PIN

Description: RECTANGULAR BRASS PIN WITH ROUNDED CORNERS. PAINTED WHITE WITH GREEN, YELLOW, RED AND BLUE DETAILS. MOTIF HAS RAISED EDGES THAT FORM THE LETTERS, “UPP.” BOTTOM HAS RAISED TEXT THAT READS, “LETHBRIDGE.” REVERSE HAS FOLDING PIN AND CUP MECHANISM. STAMPED TEXT AT BOTTOM READS, “MADE IN TAIWAN.”

History: ACCORDING TO DONOR JEAN JOHNSTONE IN JUNE 2012, “I GOT [THE PIN] WHILE I WAS CITY CLERK, AND I WAS SURPRISED AND I BELIEVE IT’S A SHELIA BUELOW, BUT IT MAY BE A BILL BROWN PROJECT. AROUND 1984] IT STARTED AND THEN THERE WAS MORE MONEY FROM THE PROVINCE, AND THEY ENDED UP INCLUDING THE CHANGES TO HENDERSON LAKE, AND THEY DRAINED HENDERSON LAKE. BILL BROWN WAS THE HEAD OF PARKS DEPARTMENT. AND HE WAS GIVEN THE SPECIAL PROJECT OF URBAN PARKS, LIKE HE WAS HEAD OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, AND THEN HE KIND OF MOVED OFF TO THE SIDE TO DO THIS ONE PROJECT, WHICH WAS HUGE. THAT PIN WAS CREATED, SOME TIME IN THERE. TOWARDS THE END OF THAT PROJECT. MAYBE HE WANTED SOMETHING TO COMMEMORATE, BUT, IF THAT’S WHAT IT IS, BUT I KNOW IT WAS COMMUNITY SERVICES. THAT’S ALL I CAN REALLY REMEMBER – THAT IT WAS SOMEBODY IN COMMUNITY SERVICES CREATED THAT PIN.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING DONOR INTERVIEW, PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE.