CANE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1941
- Materials
- WOOD, SILVER, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 90.2
- Diameter
- 7.0
- Description
- RUBBER TIP, SILVER BAND INSCRIBED: "TO DR. A. CHERRY FROM GALT HOSPITAL LETHBRIDGE ALBERTA FEBUARY 14 1941". SILVER BAND HALLMARKED "BIRKS ..STERLING" RUBBER TIP EMBOSSED "17" AND "DAISY". STICK STAMPED NEAR TIP "MADE IN FRANCE". CANE HAS DARK BROWN/BLACK FINISH.
- Subjects
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- CANE BELONGED TO DR. ALEX CHERRY B. IN RUSSIA, IMMIGRATED TO CANADA WITH PARENTS (WINNIPEG). 1ST PRACTICE WHITE MOUTH MANITOBA. MOVED IN 1925 TO FOREMOST, ESTABLISHED A PRACTICE. ENLISTED AS CAPTAIN IN CANADIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORP. INVALIDED OUT 1940-41. SERVED AS ATTENDING PHYSICIAN P.O.W. CAMP LETHBRIDGE, UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1945. BUILT HOUSE AT 1424 7 AVE. AREA BECAME KNOWN AS CHERRY HILL & CHERRY CORNER.
- Catalogue Number
- P19870058000
- Acquisition Date
- 1987-03
- Collection
- Museum
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