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Description: SQUARE YLLW BICYCLE PLATE ATTACHED TO TIN BAND. LABEL READS "NEIL MCDONALD 717-19 ST. SOUTH", "LETHBRIDGE, ALTA", "REGISTERED NO. 11269", "BICYCLE SERIAL NO. 4DLO 464", "MADE IN CANADA - BICYCLE GUILD INC.. MONTREAL".

History: BICYCLE PLATE WAS DONATED BY DONOR ON BEHALF OF NEIL MCDONALD WHO WAS THE OWNER OF THE PLATE. MCDONALD TRANSFERRED TO LETHBRIDGE FROM EDMONTON IN 1971. MCDONALD WAS AN INSPECTOR FOR AGRICULTURE CANADA, INSPECTING VEGETABLES. IN 1972 OR 1973, MCDONALD PURCHASED A THREE SPEED BIKE FROM EATONS FOR ABOUT $50.00 OR $60.00. HE RECALLS THAT THE BIKE WAS MAROON OR REDDISH WITH VERY SMALL TIRES. AT THE TIME, REGISTRATION FOR A BIKE WAS REQUIRED IN THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE AND BELIEVES HE ACQUIRED THE PLATE AT THE POLICE STATION BUT MAY HAVE GONE TO CITY HALL FOR THE PLATE. HE RECALLED ONE TIME WHEN HE WAS TAKING A TURN FROM A MAIN ROAD INTO AN ALLY ON HIS BIKE. MCDONALD SAID THAT HE DID NOT MAKE IT PAST THE CURB AND CRASHED HIS BIKE WHEN HE WAS TURING INTO THE ALLEY. HE CLAIMED THAT HE HURT HIS LEG AND DID NOT RIDE HIS BIKE AS OFTEN AFTER THAT. BEFORE THEN, MCDONALD SAID THAT HE ROAD HIS BIKE OFTEN, BUT THAT IT WAS NOT HIS ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. AT ONE POINT HE LIVED ON 17 AVE 19TH STREET SOUTH AND WOULD WALK TO HIS WORK AT THE POST OFFICE ON A REGULAR BASES. HE CLAIMED THAT HE ALWAYS BIKED ALONE, BEING THAT HE WAS A BACHELOR UNTIL HE WAS 42. MCDONALD HAD THE BIKE WITH THIS PLATE STILL ATTACHED UNTIL 2003 AND USED THE BIKE ALMOST DAILY. IN 2003 MCDONALD TRADED HIS BIKE WITH ANOTHER GUY FOR A BETTER BIKE.