ADAPTER, BARREL
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact13043
- Other Name
- HANDGUN CONVERSION BARREL W/ CASE, “SIMUNITION”
- Date Range From
- 1999
- Date Range To
- 2009
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, CARDBOARD, FOAM
- Catalogue Number
- P20100050004
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- HANDGUN CONVERSION BARREL W/ CASE, “SIMUNITION”
- Date Range From
- 1999
- Date Range To
- 2009
- Materials
- STEEL, CARDBOARD, FOAM
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Height
- 3.25
- Length
- 19
- Width
- 9.25
- Description
- .A – RECTANGULAR CARDBOARD LID, PRINTED IN BLACK, WHITE AND RED. TEXT ALONG THE TOP READS “SIMUNITION – DIVISION OF SNC INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. – CONVERSION KIT S&W 594X SERIE – FOR USE IN MILITARY/LAW ENFORCEMENT – TRAINING UNDER DIRECTION OF QUALIFIED INSTRUCTOR – CQT FX”. “UBJ 9746” IS WRITTEN ON TOP IN BLACK PEN. EDGES OF LID HAVE MINOR WEAR. OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. 3.25 X 19 X 9.25 .B – RECTUANGULAR SHEET OF GREY FOAM, WITH SEMI-CIRCLE SHAPE CUT INTO ONE LONG EDGE. OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. 1 X 18 X 8.5 .C – HOLLOW STEEL CYLINDER, TAPERED AT ONE END WITH A MOLDED TRIANGULAR SHAPE AT THE OPPOSITE END. STAMPED WITH TEXT READING “S&W 594X SNCSC 0392-06 – WARNING: FX AND CQT AMMO ONLY – NO STD AMMO”. MINOR OXIDATION ON STEEL; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. 2 X 11.5 X 2.25 .D – RECTANGULAR CARDBOARD BOX BASE WITH FOAM-LINED INSIDE. FOAM HAS RECESSED CAVITY RESEMBLING THE IRREGULAR SHAPE OF .C. OUTSIDE OF BOX IS WORN ALONG BOTTOM AND HAS BROWN STAIN ON ONE SIDE. OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION. 3.5 X 18.5 X 9
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- THIS SIMUNITION BARREL CONVERSION KIT WAS USED BY THE LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL POLICE TACTICAL UNIT DURING TRAINING PROCEDURES. SERGEANT GEORGE CARSCADDEN, WHO SERVED WITH THE LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL POLICE TACTICAL UNIT FROM 1999 TO 2012, DESCRIBED THE USE OF THIS BARREL CONVERTER AS SUCH: “THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN BOUGHT FOR THE TEAM EARLIER ON WHEN THEY HAD SMITH AND WESSON [PISTOLS]… [SIMUNITION IS] A PAINT PELLET ROUND, BUT SMALLER, AND FITS INTO YOUR PISTOL AND OPERATES SIMILAR LIKE A BULLET WOULD. IT MAKES A SOUND, AND EJECTS THE ROUND, AND FIRES A PAINT PELLET PROJECTILE [THAT] LEAVES A RED OR BLUE MARKING ON THE INDIVIDUAL TO INDICATE WHERE YOU WERE HIT. THAT WAY IT MAKES IT MORE REALISTIC WHEN DEALING WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF SCENARIOS FOR THE OFFICERS AND FOR THE BAD GUYS [KNOWN AS QUARRY IN TRAINING PROCEDURES]. AS WE GOT MORE OF THESE [SIMUNITION CONVERTERS], WE WOULD THEN GIVE SIMUNITION TO THE BAD GUYS. AT THE BEGINNING, IT WAS US, THE TACTICAL TEAM OPERATORS, THAT WOULD HAVE THEM, AND THE QUARRIES WOULD NOT… IT WAS GOOD FOR [QUARRIES] TO HAVE IT, BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THE OFFICER MAY HAVE… TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AS WELL, SO IT IS REALLY GOOD ADVANCED TRAINING FOR TEACHING [OFFICERS] HIGHER LEVEL SKILL… A PERSON [WHO IS] RUNNING AROUND, OR MOVING, TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT THEM – THIS SHOWS THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THAT. IT’S A GREAT ADVANCEMENT IN TRAINING.” ON JULY 28, 2015 COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED SGT. CARSCADDEN ABOUT HIS SERVICE WITH THE LRPS TACTICAL UNIT. CARSCADDEN SAID: “FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WENT AS A QUARRY… ALL DIFFERENT SPECIALTY UNITS THAT HAVE SOME KIND OF TACTICAL SCENARIO LIKE TO HAVE QUARRIES TO [HELP TRAIN THEM] TO DO THEIR JOB BETTER, SO I THOUGHT ‘I’LL GO WORK AS A QUARRY TO SHOW THEM I’M INTERESTED’. A QUARRY IS GENERALLY A BAD GUY – YOU PRETEND YOU’RE HIDING, OR MOVING OR YELLING OR RUNNING AWAY AND TRYING TO EVADE THEM, AND THEY ARE TRYING TO CAPTURE YOU… IT TOOK A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH… IN THE MOVEMENT OF THE TEAM THAT THERE WERE [POSITIONS OPEN]… THERE IS A PHYSICAL, AND INTERVIEW, SOME TESTS… I WENT THROUGH AND STUDIED, AND DID THE BEST THAT I COULD… MAKING SURE YOU ARE IN GOOD PHYSICAL SHAPE BECAUSE YOU ARE CARRYING AN EXTRA 50 POUNDS OF GEAR… THAT’S JUST THE GEAR THAT YOU ARE CARRYING ON YOURSELF, NOT A RAM OR DIFFERENT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU MIGHT BE MOVING INTO PLACE FOR DIFFERENT TACTICS… I WAS AROUND 35 [YEARS OLD]. I WAS AN OLDER GUY APPLYING FOR THIS POSITION, BUT I WAS IN GOOD SHAPE AND HAD