TREVOR LAZENBY (HIRED IN 1994). BROWN CALLED IT “JUST ANOTHER FANCY PRY BAR … [THAT] WAS [ON THE TRUCK] WHEN I LEFT.” PETIT AGREED, CALLING IT “A BREAK IN TOOL. IF YOU WANT TO BREAK INTO A HOUSE … CRASH A DOOR, WINDOWS, PRY A DOOR OPEN, JUST A NICE TOOL … I CALL IT THE HOUSE BREAKING TOOLS.” LAZENBY EXPANDED: “THIS GETS USED ALL THE TIME … WHEN IT COMES TO … FORCIBLE ENTRY AND FINDING A MEANS OF EGRESS AND NEEDING A TOOL OF CHOICE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE GO-TO TOOL. YOU CAN PUNCTURE, YOU CAN PRY, YOU CAN BREAK … THERE’S JUST SO MANY USES FOR THIS.” HE CONTINUED: “THE ONLY DRAWBACK WITH THE … OLDER GENERATION HALLIGAN BARS WAS JUST THE FACT THAT THEY WERE JUST SO HEAVY, BUT THE NEWER GENERATION ARE TITANIUM, AND GROSSLY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THAT, AND SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF TITANIUM MODELS BUT OVERALL WE STILL HAVE STEEL ONES ON THE TRUCK FOR THE MOST PART, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WE STILL USE ALL THE TIME. IT COMES OFF THE TRUCK CONSTANTLY.” LAZENBY CONTINUED FURTHER, RELAYING AN INSTANCE WHEN THE HALLIGAN WAS VERY USEFUL: “WE RESPONDED ON AN EMS CALL FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS UNABLE TO ANSWER THE DOOR BECAUSE OF THEIR CONDITION. SO WHEN WE ROLLED UP TO THE HOUSE, THEY HAD A MASSIVE BLACK WROUGHT IRON GATE. IT WAS A SECURITY GATE THAT WAS BOLTED TO THE FRONT OF THAT STRUCTURE OVER THE FRONT DOOR AND WE HAD NO ACCESS, THE WINDOWS WERE BARRED AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE HAD NO ACCESS INTO THAT STRUCTURE … WE GRABBED WHAT WE NOW KNOW AS THE ‘SET OF IRONS’ AND I HAD THE FLAT HEAD AXE AND MY PARTNER TOOK THE HALLIGAN TOOL AND WE SLIPPED THE FORK IN OVER TOP OF THE BOLTS THAT WERE BEING USED AROUND BASICALLY THE BRICK MOLDING THE FRAME OF THE DOOR AND I STRUCK THE BLADE END UP HERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY FORCE THE FORK DOWN UNDERNEATH THE BOLT, BETWEEN THE BOLT AND THE WOOD, AND ONE QUICK PRY AND … WE POPPED FOUR BOLTS OFF IN LESS THAN SIXTY SECONDS AND WE WERE INSIDE THE HOUSE. SO I KIND OF WONDERED UP UNTIL THAT POINT ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY OF IT, BECAUSE IT’S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO GO AROUND BREAKING THINGS, AND IT UNDERSCORED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE USES AND HOW EFFICIENT THAT TOOL IS ON THE FIRE GROUND. AND NOT JUST FOR FIRE CALLS, BUT THAT WAS AN EMS RUN … VERY USEFUL.” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Catalogue Number

P20150010004

Acquisition Date

2015-02

Collection

Museum

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Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

R.C.M.P COMMEMORATIVE

Date

1973

Materials

ROSEWOOD, STEEL, GOLD PLATE

No. Pieces

1

Length

109.8

Width

21.5

Description

WOOD & GOLD PLATE HANDLE , STAINLESS STEEL BLADE. HANDLE HAS R.C.M.P. CREST. BLADE IS INSCRIBED WITH SCENES & SYMBOLS OF N.W.M.P., R.C.M.P. HISTORY & ALSO WILKINSON (MAKER) CREST. NUMBERED ON REVERSE OF BLADE NR. HILT, "CO 388".

