BUTTON

Description: ROUND BUTTON. HAS A BLUE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK PRINT. READS "JULY 30-31 AUG. 1 WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE PICTURE BUTTE & DISTRICT JAMBOREE DAYS SUPPORTERS REWARD BEST SHOWDOWN IN TOWN !!". AROUND EDGE OF BUTTON FAINTLY READS "MANUFACTURED BY THE REHAB WORKSHOP 1610-29 ST NORTH LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA PHONE 329-3911". HAS A BRASS SAFETY PIN AT BACK.

History: BUTTON DOES NOT HAVE A YEAR ON IT, BUT BELIEVE IT IS FROM 1983 BECAUSE THE TERM "PICTURE BUTTE & DISTRICT" WASN'T USED UNTIL AFTER 1981, AND THE DATES JULY 30-31 & AUG. 1 IN 1983 LAND ON SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND MONDAY WHICH ARE TYPICALLY THE DAYS OF THE WEEK WHEN THE JAMBOREE IS HELD. 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.