BUTTON

Description: ROUND BUTTON. HAS A BRIGHT YELLOW BACKGROUND WITH BLACK PRINT. AROUND PERIMETER READS "PICTURE BUTTE & DISTRICT JAMBOREE DAYS". IN CENTER IS A TWEETY BIRD IN A NECK SCARF AND HOLDING A COWBOY HAT WITH A LARIAT ABOVE HIS HEAD. WITHIN LARIAT READS "JULY 31 AUGUST 1,2 1982". AROUND EDGE OF BUTTON READS "MANUFACTURED BY THE REHAB WORKSHOP 1610 29 ST NORTH LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA PHONE 329-3911". BACK OF BUTTON HAS A BRASS SAFETY PIN.

History: BUTTONS WERE COLLECTED BY DONOR THROUGHOUT HIS CHILDHOOD IN PICTURE BUTTE, MOST LIKELY BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1976 AND 1983. DONOR COLLECTED APPROXIMATELY 100 BUTTONS. DONOR SPECIFICALLY COLLECTED PICTURE BUTTE JAMBOREE DAYS BUTTONS AFTER OBTAINING THIS ONE (HIS FIRST) AT 5 YEARS OLD. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.