Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TOKEN SET

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1945

Materials

PAPER, STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

2.2

Length

5.8

Width

5.7

Description

CONSISTS OF 38 ROUND, BLUE TOKENS ON A WIRE. EACH TOKEN HAS A HOLE PUNCHED IN ITS CENTER. TOKENS ARE MADE OF PRESSED PAPER; FRONTS AND BACKS ARE PAINTED BLUE (EDGES ARE NOT). EACH TOKEN IS IMPRESSED, ON BOTH SIDES, WITH "CANADA MEAT VIANDE RATION". ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WORD "CANADA" IS A SMALL MAPLE LEAF. EACH TOKEN IS 2.3CM IN DIAMETER. THE WIRE IS BENT INTO A ROUGH LOOP, AND TWISTED AT THE ENDS.

Subjects

EXCHANGE MEDIUM

Historical Association

CURRENCY/MAUNDY

History

TOKENS WERE ISSUED TO DONOR'S FATHER ALEXANDER ULRICKSON, AND POSSIBLY USED BY DONOR, DURING WWII TO OBTAIN MEAT, MILK AND OTHER SCARCE ITEMS IN LETHBRIDGE. (ULRICK) ALEXANDER ULRICKSON WAS BORN IN PAYNESVILLE, MINNESOTA IN FEBRUARY 1982. ALEXANDER QUIT SCHOOL AT THE AGE OF 14, BECAUSE THE FAMILY FARM COULD NOT SUSTAIN THE FAMILY, AND WENT TO WORK IN THE MINNESOTA NORTH WOODS AS A WRANGLER FOR A LUMBER COMPANY. WITHIN THE NEXT 10 YEARS HE ACQUIRED A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF THE CARPENTRY TRADE WHICH HE WOULD USE TO EARN HIS LIVING FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE. IN 1917, ALEXANDER HOMESTEADED ON LAND SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF CLIMAX, SASKATCHEWAN. DURING THE DEPRESSION ALEXANDER WORKED AT BUILDING GRAIN ELEVATORS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN. HE AND HIS WIFE, MABEL, HAD TWO CHILDREN, ELEANOR AND ALLAN. IN 1942, ALEXANDER AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HE BUILT HANGERS AT THE LETHBRIDGE AIRPORT, UNTIL THE END OF WWII. AFTER THIS HE WENT INTO HOUSE CONSTRUCTION. HE CONTINUED TO WORK AS A CARPENTER UNTIL HE WAS 70 AND RETIRE. HE PASSED AWAY SEPTEMBER 10, 1976 AT 84 YEARS OF AGE. HIS WIFE MABEL PASSED AWAY NOVEMBER 22, 1982. (SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE HISTORY). A RATION BOOK THAT WAS DONATED WITH THESE TOKENS HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO THE ARCHIVES. *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ALLAN ULRICKSON. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, PUNDYK CONNECTED WITH THE DONOR’S SON, PAUL ULRICKSON. THESE ARTIFACTS WERE NOT RECOGNIZED AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED. ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE IS THE DONOR'S OBITUARY AS IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT SOURCE. ALLAN ULRICKSON WAS BORN ON APRIL 14, 1932. HE LATER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, AND LATER WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A TECHNOLOGIST. HIS WIFE WAS TERESA ULRICKSON AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALEX AND PAUL. HE PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON JANUARY 18, 2016 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE OBITUARY HARD COPY.

Catalogue Number

P20000022001

Acquisition Date

2000-08

Collection

Museum

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