Material Type

Artifact

Date

1917

Materials

WOOD, BRASS, STEEL, IRON

No. Pieces

5

Height

184.0

Length

61.8

Width

27.5

Description

.1 CLOCK. OAK CASE, PAINTED FACE, BRASS-STEEL MOVEMENT. BROWN. POST VICTORIAN STYLED UPRIGHT CABINET WITH CARVED FLUTES ON FRONT MOULDING. CARVED LEAF AND SCROLL FILIGREE TOP OF DOOR & TOP OF CASE. ROD & BALL DESIGN AT TOP CENTRE OF CASE. BRASS HARDWARE, TURNED SPOOL DOOR KNOB. PAINTED FACE (28 CM DIA.) FEATURES TIME ONLY, NO SECOND HAND, TRIMMED WITH BRASS RIM. HINGED GLASS DOOR FEATURES LABEL TOP INSIDE: "HIGA'S JEWELLERY 316 - 13 ST. NORTH-LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, 610314" (HANDWRITTEN). CASE BACK SPLIT VERTICALLY & FEATURES 4 COUNTERSUNK HOLES & 2 OTHER HOLES, FOR WALL MOUNTING. CLOCK IS IN WORKING CONDITION. .2 PENDULUM. 102.5 CM LTH. X 33.0 CM DIA. BRASS, IRON. 2 PIECES. FEATURES LYRE & MULTI-ROD STYLED STEM ABOVE ROUND, CONVEX BASE. THREADED NUT AT BOTTOM ADJUSTS BALANCE OF PENDULUM AND ARC OF SWING. .3 WEIGHT. 17.5 CM LTH. X 5.4 CM DIA.BRASS (WEIGHTED). CYLINDER-SHAPED WITH SERRATED EDGES AND HOOK AT TOP CENTRE. .4 KEY WINDER. 10.0 CM LTH. X 0.9 CM DIA. (SHANK). STEEL, WOOD, BRASS. L-SHAPED WITH CRANK-STYLE HANDLE AT RIGHT ANGLE TO KEY SHANK. TURNED WOOD KNOB AT END OF HANDLE. KEY FITS SQUARE KEY STOCK.

Subjects

TIMEKEEPING T&E

Historical Association

POLITICS

History

MAYOR HARDIE AUTHORIZED TO BUY CLOCK FOR CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AT COST NOT EXCEEDING $80.00. THE POST OFFICE CLOCK DID NOT RUN TO COUNCILS' LIKING. BELIEVED ORIGINAL CLOCK IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS REF: LETH. HERALD NOV. 7 1967. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE ASSOCIATED WITH LETHBRIDGE MAYOR W. D. L. HARDIE. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF W. D. L. HARDIE WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM A TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM THE JUNE 16, 1942 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. WILLIAM DUNCAN LIVINGSTONE HARDIE WAS BORN NEAR EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND IN 1862, AND THE FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO OHIO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IN 1885 HARDIE MARRIED MARGARET KIRTLEY, AND THEY HAD FIVE CHILDREN: IANTHE, AGNES, E.W., JESSE, AND INZOLA. HARDIE FIRST CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1889, WHEN HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF THE GALT NO. 1 MINE. AFTER FOUR YEARS HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES, WORKING FOR MINING COMPANIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, TENNESSEE, AND ALABAMA BEFORE RETURNING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1896 AS SUPERINTENDENT OF NORTHWEST COAL & NAVIGATION COMPANY. IN 1910 HARDIE LEFT THE GALT-OWNED COMPANY AND WORKED AS THE MANAGER OF THE DIAMOND COAL COMPANY UNTIL 1912, WHEN HE RAN FOR AND WON THE OFFICE OF LETHBRIDGE MAYOR. HARDIE SERVED AS MAYOR UNTIL 1928, WHEN HE WAS REPLACED BY ROBERT BARROWMAN. IN 1930 HARDIE HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL RUN FOR THE LETHBRIDG SEAT IN THE PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION. HARDIE WAS ACTIVE WITH THE LETHBRIDGE MASONS, THE ALBERTA UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES, AND HAD AN AVID INTEREST IN ASTROLOGY. HARDIEVILLE, THE FORMER HAMLET NORTHEAST OF LETHBRIDGE THAT WAS ANNEXED BY THE CITY IN 1978, WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. W. D. L. HARDIE DIED ON JUNE 16, 1942. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19880033000-GA FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIALS.

Catalogue Number

P19820060000

Acquisition Date

1981-11

Collection

Museum

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