WALLET

Description: BLACK LEATHER. LEATHER HAS A DIMPLED TEXTURE. CONSISTS OF TWO FLAPS WHICH OVERLAP A CENTRE PIECE. EACH FLAP FORMS A POCKET ON THE INSIDE. CENTRE PORTION HAS A FLAP WITH A SMALLER POCKET ON TOP. THIS FLAP OPENS UP TO REVEAL A "TEXAS" WALLET. ONE SIDE HAS TWO PIECES OF LEATHER WHICH ARE PARALLEL TO EACHOTHER, AND THE OTHER SIDE HAS TWO PIECES OF LEATHER WHICH CROSS EACHOTHER TO FORM AN X.

History: BELONGED TO DANIEL MICHAEL OAKLAND (DONOR'S GRANDFATHER). WHEN DANIEL PASSED AWAY ITEM WAS GIVEN TO HIS DAUGHTER MABEL, AND SHE PASSED IT ON TO HER SON (DONOR). SEE P20000022002-GA FOR FAMILY HISTORY. THE "TEXAS WALLET" INSIDE IS DESIGNED TO BE AN ILLUSION. BY PUTTING A BILL ON ONE SIDE AND CLOSING THE FLAP, AND OPENING IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE MAKES IT APPEAR THAT THE BILL HAS MAGICALLY SWITCHED SIDES. *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.