Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

DIGITAL

Date Range From

1970

Date Range To

1980

Materials

PLASTIC, BRASS

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.6

Diameter

6.8

Description

BRACELET STYLE WATCH. TOP HALF OF WATCH IS BRASS WITH TWO CLEAR PLASTIC INSETS. HAS A WHITE OVAL FACE, WITH A RECTANGULAR DIGITAL DISPLAY. ABOVE DISPLAY READS "QUARTZ", AND BELOW IS A TINY CIRCLE OF SILVER METAL. BOTTOM HALF OF WATCH IS CLEAR PLASTIC WITH SILVER SPARKLES IN IT. ONE END OF PLASTIC PIECE IS HINGED WITH BRASS PIECE, AND THE OTHER END HAS A PROTRUSION THAT FITS INTO A HOLE IN BRASS PIECE (PLASTIC PIECE IS SQUEEZED TO RELEASE IT).

Subjects

TIMEKEEPING T&E

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

ITEMS CAME FROM THE HOME OF PEARL AND JACOB LIEBELT, WHO LIVED IN WARNER, FARMED EAST OF WARNER, AND RETIRED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1996. PEARL WAS BORN IN WARNER TO GEORGE AND ETTA MAE WOITTE, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918. JACOB WAS BORN IN ANAMOOSE, NORTH DAKOTA AUGUST 1, 1910. JACOB WENT TO WORK AT THE AGE OF 12 OR 13 IN THE MILK RIVER AND WARNER AREA. EVENTUALLY MET AND MARRIED PEARL WOITTE, NOVEMBER 12, 1938, AND BUILT A SUBSTANTIAL FARMING OPERATION. PEARL WAS SECRETARY OF THE WARNER SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, WOMEN'S INSTITUTE GIRLS CLUB, AND FARM WOMEN'S UNION OF ALBERTA. SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY PROPERLY DRESSED WITH HATS AND GLOVES WHEN SHE ATTENDED LOCAL FUNCTIONS. JACOB WAS VERY INVOLVED IN FARMING, SPORTS, LIONS CLUB, AND ELKS CLUB. SEE P20010047001 FOR LIEBELT FAMILY HISTORY AND P20010047047 FOR DONOR (ELAINE LIEBELT) HISTORY. ___________ AT THE GALT’S REQUEST, DONOR ELAINE LIEBELT PROVIDED MORE DETAILS WITH REGARDS TO HER FAMILY'S AND HER OWN USE OF RESPECTIVE OBJECTS IN THE LIEBELT COLLECTION ON 31 AUGUST 2011. HER ORIGINAL COMMENTS AS TO THIS OBJECT ARE AS FOLLOWS: “MOST OF THE WOMEN’S JEWELLERY ITEMS INCLUDED IN THE DONATION WERE GIFTS FROM JACOB TO PEARL. MOST ARE GOOD QUALITY “FASHION” PIECES, TYPICAL OF THE PERIOD, RATHER THAN ACTUAL GEMSTONES. JACOB BOUGHT PEARL THE VERY BEST QUALITY HE COULD AFFORD. MOST EVERY CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAY, PEARL RECEIVED JEWELLERY OF SOME TYPE FROM HER HUSBAND. FROM JACOB’S PERSPECTIVE THIS WAS HIS WAY OF DEMONSTRATING HIS PROSPERITY AS WELL AS HIS AFFECTION FOR HIS WIFE.” “I REMEMBER THAT MOM HAD SEVERAL REALLY NICE WATCHES. I EXPECT THAT DAD BOUGHT THEM FOR HER FOR CHRISTMAS AND BIRTHDAY GIFTS. THIS BRACELET WATCH WAS THE HEIGHT OF STYLE WHEN SHE WORE IT.”

Catalogue Number

P20010047018

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

Less detail