PIN

Description: ROUND BRASS PIN. BACKGROUND COLOURS ON FACE ARE DARK BLUE AND GREEN. IN CENTER IS A WHITE COW SKULL. ABOVE THIS READS "PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB 1885", AND BELOW READS "LETHBRIDGE". EMBOSSED ON BACK IS "ARTISS-REGINA TAIWAN". HAS A BRASS BACKING.

History: THE PIONEER PEMMICAN CLUB BEGAN IN 1894 WHEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AT THE TIME WERE HOLDING SOCIAL GATHERINGS AND DANCES, SEEMINGLY EXCLUDING SENIORS. ON DECEMBER 12, 1894, A GROUP OF ORIGINAL PIONEERS, WHO HAD ARRIVED PRIOR TO 1886, CALLED A MEETING AND ORGANIZED UNDER THE NAME OF THE PEMMICAN CLUB, WHO MET SOCIALLY AND SUPPORTED ONE ANOTHER IN TIMES OF NEED. THEY HELD THEIR FIRST NEW YEAR'S EVE DANCE IN 1894, AND IT BECAME AN ANNUAL TRADITION IN LETHBRIDGE. ARTIFACTS PURCHASED BY DONOR AT VARIOUS ANTIQUE SHOPS, GARAGE SALES, ETC. FOR THE PURPOSE OF DONATING TO THE MUSEUM. ARTIFACTS WERE PURCHASED FROM 1999 TO 2002 WHILE DONOR WAS DIRECTOR OF THE GALT MUSEUM. SEE PREVIOUS DONATIONS.