- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BRICK
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035203
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- BRICK
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Description
- 1. 6.7CM(H) X 21.9CM(L) X 10.5CM(W). REDDISH COLOURED. HAS SOME WHITE DISCOLORATION. STAMPED INTO THE TOP IS "CALGARY". CORNERS AND EDGES HAVE BEEN CHIPPED SOMEWHAT. 2. 6.0CM(H) X 21.2CM(L) X 10.1CM(W). REDDISH COLOURED. HAS SOME WHITE DISCOLORATION. THE TOP HAS A RECTANGULAR INDENT WITH BEVELED EDGES. IN RELIEF, IN THE INDENT ARE FOUR SHAPES. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: A SMALL CIRCLE, TWO SIDES OF A BOX, AN "X", AND A HORIZONTAL LINE THAT GOES THROUGH A SMALL CIRCLE ON THE END. 3. 6.9CM(H) X 21.2CM(L) X 10.8CM(W). REDDISH COLOURED. HAS SOME WHITE DISCOLORATION. THE TOP HAS A RECTANGULAR INDENT WITH BEVELED EDGES. STAMPED IN THE INDENT IS "CG CO". CORNERS ARE SLIGHTLY CHIPPED.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- TRADES
- History
- SEE P19990035001-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990035203
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-07
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- "D.C. Co" BRICK
- Date Range From
- 1906
- Date Range To
- 1914
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- FIRED CLAY
- Catalogue Number
- P20120034000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- "D.C. Co" BRICK
- Date Range From
- 1906
- Date Range To
- 1914
- Materials
- FIRED CLAY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 5.6
- Length
- 20.7
- Width
- 9.1
- Description
- RED/BROWN COLOURED. VARIOUS AREAS OF WHITE RESIDUE AROUND EDGES. THE TOP HAS RECTANGULAR INDENT WITH BEVELED EDGES. STAMPED IN THE INDENT IS "D.C. CO". TOP LEFT CORNERS HAVE LARGE CHIPS MISSING. VARIOUS SMALLER CHIPS THROUGHOUT.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- INDUSTRY
- History
- DONOR HARRY FISHER BECAME A RESIDENT OF DIAMOND CITY, ALONG WITH HIS PARENTS, IN APPROXIMATELY 1956/57. PRIOR TO THE FAMILY’S RELOCATION TO DIAMOND CITY, THE FISHERS WERE EMIGRANTS FROM GERMANY, HAVING BEEN UPROOTED FROM THEIR HOMELAND IN POLAND/LATVIA. UPON ARRIVAL IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA, THE FISHERS LIVED IN TURIN, AB FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS WHERE THEY WORKED BEETS. HARRY STARTED SCHOOL IN DIAMOND CITY IN GRADE THREE, GRADUATING FROM PICTURE BUTTE SCHOOL IN 1962. DUE TO HIS CULTURAL/LANGUAGE CHALLENGES, HE WAS INITIALLY HELD BACK IN GRADES, BUT LATER ADVANCED QUICKLY CATCHING UP TO HIS PEERS IN GRADE EIGHT. FISHER RECALLED PLAYING AS A CHILD IN DIAMOND CITY ALONG “THE COULEE TOPS” IN THE LATE 1950S. IT WAS IN THIS AREA THAT HE CAME ACROSS LOOSE BRICKS FROM THE FACTORY, LEARNING OVER TIME ABOUT THE COMMUNITY’S MINES AND BRICK PRODUCTION. HIS PARENTS HOME, HE SAID, WAS THE OLD TRAIN STATION. THEY DUG-OUT THE FORMER BASEMENT OF THE HOTEL AND THEIR ROOT CELLAR WAS THE BASEMENT FROM THE MINE’S TIPPLE. HE RECALLED THE TIPPLE WAS TORN DOWN IN THE LATE 60S. “AS A KID” HE TOLD TECH KEVIN MACLEAN ON JANUARY 8, 2013, “WE KNEW THE BRICKS WERE THERE. THE SCHOOL WAS BUILT OF BRICK, THE LIONS, FEHRS, AND RUSSELS’ [HOMES] ALL BUILT OUT OF BRICK. I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF THE BRICK WAS NOT FROM THE DIAMOND CITY COAL CO..” FISHER RECALLED BRICKS ON HIS PARENTS’ DIAMOND CITY FAMILY HOME. LATER, WHEN FISHER’S OWN FAMILY BOUGHT AN OLD HOUSE NORTH OF PARK LAKE, HE WENT BACK, COLLECTED SOME OF THE CHILDHOOD PROPERTY’S DISCARDED BRICK AND RECYCLED IT INTO A FIREPLACE HE CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF HIS NEW HOME’S ADDITION. REFERENCES TO BRICK PRODUCTION AS PART OF THE DIAMOND CITY MINE’S OPERATION CAN BE FOUND IN BOTH THE COMMUNITY’S LOCAL HISTORY BOOK “THE HISTORY OF DIAMOND CITY AND COMMERCE” AND IN ALEX JOHNSTONE’S “LETHBRIDGE COAL INDUSTRY.” THE “D.C. CO.” MARKING ALIGNS WITH THE YEARS 1906 TO 1914 WHEN THE COMMUNITY MINE WAS OPERATED UNDER THE NAME “DIAMOND COAL CO. LTD.” FURTHER, JOHNSTONE WROTE IN HIS 1989 BOOK THAT TEST HOLDS DUG IN DIAMOND CITY IN 1905, “FOUND INDICATIONS OF IRON ORE, VAST QUANTITIES OF BUILDING STONE AND REMARKABLY GOOD QUALITY BRICK EARTH.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20120034000
