RIBBON, COMMEMORATIVE

Description: OFF-WHITE CLOTH RIBBON MARKED IN GREEN "FORT WHOOP-DAYS 1885 - 1935 COALBANKS LETHBRIDGE"

History: COMMEMORATIVE EVENT TOOK PLACE ON JULY 22ND THROUGH 24TH AND MAY HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY PEMMICAN CLUB ACTIVITIES. MATERIAL COLLECTED BY DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, W.M. LEVITT, GRANDMOTHER IDA LEVITT, FATHER F.A. LEVITT AND FATHER'S SISTERS KAY LEVITT AND ELLEDA LEVITT. W.M. LEVITT WAS AN INSURANCE AND INVESTMENT BROKER IN LETHBRIDGE IN THE 1910'S. ________________________________________ ON 14 JANUARY 2011, TECH KEVIN MACLEAN FOUND AND DEPOSITED ON THIS ARTIFACT'S PERMANENT FILE A HISTORIC INVITATION WHICH PROVIDES CONTEXT PER THIS COMMEMORATIVE RIBBON. THE SMALL INVITATION WAS IN THE POSSESSION OF MACLEAN’S MATERNAL ANCESTORS (KELLY FAMILY) WHICH ARRIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN THE EARLY 1900S. THE GALT’S ARCHIVES ALSO HAS THIS DOCUMENT ON FILE. THE DOCUMENT AND RIBBON ARE EVENT-LINKED, CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY (1885-1935) OF LETHBRIDGE. THE “GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION AND EXHIBITION” EVENT TOOK PLACE ON 22,23 AND 24 JULY IN 1935 AND INCLUDED A “FORT WHOOP UP DAYS ROUND-UP OF OLD TIMERS AND OLD MEMORIES”, AFTERNOON STAMPEDES FEATURING GUY WEADICK, A STREET PARADE, EXHIBITS, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY CONTESTS AND “MIDWAY FROLICS”. PERSONS WANTING INFORMATION WERE INVITED TO CONTACT THE “LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION BOARD.”