Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

FIRE STATION LAMP

Date

1919

Materials

BRASS, GLASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

80.0

Diameter

17.5

Description

THE LAMP HAS AN EXTERIOR COLOR OF SILVER. IT IS QUITE TALL AND NARROW WITH A LIGHTBULB ON THE TOP, BUT NO SHADE. THERE IS AN ORNAMENTAL DECORATION AT THE VERY TOP THAT IS SCREWED ON. ON THE SIDE OF THE LAMP, THERE IS A WRITTEN DEDICATION WHICH STATES, "PRESENTED TO W.D.L. HARDIE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFTEY BY OFFICERS & MEMBERS OF THE LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE COMPLETE NOTORIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OCT. 1919."

Subjects

LIGHTING DEVICE

Historical Association

SAFETY SERVICES

COMMEMORATIVE

History

THIS LAMP WAS GIFT TO THE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF LETHBRIDGE W.D.L. HARDIE UPON THE NOTORIZATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN 1919. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE ASSOCIATED WITH LETHBRIDGE MAYOR W. D. L. HARDIE, THE ORIGINAL RECIPIENT OF THIS ARTIFACT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF W. D. L. HARDIE WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM A TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM THE JUNE 16, 1942 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. WILLIAM DUNCAN LIVINGSTONE HARDIE WAS BORN NEAR EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND IN 1862, AND THE FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO OHIO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN 1885 HARDIE MARRIED MARGARET KIRTLEY, AND THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN: IANTHE, AGNES, E.W., JESSE, AND INZOLA. HARDIE FIRST CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1889, WHEN HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GALT NO. 1 MINE. AFTER FOUR YEARS HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES, WORKING FOR MINING COMPANIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, TENNESSEE, AND ALABAMA BEFORE RETURNING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1896 AS SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTHWEST COAL & NAVIGATION COMPANY. IN 1910 HARDIE LEFT THE GALT-OWNED COMPANY AND WORKED AS THE MANAGER OF THE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY UNTIL 1912, WHEN HE RAN FOR AND WON THE OFFICE OF LETHBRIDGE MAYOR. HARDIE SERVED AS MAYOR UNTIL 1928, WHEN HE WAS REPLACED BY ROBERT BARROWMAN. IN 1930 HARDIE HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL RUN FOR THE LETHBRIDG SEAT IN THE PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION. HARDIE WAS ACTIVE WITH THE LETHBRIDGE MASONS, THE ALBERTA UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES, AND HAD AN AVID INTEREST IN ASTROLOGY. HARDIEVILLE, THE FORMER HAMLET NORTHEAST OF LETHBRIDGE THAT WAS ANNEXED BY THE CITY IN 1978, WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. W. D. L. HARDIE DIED ON JUNE 16, 1942. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19880033000-GA FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIALS.

Catalogue Number

P20020001000

Acquisition Date

2002-04

Collection

Museum

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