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PLAQUE

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
EQUESTRIAN PLAQUE
Date Range From
1990
Date Range To
1999
Materials
WOOD, METAL
Catalogue Number
P19980048060
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
EQUESTRIAN PLAQUE
Date Range From
1990
Date Range To
1999
Materials
WOOD, METAL
No. Pieces
1
Height
2.1
Length
20.5
Width
25.2
Description
BASE OF PLAQUE IS MADE OF LIGHT COLORED WOOD. THERE ARE TWO METAL PLATES ATTACHED TO BASE, ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER. THE BOTTOM PLATE IS BRASS, WHILE THE UPPER ONE IS BLACK. ON THE BLACK PLATE, THERE IS WRITING WHICH IS VISIBLY HAND ETCHED ONTO THE SURFACE. THE WRITING STATES, "IN APPRECIATION FOR THE EQUESTRIAN FACILITY IN THE PAVAN PARK, TO THE GOVT OF ALBERTA DEPT OF REC. AND PARKS." "PRESENTED BY VIVIAN GOODRICH PRES. A.S.E.C." AT THE TOP, THERE IS AN ENGRAVING OF A HORSE'S HEAD, SURROUNDED BY A HORSESHOE AND THE WRITING "SERVING HORSEMEN OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA".
Subjects
CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT
Historical Association
COMMEMORATIVE
LEISURE
History
THIS WAS GIVEN TO MAYOR CARPENTER (1986 - 2001), CITY HALL, AND THE HON. NORM A. WEISS MINISTER OF RECREATION AND PARKS IN APPRECIATION OF THE CREATION OF AN EQUESTRIAN FACILITY IN PAVAN PARK.
Catalogue Number
P19980048060
Acquisition Date
2002-02
Collection
Museum
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