SOME GOOD EXPERIENCES THAT MADE ME COMPETITIVE, SO I DON’T THINK YOUR AGE TAKES YOU OUT OF THE EQUATION IF YOU ARE REALLY DETERMINED.” CARSCADDEN CONTINUED: “I’VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT POSITIONS WITHIN [THE TACTICAL] UNIT… I STARTED OFF AS AN ASSAULTER… THE PERSON WHO CARRIES ALL THE GEAR, SO YOU’RE IN THE BACK… THE LAST PERSON THAT COMES IN. IT’S A GOOD POSITION TO START OFF WITH. IT MAKES IT SAFER FOR WHEN YOU’RE GOING INTO THESE HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENTS… FROM THERE I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE OBSERVER, THEN A SNIPER, THEN FROM THERE… A BREECHER. SO YOU ARE BREECHING DOORS AND WINDOWS. [THEN] I WENT TO THE FRONT OF THE TACTICAL LINE-UP, WHICH IS THE SCOUT… THEN THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT I WAS ON THE TACTICAL TEAM, I WAS THE PERSON IN CHARGE, THE TEAM LEADER… AND I WAS RUNNING OPERATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CANINE UNIT AND OUR EXPLOSIVES DISPOSAL UNIT… THE TRAINING IS REALLY GOOD. [THE TEAM] TRAINS EVERY TWO WEEKS, AND DO LOTS OF MOVEMENTS AND SHOOTING AND TACTICS. IT’S A PERISHABLE SKILL, THAT IF YOU DON’T REPEAT AND PRACTICE IT ALL THE TIME, IT DIMINISHES… PRACTICE IS IMPORTANT. IT ALLOWS YOU TO BE BETTER AT YOUR GAME... YOU NEED TO HAVE A MINDSET [OF] BEING NOT ONLY PHYSICALLY TOUGH, BUT MENTALLY TOUGH, WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THINGS IN A HIGH-RISK ENVIRONMENT… YOU’VE GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DRIVE TO GET YOU THROUGH THINGS.” CARSCADDEN CONCLUDED: “ONE OF THE THINGS I’M PROUD OF ON THE TACTICAL SIDE IS THAT I WAS THE OFFICER WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN BRINGING LESS LETHAL CAPABILITY TO THE TEAM… [WE] MAKE THE DIFFERENCE IN SAVING SOMEBODY’S LIFE. WE HELP THEM THROUGH THAT TIME OF NEED… WE HAVE ESTABLISHED WHERE, IN THE PAST IF THAT PERSON COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SHOT AND INJURED, IF NOT FATALLY SHOT, THAT PERSON NOW CAN BE DEALT WITH A LESS LETHAL MEANS… WE ARE ABLE TO RESTRAIN, ARREST, WITH THESE LESS LETHAL CAPABILITIES. THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE FOR THEM… THE EXPERIENCES THAT I HAD IN PEEL [SHOWED ME LESS LETHAL CAPABILITIES] IN OPERATION AND HOW IT WORKED… THEY WERE ONE OF THE FIRST SERVICES IN CANADA TO HAVE THE RUBBER BULLET… WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TACTICS AND HOW YOU CAN DO IT BETTER, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I RECOGNIZED, THAT [LETHBRIDGE] COULD BRING THIS ON. IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR OUR TEAM AND OUR COMMUNITY: AS OPPOSED TO SHOOTING SOMEBODY AND STOPPING THEM THAT WAY, WE COULD USE THE [RUBBER BULLET] OR BEANBAG ROUND AND THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HELP STOP THESE PEOPLE [BUT] SAVE THEIR LIVES… IT REALLY OPENS PEOPLE’S EYES WHEN THEY SEE THAT THERE’S A LOT OF OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PUT IN PLACE FOR DIFFERENT TACTICS. AND WHEN PEOPLE SEE THERE’S ANOTHER WAY OF DOING BUSINESS, IT’S HELPFUL FOR US TO PROGRESS AND PUSH FORWARD… THESE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT ARE HERE TO ALLOW US TO KEEP THINGS CONTROLLED AND TO MAKE US DO OUR JOB BETTER… I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE INVOLVED WITH A VERY SPECIALIZED UNIT AND I’M VERY PROUD OF IT.” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.
- Catalogue Number
- P20100050004
- Acquisition Date
- 2010-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
BELT, AMMUNITION
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact8019
- Date Range From
- 1942
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19970106008
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1942
- Date Range To
- 1945
- Materials
- STEEL, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.4
- Length
- 46.6
- Width
- 5.7
- Description
- SERIES OF STEEL BRACKETS FOR AMMUNITION, LINKED INTO BAND 2.6CM W. EACH PIECE HAS EITHER "MSB1" OR "PBB1" ON SIDE. SHAPED TO HOLD BRASS BULLET SHELLS. BASE OF SHELLS STAMPED EITHER "DA 1942 VII"; "DC G IV Z 1942"; OR "DA 1943 VII", ALL WITH "C" ENCIRCLING ARROW. CORROSION ON SOME OF BRASS CASINGS.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, HERBERT T. HACKER. BORN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1910; MARRIED LINDA (NIEMAN) IN 1940. LIVED IN NEW WESTMINSTER WHEN SECOND WORLD WAR BROKE OUT. ENLISTED IN WEST COAST WESTMINSTER MOBILE REGIMENT AS AIR RAID WARDEN, THEN IN SEAFORTH REGIMENT. SENT OVERSEAS AND SERVED IN THE NETHERLANDS. WAS INJURED AND TRANSFERRED TO CALGARY HIGHLANDERS REGIMENT, 2ND DIVISION. LATER RECLASSIFIED AS ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN GERMANY 3RD DIVISION (1945). RETURNED HOME IN 1945 AND DISCHARGED IN 1946 AFTER RECOVERING FROM JAUNDIS. WORKED AT LETHBRIDGE IRONWORKS UNTIL RETIRING IN 1978. PASSED AWAY IN 1992 AT AGE 82. HAD FOUR CHILDREN: DONNA, THOMAS, JANICE, AND HEATHER.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970106008
