TROPHY
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FOOTBALL TROPHY
- Materials
- TIN, SILVER PLATING
- Catalogue Number
- P19930070000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- FOOTBALL TROPHY
- Date
- 1913
- Materials
- TIN, SILVER PLATING
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 19.2
- Length
- 19.5
- Diameter
- 11
- Description
- SILVER CUP WITH HOUR GLASS SHAPE AND RAISED PEDESTAL BASE. HAS TWO ORNATE SCALLOPED HANDLES WITH EMBOSSED LEAF PATTERN. RIM OF CUP HAS EMBOSSED PATTERN AS WELL. ENGRAVED ON ONE SIDE IS "PRESENTED BY E.A.E. WERT OF LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA. TO C.P.R. FREIGHT HANDLERS FOOT BALL CLUB 1913.". OTHER SIDE READS "WON BY MEDICINE HAT FREIGHT HANDLERS 1913" AND "LETHBRIDGE FREIGHT HANDLERS 1915". ON BASE READS "WON BY" AND ON INSIDE OF BASE IS ENGRAVED "MADE & PLATE BY WALLAC BRO'S CO." AND "V783" AND SCRATCHED INTO SURFACE BY HAND IS "RUR 1500". ARTIFACT IS HEAVILY TARNISHED WITH A NUMBER OF SMALL SCRATCHES, ESPECIALLY ON INSIDE OF BOWL.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- SPORTS
- History
- TROPHY WAS FOUND BY DONOR DURING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE C.P.R.. DONOR LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE PRIOR TO 1970. TROPHY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A PRIZE FOR A FOOTBALL LEAGUE COMPRISED OF TEAMS REPRESENTING LOCAL FREIGHT HANDLERS OFFICES.
- Catalogue Number
- P19930070000
- Acquisition Date
- 1993-11
- Collection
- Museum
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