PLAQUE, RELIGIOUS
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact9202
- Other Name
- ALTAR CROSS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041323
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ALTAR CROSS
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 22.5
- Length
- 9.5
- Width
- 8.2
- Description
- PLAIN BRASS CROSS FIXED IN HEXAGONAL BRASS BASE. BRASS EMBLEM AT CENTER OF CROSS HAS "IHS" IN RELIEF. "$11.40" IS HAND PRINTED IN GREEN INK ON BOTTOM.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- RELIGION
- History
- ALTAR CROSS WAS USED ON THE ALTAR OF THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE, ALBERTA, LIKELY FROM THE 1950'S OR 1960'S. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WERE ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE RELOCATED TO SLOCAN CITY(1942) BY THE CANADIAN GOV'T. DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041323
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
PLAQUE, RELIGIOUS
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/en/permalink/artifact9203
- Other Name
- CRUCIFIX
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041324
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CRUCIFIX
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- WOOD, GLASS, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 23
- Length
- 10.4
- Width
- 7.7
- Description
- WOOD CROSS FIXED INSIDE SQUARE DOUBLE TIER BASE THAT HAS PURPLE GLASS COVERING OVER FRONT AND YELLOWED PLASTIC HUMAN FIGURE OF JESUS. TOP PORTION OF GLASS ON CROSS IS MISSING AND BLACK GLUE REMNANTS ARE VISIBLE. CROSS COMES FREE FROM BASE.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- RELIGION
- History
- ALTAR CROSS WAS KEPT ON THE BEDSIDE TABLE OF DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WERE ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE RELOCATED TO SLOCAN CITY(1942) BY THE CANADIAN GOV'T. DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041324
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- PENNANT W/CREST
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- SILK?
- Catalogue Number
- P19990081000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PENNANT W/CREST
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- SILK?
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 1.6
- Length
- 77.5
- Width
- 39.0
- Description
- A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF BURGUNDY CLOTH, TRIMMED WITH BEIGE AND BURGUNDY TASSELS ON THREE SIDES. HANGING FROM EACH OF THE TWO BOTTOM CORNERS IS A BALL OF TASSELS, HANGING FROM A SHORT BEIGE AND BURGUNDY ROPE. PAINTED ONTO BOTH SIDES OF BANNER IS A FAMILY CREST. THE CREST CONSISTS OF AN EAGLE, WITH WINGS OUTSPREAD, SITTING ON A CROWN SHAPE, MADE OF BRICKS. BELOW THIS IS A CASCADE OF WHITE AND BURGUNDY FEATHERS, WITH TASSELS ON EACH END. BELOW THE FEATHERS IS A SHIELD SHAPE, WITHIN WHICH IS AN EAGLE, WITH WINGS OUTSPREAD AND TALONS SHOWING, IS OVER A RED, BRICK AQUADUCT STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE'S BASE IS IN A BODY OF WATER. BELOW THE SHIELD IS A WHITE AND BLUE BANNER THAT READS "SPES.MEA.IN.DEO". AT EACH OF THE TOP CORNERS OF THE BANNER ARE TWO DOVE-TAILED BURGUNDY-RED RIBBONS. THERE ARE ALSO TWO IN THE CENTRE TOP, BUT HAV EBEEN TORN SO THEY ARE SHORT AND FRAYED.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- A LETHBRIDGE FAMILY HERALDRY CREST. TRANSFERRED FROM ARCHIVES. PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS P19735011001-GM.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990081000
- Acquisition Date
- 1972-06
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- ANGLICAN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER WITH HYMNAL
- Date Range From
- 1952
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- PAPER, LEATHER
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041625
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- ANGLICAN BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER WITH HYMNAL
- Date Range From
- 1952
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- PAPER, LEATHER
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 3.5
- Length
- 13.7
- Width
- 9.3
- Description
- .1) RECTANGULAR GREEN CARDBOARD BOX WITH RED PAPER LABEL ON END. LABEL READS "CANADIAN PRAYER & HYMN BOOK" AND "THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY LTD. TORONTO". .2) PRAYER BOOK. BLACK LEATHER BOUND BOOK WITH GOLD CROSS EMBOSSED ON FRONT COVER AND HAS THREE NYLON BOOKMARKS, ONE BLUE, ONE YELLOW, ONE ORANGE. BOOK CONTAINS BOTH THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN CANADA & THE HYMNAL OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN CANADA.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- RELIGION