- Acquisition Date
- 1998-09
- Collection
- Museum
Images
BOX, AMMUNITION
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact13450
- Date Range From
- 1935
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CARDBOARD, INK
- Catalogue Number
- P20190002002
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1935
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- CARDBOARD, INK
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 3
- Length
- 6.8
- Width
- 3.3
- Description
- A.CARDBOARD AMMUNITION BOX TOP, 6.8CM LONG X 3.3CM WIDE X 3CM TALL. BROWN CARDBOARD WITH PRINTED YELLOW AND BLUE LABELS ON TOP, BOTTOM, AND SIDES. TOP OF BOX HAS PRINTED TEXT “22 LONG RIFLE, SMOKELESS GREASED, CIL SUPER-CLEAN, MADE IN CANADA BY, CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED, “DOMINION” AMMUNITION DIVISION, MONTREAL, CANADA” WITH “CIL” LOGO AND IMAGE OF A BULLET ALONG TOP EDGE. FRONT OF BOX HAS BLUE TEXT ON YELLOW BACKGROUND, “THESE CARTRIDGES ARE PRIMED WITH “SUPER-CLEAN” NON-RUSTING PRIMING. IF THE RIFLE HAS FIRST BEEN THOROUGHLY CLEANED AND “DOMINION” “SUPER-CLEAN” .22’S ARE USED EXCLUSIVELY, THEY WILL NOT RUST OR CORRODE THE BORE.” BACK OF BOX HAS BLUE TEXT ON YELLOW BACKGROUND, “THESE .22” LONG-RIFLE “SUPER-CLEAN” GREASED CARTRIDGES HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY DEVELOPED FOR GAME AS WELL AS TARGET SHOOTING, AND WILL BE FOUND TO BE POWERFUL AND ACCURATE AND ALWAYS DEPENDABLE”. BOTTOM OF BOX HAS BLUE TEXT ON YELLOW BACKGROUND “MADE IN CANADA BY, CANADIAN LIMITED INDUSTRIES, “DOMINION” AMMUNITION DIVISION, MONTREAL, CANADA.” SIDE OPENING FLAP HAS BLUE TEXT AND “CIL” LOGO ON YELLOW BACKGROUND, “”SUPER-CLEAN”, .22 LONG RIFLE, 50 R.F., SMOKELESS, GREASED”. BOX HAS TORN AND MISSING OPENING FLAP ON LEFT SIDE; BOX HAS TEAR ON TOP IN UPPER-RIGHT CORNER; BOX EDGES ARE WORN AND BOX TOP IS CREASED AND DENTED; OVERALL GOOD CONDITION. B.CARDBOARD BASE OF BOX, 6.3CM LONG X 3CM WIDE X 2.8CM TALL. BROWN CARDBOARD BOX WITHOUT TOP; SIDES FOLDED INTO BOX CREATING BASE. BOX IS STAINED DOWN INSIDE FLAPS AND ON INSIDE BASE; TOP EDGES AND CORNERS ARE WORN; OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- ON JANUARY 10, 2019, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED JEAN BUCHANAN REGARDING HER DONATION OF A REVOLVER AND FIREARM ACCESSORIES. THE FIREARM WAS USED BY BUCHANAN’S FATHER, EDWARD ETTERSHANK BUCHANAN, DURING HIS CAREER WITH THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE AND ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. ON HER FATHER’S REVOLVER AND USE OF AMMUNITION, BUCHANAN RECALLED, “[MY DAD] USED [THE SMITH AND WESSON REVOLVER]…STARTING IN 1932, WITH THE RCMP, MAY BE WHEN HE GOT THAT GUN. HE HAD IT REGISTERED IN 1940, AND GETTING ANOTHER 5 YEARS REGISTRATION IT MUST HAVE BEEN 1935. [THE GUN] WAS HIS SIDEARM…HIS SERVICE WEAPON…HE HAD THAT ALL THE TIME…IT WOULD GO RIGHT ON HIS BELT THERE.” “[DAD KEPT THE GUN] IN [MY PARENTS’] BEDROOM. RIGHT ON THE BEDROOM CLOSET DOOR, RIGHT OPEN. I NEVER TOUCHED IT, BECAUSE HE HAD GIVEN ME MY TRAINING AND LET ME USE IT WHEN I WAS YOUNG. I HAD RESPECT FOR IT, AND I HAD NO SPECIAL CURIOSITY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. [DAD KNEW I WAS] AN ADVENTUROUS PERSON, BUT I NEVER EVER TOUCHED IT, OUT OF COMPLETE RESPECT FOR DAD AND WHAT HE HAD THERE.” “ALL I CAN REMEMBER [IS HE HAD TWO HANDGUNS OR SIDEARMS]…HE DIDN’T GO OUT PRACTICING VERY MUCH; HE DIDN’T HAVE TO. HE COULD PASS HIS MARKSMANSHIP, AND THEN, EVERY TIME THERE WERE THINGS AT REGINA DEPOT TRAINING COURSES (UPGRADING, REFRESHER COURSES) THEY DID THEIR MARKSMANSHIP THERE, TOO. THEY WERE ALWAYS TESTED ON THEIR MARKSMANSHIP, AT REGINA DEPOT.” “I THINK [THE REVOLVER HAD] QUITE A BIT [OF MEANING TO MY DAD], BECAUSE HE HAD IT IN HIS HOUSE. IT WAS REALLY STRANGE BECAUSE I ASKED HIM WHERE IT WAS, WHEN HE SHOWED ME THE PAPERS, AND HE HAD IT IN A SHOE BOX IN HIS BEDROOM CLOSET. YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO HAVE GREAT [HIDING] PLACES FOR IT IN THOSE DAYS, BUT THAT’S WHERE HE KEPT IT. HE MADE SURE IT WAS THERE, AND HE KNEW WHERE IT WAS.” “[I HAVE NO] KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HIM HAVING TO FIRE THIS WEAPON…AT ANYONE. IF HE WOULD HAVE, HE WOULD HAVE FIRED TO MISS SOMEONE, JUST AS A WARNING SHOT. HE DEFINITELY