- Acquisition Date
- 2012-09
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- CAPITOL THEATRE, ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE
- Date Range From
- 1929
- Date Range To
- 1973
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- FIRED CLAY
- Catalogue Number
- P20130001000
1 image
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CAPITOL THEATRE, ARCHITECTURAL SALVAGE
- Date Range From
- 1929
- Date Range To
- 1973
- Materials
- FIRED CLAY
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 6
- Length
- 20.5
- Width
- 9.5
- Description
- CLAY BRICK, LIGHT RED IN COLOUR WITH AREAS OF WHITE RESIDUE. NO VISIBLE TEXT PRESENT. RECTANGULAR INDENT WITH BEVELED EDGES AT TOP. BOTTOM IS ROUGH IN TEXTURE. SOME CHIPS AND AREAS OF LOSS ALONG EDGES.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- TRADES
- History
- THIS BRICK WAS RETRIEVED FROM THE CAPITOL THEATRE DURING ITS DEMOLITION IN OCTOBER 1973, BY BOB SHACKLEFORD, THE OPERATOR OF LETHBRIDGE THEATRES LTD. A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE GALT ARCHIVES (20131008001) SHOWS BOB AND HIS WIFE MILDRED AT THE DEMOLITION, WITH THE BRICK UNDER BOB’S ARM. THE DONOR, JOEY SHACKLEFORD, IS THEIR SON, AND FOUND THE BRICK AND PHOTOGRAPH IN A CEDAR CHEST OWNED BY HIS PARENTS. AT THE TIME OF DONATION, JOEY TOLD GALT COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN THAT HIS DAD HAD WANTED TO “GET DOWN THERE ON THE LAST DAY AND GET A BRICK”. THE CAPITOL THEATRE WAS DEMOLISHED BEGINNING OCTOBER 24, 1973 AS PART OF OTHER DEMOLITION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON 5TH AVENUE SOUTH THAT RESULTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF LETHBRIDGE CENTRE MALL AND THE PROVINCIAL BUILDING. LETHBRIDGE THEATRES LTD. WAS OWNED BY THE DONOR’S GRANDFATHER, ALFRED WILLIAM SHACKLEFORD. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF MAYOR SHACKLEFORD WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM ARCHIVES CANADA ONLINE AND A LETHBRIDGE HERALD TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM MAY 31, 1992. A.W. SHACKLEFORD WAS BORN IN ESSEX, ENGLAND IN 1899 AND CAME TO CALGARY WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1909. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE TRAINED AS A DRAFTSMAN BUT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE FILM EXCHANGE AND FOX FILMS. IN 1921 HE WAS HIRED TO MANAGE THE KING'S THEATRE IN LETHBRIDGE AND BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH MARK ROGERS, A LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN WHO OWNED THREE LOCAL MOVIE THEATRES. SHACKLEFORD ALSO BECAME PARTNER IN THE AMUSEMENT COMPANY THAT OPENED THE HENDERSON LAKE PAVILLION IN 1924. BY 1925 HE WAS PART-OWNER OF THE FORMER EMPRESS THEATRE ON 5TH AVENUE SOUTH, RENAMING IT THE ROXY. HE THEN TEAMED UP WITH THE FAMOUS PLAYERS COMPANY TO REMODEL THE FORMER PALACE THEATRE AND RENAME IT THE CAPITOL. SHACKLEFORD ALSO OPENED THE THEATRE IN THE FORMER COLLEGE MALL, BUILT THE 960-SEAT PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON 4TH AVENUE SOUTH, AND TOOK OVER OPERATION OF THE DRIVE-IN THEATRE AT THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. SHACKLEFORD WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN CIVIC LIFE, ACTIVE IN GROUPS INCLUDING THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE GYRO CLUB, UNITED WAY, LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION BOARD, BOARD OF TRADE, ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, AND THE ALBERTA THEATRE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. HE AND HIS WIFE ADA HAD TWO SONS, ROBERT AND DOUGLAS. AFTER SEVERAL TERMS AS ALDERMAN STARTING IN 1939, SHACKLEFORD FIRST SERVED AS MAYOR FROM 1944 - 1947, AND FOR TWO MORE TERMS FROM 1952 - 1955 AND 1957 - 1961. HE WORKED FOR 68 YEARS IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS, RETIRING AT AGE 90. W.A. SHACKLEFORD DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 30, 1992. SEE PERMANENT FILE P20060025001 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT SHACKLEFORD WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE DECEMBER 19, 2001 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, AND HIS WIFE MILDRED’S OBITUARY. ROBERT SHACKLEFORD WAS BORN IN 1924 AND FROM AN EARLY AGE, BOTH HE AND HIS BROTHER DOUG WORKED IN THEIR FATHER’S MOVIE THEATRES. BOB SERVED ABOARD A DESTROYER IN THE PACIFIC DURING WWII, AND MARRIED HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART MILDRED IN 1947. HE EARNED A DEGREE IN BUSINESS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO AND RETURNED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE JOINED THE FAMILY BUSINESS, OPERATING THE CAPITOL THEATRE, PARAMOUNT THEATRE, AND GREEN ACRES DRIVE-IN. IN 1990 FATHER AND SON RETIRED, SELLING THE TWO REMAINING THEATRES OPERATED BY LETHBRIDGE THEATRES LTD., THE PARAMOUNT AND LETHBRIDGE CENTRE CINEMAS, TO FAMOUS PLAYERS. BOB WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ROTARY CLUB, ELKS, AND THE LEGION. BOB SHACKLEFORD DIED ON DECEMBER 17, 2001. MILDRED SHACKLEFORD DIED ON MAY 25, 2013. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.
- Catalogue Number
- P20130001000
- Acquisition Date
- 2013-02
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- CONSTRUCTION BRICKS (2)
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CLAY
- Catalogue Number
- P19860031000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CONSTRUCTION BRICKS (2)
- Date
- 1904
- Materials
- CLAY
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Description
- .1 6 CM TH. X 9.8 CM WTH X 20.7 CM LTH. RED BRICK, BADLY CHIPPED UPPER RIGHT CORNER AND LOWER RIGHT CORNER. STAMPED "PERRY REDCLIFF". .2 6.5 CM TH. X 11 CM WTH. X 21.8 CM LTH. ORANGE BRICK, CHIPPED BACK LOWER LEFT CORNER. STAMPED "WATSON".
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- TRADES
- History
- CAME FROM DEMOLISHED CHIMNEY AT 937-7 STREET SOUTH. THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1904.
- Catalogue Number
- P19860031000
- Acquisition Date
- 1985-08
- Collection
- Museum
- Date Range From
- 1908
- Date Range To
- 1919
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- FIRED CLAY BRICK
- Catalogue Number
- P19860160000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1908
- Date Range To
- 1919
- Materials
- FIRED CLAY BRICK
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 5.7
- Length
- 26.2
- Width
- 10.0
- Description
- RED-ORANGE. BRICK HAS BEEN USED. RECTANGULAR. ALL SURFACES FLAT EXCEPT RECESSED TOP WITH RAISED LETTERS "LBTCO". BOTTOM SURFACE VERY ROUGH, SOME MORTAR PRESENT.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- TRANSPORTATION
- History
- COLLECTED AT SITE OF C.P.R. STATION LETHBRIDGE. C.P.R. STATION CURRENTLY UNDERGOING RENOVATION FOR NEW USE AS CHINOOK HEALTH OFFICES (1986). MADE BY LETHBRIDGE BRICK & TERRA COTTA CO. SOURCE: "BRICKS IN ALBERTA" JACK M. MANSON (1983).