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

ARMAMENT-EDGED

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

SAFETY SERVICES

History

MADE BY WILKINSON FOR CENTENNIAL OF ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE IN 1973. ONLY 1000 MADE, EACH IS NUMBERED ON BLADE. ENGRAVED SCENES WERE PRODUCED FOR WILKINSON BY ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE ARTIST, STAFF SGT. PAUL SEDERBURG. BASED ON TRADITIONAL CLAYMORE SWORD IT BEARS NO RELATION TO SWORDS HISTORICALLY WORN BY THE FORCE, MADE AS OFFICIAL SOUVENIR ONLY. ACQUIRED BY DONOR WHEN OWNER COLIN CAMPBELL, A LETHBRIDGE COLLECTOR DIED. WILLIAM HERBERT SCORESBY SKELTON WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON 6 APRIL 1920. HIS PARENTS WERE MARION SCORESBY SKELTON AND HERBERT SCORESBY SKELTON. EDUCATED LOCALLY, MR. SKELTON WORKED AT THE DOMINION EXPERIMENTAL FARM (NOW THE LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE) FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A REPORTER WITH THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD IN 1943. AFTER FIVE YEARS AT THE NEWSPAPER, HE BECAME NEWS DIRECTOR AT RADIO STATION CJOC ON 15 FEBRUARY 1948. DURING HIS FIRST TWO YEARS AT THE RADIO STATION, MR. SKELTON WAS THE ONLY EMPLOYEE IN THE NEWS DEPARTMENT. MR. SKELTON ORGANIZED THE FIRST FULL-TIME NEWS DEPARTMENT AT THE RADIO STATION AND WAS NEWS DIRECTOR FOR THE JOINT RADIO – TELEVISION OPERATIONS OF SELKIRK COMMUNICATIONS IN LETHBRIDGE AND SOUTHERN ALBERTA. BY THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT IN APRIL 1978, CJOC HAD EIGHT EMPLOYEES IN THE NEWS DEPARTMENT. WILLIAM SKELTON MARRIED MARY THERESA FRANCIS IN SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH, LETHBRIDGE ON 3 AUGUST 1957. THE COUPLE DID NOT HAVE CHILDREN. DURING HIS LIFE MR. SKELTON WAS VERY ACTIVE AS A VOLUNTEER WITH MANY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS: THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA BOY SCOUT COUNCIL, WINSTON CHURCHILL HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL, THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION, LETHBRIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM, YWCA BUILDING FUND DRIVE, 1975 CANADA WINTER GAMES PROTOCOL COMMITTEE, LETHBRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 1981 ALBERTA SUMMER GAMES, PUBLIC RELATIONS ADVISOR FOR THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE JAYCEES, SOUTHERN ALBERTA COUNCIL ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND THE LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT UNITED WAY, AMONG OTHERS. HE ALSO VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES WITH LETHBRIDGE OVERTURE CONCERTS, THE ALBERTA MOTOR ASSOCIATION, LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT JAPANESE GARDEN SOCIETY AND THE LOCAL BRANCH OF THE COMMITTEE FOR AN INDEPENDENT CANADA. WILLIAM SKELTON DIED ON 13 JULY 1998, AGE 78, AND IS BURIED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY IN LETHBRIDGE. MARY THERESA SKELTON (NEE FRANCIS) WAS THE DAUGHTER OF DR. AND MRS. JAMES R. FRANCIS AND THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF REVEREND JAMES ROBERTSON D.D., A FORMER MODERATOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN CANADA. A TEACHER AT LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FROM 1945 UNTIL HER RETIREMENT, MARY SKELTON WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. MRS. SKELTON WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN; THE SENIOR HIGH NOVELS, NON-FICTION AND DRAMA AD HOC CURRICULUM COMMITTEE OF ALBERTA EDUCATION; THE LETHBRIDGE SENIOR CITIZENS ORGANIZATION; AND A DRIVER FOR LETHBRIDGE MEALS ON WHEELS. MRS. SKELTON WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM DURING THE TIME OF THE MUSEUM’S FIRST RENOVATION AND EXPANSION IN 1983-1985. MARY SKELTON DIED ON 23 AUGUST 2000, AGE 80, AND IS BURIED BESIDE HER HUSBAND IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY. [SOURCES: THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, VARIOUS ISSUES; WHO’S WHO IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA 1988-1989 (HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTRE, 1989) PAGES 739-740] *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF THIS ARTIFACT'S ORIGINAL COLLECTOR, COLIN CAMPBELL, FROM INFORMATION IN THE GALT ARCHIVES AND HIS LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY. COLIN CAMPBELL WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 20, 1903 IN SCOTLAND, AND CAME TO CANADA IN 1911, SETLLING IN EDMONTON. HE WAS COMMISSIONED A 2ND LIEUTENANT IN THE EDMONTON FUSILIERS IN 1936, AND SERVED OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR II WITH THE SASKATOON LIGHT INFANTRY. IN THE EARLY 1950S CAMPBELL MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT FOR STERN'S FURNITURE. CAMPBELL WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS AND THE ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION NO. 4, WHICH HE MANAGED. HE WAS THE NEIGHBOUR OF THE DONORS, BILL AND MARY SKELTON. COLIN CAMPBELL DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 2, 1979. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19910064001 FOR HARDCOPY OF CAMPBELL'S OBITUARY.