WENT FOR WARNING SHOTS, BUT HE NEVER SHOT ANYBODY WITH IT." “[HE WOULD HAVE STOPPED CARRYING THE GUN] AT THE VERY END OF 1950, WHEN HE RETIRED FROM THE R.C.M.P.” “[I’VE HAD THE REVOLVER] SINCE 1998—THE PASSING OF MY FATHER, BECAUSE I WAS THE SOLE EXECUTRIX. IT WAS AUTOMATICALLY MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE ALL OF HIS FIREARMS, IN MY POSSESSION.” “I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR [THE CARE OF] IT, AND IT WAS A REAL KEEPSAKE. [THE GUN WAS] WAS VERY PERSONAL, BECAUSE I’M SURE [MY DAD] OWNED THAT EVEN BY BACK IN 1935, [WHEN] HE WAS IN WESTLOCK, IN CHARGE OF THE DETACHMENT THERE FOR 10 YEARS. IT WAS OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE BECAUSE HE TOOK ME OUT (I’M PRETTY SURE I WAS 8 YEARS OLD, WHEN HE HAD ME IN THE BACKYARD)—WE HAD FARMLAND AND FOREST—AND HE HAD A TARGET PRACTICE OUT THERE. HE HAD ME USE THAT FIREARM. HE SHOWED ME HOW TO USE IT, HOW TO AIM, AND HOW TO HANDLE IT SAFELY. I ALWAYS RESPECTED THAT, AND THAT WAS GOOD. THAT’S THE ORIGINAL HOLSTER FOR THAT GUN, WHICH YOU CAN SEE IS LOOPED, TO PUT ON HIS BELT. HE ALSO CARRIED A .32 COLT SEMI-AUTOMATIC.” “I’VE ALWAYS APPRECIATED REVOLVERS, AND RIFLES. IT’S NEVER BEEN ANYTHING THAT I THOUGHT ANY DANGER OF. YOU LEARN THE SAFETY, AND YOU TAKE YOUR COURSE. I HAVE MY COURSE DONE, AND I PASSED IT WITH FLYING COLORS. I HAD MY PERMIT TO HAVE IT. I HAVE TAKEN IT OUT, ON MY OWN ACREAGE, AND FIRED IT A BIT, BUT IT ISN’T SOMETHING I WANT TO DO. IT’S A SENTIMENTAL THING THAT I CAN NOW FEEL I’D LIKE TO HAVE IT IN YOUR MUSEUM. I KNOW IT’S NOW IN A SAFE PLACE, SO I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT EVER FALLING INTO THE WRONG HANDS. AND, IF I WANT TO COME AND VISIT IT, I CAN COME AND SEE IT.” ON JUNE 8, 2018, MACLEAN INTERVIEWED BUCHANAN REGARDING HER FATHER’S CAREER WITH THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE AND ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. BUCHANAN ELABORATED ON HER FATHER’S HISTORY, “[MY DAD WAS EDWARD BUCHANAN, WHO RETIRED AT THE RANK OF] SENIOR STAFF SERGEANT…HE RETIRED IN 1950 FROM THE [R.C.M.P].” “HE JOINED THE A.P.P. WHEN HE WAS TWENTY AND HE WAS STATIONED OUT NEAR ST. PAUL. IN ’21, HE MET MY MOTHER IN EDMONTON…BUT HE STAYED AT ST. PAUL AND THEN AFTER, HE GOT POSTED TO GRANDE PRAIRIE. HE WAS GOING TO GO TO GRANDE PRAIRIE BUT THEN IN ’22, THEY GOT MARRIED. A.P.P. HAD NO RESTRICTIONS ON THEIR MEMBERS GETTING MARRIED, LIKE THE R.C.M.P. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO WAIT TO GET MARRIED…THAT’S WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO BRAINARD.” “EVEN IN THE A.P.P., TO START WITH, HE HAD SOME SERVICE DOWN HERE AT THE LETHBRIDGE PRISON…BRINGING PRISONERS DOWN AND THEN MAYBE, AT THE VERY FIRST WINTER AS A ROOKIE, HE WAS ON JOB TO BE ON GUARD AT THE STATION. IT WASN’T LONG AND HE WAS SENT OUT TO ST. PAUL AND INTO MORE OF THE REAL POLICING.” “WHEN HE WAS IN THE A.P.P. [IN 1932] HE WAS THE TOP CLASS OF [THE] A.P.P. THAT AUTOMATICALLY WERE ACCEPTED INTO THE R.C.M.P. HE WAS PUT IN CHARGE, WHEN HE WAS IN THE A.P.P.—FIRST HE STARTED OUT IN CHARGE OF BRAINARD—HORSE LAKE—A LITTLE PLACE NEAR THE HORSE LAKE INDIAN RESERVATION. THEY CLOSED THAT DOWN AND TRANSFERRED HIM TO WEMBLEY, A LITTLE VILLAGE, AND HE WAS THE ONLY ONE IN CHARGE, THE ONLY OFFICER IN CHARGE OF WEMBLEY. THAT’S WHEN THAT 1932 [CHANGE] CAME ALONG AND HE JUST CHANGED THE SIGN UP THERE FROM A.P.P. TO R.C.M.P. AND WENT FROM THERE.” “IN ’32, IT WAS R.C.M.P. AND THAT STAYED R.C.M.P. UNTIL ’34. THEN HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE WESTLOCK DETACHMENT WHICH WAS A BIG AREA. [THERE] WAS NO DETACHMENT IN BARRHEAD. HE HAD A HUGE AREA THERE TO COVER.” “[A.P.P. MEMBERS] WERE NOT AUTOMATICALLY TAKEN INTO THE R.C.M.P. THEY HAD THREE CATEGORIES THERE, OF THE A.P.P. MEMBERS…[THERE WERE] ONES THAT WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE, THAT THEY HADN’T DONE A VERY GOOD JOB IN THE A.P.P.; THEY SHOWED UP, GOOFIN’ AROUND, DOING THINGS THEY SHOULDN’T BE DOING. THEY WERE NOT ACCEPTABLE. THEN THERE [WERE THE ONES THAT] COULD BE GIVEN A LITTLE TRIAL RUN. THEY COULD APPLY. THEN THERE [WERE] ONES THAT COULD GET IN FOR A FULL YEAR AND THEN RE-APPLY. THEY’D BE ACCEPTED FOR A YEAR. THEN THERE’S THE TOP GRADE AND [THEY] WERE AUTOMATICALLY ACCEPTABLE. DAD WAS RIGHT UP THERE IN THAT TOP GRADE.” “A.P.P. MEMBERS WERE TRAINED BY THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE, NOT SOME GOOFBALLS THAT DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING. THESE WERE TRAINED BY THE BEST-TRAINED POLICE OFFICERS.” “ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER HANCOCK KNEW DAD REALLY WELL, HE’D EVEN BEEN IN