LAMP, ELECTRIC

Description: .1 27.5 CM HT. X 51 CM DIA. (BASE). SILK, METAL. CONCAVE CONICAL SHADE. SILK FABRIC STRETCHED OVER 8-RIBBED WIRE FRAME. EXTERIOR OF SHADE IS DARK PEACH, LIGHT PEACH INTERIOR. WATER STAINED AND RIPPED IN SEVERAL PLACES. .2 1.45 HT X 30 CM DIA. (BASE). GILT STAMPED STEEL.FLUTED STEM, CONVEX CIRCULAR BASE WITH EMBOSSED DESIGN, 6 SQUAT FEET ATTACHED. CENTRAL BULB SOCKET SURROUNDED BY 3 SMALLER SOCKETS. TRI-LIGHT CONFIGURATION.

History: THE DONOR'S MOTHER PURCHASED THIS LAMP AFTER MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE FROM CALGARY IN 1920. *UPDATE* IN 2024 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, TESS MCNAUGHTON, CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF ITEMS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN PREVIOUS AUDITS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. DOROTHY TEWKSBURY WAS BORN IN CALGARY IN 1916. DOROTHY ATTENDED CRESCENT HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL AND CALGARY NORMAL SCHOOLS. DURING THE DEPRESSION SHE TAUGHT AT LONELY TRAIL, NEAR OYEN, ALLAN AND FRANKLIN SCHOOLS NEAR OKOTOKS AND HIGH RIVER. JOINING THE R.C.A.F. IN JANUARY 1942. SHE SERVED DURING AND AFTER THE WAR AND WAS THE FIRST WOMAN OFFICER POSTED OVERSEAS. SHE RETIRED AS FLIGHT LIEUTENANT IN 1966 WITH CANADIAN VOLUNTEER SERVICE MEDAL, WAR MEDAL AND CANADIAN FORCES DECORATION. SHE SERVED AS SECRETARY TREASURER OF THE CHELSEA SCHOOL BOARD AND RESIDED AT MEECH LAKE, QUEBEC WITH HER FRIEND SHIELA STRANG. SHE RETURNED TO ALBERTA IN 1975 TO CARE FOR HER MOTHER AND RESIDED IN LETHBRIDGE. BEING ACTIVE IN MEALS AND WHEELS AND THE LONDON ROAD ASSOCIATION. DOROTHY WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS, EDNA AND BERTRAND TEWKSBURY; BROTHER, HAROLD; SISTER, MARGURERITE HENDERSON; NIECE, KAREN ERVIN; AND CLOSE FRIEND AND COMPANION, JEAN GOLLEY. DOROTHY PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 13, 1992. SEE P19800058000 FOR OBITUARY.