TRUSS
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BACK SUPPORT
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- CANVAS, LEATHER, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P20000058002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- BACK SUPPORT
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- CANVAS, LEATHER, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 88
- Width
- 10.7
- Description
- WIDE CANVAS BELT FLANKED BY THREE BUCKLES (2 BRASS, 1 STEEL) ON ONE SIDE AND THREE LEATHER STRAPS ON THE OTHER. BUCKLES AND STRAPS SEWN TO CANVAS VIA LEATHER FITTINGS. TWO LEATHER STRAPS SEWN DIAGONALLY TO CENTER OF BELT. BELT IS HEAVILY SOILED AND CREASED. NO VISIBLE MARKINGS.
- Subjects
- MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E
- Historical Association
- COAL MINING
- History
- DONOR WAS ONE OF A FAMILY OF 12 WHO CAME WEST FROM P.E.I. IN 1928. DONOR WORKED IN ROYAL VIEW MINE OUTSIDE CITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS BEFORE GOING TO WORK FOR FOR THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE IN PAVING AND GARBAGE DEPTS. DONOR BOUGHT BACK SUPPORT PRIVATELY DUE TO LONG PERIODS IN WHICH MINERS WERE BENT OVER DUE TO LOW CEILINGS IN MINES.
- Catalogue Number
- P20000058002
- Acquisition Date
- 2000-12
- Collection
- Museum
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