THE A.P.P. HE CALLED DAD INTO THE OFFICE AND HE SAID, “BUCK, [DAD WAS EDWARD ETTERSHANK BUCHANAN BUT THEY CALLED HIM ‘BUCK’, A LOT] I WAS GOING TO SEND YOU DOWN TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE RED DEER DETACHMENT BUT I’VE HAD SO MUCH PROBLEM GETTING SOMEBODY TO GO DOWN TO TAKE THE LETHBRIDGE DETACHMENT…YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE, I THINK, THAT CAN HANDLE THE SITUATION WE’VE GOT DOWN THERE. THERE’S A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND I’M SURE YOU’RE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HANDLE IT. WILL YOU GO?” “[WE CAME DOWN HERE IN] ’44…I NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEM [WITH THE MOVE]. I WAS ALWAYS ADVENTUROUS. I HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS BUT I WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO GO.” “WE RENTED A HOUSE ON 538 – 7TH STREET. IT’S ALL TORN DOWN NOW. DAD HAD TO COME DOWN A MONTH OR SO AHEAD OF US AND THEN HE COULDN’T FIND A HOUSE READY, SO WE CAME DOWN AND STAYED IN A HOTEL FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. I HAD TO START GRADE TEN; I WAS ONLY FOURTEEN, HERE. THAT WAS, TO ME, THE ONLY SAD PART OF MY LIFE, LEAVING THE WESTLOCK SCHOOL AND STARTING LCI. THE PERSONALIZATION WAS GONE WITH THE TEACHERS.” “[DAD] HAD TO OVERSEE THE POW CAMPS…HE TALKED ABOUT THE POW’S IN THIS RESPECT, THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF VERY GOOD GERMANS THAT WERE IN THERE. [THEY] WOULDN’T HAVE CHOSEN TO EVEN BE IN THE GERMAN ARMY…THEY WERE CONSCRIPTED OVER IN GERMANY, THEY DIDN’T HAVE ANY CHOICE, AND THEY WERE VERY DECENT, GOOD GUYS. HE RESPECTED THEM FOR THAT AND HELPED THEM, [GAVE] THEM ADVICE, “YOU KNOW, YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO GERMANY AND THEN APPLY TO COME BACK.” THERE WAS A TRUST THERE TO LET SOME OF THEM OUT TO WORK…‘CAUSE THERE [WAS] A LABOUR SHORTAGE FOR THE FARMERS AND THEY NEEDED THAT HELP. SOME OF THOSE FARMERS WERE VERY PLEASED TO GET SOME OF THESE GERMANS, AND SOME OF THE FARMERS’ DAUGHTERS WERE VERY PLEASED TO GET THAT, TOO. THEN THERE’S SOME LATER MARRIAGES AFTER THAT. IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO CONDEMN ALL THOSE POW’S BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM WERE VERY DECENT, GOOD, MORAL FELLOWS THAT DIDN’T WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH ANY KILLING.” “HE WAS A PLAIN STAFF SERGEANT, NCO, SECOND IN CHARGE OF THE SUBDIVISION.” “[THEN HE] WENT BACK TO EDMONTON [TO RETIRE IN 1950], HIS HOME CITY WHERE HIS PARENTS WERE AND A LOT OF FRIENDS. HE JOINED THE R.C.M. P. VETS BUT WITH HIS RECORD, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT WERE NOT GOING TO LET HIM LOOSE. THEY MADE IT A FIRST APPOINTMENT OF AN INSPECTOR OF JAILS FOR THE PRISONS OF ALBERTA WHICH, AT THAT TIME, THERE WERE ONLY TWO: LETHBRIDGE AND FORT SASKATCHEWAN. [THE] ONLY PLACE IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN WAS FOR WOMEN, SO [WOMEN] HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY TO FORT SASKATCHEWAN, EVEN IF [THEY] WAS FROM LETHBRIDGE. THAT WASN’T A VERY GOOD DEAL, SO DAD COULD SEE A REAL NEED [FOR WORK]. IT WAS A REAL MESS WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE PRISONS.” “HE REALIZED, BEING AN R.C.M.P., THAT MANY OF THE YOUNG CITY POLICE, TOWN SHERIFFS, SOME OF THESE MAGISTRATES, THEY MESSED THINGS UP. HE STARTED A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR THESE MUNICIPAL POLICE AND THAT JUST WENT TERRIFICALLY. THEY HAD [THE SCHOOLS] IN CALGARY AND IN EDMONTON TWICE A YEAR. THEY HAD A BIG GROUP FROM MEDICINE HAT COME UP AND [TAKE] THE SCHOOLING, LETHBRIDGE CAME UP, AND SOME OF THE PRISON GUARDS TOOK [THE TRAINING], TOO.” “[HE] WORKED ON THAT FOR FIFTEEN/SIXTEEN YEARS. AFTER TWELVE YEARS, HE WAS SO BUSY THAT THEY MADE HIM SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS BECAUSE…THE FIRST THING HE HAD TO DO WAS TO DEVELOP THE PRISONS FOR ALBERTA. TWO WAS NOT SUFFICIENT.” “[DAD’S] PERSONALITY WAS ALWAYS QUIET, FIRM, NO-NONSENSE, HUMOROUS, BUT HE WAS NEVER ARROGANT. I NEVER HEARD HIM SWEAR OR GET MAD AT ANYBODY, NOT EVEN PRISONERS. HE HANDLED THEM VERY QUIETLY, AND VERY FIRMLY. THE STAFF…ALL LOVED HIM. I [HAVE] LETTERS AND THEY CAME ALL THE WAY UP TO THEIR ANNIVERSARIES LATER IN EDMONTON…“YOU’RE THE BEST BOSS WE EVER HAD.” ALL HE HAD WAS A VISION OF WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE…HE COULD GO AND EXPLAIN THE NEED FOR THE JAILS, WHAT IT WOULD COST AND WHAT IT NEEDED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. HE NEVER HAD PROBLEM GETTING EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED FROM THEM.” ON THE DONATION OF THE REVOLVER