PRINT

Description: COLOR PRINT, IN WOOD FRAME. THE FRAME HAS A DECORATIVE BEAD AROUND OUTER EDGE AND NO FINISH. THE PRINT IS OF THE UPPER HALF OF A MAN, WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED. HE IS ON A GREEN BACKGROUND. HE IS WEARING A SCOUTING UNIFORM, INCLUDING A MOUNTIE STYLE HAT, GREEN AND YELLOW SCARF, AND KHAKI COLOURED SHIRT WITH RED, GREEN, AND YELLOW BARS ON IT. PRINT LOOKS HAND COLOURED. THERE IS A CRESCENT SHAPED CREASE ON LEFT SIDE OF PRINT. HAS A CARDBOARD BACKING.

History: A PRINT OF LORD BADEN-POWELL. THE PRINT WAS KEPT IN THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUTING OFFICE SINCE THE REFORMATION OF THE DISTRICT IN 1977. IT WAS FIRST IN USE IN THE REGIONAL SCOUT OFFICES BEFORE THE FIRST RECONSTRUCTION OF THAT BUILDING DONE IN ABOUT 1973. AT THAT TIME IT HUNG IN THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE LOWER HALL (APPROXIMATELY WHERE THE MEN'S WASHROOM FACILITY IS TODAY). LARRY JONES, PAST PRESIDENT OF LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUTING, BELIEVES THAT A LOCAL PSYCHOLOGIST, DR. SCOTT ANGUS, WAS THE REGIONAL COMMISSIONER AT THE TIME. AFTER THE OFFICE WAS DONE AWAY WITH IN FAVOR OF A NEW OFFICE FOR THE REGIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THE PRINT SAT IN STORAGE UNTIL RESCUED FOR THE NEW DISTRICT OFFICE WHICH WAS WHERE THE GUIDING OFFICE STANDS NOW. THE PRINT IS RELEVANT TO SCOUTING AS EACH OFFICE, FROM DISTRICT TO NATIONAL LEVEL, PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED A LIKENESS OF THE FOUNDER OF SCOUTING, LORD BADEN-POWELL. SCOUTING CHANGED ITS ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT HAS BEEN ABSORBED INTO A WIDER GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. ON MAY 25TH 2000 THE OFFICE OFFICIALLY CLOSED IN LETHBRIDGE, BUT BOY SCOUTS STILL REMAIN THERE. DUE TO FEAR OF LOSS OF ITEMS THEY WERE GIVEN TO MUSEUM. SCOUTING BEGAN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1914. *NOTE* WHEN DISPLAYED DONORS WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED AS LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT, SOUTHERN REGION, SCOUTS CANADA.