- Catalogue Number
- P19860160000
- Acquisition Date
- 1986-12
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- SILVER COUNTERWEIGHT
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20010036003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SILVER COUNTERWEIGHT
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 2.5
- Length
- 15.4
- Width
- 14.5
- Description
- SILVER METAL WEIGHT ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN INDEX FINGER. THIS WEIGHT HAS A SMALL METAL LOOP AT THE TOP WHICH IS ATTACHED TO A LONG THIN METAL WIRE THAT HAS EQUALLY INTERSPERSED SMALL BALLS. AT THE END OF THIS WIRE, THERE IS A HOOK. THE WIRE IS TAPED TOGETHER WITH DUCT TAPE AT TWO PLACES TO KEEP IT IN A LOOP.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- AGRICULTURE
- History
- USED BY THE ST. MARY RIVER IRRIGATION DISTRICT. IN 2008, UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND GALT PROGRAM STAFF MEMBER DYLAN JOHNSON PARTICIPATED IN A UOFL APPLIED STUDIES PROGRAM, CONDUCTING RESEARCH WORK ON ST. MARY’S IRRIGATION DISTRICT (SMRID) OBJECTS DONATED TO THE GALT IN 2001. THE OBJECTS WERE ACQUIRED AS PART OF A GALT IRRIGATION EXHIBIT (STREAMS IN THE DESERT) IN 2000 AND WERE SEVERELY UNDER DOCUMENTED. JOHNSON CONSULTED WITH FORMER AND PRESENT ST. MARY’S IRRIGATION DISTRICT STAFF MEMBERS AS PART OF HIS RESEARCH. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS EXTRACTED FROM INTERVIEW(S) CONDUCTED BY JOHNSON. TO DETERMINE WHICH INTERVIEWS ARE RELEVANT TO THIS ARTIFACT, PLEASE REFER TO THE ARTIFACTS’ PERMANENT FILE (20010036001-11) AND THE RESEARCH PAPER’S REFERENCES. THIS WAS LIKELY GIVEN BY THE GOVERNMENT TO THE SMRD (THE CROWN OPERATED IRRIGATION DISTRICT) FOR USE RECORDING WATER LEVELS. THE STEVENS COMPANY BEGAN AROUND 1911 AND THEIR RECORDERS BEGAN TO BE USED A BIT LATER BY THE SMRD IN THE 1930S. THE RECORDER HAD SEVERAL COMPONENTS TO IT, INCLUDING P20010036005, P20010036002 AND P20010036004 WHICH, REPRESENTS THE CLOCK WEIGHT, THE FLOAT AND THE STEVENS' RECORDER. THE FLOAT SAT IN A RECORDING WELL (AKA CULVERT) THAT WAS JUST OFF THE CANAL STREAM AND WOULD RISE AND FALL WITH THE WATER LEVEL. THE INFORMATION THE FLOAT RECEIVED ABOUT WATER LEVELS WAS TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE SILVER COUNTERWEIGHT TO THE RECORDER BOX. THIS WAS DONE BY THE COUNTERWEIGHT BEING WRAPPED AROUND THE WHEEL SYSTEM ON THE FRONT OF THE BOX (THE BEADS ON THE COUNTERWEIGHT PREVENTED THE LINE FROM SLIPPING DUE TO AN INCREASE IN WATER KEEPING IT ON THE WHEEL AS THEY WOULD FIT INTO HOLES INSIDE OF IT), AS THE FLOAT ROSE AND FELL THE WHEEL WOULD BE PULLED ONE DIRECTION OR ANOTHER AND WOULD BE RECORDED BY THE PEN AND GRAPH. THE FUNCTION OF THE CLOCK WEIGHT WAS TO OPERATE THE TIME/WATER VELOCITY RATIO ON THE GRAPH WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTANDING THE GENERAL FLOW OF THE WHOLE CANAL. IT WOULD PULL THE GRAPH ALONG (WEIGHED ABOUT 8-10 LBS) TO PROJECT THE TIME SEGMENT OF THE RATIO. EACH OF THESE COMPONENTS WOULD HAVE COME INTO USE AT DIFFERENT TIMES BUT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AS WE SEE IT TODAY WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED BEFORE THE 1960S. THE GRAPH, THEREFORE, RECORDED WATER LEVELS AND CAN BE READ IN THIS MANNER: EACH SOLID LINE VERTICALLY REPRESENTED ½ FOOT IN THE WATER LEVEL WHILE EACH INDIVIDUAL LATERAL LINE REPRESENT 1 HOUR (USUALLY THE GRAPH RECORDED AT 24 HOUR INTERVALS). THESE WOULD BE RECORDED AND BACKED UP BY CALCULATIONS THAT THE WATER SUPERVISORS WOULD MAKE AND THE WATER LEVEL-TIME RATION WOULD BE USED TO CALCULATE WATER VELOCITY. THE WHOLE SYSTEM WAS LOCATED AT “MIDDLE COULEE” (AS LABELED ON THE BOX) WHICH IS A SITE LOCATED NEAR DEVIL’S COULEE. IT IS NORTH OF RAYMOND, WEST OF WARNER IN AN AREA CALLED THE RIDGE RESERVOIR.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010036003
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-10
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- COAL SHUTE & COVER
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- IRON
- Catalogue Number
- P19910036002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- COAL SHUTE & COVER
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1930
- Materials
- IRON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 50.1
- Diameter
- 53.2
- Description
- COVER HINGED ON ONE SIDE, METAL HALF RING HANDLE. "LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS" RAISED LETTERING ON COVER. IRON FLUE BELOW COVER. "LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS CO. LTD." EMBOSSED ON LID. HINGES ON LID RUN DIAMETER OF LID. INSIDE OF CHUTE IS IRON PLATED. CHAIN AND WIRE ARE SUSPENDED FROM INSIDE OF LID.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- INDUSTRY
- History
- MADE BY LETHBRIDGE IRON WORKS FOR BUILDING CONTAINING WASHROOMS IN GALT GARDENS PARK. COAL WAS USED TO HEAT BUILDING & PROTECT FROM FREEZING. STRUCTURE BUILT IN 1940'S & LATER COVERTED TO GAS. DEMOLISHED IN APRIL 1991.
- Catalogue Number
- P19910036002
- Acquisition Date
- 1991-04
- Collection
- Museum
CREST, BUILDING
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact2784
- Other Name
- STANDARD BANK OF CANADA
- Date Range From
- 1908
- Date Range To
- 1919
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- VITREOUS STONEWARE
- Catalogue Number
- P19770300000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- STANDARD BANK OF CANADA
- Date Range From
- 1908
- Date Range To
- 1919
- Materials
- VITREOUS STONEWARE
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 12.7
- Length
- 97.8
- Width
- 54.6
- Description
- MAIN OVAL PORTION OF CREST DEPICTS RAMPANT LION SYMBOL HOLDING AN UPRIGHT BANNER. THE BANNER SHOWS FOUR QUARTERED SECTIONS: UPPER LEFT - 3 RUNNING LIONS. LOWER LEFT - HARP. UPPER RIGHT - RAMPANT LION. LOWER RIGHT - 2 RUNNING LIONS. A SMALLER TRIANGULAR PIECE ATTACHES TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OVAL CREST. THIS SECOND PIECE (17.8 CM X 16.5 CM X 12.7 CM) SHOWS A BEAVER CENTERED IN A FLORAL DESIGN. BORDER OF OVAL CREST PIECE IS EMBOSSED: "STANDARD BANK OF CANADA" EST 1873" EMBOSSED LETTERING HAS BEEN CHISELLED OFF THE CREST FACE. CREST FACE IS GENERALLY CHIPPED AND MARKED. STAMP MARKS ON SIDE OR MARGINS OF OVAL CREST: "5637AX" "ATLA-" "++". STAMP MARKS ON SIDE OF TRIANGULAR PORTION: "5637AX". WHITE ON GREEN.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- BANK LOCATED IN COALHURST AB. & OPERATED FROM 1908 TO 1919. SEE FILE ATTACHED FOR ADDITIONAL HISTORY & LETHBRIDGE HERALD 21 APRIL 1976.