AND AMMUNITION, BUCHANAN NOTED, “MY DAD KNEW I WOULD LOOK AFTER [HIS BELONGINGS] AND WANTED TO GET IT TO A MUSEUM. [DAD KNEW] THAT I WASN’T ONE TO PUT IT IN MY BASEMENT TO HAVE GOODNESS-KNOWS-WHAT-HAPPEN TO IT. HE HAD LEFT ALL OF THAT IN CHARGE OF ME. I WAS THE SOLE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE.” “I AM NOW AT THE YOUNG AGE OF 88; I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT LIVING ANOTHER 10 YEARS. I DIDN’T WANT THE CHANCE OF ANYBODY STEALING IT, OR GETTING THEIR HANDS ON IT, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU GOT IT. AND, I DON’T NEED IT, SO WHY KEEP IT? IF I GET LONESOME, AND WANT TO SEE IT, I’LL COME TO THE MUSEUM AND LOOK AT IT.” “I’LL FEEL HAPPY, TO KNOW IT’S GOT A GOOD HOME. I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL TRANSCRIPTIONS FROM INTERVIEWS AND LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20190002001-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P20190002002
- Acquisition Date
- 2019-01
- Collection
- Museum
Images
BOX, AMMUNITION
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact11755
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1943
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 22.6
- Length
- 71.2
- Width
- 22.1
- Description
- RECTANGULAR STEEL BOX, PAINTED OLIVE GREEN. LID OPENS ON 2 HINGES AT BACK AND THERE ARE 2 LATCHES IN FRONT. IMPRESSED INTO TOP OF BOX IS "BSMS/1943 MINE AT MK V". STAMPED ON TOP OF BOX IN YELLOW IS "SPLY/MP/558". STAMPED ON FRONT AND BACK OF BOX IN YELLOW, IS "T.N.T. SERIES 42 BO/C 3/44" "5 MINES CONTACT A.T MK.V/HC" "FUZES NO3MKIA & COVERS" "FUZES LOT 929 SC/C 2/44". STAMPED ON SIDES OF BOX, IN YELLOW, IS "5 MINES A.T.MK.V/HC WITH FUZES". THERE IS ALSO A RED AND WHITE STICKER ON FRONT OF BOX THAT IS ILLEGIBLE.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- DONOR'S FAMILY PURCHASED THEIR HOME, FROM R. DONALD LIVINGSTONE, AROUND 1945. BOX WAS IN HOME WHEN PURCHASED. R. DONALD LIVINGSTONE, SON OF ROBERT LIVINGSTONE, WAS A SIXTH GENERATION COAL MINER. GRADUATING WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA IN 1939, WITH A MAJOR IN COAL MINING AND COAL PREPARATION, HE BECAME A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE OF LETHBRIDGE COLLIERIES LTD. IN MAY OF THAT YEAR. HE WORKED UNDERGROUND IN GALT MINE NO. 8 FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE ENLISTING IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS IN WORLD WAR II. HE SERVED WITH THE 6TH FIELD PARK COMPANY (SQUADRON) R.C.E. THROUGHOUT THE FIGHTING IN THE NORTHWESTERN EUROPE CAMPAIGN, DURING WHICH HE MADE CAPTAIN. FOR HIS SERVICE DURING THIS CAMPAIGN, THE BELGIUM GOVERNMENT AWARDED HIM THE CHEVALIER OF THE ORDER OF LEOPOLD II WITH PALM AND THE CROIX DE GUERRE 1940 WITH PALM. IN MARCH 1946 THE 6TH SQUADRON RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS TO LETHBRIDGE, AND IN APRIL THE UNIT WAS REACTIVATED AS THE 33RD FIELD PARK SQUADRON R.C.E., WITH MAJOR DON LIVINGSTONE AS COMMANDING OFFICER. RETURNING TO GALT MINE NO. 8 AFTER THE WAR, HE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME CHIEF ENGINEER IN 1946, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER IN 1953 AND GENERAL MANAGER IN 1957. IN DECEMBER OF 1956 MAJOR LIVINGSTONE WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT COLONEL AND PLACED IN COMMAND OF THE 8TH FIELD REGIMENT R.C.E., WITH SQUADRONS IN LETHBRIDGE, CALGARY, EDMONTON, KIMBERLEY, AND YELLOWKNIFE, AND HE HELD THIS POSITION FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS, UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE MILITARY IN 1960. AFTER GALT MINE NO. 10 CLOSED IN 1963, HE LED THE COAL EXPLORATION TEAM WHICH ESTABLISHED THE FORDING COAL MINE IN SOUTH-EASTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA BEFORE RETIRING AS GENERAL MANAGER IN JUNE 1973. (SEE ARCHIVES P20011091000 FOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY/BIOGRAPHY OF R. DONALD LIVINGSTONE).
- Catalogue Number
- P20030006000
- Acquisition Date
- 2003-07
- Collection
- Museum
Images
BOX, CARTRIDGE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact5664
- Other Name
- C.I.L.
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19920023002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- C.I.L.
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 22.7
- Length
- 38.5
- Width
- 24.0
- Description
- WOOD RECTANGULAR BOX, PRINTED ON EACH SIDE. MISSING LID. "CANADIAN INDUSTRIES LIMITED" "SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION LOADED SHOT - GUN SHELLS DOMINION AMMUNITION DIVISION HANDLE CAREFULLY" "500 12 GA." BOX IS FASTENED WITH NAILS. "MADE IN CANADA" "MONTREAL CANADA".