- History
- PRAYER AND HYMNAL BOOK BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST FROM 1929 UNTIL HIS DEATH. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. DONOR'S FATHER WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041625
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- SCOUT'S FLAG
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1962
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- NYLON, WOOD, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20000041004
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SCOUT'S FLAG
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1962
- Materials
- NYLON, WOOD, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 3.0
- Length
- 233.0
- Width
- 132.0
- Description
- FLAG IS GREEN NYLON. IN CENTRE OF FLAG IS A YELLOW FLEUR DE LIS WITH TWO GREEN STARS WITHIN IT. BELOW THIS IS A YELLOW BANNER THAT READS "BE PREPARED" IN GREEN. FLAG IS HEMMED WITH WHITE THREAD. ON ONE SIDE THE FLAG HAS A CASING FOR THE POLE. THE POLE CONSISTS OF 2 PIECES THAT FIT TOGETHER WITH BRASS ENDS. THE POLES ARE WOOD WITH BROWN VARNISH ON THEM. AT THE TOP OF ONE OF THE POLES IS A BRASS FINIAL IN THE SHAPE OF A FLEUR DE LIS. THERE AR ETWO STARS INDENTED INTO THE FLEUR DE LIS, AND BELOW THIS IS A BANNER THAT READS "BE PREPARED"; FINIAL IS THE SAME ON BOTH SIDES. VARNISH IS WORN OFF BOTTOM OF OTHER POLE, AND IS CHIPPED AND SCRATCHED IN OTHER PLACES.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- ASSOCIATIONS
- History
- FLAG WAS ORIGINALLY PURCHASED BY THE WEST WIND DISTRICT AND TRANSFERRED TO LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT IN 1977 WHEN THE WEST WINDS DISTRICT WAS CLOSED, AND COMMUNITIES FROM THAT DISTRICT JOINED IN THE REFORMATION OF THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT. FLAG IS A CARRYING FLAG, AS OPPOSED TO A FLYING FLAG. FLAG WAS USED AT ALL MEETINGS, CHURCH PARADES, SPECIAL CEREMONIES AND REMEMBRANCE DAY PARADES. FLAG COST ABOUT $12.00 AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, W/ POLES. THE FLAG WAS USED IN THE RETIRING OF COLORS AT THE WEST WINDS DISTRICT CLOSURE AND ALSO AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT. IT WAS FINALLY LAID TO REST AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT IN 1999 WHEN ALL THE DISTRICTS IN ALBERTA WERE CLOSED DUE TO THE RESTRUCTURING OF PROVINCIAL SCOUTING WHICH OCCURRED IN MAY OF 2000. THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO A WIDER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. DUE TO FEAR OF ITEMS LOSS THEY WERE GIVEN TO THE MUSEUM. RELATED CATALOGUE # P20000041005-GA. *NOTE* WHEN DISPLAYED DONORS WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED AS LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT, SOUTHERN REGION, SCOUTS CANADA.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000041004
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-11
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- SCOUT'S FLAG
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1962
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- BURLAP?, WOOD, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P20000041005
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- SCOUT'S FLAG
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1962
- Materials
- BURLAP?, WOOD, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 3
- Height
- 3.1
- Length
- 227.0
- Width
- 126.5
- Description
- YELLOW BURLAP? FLAG. IN THE CENTER OF THE FLAG IS THE IMAGE OF A HEAD OF A WOLF, IN GREEN. BELOW THIS IS A BANNER SHAPE, OUTLINED IN GREEN, THAT READS "DO YOUR BEST", ALSO IN GREEN. BELOW THIS THE WORDS "WOLF CUBS", IN GREEN, ARE SEWN ON. POLE IS TWO PIECES, THAT FIT TOGETHER WITH BRASS ENDS. ON THE TOP OF ONE POLE IS A BRASS FINIAL IN THE SHAPE OF A WOLF. BELOW THIS A GREEN AND YELLOW ROPE IS TIED AROUND POLE; THE ROPE ENDS IN TASSELS. THE POLES ARE WOOD WITH BROWN VARNISH, AND BRASS ENDS. THE VARNISH IS WEARING OFF BOTTOM POLE.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- ASSOCIATIONS
- History
- SAME HISTORY AS P20000041004-GA.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000041005
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-11
- Collection
- Museum
- Other Name
- LADIES TRAINMEN
- Date Range From
- 1922
- Date Range To