- Catalogue Number
- P19770300000
- Acquisition Date
- 1976-04
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- MARQUIS FLOWER SHOP
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20030018000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MARQUIS FLOWER SHOP
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 8
- Height
- 212.5
- Length
- 91.8
- Width
- 16.7
- Description
- SOLID WOOD WITH A LARGE GLASS PANE CENTERED HORIZONTALLY. ON BOTH SIDES OF GLASS PANE IS A LARGE ROUND STICKER THAT IS BLACK AND GOLD. IN CENTER IS THE IMAGE OF A MAN RUNNING WITH WINGS ON HIS FEET AND HELMET, AND A BOUQUET OF FLOWERS IN ONE HAND, AND THE LETTERS "FTD" BELOW HIM. THERE IS A GOLD BORDER AROUND PERIMETER OF STICKER, WITHIN WHICH READS "FLORISTS' TRANSWORLD DELIVERY SINCE 1910". THERE IS AN OVAL MAIL SLOT IN BOTTOM OF DOOR WITH A BRASS COVER ON ONE SIDE. DOOR ALSO HAS A BRASS KEYPLATE WITH SKELETON KEY HOLE AND ROUND BRASS DOORKNOBS (2 PCE). THERE ARE 3 HINGES ON ONE SIDE OF DOOR; COMES WITH 5 BRASS SCREWS.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- DOOR WAS LOCATED IN THE MARQUIS HOTEL, SERVING AS AN INTERIOR ENTRANCE BETWEEN THE HOTEL'S LOBBY AND THE MARQUIS FLOWER SHOP. AN IDENTICAL DOOR EXISTED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE LOBBY, SERVING THE AIR CANADA OFFICE. THE EDMUNDSON FAMILY ACQUIRED THE FLOWER SHOP ON JULY 15, 1938 WHEN DONOR'S FATHER, FRED, BOUGHT THE OPERATION FROM FLORENCE MAHEN. THE BUSINESS, ITS ASSETS AND DEBTS WERE ACQUIRED BY EDMUNDSON FOR $50. "FTD" WAS FORMED IN 1914 IN ORDER TO TRADE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ORDERS BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. THE MARQUIS FLOWER SHOP BECAME AFFILIATED WITH FTD SOMETIME AROUND 1939. FRED EDMUNDSON MARRIED DONOR'S MOTHER IN 1940 AND DONOR WAS BORN IN 1943, GROWING UP IN THE FLOWER SHOP'S ENVIRONMENT. EVENTUALLY, THE DONOR BEGAN WORKING FULL-TIME IN THE BUSINESS (1964) AND BY THE 1970S WAS IN FULL CONTROL OF THE OPERATION. IN NOVEMBER 1985 THE MARQUIS HOTEL'S MECHANICAL SYSTEM FAILED AND THE OWNERS, THE ROYAL BANK, WERE FORCED TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO RE-INVEST AGAIN INTO MAINTAINING THE HOTEL'S OPERATION. DUE TO ONGOING PROBLEMS, IT WAS DECIDED TO CLOSE THE HOTEL AND CONSEQUENTLY, THE FLOWER SHOP WAS GIVEN TWO WEEKS NOTICE TO VACATE. ALTHOUGH A DIFFICULT MOVE, WITH LITTLE NOTICE, AND WITH CHRISTMAS LOOMING, THE BUSINESS WAS MOVED TO ITS CURRENT 6TH STREET LOCATION. THE DOOR WAS OBTAINED AT NO COST BY THE EDMUNDSON'S JUST PRIOR TO THE HOTELS DEMOLITION IN THE LATE 1980S. IT WAS MOVED TO THE BUSINESS' 6TH STREET LOCATION TO BE USED AS A CENTERPIECE DISPLAY ITEM. IT'S WEIGHT, HOWEVER, BROUGHT IT INTO DISUSE AND IT WAS MOVED TO DONOR'S HOME UNTIL DONATION TO THE MUSEUM. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, PHIL EDMUNDSON, RELATING TO A NEW DONATION OF MATERIALS FROM THE MARQUIS HOTEL/MARQUIS FLOWER SHOP. SEE RECORDS P20140046001 AND P20140046002 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT.