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- DONOR FOUND BOX IN HER HOME WHILE SPRING CLEANING. *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED AN ARTIFACT SURVEY, INCLUDING A CURLER DONATED BY BETTY ANDERSON. ARCHIVAL RESEARCH FOUND THAT THE DONOR’S FULL NAME WAS ELIZABETH VIVIAN “BETTY” ANDERSON (NEE ROBINSON) (1920-2001). ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE HER NEXT-OF-KIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN COMPILED USING ARCHIVAL SOURCES. AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE DECEMBER 29, 1996 EDITION OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATED THAT ANDERSON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1920 “THREE KILOMETRES NORTH OF ETZIKOM, IN A HOUSE MADE MAINLY OF SOD.” FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FAMILY’S EARLY HOUSE THERE, PLEASE SEE ARTICLE IN THE PERMANENT FILE. ANDERSON WAS BORN TO BILL ROBINSON AND VERA WATSON. HER FATHER EMIGRATED FROM IRELAND TO ONTARIO, AND BY 1908 HE MOVED TO NANTON. IN 1909 OR 1910, ROBINSON MOVED TO ETZIKOM IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. BY THE TIME BETTY ANDERSON REACHED SCHOOL AGE, THE FAMILY RELOCATED TO THE MCNALLY AREA, JUST SOUTH OF LETHBRIDGE. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN THE AREA UNTIL 1934, WHEN SHE WAS IN GRADE 11 BEFORE MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE FOR GRADE 12. IN ORDER TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN THE CITY, SHE HAD TO BOARD WITH A LOCAL ORGANIST NAMED RHYDDID WILLIAMS. FOLLOWING HIGH SCHOOL, ANDERSON MOVED TO CALGARY TO ATTEND MOUNT ROYAL COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS AND RECEIVED HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE. SHE FURTHERED HER EDUCATION AT CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOL (LATER SAIT) AND RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF EDUCATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE. ACCORDING TO AN ADDITIONAL ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, ANDERSON’S TEACHING “CAREER SPANNED FROM THE ERA OF ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS TO A SEMESTER STINT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE.” IN THE ARTICLE, ANDERSON STATED, “MY FIRST JOB WAS AT GOLD RIDGE SCHOOL [IN 1939], OUT NORTH-WEST OF TURIN. THERE WERE 16 KIDS.” IN 1941, BETTY ANDERSON MARRIED GLENN ANDERSON (1922-1995). THE COUPLE LIVED ON A RANCH IN THE PORCUPINE HILLS AND HAD EIGHT CHILDREN – THREE DAUGHTERS, E. JOYCE JANTZ, DOROTHY JOAN ANDERSON, AND P. ELAINE ANDERSON; AND FIVE SONS, RICHARD G., DOUGLAS K., GREGORY B., JAMES D., AND RONALD D. THE HERALD ARTICLE STATES ANDERSON WAS A VOLUNTEER AT THE SIR ALEXANDER GALT MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES FOLLOWING HER TEACHING CAREER. BETTY ANDERSON PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 80 ON AUGUST 26, 2001. SHE IS BURIED AT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY IN LETHBRIDGE. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING FULL COPIES OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19920023002
- Acquisition Date
- 1992-06
- Collection
- Museum
BRUSH, GUNNER'S
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1439
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, HORSE HAIR, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19760089000
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1915
- Materials
- WOOD, HORSE HAIR, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 36.5
- Width
- 7.6
- Diameter
- 5.1
- Description
- GUNNER'S BRUSH, WOOD BACK & HANDLE - HEAVILY STAINED. BRUSH HAS EVIDENTLY BEEN REPAIRED, SMALL WOOD PIECE NAILED TO BACK. WOOD IS SPLINTERED. HORSE HAIR BRISTLES. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- BRUSH USED TO CLEAN 20 FIELD BATTERY ARTILLERY PIECES. DONATED BY 20TH OVERSEAS FIELD BATTERY DRIVER WILLIAM DUNLOP. DUNLOP EMIGRATED FROM SCOTLAND TO CANADA, ARRIVING IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1913. HE ENLISTED WITH LETHBRIDGE'S 20TH FIELD BATTERY IN JUNE 1915 AND SURVIVED THE WAR, RESIDING IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL 1983. REG. NO. 87265. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PERMANENT FILE P19760088000-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P19760089000
- Acquisition Date
- 1975-08
- Collection
- Museum
Images
CAP, PERCUSSION
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact1435
- Date Range From
- 1840
- Date Range To
- 1895
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- TIN
- Catalogue Number
- P19738062000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1840
- Date Range To
- 1895
- Materials
- TIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.3
- Diameter
- 3.8
- Description
- GREEN PAINTED LID, PRINTED ON LID, "PERCUSSION CAPS, CENTRAL FIRE SHEFFIELD, XL, FOIL LINED, WATERPROOF". BOX IS EMPTY. RUSTED SHUT. RUST HOLES IN BOTTOM. CONSERVATION REPORT ON FILE.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- Catalogue Number
- P19738062000
- Acquisition Date
- 1973-07
- Collection
- Museum
CASE, CARTRIDGE
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact5981
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1893
- Materials
- BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 3.3
- Diameter
- 1.3
- Description
- 44. CAL. BRASS SHELL CASING. CYLINDRICAL BRASS TUBE WITH RIM OF BASE SLIGHTLY LARGER IN DIAMETER. PRIMER PIN IN CENTER OF BASE IS DENTED IN FROM BEING FIRED. ETCHED INTO BASE OF CASING IS "W.R.A. CO." AND "44 W.C.F.". PRINTED IN INK ON SIDE OF CASING IS "THIS CARTRIDGE KILLED DAVE AKERS DEC. 1893". BRASS HAS SLIGHT AMOUNT OF TARNISH.
