PENNANT

Description: BLUE FELT TRIANGLE WITH RED TASSELS. SILKSCREENED IN WHITE INK IS TEXT THAT READS, “CENTENNIAL JAPANESE GARDENS LETHBRIDGE, ALTA..” SILKSCREENED IN WHITE, BLUE, GREEN AND ORANGE INK IS AN IMAGE OF NIKKA YUKO GARDENS DURING SUMMER.

History: DONOR CHRIS MORRISON COMMENTED AT THE TIME OF DONATION, “THIS YEAR IS THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GARDEN WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED TO REPRESENT THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN TWO NATIONS AND IT SEEMS AN APPROPRIATE TIME FOR ME TO HAND THIS OFF TO THE MUSEUM. THE PENNANT WAS GIVEN TO ME ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO BY A FRIEND IN CALGARY WHO FOUND IT AT A GARAGE SALE IN THAT CITY. BECAUSE THE PENNANT SAYS ‘CENTENNIAL’ AND THE GARDEN WAS OPENED IN 1967 DURING CANADA’S 100TH YEAR, I THINK THIS PENNANT MAY BE ONE OF THE GARDEN’S FIRST SOUVENIRS. THE LACK OF THE OFFICIAL NAME OF THE GARDENS ON THE PIECE COULD IMPLY THAT THE PENNANT WAS CREATED PRIOR TO THE NAME BEING SELECTED OR ANNOUNCED IN 1967. MY FRIEND AND HIS WIFE HAD VISITED THE GARDEN AND HAD FOND MEMORIES OF IT AND THOUGHT SINCE I LIVE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, I SHARE THEIR FEELING. IT’S A VERY NICE ADDITION TO OUR CITY. MY FRIEND IS FREQUENTLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA COLLECTIBLES AND ONES RELATED TO LETHBRIDGE GENERALLY COME MY WAY. HE DOES NOT RECALL WHAT HE PAID FOR THE PENNANT, BUT THOUGHT IT WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $1. IT WAS IN A GROUP OF FOUR OR FIVE OTHER UNRELATED PENNANTS HE PURCHASED AT THE TIME.” FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.