CHAIR, ROCKING

Description: WIRE-REINFORCED ARMS. 6 DOWEL BACK, ARMED ROCKER, IS A "SALEM ROCKER" (UNITT' CANADIAN PRICE GUIDE). MARKED WITH A STICKER ON BOTTOM THAT SAYS "BELL".

History: ORIGINALLY OWNED BY ALLEN MACINTOSH, DONOR'S GRANDFATHER. REF:MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOGUE 1894. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PALLET RACKING. SHE WAS UNABLE TO FIND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR DONOR OR NEXT OF KIN. UPDATE: ON 12 MARCH 2019, MUSEUM STAFF WERE CONTACTED BY EMAIL BY JOAN (BOUCK) PATENAUDE – THE GREAT NIECE OF OBJECT DONOR ELMER R. MCINTOSH. ACCORDING TO PATENAUDE, HER GREAT UNCLE WAS A FORMER CPR CONDUCTOR, RUNNING TRAINS OUT OF LETHBRIDGE. IN HER EMAIL, SHE WROTE, “ELMER WAS A GREAT COLLECTOR OF ALL THINGS…WHEN HE PASSED AWAY MY DAD DONATED [ELMER’S COLLECTED] ITEMS TO BOTH THE GALT IN LETHBRIDGE AND THE GLENBOW IN CALGARY. I WAS ABOUT 12-13 YEARS OF AGE WHEN…I REMEMBER MY DAD DISPOSING OF HIS COLLECTION OF ITEMS.” PATENAUDE ALSO STATED THAT HER FAMILY IS RELATED TO THE HISTORIC JOHN MCINTOSH (1777-1845) WHO GREW AND PROMOTED THE FAMOUS MCINTOSH RED APPLE. ELMER IS JOHN MCINTOSH’S GREAT-GRANDSON BY WAY OF JOHN’S SON ALLEN (1815-1899.