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- History
- ARTIFACT WAS COLLECTED BY DONOR'S FATHER. SEE P20000011001-GA FOR FAMILY HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS INCLUDING SOME DONATIONS MADE BY JEAN JOHNSTONE (NEE POTTS). AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORIGINAL DONOR JEAN JOHNSTONE WAS CONDUCTED. WHEN ASKED IF SHE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT SHE STATED, “…WHEN JACK ELLIOT WAS RUNNING THIS MUSEUM AND I WAS HERE HE WAS GIVEN THE DUTY, IF YOU WILL, OR ASSIGNMENT TO CLEAR UP THE CATALOGUES FOR WHAT ARTIFACTS WERE HERE. …AND THEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OFFERING IT TO OTHER MUSEUMS THAT SORT OF THING AND I’M NOT SURE IF THAT, IF THIS BULLET CAME FROM THAT COLLECTION BECAUSE IT WAS GETTING RID OF AND I BEING THE PERSON I AM COULDN’T STAND IT. … BUT I SAVED SOME THINGS BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER IF THIS WAS ONE OF THEM AND WE COULD NEVER PROVE THAT IT ACTUALLY WAS THE BULLET THAT KILLED DAVE ACRES.” ON THE RECORDED HISTORY OF IT BEING COLLECTED BY HER FATHER, “…IF IT [IS] TRUE IF MY FATHER HAD IT, I COULD HAVE GIVEN IT TO HIM BECAUSE I GAVE HIM A LOT OF THINGS, THAT I HAD GOT OUT OF THIS BUILDING. IF IT WASN’T THAT THEN HE WOULD HAVE COLLECTED IT ON HIS OWN AND HE’S LONG PASSED AWAY. WELL HE PASSED AWAY AFTER 1970 - NO HE DID, HE PASSED AWAY IN 1993 AND THIS WAS 1995. SO, IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT HE COLLECTED IT BUT HOW WE CAN PROVE IT, I DON’T KNOW. …I DID GIVE HIM SOME OTHER THINGS BUT - THE SADNESS OF ALL OF THAT IS THAT THE PEOPLE WHO COLLECTED IT… THE ORIGINAL GROUP, WAS THEY DIDN’T TAKE, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT - THEY KNEW IT WAS IMPORTANT BUT THEY DIDN’T COLLECT WHY OR HOW THEY GOT IT…” “…IF DAD COLLECTED IT WELL HE COULD HAVE GOT IT, HE WAS A NUMISMATIST, A COIN COLLECTOR. AND HE COLLECTED SMALL ARTIFACTS FROM AND WOULD TAKE THEM IN TRADE FROM OTHER PEOPLE INSTEAD OF COINS OR WHATEVER AND SELL THEM A COIN AND TAKE AN ARTIFACT - AND SO I GOT A LOT OF TRINKETS THAT WAY SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT TOO… IT’S AN INTERESTING LITTLE PIECE. BUT I CAN’T PROVE IT, WHICH IS A SAD THING.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN PERMANENT FILE P20000011001.
- Catalogue Number
- P19950001001
- Acquisition Date
- 1995-01
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- ENGLISH VICTORIA LEATHER
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- LEATHER, BRASS, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19662359000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ENGLISH VICTORIA LEATHER
- Date
- 1912
- Materials
- LEATHER, BRASS, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 20.9(BUTT CAP)
- Length
- 82.5
- Width
- 8.9
- Description
- "CLAUDE A. DUNCAN, FAIRVIEW..., 91782, DEC. 22ND 1912" ON ACCESSORIES FLAP. BRASS NAME PLATE ON ACCESSORIES FLAP, UNINSCRIBED & BENT. CASE IS OAK TAN LEATHER. ACCESSORIES POUCH KEEPER STRAP LOOSE AS IS END STITCHING. LOCKING BUCKLE ON BUTT CAP. COMPLETE WITH SLING & HANDLE. HAS BARREL & BUTT COMPARTMENT FOR REMINGTON SHOTGUN, SERIAL # AS ABOVE. CAP MARKED "DIAMOND MANUFACTURING CO. DIAMOND BRAND".
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- Catalogue Number
- P19662359000
- Acquisition Date
- 1966-09
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- PLASTIC, BRASS, FOAM
- Catalogue Number
- P19960109001
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1987
- Materials
- PLASTIC, BRASS, FOAM
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 6.5
- Length
- 30.5
- Width
- 22
- Description
- BLACK PLASTIC CASE IS RECTANGULAR WITH SLIDING CLOSURE ON EITHER SIDE OF HANDLE. OUTSIDE OF CASE HAS ROUGH SNAKESKIN PATTERN. FRONT HAS RAISED "DOSKOCIL" LOGO IN CORNER BY HANDLE. IN CENTER OF FRONT IS RAISED CRISS-CROSS AND DIAMOND PATTERN WITH BRASS BADGE AT CENTER. BADGE IS OF SHIELD SURROUNDED BY MAPLE LEAVES. HAS COAT OF ARMS IN MIDDLE WITH QUEEN'S CROWN ON TOP AND BEAVER AT BASE. COAT OF ARMS IS CIRCULAR FIELD IN THREE PARTS WITH RAISED MOTTO CIRCUMVENTING FIELD. IN FIELD ARE GLUME OF WHEAT, ARM HOLDING HAMMER AND COAL TRAIN. ABOVE COAT OF ARMS IS BANNER WITH "POLICE" IN BLUE. BANNER BELOW COAT OF ARMS AND OVER BEAVER HAS "LETHBRIDGE" IN BLUE. INSIDE CASE ARE TWO GREY FOAM LINERS IN EGG CARTON FASHION. RAISED ON INSIDE CORNER OF TOP AND BOTTOM IS OUTLINE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS WITH "SME" INSIDE. RAISED ON BOTTOM IS "DOSKOCIL MFG. CO. INC. P.O. BOX 1246 ARLINGTON, TEXAS 76004-1246".
- Subjects
- ARMAMENT-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- FRANK JAMES BATHGATE WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE AND GREW UP IN THE PARK LAKE AREA. HE APPLIED TO THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE IN 1951 AND WAS APPOINTED CONSTABLE ON JANUARY 14, 1953. HE WAS THEN PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF ACTING SERGEANT IN 1960, AND IN 1967 PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE IN THE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BRANCH, WHERE HE WAS APPOINTED HEAD OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUG SECTION OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE FORCE. IN 1971 FRANK WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF DETECTIVE SERGEANT AND WAS THE HEAD OF THE NEWLY CREATED CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT, IN ADDITION TO HIS DUTIES IN THE DRUG UNIT. ACCORDING TO ONE DOCUMENT (PERM RECORD), HE WAS AN INTEGRAL PART IN THE FORMATION OF THE CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OF CANADA, WHICH DEALS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME AND OTHER AREAS OF NATIONAL INTEREST. IN JUNE OF 1978 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF INSPECTOR, AND TOOK OVER COMMAND OF THE UNIFORMED PATROL DIVISION. IN AUGUST OF 1979 BATHGATE WAS PROMOTED TO SUPERINTENDENT AND FOURTEEN MONTHS LATER PROMOTED TO DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE. HE HELD THIS APPOINTMENT UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988. FRANK BATHGATE PASSED AWAY IN 1996.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960109001
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-12
- Collection
- Museum
Images
