Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

ALUMINIUM

No. Pieces

1

Height

2.2

Length

14.1

Width

7.6

Description

SPRING HINGED. HOLDS THREE CIGARS. MECHANICAL DAMAGE, CATALOGUE NUMBER HAS BEEN PARTIALLY SCRATCHED OFF.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

*UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE DONATED BY THE SAME DONOR AS THIS CIGAR CASE, THE CHINOOK CLUB OF LETHBRIDGE. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CLUB WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM ALEX JOHNSTON'S BOOK 'HISTORY OF THE CHINOOK CLUB, 1901-1987', PUBLISHED BY THE LETHBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN 1988, AND LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1993 AND 2000. THE CHINOOK CLUB WAS A MEN'S SOCIETY AND SOCIAL CLUB FOUNDED BY PROMINENT LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMEN IN 1901. AT ITS FIRST MEETING ON NOVEMBER 7, 1901, 22 MEMBERS ENROLLED IN THE CLUB, INCLUDING C.F.P. CONYBEARE, DR. F.H. MEWBURN, C.B. BOWMAN, FRED DOWNER, AND CHARLES A. MAGRATH. THE CLUB INITIALLY ADOPTED THE ORIGINAL LETHBRIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOL HOUSE AT THE CORNER OF 7 STREET AND 4 AVENUE SOUTH AS ITS HEADQUARTERS, ACQUIRING THE LAND FROM ELLIOT GALT'S NORTH WESTERN COAL AND NAVIGATION COMPANY. THE CLUB RESIDED AT THAT ADDRESS UNTIL 1944, WHEN MEMBER FRED DOWNER SOLD HIS FAMILY HOME, WESTMINSTER HOUSE, AT 3 AVENUE AND 13 STREET SOUTH TO THE ORGANIZATION. THE CHINOOK CLUB OPERATED OUT OF WESTMINSTER HOUSE UNTIL ITS MEMBERSHIP DWINDLED DURING THE 1980S AND THE BUILDING'S MAINTENANCE COSTS OUTWEIGHED ITS VALUE TO THE CLUB, LEADING TO ITS SALE IN 1993. THE BUILDING WAS MOVED SOUTH DOWN MAYOR MAGRATH DRIVE, WHERE IT HOUSED A BED & BREAKFAST AND, AT THE TIME OF THIS SURVEY, IS OWNED BY THE LAND DEVELOPER OF PRAIRIE ARBOUR ESTATES. THE CHINOOK CLUB ALSO OPENED UP ITS MEMBERSHIP TO WOMEN IN 1993, CITING ITS DESIRE TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF LETHBRIDGE, BUT BY 2000, HAD CEASED OPERATIONS DUE TO A LACK OF MEMBERSHIP. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651998000-GA FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.

Catalogue Number

P19651990000

Acquisition Date

1965-09

Collection

Museum

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