- 2002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- WOOD, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P20060010001
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- LADIES TRAINMEN
- Date Range From
- 1922
- Date Range To
- 2002
- Materials
- WOOD, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.5
- Length
- 28.5
- Width
- 7.5
- Description
- WOODEN GAVEL WITH GRN,RD AND WHT RIBBONS. DECORATIVE TURNED HANDLE.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- ASSOCIATIONS
- History
- GAVEL WAS USED BY THE PRESIDENT TO BRING MEETINGS TO ORDER AND "TO STOP THE GOSSIPING". RIBBONS DECORATING THE GAVEL WERE THE LODGE'S COLOURS. DONOR CAME INTO POSSESSION OF THE ARTIFACT(S) AS THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE CPR LADIES LODGE. SINCE THERE WERE NO NEW MEMBERS AND FIVE MEMBERS WERE NEEDED TO HAVE A MEETING, THE LODGE AMALGAMATED WITH MEDICINE HAT. THE PAST SECRETARY MOVED TO A NURSING HOME AND THE DONOR BECAME BOTH PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. THE AUXILIARY OF THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, FORMERLY THE LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 729 WAS A CHAPTER OF THE LADIES TRAINMEN. THE LADIES AUXILIARY WAS ORGANIZED INFORMALLY BY SOPHIA J. GRANGER SHORTLY AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN (BRT) ON 16 SEPTEMBER 1886 IN FORT GRATIOT, MICHIGAN. THE LADIES AUXILIARY WAS FORMALLY RECOGNIZED AT THE BRT CONVENTION IN OCTOBER 1888, AND THE FIRST CHARTER WAS GRANTED TO THE GRAND LODGE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN AT FORT GRATIOT ON 23 JANUARY 1889. THE AIMS OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN ARE HERE QUOTED FROM THE CONSTITUTION AND GENERAL RULES REVISED TO 1951. "TO UNITE THE FAMILIES OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN; TO PROMOTE THEIR WELFARE SOCIALLY, MORALLY AND INTELLECTUALLY, AND TO ENCOURAGE THEM IN ALL THINGS PERTAINING TO THE GOOD OF THE BROTHERHOOD, THE AUXILIARY HAS BEEN ORGANIZED. CONVINCED THAT IT IS FOR THE GOOD OF THE BROTHERHOOD IN GENERAL, AND FOR OUR OWN WELFARE, THAT A MUTUAL GOOD FEELING SHOULD, AT ALL TIMES, EXIST BETWEEN BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, IT SHALL BE OUR CONSTANT AIM AND ENDEAVOR TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN THE SAME. SUCH ARE THE AIMS AND INTENTIONS OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY TO THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN." ON 10 MARCH 1970 THE BRT MERGED WITH THREE OTHER UNIONS TO BECOME THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, AND THE NAME OF THE AUXILIARY WAS CHANGED TO LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION. THE ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO EXIST AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING. FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 729, LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION, WAS FORMED AT MEETING HELD IN THE MOOSE HALL IN LETHBRIDGE ON 3 FEBRUARY 1922 AS FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 729, LADIES AUXILIARY OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN, THE 14 CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE LODGE WERE: MARY E. CAMPBELL, AMANDA CHOINIERE, LORETTA DAVIDSON, MARAGET GOODALL, JESSIE GORDON, MARY V. HIGHTON (SECRETARY), MABEL KEIVER (PAST PRESIDENT), LILLIE MAHON (PRESIDENT), ETTA MACDONALD, LUCY MURPHY, ANNA ROY, CLARA R. SMITH, BLANCHE WANS (VICE PRESIDENT) AND LEORA V. WRAY (TREASURER).MRS. WRAY PROPOSED THE NAME "FRIENDSHIP" FOR THE LODGE, WHICH WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. A LIST OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 729, AS WELL AS ALL MEMBERS WHO JOINED FROM 1922 TO 1989 THAT IS AVAILABLE IN THE LODGE HISTORY. THE AIMS OF FRIENDSHIP LODGE WERE THE SAME AS THOSE OF THE PARENT ORGANIZATION. IN ADDITION, THE LODGE REGULARLY CONTRIBUTED MONEY AS WELL AS VOLUNTEERED GOODS AND TIME TO ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS THE SALVATION ARMY, LETHBRIDGE HANDICAPPED RIDING ASSOCIATION, LETHBRIDGE SOUP KITCHEN AND LETHBRIDGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL. IN THE MID 1990S, THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE LODGE BEGAN TO DECLINE AS MEMBERS GREW OLDER, AND NO NEW MEMBERS WERE RECRUITED. THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF FRIENDSHIP LODGE NO. 729 CEASED ABOUT THE TURN OF THE 21ST CENTURY AND THE LODGE SURRENDERED ITS CHARTER ON 31 DECEMBER 2004.
