PIN

Description: 1) PLASTIC CASE WITH CLEAR PLASTIC TOP AND WHITE PLASTIC BOTTOM. JOINED WITH HINGE MECHANISM AT BACK AND CLASP AT FRONT. 2) PIN IS BRASS WITH GREEN, BLUE AND WHITE ENAMEL PAINT. EAGLE MOTIF IN CENTER. TEXT AROUND PERIPHERY SAYS, “PRATT & WHITNEY, DEPENDABLE ENGINES.” 3) BRASS TIE PIN BACK PIECE WITH TIGHTENING MECHANISM ATTACHED TO CHAIN AND BAR. 4) SPARE BRASS BACK PIECE WITH TIGHTENING MECHANISM. 5) BLACK FOLDED CARDBOARD WITH VELVET SURFACE. PUNCTURED IN CENTER WHERE PIN RESTS.

History: ACCORDING TO DONOR JEAN JOHNSTONE IN 2011, “WHEN I WAS CITY CLERK, PRATT & WHITNEY CAME TO LETHBRIDGE AND ERECTED THEIR NEW PLANT IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK. I WENT WITH CITY COUNCIL ON A TOUR AFTER THE PLANT WAS BUILT AND I WAS GIVEN THE PIN AND BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF PRATT & WHITNEY. PRATT & WHITNEY CHOSE LETHBRIDGE BECAUSE OF OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS AT THE LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE; THEY EMPLOY PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH THE COLLEGE PROGRAM.” PRATT AND WHITNEY’S WEBSITE SAYS STATES THAT THEIR LETHBRIDGE LOCATION OFFICIALLY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC IN MAY 1993. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.