Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PLANE

Date Range From

1905

Date Range To

1915

Materials

WOOD, STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

12.6

Length

20.5

Width

4.7

Description

BASE OF THE PLANE IS MADE OUT OF WOOD. THIS BASE IS QUITE THICK WITH A SMALL SLIVER CUT OUT OF IT THROUGH THE CENTER IN WHICH THE BLADE IS FIXED EMERGING FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE. ON THE TOP OF THE BLOCK IS A METAL PORTION WHICH CONTAINS THE MECHANISM WHICH ADJUSTS THE LENGTH OF THE BLADE AS WELL AS THE BLADE ITSELF. AT THE FRONT OF THE PLANE THERE IS A WOODEN KNOB SHAPED HANDLE. FACING FORWARD, ON A METAL FITTING THROUGH WHICH THE KNOB USED TO TIGHTEN OR LOOSEN THE BLADE THERE IS AN ENGRAVED PICTURE OF A BELL WITH THE NUMBER "76" WRITTEN ON IT. ENGRAVED AT THE VERY FRONT OF THE WOODEN BLOCK ARE THE WORDS "STANELY RULE AND LEVEL CO. NO. 122".

Subjects

WOODWORKING T&E

Historical Association

TRADES

History

THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF PLANE WAS THE SMALLEST OF THE 'LIBERTY BELL SERIES' AND ALSO THE LEAST COMMON. ARTIFACT WAS OWNED BY ALEXANDER ULRICKSON (THE DONORS FATHER) WHO WAS BORN IN PAYNESVILLE MINNESOTA IN 1882. HE BEGAN HIS LIFELONG CAREER AS A CARPENTER WHEN HE WORKED IN A LOGGING CAMP AS A WRANGLER IN THE MINNESOTA NORTH WOODS FOR A LUMBER COMPANY AT THE AGE OF 14. IN 1917 HE MOVED TO CANADA, CLIMAX SASKATCHEWAN AND DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION OF THE 1930'S HE WORKED IN SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN BUILDING GRAIN ELEVATORS. DURING 1942 HE MOVED WITH HIS FAMILY (WIFE MABEL, TWO CHILDREN ELEANOR AND ALLAN) TO LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA WHERE HE BUILT PLANE HANGERS AT THE LETHBRIDGE AIRPORT UNTIL THE END OF WORLD WAR TWO. AT THIS POINT HE BEGAN TO BUILD HOUSES AS A CARPENTER UNTIL HE RETIRED AT THE AGE OF 70. HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1976. THESE ARTIFACTS WERE PRIMARILY USED FOR WORK, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE USED FROM TIME TO TIME IN HOBBIES. *UPDATE* IN 2018 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A COLLECTIONS SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A NUMBER OF ARTIFACTS DONATED BY ALLAN ULRICKSON. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, PUNDYK CONNECTED WITH THE DONOR’S SON, PAUL ULRICKSON. THESE ARTIFACTS WERE NOT RECOGNIZED AND NO FURTHER INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED. ATTACHED TO THE PERMANENT FILE IS THE DONOR'S OBITUARY AS IT WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT SOURCE. ALLAN ULRICKSON WAS BORN ON APRIL 14, 1932. HE LATER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE, AND LATER WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AS A TECHNOLOGIST. HIS WIFE WAS TERESA ULRICKSON AND THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALEX AND PAUL. HE PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON JANUARY 18, 2016 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE OBITUARY HARD COPY.

Catalogue Number

P20000075008

Acquisition Date

2001-09

Collection

Museum

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