PIN, COMMEMORATIVE

Description: PIN IS GOLD IN COLOR. ON THE FRONT, THERE IS AN IMAGE OF THE "LETHBRIDGE POLICE" BADGE, AS WELL AS THE COMMEMORATIVE TEXT "1902 - 2002" AND "100 YEARS". THERE IS A CLASP WHICH ANCHORS THE PIN TO THE WEARERS CLOTHING. THE PIN IS CONTAINED INSIDE A CLEAR PLASTIC POUCH THAT HAS ON IT, THE TEXT "MADE IN CANADA".

History: DONOR WAS BORN IN INDIAN HEAD SASKATCHEWAN; HER FAMILY MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1955, WHERE SHE HAS REMAINED EVER SINCE. HER FATHER WAS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR FROST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IN LETHBRIDGE. DONOR IS PAST EMPLOYEE OF GALT MUSEUM. DONOR'S HUSBAND ANDREW IMMIGRATED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1980; IS CURRENTLY CHAIRMAN OF THE GALT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES BOARD OF DIRECTORS. DONORS ATTENDED CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICE AND RECEIVED THIS (AND KEYCHAIN P20020038005) TO COMMEMORATE EVENT. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS INCLUDING SOME DONATIONS MADE BY JEAN JOHNSTONE (NEE POTTS). AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORIGINAL DONOR’S WIFE, JEAN JOHNSTONE WAS CONDUCTED. WHEN ASKED IF SHE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT SHE STATED, “…I GOT ALL THESE THINGS, FROM THE POLICE BECAUSE I GOT A LOT OF THINGS AS CITY CLERK. I WOULD GET THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD HAND OUT - YOU KNOW THEY WOULD COME TO COUNCIL TO TELL THEM ABOUT THEIR LATEST AND THEIR GREATEST – SO I’D GET ALL KINDS OF THINGS TOO AND ALSO WE HAD A FRIEND ON THE POLICE FORCE, IAN CAMERON, WHO ENDED UP BEING ACTING CHIEF FOR A WHILE. I PROBABLY GOT IT FROM THE POLICE THEMSELVES WHO WOULD HAVE COME AND GIVEN THEM TO THE CITY CLERK’S OFFICE AND I JUST THOUGHT IF YOU DIDN’T HAVE THEM YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE THINGS.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN PERMANENT FILE P20000011001.