Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

100TH ANNIVERSARY BANNER

Date

2010

Materials

VINYL, METAL, PERMANENT MARKER

No. Pieces

1

Height

91.44

Length

365.76

Width

0.3

Description

BANNER IS WHITE WITH COLOURED WRITING. RAINBOW SPECTRUM COLOURED TEXT AT TOP READS, "HAPPY 100TH" PURPLE TEXT ON SECOND LINE SAYS, "GALT HOSPITAL & GALT MUSEUM". LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER SAYS, "DONATED BY CANADA SIGN & DESIGN INC. ARCHITECTURAL, ILLUMINATED, DIGITAL". LOGO FOR COMPANY HAS A COLOURED MAPLE LEAF. LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER READS, "SEPT 26, 2010". BANNER EDGES ARE FOLDED OVER AND TWENTY GROMMETS PIERCE THE TWO LAYERS. TRANSLUCENT IMAGE OF 1910 HOSPITAL BUILDING ON LEFT HAND SIDE. VARIOUS SIGNATURES FILL UP WHITE AREAS AND COVER BANNER TEXT.

Subjects

CEREMONIAL ARTIFACT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

THE BANNER WAS USED AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION FOR THE GALT MUSEUM AND GALT HOSPITAL ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2010. AT TIME OF DONATION LORI HARASEM, EVENTS AND VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR FOR THE GALT MUSEUM AND ARCHIVES SAID, “THE IDEA TO HAVE A BANNER, THAT EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF OUR BUILDING COULD SIGN, CAME FROM ONE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, LONG TERM GALT MUSEUM VOLUNTEER MARGARET ROBERTS. SHE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A FUN WAY TO COLLECT SOME HISTORY FROM THIS SPECIAL DAY – THE WRITINGS OF THOSE WHO ATTENDED. MARGARET GOT THE BANNER DONATED, WHICH IS NOTED ON THE BANNER BY THE COMPANY WHO DONATED IT TO US. THEY DID ALL OF THE GRAPHICS BASED ON THE WORDING THAT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION COMMITTEE CHOSE. THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF THE BANNER WAS TO KEEP THE WRITING SIMPLE BUT ALSO SHOW THAT THIS BUILDING HAS HAD A FEW EXISTENCES – UNFORTUNATELY WE COULD NOT FIT EVERYTHING ON TO IT SO IT WAS DECIDED TO FOCUS ON THE HOSPITAL AND THE MUSEUM.” FURTHER SAID HARASEM, “THERE WERE TWO HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS DAY. FIRST WAS THE RUNNING OF THE STREETCAR FROM GALT GARDENS TO OUR SITE. AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE STREETCAR ON DISPLAY OR IN THE PARADE, IT WAS EXCITING TO LET THEM RIDE IT. LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION SPONSORED THAT AND IT WAS A VERY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AS IT IS NOT NORMALLY USED FOR ANYTHING ANYMORE, ESPECIALLY CARRYING PASSENGERS. IT WAS PULLED BY A TRUCK BUT THE EXPERIENCE WAS STILL SO GREAT THAT IN TODAY’S LETHBRIDGE HERALD THERE ARE 2 TOASTS TO THE STREETCAR RIDES, WHICH INDICATES TO ME THAT PEOPLE REALLY DID LOVE IT. A LOT OF PEOPLE TOOK THE ROUND TRIP JUST TO EXPERIENCE IT. THE OTHER HIGHLIGHT WAS THE RECREATION OF THE SPEECHES DONE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1910. THE ACTORS, DUANE PETLUK (LAURIER) AND CHARLIE CHRISTENSEN (NAISMITH) REDID THE ORIGINAL SPEECHES AND IT WAS FUN FOR THE CROWD TO HEAR THE THINGS THAT WERE SO SIMILAR AND SO DIFFERENT – ID THE REFERENCES TO THE POLITICS AT THE TIME, AND THE EXPANSION OF LETHBRIDGE. PEOPLE SEEMED TO LOVE THESE 10 MINUTES OF THE DAY VERY MUCH, AS WE HAVE HEARD MANY POSITIVE COMMENTS ON THIS SORT PART OF THE CELEBRATIONS.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20100039000

Acquisition Date

2010-10

Collection

Museum

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