Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CENTENNIAL PLAQUE

Date

1985

Materials

WOOD, METAL

No. Pieces

2

Height

1.5

Length

92.9

Width

35.2

Description

PLAQUE IS MADE PRIMARILY OF LIGHT WOOD. THE FIRST PART, AT THE TOP MEASURES 25.2 CM LONG. AT THE TOP OF THIS FIRST PIECE, IS AN ENGRAVED LOGO OF LETHBRIDGE WHICH SHOWS THE BRIDGE, A FAMILY IN CIRCLE, AND THE NUMBER "100". INSIDE THIS NUMBER ARE THE YEARS IN WHICH LETHBRIDGE WAS INCORPORATED "1985-1985". THE METAL PLATE ON THIS PORTION STATES "IN RECOGNITION OF THE CENTENNIAL GRADUATING CLASS ON HAVING COMPLETED THE PRESCRIBED COURSE OF STUDIES GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA DURING LETHBRIDGE'S CENTENNIAL YEAR. 1985". THE SECOND PORTION OF THE PLAQUE MEASURES 67 CM IN LENGTH AND LISTS ALL OF THE GRADUATES FROM ALL OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS DURING THE YEAR 1985.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

EDUCATION

History

THIS PLAQUE CELEBRATES THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE CREATION OF LETHBRIDGE. THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OCCURED IN 1985 AND THE GRADUATING CLASSES OF ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS IN LETHBRIDGE WERE REPRESENTED ON THIS TWO PART PLAQUE.

Catalogue Number

P19980048061

Acquisition Date

2002-02

Collection

Museum

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