Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HORSE DECAL

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1965

Materials

CARDBOARD, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

2

Height

0.2

Length

15.1

Width

11.6

Description

STICKER IS OF A WOMAN RIDING A HORSE. THE HORSE, BROWN IN COLOR IS REARING UP ON IT'S HIND LEGS WITH A COWBOY IN RED SHIRT AND BLUE BANDANA IN THE BACKGROUND. BESIDE THE HORSES HEAD THERE IS THE IDENTIFICATION CODE "956-E". ON THE BACK OF THE DECAL THERE IS WRITING PERTAINING TO THE USE OF THE DECAL. AS WELL AS THE NUMBER "41305" AND "CODE 956 E" THE DECAL IS CONTAINED INSIDE A CARDBOARD HOLDER THAT IS BLUE. AT THE TOP OF THE HOLDER IT READS "CANADA DECALCOMANIA CO. LIMITED" "FOR WALLS FURNITURE ACCESSORIES". THERE ARE ALSO INSTRUCTIONS ON USE ON THE BACK OF THE HOLDER, AS WELL AS A DIAGRAM.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

DECORATIVE ARTS

History

ALL OF THESE ARTIFACTS WOULD HAVE BEEN OWNED BY EITHER HAZEL RUTH MCNABBB AND HER MOTHER MRS. JOSEPH MCNABB (MAE). HOWEVER, MOST WOULD HAVE BELONGED TO HAZEL. MOST PURCHASES WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN OR NEAR LETHBRIDGE OR FORT MACLEOD. THE DONOR WAS BORN IN 1912 IN FORT MACLEOD AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1946. FAMILY LIVED ALONG THE OLD MAN RIVER ACROSS FROM THE RESERVATION, MOTHER WAS FROM NEW YORK, AND AFTER MARRYING HER HUSBAND CAME TO ALBERTA TO RANCH. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE DONOR, THE LATE MS. HAZEL MCNABB, PLEASE SEE THIS DONATION'S PERMANENT FILE. INCLUDED IN THE FILE, IS A 50 MIN INTERVIEW WITH MCNABB'S CLOSE FRIEND MARY OORDT FROM 20 MAY 2014. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. WHILE NO NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ARTIFACT WAS FOUND, THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MCNABB FAMILY AND THE DONOR, HAZEL MCNABB, WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM THE GALT ARCHIVES, MCNABB'S LETHBRIDGE HERALD OBITUARY, AND THE ORAL HISTORY CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS TECH KEVIN MACLEAN WITH MARY OORDT. HAZEL RUTH MCNABB WAS BORN IN 1912 AND RAISED ON THE MCNABB FAMILY RANCH SOUTH OF FORT MACLEOD. HER PARENTS WERE JOE AND MAY (NEE OAKEN) MCNABB, AND HER SIBLINGS WERE FRANK AND FLORENCE. DURING HER TEENS SHE PLAYED THE PIANO IN LOCAL BANDS THAT TOURED THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA. IN HER ADULT LIFE SHE WORKED FOR THE ALBERTA GOVERNMENT TELEPHONE COMPANY, ADVANCE LUMBER COMPANY AND TD BANK IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE AND HER LIFE-LONG COMPANION ALBERTA MCDOUGALL LIVED AND TRAVELLED TOGETHER, AND MCNABB WAS AN AVID CAMPER, HUNTER, AND OUTDOORSWOMAN. WHEN MCNABB MOVED FROM HER HOME INTO THE EDITH CAVELL CARE CENTRE IN 2002, SOME OF THE CONTENTS OF HER HOME, BELONGINGS OF HERS AND SOME FROM THE FAMILY RANCH, WERE DONATED TO THE GALT MUSEUM. HAZEL MCNABB DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MARCH 10, 2008. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL AND TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH MARY OORDT.

Catalogue Number

P20010057014

Acquisition Date

2002-03

Collection

Museum

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