BUTTON
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- BRASS?
- Catalogue Number
- P20040006013
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- BRASS?
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.9
- Diameter
- 2.5
- Description
- ROUND BUTTON WITH GOLD FINISH. EDGE OF BUTTON HAS ROPE TEXTURE AROUND PERIMETER. CENTER OF BUTTON HAS A KING'S CROWN EMBOSSED. ABOVE CROWN IN A BLUE ENAMEL BANNER IS "CANADA", BELOW CROWN IN BLUE ENAMEL BANNER IS "CUSTOMS". EMBOSSED ON BACK OF BUTTON IS "W. SCULLY MONTREAL". THERE IS ALSO A LOOP ON BACK OF BUTTON FOR SECURING COTTER PIN.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-ACCESSORY
- Historical Association
- PROFESSIONS
- History
- BELONGED TO DONOR'S GRANDMOTHER, ELLEN M. MCLEAN. MRS. MCLEAN WAS A PART-TIME CUSTOMS AGENT AT THE COUTTS BORDER CROSSING BEGINNING IN 1947 AND THROUGH THE 1950S. SHE WAS APPOINTED PERMANENTLY AND FULL-TIME FROM 1960 TO 1965, WHEN SHE RETIRED. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST WOMEN TO HOLD THAT POSITION AT COUTTS. SHE LATER MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHERE HER SON GEORGE "BUD" MCLEAN LIVED WITH HIS WIFE (SEE OTHER DONATIONS IN COLLECTION). SEE PERMANENT FILE.
- Catalogue Number
- P20040006013
- Acquisition Date
- 2004-03
- Collection
- Museum
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