BUTTON

Description: ROUND BUTTON. HAS A WHITE BACKGROUND WITH A DRAWING OF A COW AND BULL AND THE BACK OF A CHUCKWAGON. ABOVE DRAWING READS "LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION 80 YEARS". DRAWING IS IN NAIVE STYLE. 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 MADE A COLLECTION OF PICTURE BUTTE JAMBOREE DAYS BUTTONS AND THINKS HE MAY HAVE THOUGHT OF STARTING A LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION COLLECTION AS WELL. **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.