Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

JOHNNY WALKER

Date Range From

1976

Date Range To

1983

Materials

TIN, PAPER, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.6

Diameter

6.4

Description

ROUND BUTTON. HAS A BLUE BACKGROUND WITH AN ORANGE SILHOUETTE OF ALBERTA. READS "A VOICE FOR THE SOUTH JOHNNY WALKER". BACK OF BUTTON IS TARNISHED. THERE IS A BRASS SAFETY PIN ON BACK.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

POLITICS

History

DONOR BELIEVES BUTTON WAS PROBABLY GIVEN TO HIM BY PARENTS, KNOWING THAT HE COLLECTED THEM. 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. **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.

Catalogue Number

P20020077033

Acquisition Date

2003-05

Collection

Museum

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