PLATE, LICENSE

Description: FRONT OF LICENSE PLATE HAS MATTE PAINT ON IT, WHILE BACK IS A GLOSSY WHITE ENAMEL. FRONT OF PLATE HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND WITH GREEN RAISED LETTERS. READS "SA-00-00 1867*1967 ALBERTA". ALSO HAS A BORDER OF GREEN. HAS 4 OVAL HOLES IN IT.

History: SAMPLE LICENSE PLATES ARE MADE BY LICENSE PLATE MANUFACTURERS, CANNOT BE USED ON AUTOMOBILES BUT CAN BE PURCHASED AS SOUVENIRS. THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE A SAMPLE PLATE FOR THE YEAR OF CANADA'S CENTENNIAL. ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, EDWARD BUCHANAN. EDWARD WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALBERTA PROVINCIAL POLICE FROM 1919 UNTIL 1932, WHEN HE TRANSFERRED TO THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE. HE WAS A SENIOR STAFF SARGEANT, ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE AT LETHBRIDGE FROM MAY 1944 TO NOV. 1950. HE RETIRED IN 1950, THEN BECAME DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. FOLLOWING RETIREMENT, EDWARD BECAME A MEMBER OF THE RCMP VETERAN'S ASSOCATION IN EDMONTON IN 1950/51, AND REMAINED A MEMBER UNTIL HIS PASSING; HE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THIS ASSOCIATION. SEE P20020090001-GA FOR COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD BUCHANAN. *UPDATE* AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED BY GALT’S COLLECTION TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN ON JUNE 8, 2018 WITH THE DONOR JEAN I. BUCHANAN IN REGARDS TO A NEW ARTIFACT OFFER SHE WAS MAKING TO THE MUSEUM. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P20180014001 FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE CAREER OF SENIOR STAFF SERGEANT EDWARD ETTERSHANK “BUCK” BUCHANAN, INCLUDING FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND THE OBITUARY COPY.