- Catalogue Number
- P20030018000
- Acquisition Date
- 2003-07
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- PROJECTIONIST DOOR
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 2007
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20070023002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PROJECTIONIST DOOR
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 2007
- Materials
- STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 216.5
- Length
- 91.0
- Width
- 28.0
- Description
- STEEL DOOR, ONE SIDE PAINTED GREY-GREEN WITH BLACK SEMI-CIRCLE SURROUNDING METAL PUSH-PLATE AND KEYHOLE. BLACK METAL PROTECTIVE PLATE ALONG BOTTOM LENGTH OF DOOR. OTHER SIDE PAINTED WHITE, HAS METAL C-SHAPED HANDLE AND METAL DOOR CLOSURE DEVICE MOUNTED AT TOP. SIDE OF DOOR WITH DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM LABELLED, "SCHLAGE."
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- BUSINESS
- History
- THE DOOR WAS REMOVED FROM THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE IN 2007. ACCORDING TO JOEY SHACKLEFORD (GRANDSON OF A.W. SHACKLEFORD) IN 2010, THE DOOR WAS FROM THE PROJECTION BOOTH. THE BOOTH WAS NEAR A PRIVATE VIEWING AREA ON THE UPPER FLOOR OF THE THEATRE. THE DOOR HAD A HALF CIRCLE WINDOW. HARRY BOYSE, AND RICHARD FURUKAWA WERE TWO OF THE PROJECTIONISTS AT THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE. WHILE SHACKLEFORD SAID MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY WORKED ALMOST EVERY POSITION IN THE THEATRE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THEIR LIVES, THE PROJECTIONIST JOB WAS THE “ONLY THING WE NEVER DID BECAUSE IT WAS A UNION POSITION. YOU HAD TO WRITE EXAMS AND PUT IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOURS BEFORE YOU WERE QUALIFIED.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE P20070023001 AND PERMANENT RECORD. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING A PORTRAIT OF ALFRED WILLIAM SHACKLEFORD (P20060025001-GA), OWNER OF THE SHACKLEFORD THEATRES. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF MAYOR SHACKLEFORD WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM ARCHIVES CANADA ONLINE AND A LETHBRIDGE HERALD TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM MAY 31, 1992. A.W. SHACKLEFORD WAS BORN IN ESSEX, ENGLAND IN 1899 AND CAME TO CALGARY WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1909. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE TRAINED AS A DRAFTSMAN BUT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE FILM EXCHANGE AND FOX FILMS. IN 1921 HE WAS HIRED TO MANAGED THE KING'S THEATRE IN LETHBRIDGE AND BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH MARK ROGERS, A LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN WHO OWNED THREE LOCAL MOVIE THEATRES. SHACKLEFORD ALSO BECAME PARTNER IN THE AMUSEMENT COMPANY THAT OPENED THE HENDERSON LAKE PAVILLION IN 1924. BY 1925 HE WAS PART-OWNER OF THE FORMER EMPRESS THEATRE ON 5TH AVENUE SOUTH, RENAMING IT THE ROXY. HE THEN TEAMED UP WITH THE FAMOUS PLAYERS COMPANY TO REMODEL THE FORMER PALACE THEATRE AND RENAME IT THE CAPITOL. SHACKLEFORD ALSO OPENED THE THEATRE IN THE FORMER COLLEGE MALL, BUILT THE 960-SEAT PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON 4TH AVENUE SOUTH, AND TOOK OVER OPERATION OF THE DIRVE-IN THEATRE AT THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. SHACKLEFORD WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN CIVIC LIFE, ACTIVE IN GROUPS INCLUDING THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE GYRO CLUB, UNITED WAY, LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION BOARD, BOARD OF TRADE, ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, AND THE ALBERTA THEATRE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. HE AND HIS WIFE ADA HAD TWO SONS, ROBERT AND DOUGLAS. AFTER SEVERAL TERMS AS ALDERMAN STARTING IN 1939, SHACKLEFORD FIRST SERVED AS MAYOR FROM 1944 - 1947, AND FOR TWO MORE TERMS FROM 1952 - 1955 AND 1957 - 1961. HE WORKED FOR 68 YEARS IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS, RETIRING AT AGE 90. W.A. SHACKLEFORD DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 30, 1992. SEE PERMANENT FILE P20060025001 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.
- Catalogue Number
- P20070023002
- Acquisition Date
- 2008-08
- Collection
- Museum