Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

NEWSPAPER CARRIER BAG

Date Range From

1930

Date Range To

1940

Materials

CANVAS, STEEL, BRASS

No. Pieces

2

Length

77.0 (W/ HANDLE)

Width

56.5

Description

WHITE CANVAS BAG. HAS NO CLOSURES. PRINTED ON FRONT OF BAG, IN RED, IS "LETHBRIDGE DAILY HERALD". HAS A WIDE CANVAS SHOULDER STRAP. ATTACHED TO STRAP IS A STEEL HOOK; ON HOOK IS A STEEL RING, WITH A SHORT STRIP OF CANVAS ATTACHED TO IT. ONE SIDE OF BAG IS OPEN TO HALF WAY DOWN. THERE IS A FLAP OF MATERIAL ATTACHED TO BACK SIDE OF BAG THAT CAN SERVE AS A COVER FOR BAG; THIS FLAP IS BLACKENED. INSIDE AND TOP OF BAG ARE ALSO BLACKENED; BAG IS GENERALLY DIRTY.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

PROFESSIONS

History

BAG BELONGED TO SEYMOUR J. SMITH, DONOR'S COUSIN. MR. SMITH USED BAG TO DELIVER NEWSPAPERS FOR THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD IN THE 1930'S. MR. SEYMOUR SMITH WAS BORN IN 1922. CHICK RICHARDSON IS THE EXECUTOR OF SEYMOUR SMITH'S ESTATE. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING THIS NEWSPAPER BAG DONATED BY C. L. RICHARDSON. ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY HISTORY SUBMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY HISTORY BOOK TITLED, THE HISTORY OF DIAMOND CITY AND COMMERCE, SEYMOUR SMITH MARRIED GWEN PADLEY ON JULY 8, 1966. THE COUPLE LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL GWEN’S DEATH ON NOVEMBER 26, 1988. GWEN PADLEY WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ALEXANDER CHARLES PADLEY AND ELSIE GERALDINE PADLEY (NEE DALRYMPLE). THE COUPLE MARRIED ON JUNE 16, 1924. THE HISTORY EXPLAINS, “THEY LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE AND MOVED TO DIAMOND CITY WHERE THEIR DAUGHTER GWEN WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 9, 1925. THEY LATER MOVED TO MAGRATH AND THEN BACK TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE THEY RESIDED UNTIL THEIR DEATHS.” GWEN’S MOTHER, ELSIE, WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A WELL-KNOWN MERCHANT IN DIAMOND CITY AND LETHBRIDGE NAMED JAMES DALRYMPLE. HE AND HIS WIFE, MARY, MOVED THEIR FAMILY OF SEVEN DAUGHTERS TO SETTLE IN THE LETHBRIDGE REGION FROM BLANDFORD, ENGLAND IN SEPTEMBER 1906. THE FAMILY HISTORY STATES, “MR. DALRYMPLE MADE ARRANGEMENTS, WHILE STILL IN ENGLAND, TO HAVE A HOUSE BUILT IN LETHBRIDGE AT 715-3RD ST. S. HE ASKED FOR IT TO BE DIGNIFIED, BUT SIMPLE.” PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE OF THE FAMILY’S HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P20000094000

Acquisition Date

2001-07

Collection

Museum

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