PAINTING

Description: ORIGINAL PAINTING DEPICTING FIVE SCENES OF LETHBRIDGE AND AREA HISTORY. ABORIGINAL AMERICANS AND BUFFALO, TITLED "BUFFALO HUNT". MOUNTED POLICE ENTERING FORT, TITLED "FORT WHOOP-UP". MINERS, MINING CART, TWO MINE PORTALS TITLED "COAL MINING" AND SWANS, POND AND BUILDING TITLED "JAPANESE GARDENS". TWO SCENES UPPER PORTION OF CARD AND TWO SCENES LOWER PORTION OF CARD DIVIDED BY FIFTH SCENE OF HIGH LEVEL CPR BRIDGE WITH TRAIN TAKING WIDTH OF CARD. A PASTED PORTION IN FORM OF AN EMBELLISHED BANNER STATES "LETHBRIDGE 100 YEARS ALBERTA 1885 1985". ALSO APPEARING ON BANNER ARE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT A CROSSED PICK AND SHOVEL, A BUFFALO, A TRAIN LOCOMOTIVE. INSIDE CARD SIGNATURES OF DIGNITARIES AND COMPANY PERSONS INCLUDING SENATOR JOYCE FAIRBAIRN, MAYOR ANDY ANDERSON, RONALD JACOBSON, PRESIDENT LETHBRIDGE CENTENNIAL. CARD MESSAGE "HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, LETHBRIDGE, WITH OUR BEST WISHES HALLMARK CARDS".

History: *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WAS FOUND IN A LETTER WRITTEN BY DEBORAH CHENERY, CO-ORDINATOR OF THE LETHBRIDGE CENTENNIAL SOCIETY, TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE: "THE HALLMARK CARD COMPANY HAS HAD FOUR OF THEIR ARTISTS PAINT A CARD... DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE TO COMMEMORATE THE CENTENNIAL. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL PAINTING DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE INDIANS, BUFFALO, RAILROAD BRIDGE, AND JAPANESE GARDENS. ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH HALLMARK CARDS TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY REPRESENTATIVE ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1985 AT NOON, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HALLMARK CARD SHOP LOCATED IN THE MAGRATH MARKET MALL... ALDERMAN DON LEBARON WILL ACCEPT THE CARD ON BEHALF OF THE CITY." SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPY OF LETTER.