Catalogue Number

P19900007021

Acquisition Date

1991-02

Collection

Museum

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Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PORTABLE ULTRAVIOLET SET

Date

1944

Materials

METAL, GLASS, VINYL, PAPER

No. Pieces

7

Height

40.8

Diameter

20.2

Description

CIRCULAR METAL BASE WITH ELECTRIC CORD. UPPER PORTION OF THE LAMP CONSISTS OF 2 METAL RODS THAT FORM 3 SIDES OF RECTANGLE BEFORE CONNECTING TO A BASE. BETWEEN THE RODS IS A METAL HALF CYLINDER SHADE BEHIND A GLASS TUBE/BULB. DIAL ON BASE RANGES FROM 1-6 MINUTES. MODEL NAME IS SUN KRAFT. OPERATING & SAFETY INSTRUCTION ON METAL PLATE ATTACHED TO BASE. A NOTE REGARDING SAFETY APPROVAL BY THE CANADIAN ENGINEERING STANDARDS ASSOCIATION IS LOCATED ON A PAPER LABEL BELOW THE BULB CASE, 22.3 X 43.4 CM. IS MADE OF VINYL WITH BLACK HANDLE. CLASP ON FRONT. BACK HAS 2 HINGES, 4 RUBBER PROTECTORS ON BOTTOM. .1 UV LAMP, HANDLE MOUNTED ON REVERSE REFLECTOR. REFLECTOR SWIVEL MOUNTED AT BOTTOM. .2 UV GOGGLES, BROWN CLOTH MASK GREEN PLASTIC LENSES AND BLACK FRAMES. GREEN CLOTH BANDS. GREEN TRIM ON MASK. .3 HINGED LATCH ON FRONT STAMPED "MADE IN U.S.A.". .4 PAPER MANUAL "HOW TO USE YOUR SUN CRAFT" OPERATIONAL MANUAL. BLUE COVER WITH WHITE TEXT. .5 NOTICE SHEET, "AUTOMATICTIME-SWITCH CONTROL". SINGLE PINK SHEET SHOWS MINOR SOILING. .6 FOLDED ADVERTISMENT SHEET "SUN KRAFT QUARTS ULTRAVIOLET LAMP MODEL "A-1", "$98.00". .7 SINGLE FOLD ADVERTISEMENT SHEET "ULTRAVIOLET RAY HEALTH BUILDER" WHITE COVER WITHE BLACK TEXT. PAPER SHOWS STAINING.

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

THE FOLLOWING NARRATIVE WAS SUBMITTED BY PAT DE BOER TO THE GALT IN 2009. MY DAD PURCHASED THIS MEDICAL DEVICE SOMETIME BETWEEN 1945 AND 1949. IF HE BOUGHT IT IN 1945, HE WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN LIVING ON THE FARM AT GRANUM AND IT WAS NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE SALESMEN DRIVE INTO THE YARD SELLING ALL SORTS OF THINGS. IF HE BOUGHT IT BETWEEN 1946 AND 1949 HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIVING IN VANCOUVER AND I AM GUESSING THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN PURCHASED FROM A SALESMAN THAT CAME TO THE HOUSE. THESE MEDICAL DEVICES WERE USUALLY “GUARANTEED” TO CURE ALMOST ANYTHING BUT I THINK THAT DAD WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT TO HELP WITH HIS BRONCHITIS. THE HIGH HUMIDITY IN VANCOUVER WAS HARD ON HIS LUNGS. I DON’T EVER REMEMBER SEEING DAD USE IT, ALTHOUGH I AM SURE HE DID (AT LEAST IN VANCOUVER). WE MOVED TO PENTICTON, BC IN 1949 WHERE IT WAS MUCH DRIER AND I DON’T HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF HIM USING IT THERE EITHER, ALTHOUGH I THINK HE PROBABLY DID, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE FIRST MOVED. I CAN REMEMBER, THOUGH, THAT I WAS ALLOWED TO “PLAY” WITH IT ON THE ODD OCCASION, AS LONG AS MY MOTHER SUPERVISED. I REMEMBER FEELING VERY GROWN UP WHEN I WAS ALLOWED TO PUT ON THE GOGGLES AND HAVE THE LIGHT SHINING ON ME BECAUSE I FELT I WAS RECEIVING A “WONDERFUL ADULT HEALING PROCEDURE”. IT WAS KEPT IN THE CLOSET OVER THE STAIRS FOR AS LONG AS THEY WERE IN PENTICTON AND BROUGHT WITH THEM WHEN THEY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1962. AFTER THEY MOVED, IT WAS PUT IN A CLOSET AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT. MY DAD DIED IN 1975 AND MOM STAYED IN THE HOUSE UNTIL SHE DIED IN 1980. MY OLDEST DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND MOVED INTO THE HOUSE AFTER MOM DIED AND THE “MARVELOUS MEDICAL MACHINE” REMAINED IN STORAGE UNTIL MY DAUGHTER AND HER HUSBAND MOVED INTO THEIR OWN HOUSE IN COALDALE. WE CLOSED MOM AND DAD’S HOUSE DOWN IN 1983 AND THE MACHINE WAS GIVEN TO THE GALT MUSEUM AT THAT TIME. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY MOM NEVER GOT RID OF THIS ITEM. THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS THAT MY MOTHER WAS A GREAT SAVER AND VERY RARELY EVER DISPOSED OF ANYTHING BECAUSE “YOU MIGHT NEED IT ONE DAY”.

Catalogue Number

P19830018000

Acquisition Date

1983-04

Collection

Museum

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