- Catalogue Number
- P20060010001
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Date Range From
- 1922
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- SYNTHETIC MATERIAL, COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P20060010002
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1922
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- SYNTHETIC MATERIAL, COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Length
- 112
- Width
- 14
- Description
- BLK SHEER VEIL. FIVE HOLES ON END OF VEIL. VEIL EDGE GATHERED BY CLOTH RIBBON WITH PIN ATTACHED TO ONE RIBBON. SMALL PERMA-PLEATS ARE FOLDED INTO THE MATERIAL. BLK SQUARE COTTON CLOTH WITH LOOSE WEAVE.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- ASSOCIATIONS
- History
- DONOR CAME INTO POSSESSION OF THE ARTIFACT(S) AS THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE CPR LADIES LODGE. SINCE THERE WERE NO NEW MEMBERS AND FIVE MEMBERS WERE NEEDED TO HAVE A MEETING, THE LODGE AMALGAMATED WITH MEDICINE HAT. THE PAST SECRETARY MOVED TO A NURSING HOME AND THE DONOR BECAME BOTH PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. BLK VEIL WAS USED TO DRAPE THE CHARTER WHEN MEMBERS DIED AND LIKELY KEPT IN THE "ELITE SUPREME" BOX. (DONOR COULD NOT QUITE RECALL THE BOX, BUT ASSUMED THAT IS WHAT IT WAS FOR). BLK CLOTH WAS DRAPED OVER THE ALTER AND A BIBLE WAS PLACED ON TOP OF BOTH. THE PASSING (FUNERARY) CEREMONY WAS HELD IN MAY, THE LAST BEING HELD IN THE 70S. ONCE THE MEETINGS BEGAN TO BE HELD IN HOMES THE CEREMONY DID NOT CONTINUE. SEE P20060010001 FOR COMPLETE HISTORY ON THE CPR LADIES LODGE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20060010002
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-05
- Collection
- Museum
Images
- Other Name
- PENNY JAR
- Date Range From
- 1922
- Date Range To
- 2002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- TIN
- Catalogue Number
- P20060010003
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PENNY JAR
- Date Range From
- 1922
- Date Range To
- 2002
- Materials
- TIN
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 12
- Diameter
- 13
- Description
- HOMEMADE PIGGY BANK MADE FROM JAM CAN. BLK TIN PENNY JAR. HAND PAINTED GRN TEXT READS "PENNY JAR". TOP OF JAR HAS SLOT OPENING TO DROP COINS.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- ASSOCIATIONS
- History
- BANK WAS USED BY MEMBERS TO COLLECT PENNIES FOR MEMBER'S BIRTHDAY AND USED FOR OTHER LIKE DONATIONS. DONOR CAME INTO POSSION OF THE ARTIFACT(S) AS THE LAST PRESIDENT OF THE CPR LADIES LODGE. SINCE THERE WERE NO NEW MEMBERS AND FIVE MEMBERS WERE NEEDED TO HAVE A MEETING, THE LODGE AMALGAMATED WITH MEDICINE HAT. THE PAST SECRETARY MOVED TO A NURSING HOME AND THE DONOR BECAME BOTH PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY. SEE P20060010001 FOR COMPLETE HISTORY ON THE CPR LADIES LODGE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20060010003
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-05
- Collection
- Museum
ORNAMENT, CHRISTMAS TREE
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- Other Name
- NOMA LIGHTS
- Date Range From
- 1955
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Materials
- CARDBOARD, PLASTIC, METAL
- Catalogue Number
- P20060032004
2 images
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NOMA LIGHTS
- Date Range From
- 1955
- Date Range To
- 1965
- Materials
- CARDBOARD, PLASTIC, METAL
- No. Pieces
- 4
- Height
- 4.8
- Length
- 16.4
- Width
- 29.6
- Description
- ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS IN RD BOX. BOX MARKED "NOMA SAFETY PLUG CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THE FUSES PROTECT YOU". BOTTOM OF BOX GIVES DESCRIPTION AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE. BOX CONTAINS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS; FOUR GRN, ONE YLLW, ONE BL AND ONE RD. A SMALL PAPER ENVELOPE WITH TEXT "FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE AN EXTRA FUSE IS ENCLOSED ...". BOTTOM OF BOX IS TORN IN THREE PLACES. *UPDATE* AS OF 2011 INVENTORY, NO. PIECES HAS BEEN INCREASED FROM 3 TO 4, INCLUDING THE BOX, LIGHT STRING, CARDBOARD LIGHT STRING HOLDER AND PAPER ENVELOPE.
- Subjects
- CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- ACCORDING TO DONOR TREVOR BENNET AT TIME OF DONATION, THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS WERE USED IN HIS PARENTS' HOME. BENNET ALWAYS DID THE DECORATING FROM THE AGE OF 9 AND CONTINUED TO DO SO EVEN AFTER HE LEFT HOME. THE DONOR'S FATHER WOULD TAKE DOWN AND PUT AWAY THE DECORATIONS SINCE HE WAS SELDOM HOME IN THE WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. HE WAS A CONDUCTOR ON THE FREIGHT TRAINS FOR THE CPR STATIONED IN LETHBRIDGE. CHRISTMAS WAS USUALLY A BUSY TIME FOR THE RAILWAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20060032004
- Acquisition Date
- 2006-10
- Collection
- Museum
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