BUTTON

Description: ROUND BUTTON. HAS A YELLOW BACKGROUND. PICTURES RED FLAMES WITH THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE CREST OVER TOP AND A BANNER BELOW THAT READS "FIRE DEPT.". BELOW THIS READS "JUNIOR FIRE CHIEF". BACK OF BUTTON HAS THE REMNANTS OF A BRIGHT ORANGE STICKER ON IT; STILL VISIBLE IS "INDUST". HAS A BRASS SAFETY PIN ON BACK.

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 THINKS HE MAY HAVE OBTAINED BUTTON FROM A FAIR WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY HAVE HAD A BOOTH SET UP; FIRE DEPARTMENTS ALSO VISITED SCHOOLS. **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.