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Description: UNFRAMED, RECTANGULAR BLACK AND WHITE PRINT. CONSISTS OF THE UPPER HALF OFAN OLDER MAN, WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED OVER EACH OTHER. HE IS WEARING A SCOUTING UNIFORM, INCLUDING A MOUNTIE-STYLE HAT, A SHIRT WITH BARS ON IT, AND A SCARF. BELOW THE MAN, PRINTED IN WHITE, WITHIN A BLACK RECTANGLE IS "BADEN-POWELL". CORNERS ARE SLIGHTLY WORN; LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER HAS A SLIGHT BEND IN IT.

History: PRINT CAME FROM THE OFFICES OF THE WEST WINDS DISTRICT OF SCOUTING. DISTRICT INCLUDED FORT MACLEOD, COALHURST, DIAMOND CITY, NOBLEFORD, PICTURE BUTTE AND THE AREA NORTH AND WEST OF LETHBRIDGE. THE FORMATION OF THIS DISTRICT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY IN THE LATE 1940S. IT CEASED TO FUNCTION IN 1962 AND WAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED IN 1977. FORT MACLEOD AND THAT AREA MOVED TO JOIN THE PORCUPINE HILLS DISTRICT, WHILE COALHURTS, DIAMOND CITY, NOBELFORD AND PICTURE BUTTE JOINED IN THE REFORMATION OF THE LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT. THE PRINT IS RELEVANT TO SCOUTING AS EACH OFFICE, WITHIN SCOUTING, FROM THE DISTRICT LEVEL TO NATIONAL LEVELS 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 IN LETHBRIDGE OFFICIALLY CLOSED, BUT BOY SCOUTS STILL REMAIN THERE. DUE TO FEAR OF LOSS OF ITEMS THEY WERE DONATED TO MUSEUM. SCOUTING BEGAN IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1914. *NOTE* WHEN DISPLAYED, DONORS WISH TO BE IDENTIFIED AS LETHBRIDGE DISTRICT,SOUTHERN REGION, SCOUTS CANADA.