MODEL

Description: HAND CRAFTED FROM WOOD. EACH WHEEL HAS A STRIP OF ALUMINUM AROUND OUTER RIM. SIDES OF WAGON HAVE VARIOUS PROPS ATTACHED, INCLUDING A BARREL, 3 WOODEN POTS, AN AXE, A SHOVEL, A PICK AXE, AND A TRUNK. ALSO ON SIDE OF WAGON IS A SUEDE GUN CASE, IN WHICH IS INSERTED A MINIATURE WOODEN RIFLE (RIFLE IS REMOVABLE). ON FRONT AND BACK OF WAGON THERE ARE ALSO MINIATURE TRUNKS ATTACHED. TOP OF WAGON IS COVERED WITH BROWN FABRIC. FRONT OF WAGON HAS A LONG, HINGED PIECE ATTACHED TO IT, WITH A SMALL HOLE IN IT. A SEPARATE PIECE SITS IN HOLE, MADE UP OF THREE TRIANGULAR PIECES OF WOOD, HOOKED TOGETHER, WITH TWO SMALL CHAINS HANGING FROM BOTH ENDS. A WHITE LABEL ON UNDERSIDE OF WAGON READS "PERSONAL PROPERTY OF MAYOR DAVID B. CARPENTER".

History: DONOR HAS BEEN MAYOR OF LETHBRIDGE SINCE 1987; IS RETIRING IN 2001. WAGON WAS GIVEN TO DONOR AS A GIFT BY ENTREPRENEUR STEPHEN REID. THE WAGON WAS CRAFTED BY A GENTLEMAN IN MILK RIVER. MR. REID WAS INTRODUCED TO THE ARTIST BY DR. ALEX JOHNSTON. MR. REID WAS IMPRESSED BY THE ARTIST'S TALENT AND THOUGHT THE MAYOR WOULD APPRECIATE THE WORK OF A LOCAL ARTIST. ITEM WAS DONATED TO MUSEUM IN JUNE 2000, DURING THE MOVE TO THE NEW CITY HALL, FROM THE BLT BUILDING.