Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

STOCKING HOLDER

Date Range From

1955

Date Range To

1965

Materials

PLASTIC, RUBBERIZED FABRIC

No. Pieces

1

Length

17.2

Width

13.5

Description

PLASTIC ENVELOPE TYPE CASE WITH 6 COMPARTMENTS, WHITE, QUILTED PATTERN. GOLD METALLIC STITCHING ON EXTERIOR.

Subjects

PERSONAL GEAR

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

OWNED BY DONOR'S WIFE & BELIEVED TO DATE TO 1940'S OR '50'S. DONOR IS A FORMER ALDERMAN, MAYOR AND NOW IS A RETIRED BUSINESSMAN, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS CHAIN OF FAMOUS PLAYERS THEATRES IN LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING A PORTRAIT OF THE DONOR OF THIS ARTIFACT, ALFRED WILLIAM SHACKLEFORD (P20060025001-GA). THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF MAYOR SHACKLEFORD WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM ARCHIVES CANADA ONLINE AND A LETHBRIDGE HERALD TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM MAY 31, 1992. A.W. SHACKLEFORD WAS BORN IN ESSEX, ENGLAND IN 1899 AND CAME TO CALGARY WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1909. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE TRAINED AS A DRAFTSMAN BUT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE FILM EXCHANGE AND FOX FILMS. IN 1921 HE WAS HIRED TO MANAGED THE KING'S THEATRE IN LETHBRIDGE AND BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH MARK ROGERS, A LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN WHO OWNED THREE LOCAL MOVIE THEATRES. SHACKLEFORD ALSO BECAME PARTNER IN THE AMUSEMENT COMPANY THAT OPENED THE HENDERSON LAKE PAVILLION IN 1924. BY 1925 HE WAS PART-OWNER OF THE FORMER EMPRESS THEATRE ON 5TH AVENUE SOUTH, RENAMING IT THE ROXY. HE THEN TEAMED UP WITH THE FAMOUS PLAYERS COMPANY TO REMODEL THE FORMER PALACE THEATRE AND RENAME IT THE CAPITOL. SHACKLEFORD ALSO OPENED THE THEATRE IN THE FORMER COLLEGE MALL, BUILT THE 960-SEAT PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON 4TH AVENUE SOUTH, AND TOOK OVER OPERATION OF THE DIRVE-IN THEATRE AT THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. SHACKLEFORD WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN CIVIC LIFE, ACTIVE IN GROUPS INCLUDING THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE GYRO CLUB, UNITED WAY, LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION BOARD, BOARD OF TRADE, ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, AND THE ALBERTA THEATRE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. HE AND HIS WIFE ADA HAD TWO SONS, ROBERT AND DOUGLAS. AFTER SEVERAL TERMS AS ALDERMAN STARTING IN 1939, SHACKLEFORD FIRST SERVED AS MAYOR FROM 1944 - 1947, AND FOR TWO MORE TERMS FROM 1952 - 1955 AND 1957 - 1961. HE WORKED FOR 68 YEARS IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS, RETIRING AT AGE 90. W.A. SHACKLEFORD DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 30, 1992. SEE PERMANENT FILE P20060025001 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A STOCKING CASE DONATED BY A.W. SHACKLEFORD. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ALFRED WILLIAM “A.W.” SHACKLEFORD WAS MARRIED TO ADA SHACKLEFORD (NEE CROFTS). ADA WAS BORN IN ENGLAND WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER BASIC EDUCATION. SHE MOVED TO CALGARY, AB WITH HER FAMILY AND WAS MARRIED TO A.W. IN ST. BARNABAS CHURCH, CALGARY ON MARCH 11, 1922. ADA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 ON DECEMBER 9, 1986. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. ON 30 OCTOBER 2018, SCHAMUHN INTERVIEWED ALLAN SHACKLEFORD, THE THIRD SON OF ADA AND A.W. SHACKLEFORD, REGARDING HIS FATHER’S PRIOR DONATIONS. THE INFORMATION BELOW HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT INTERVIEW: WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS MEMORIES OF THE STOCKING CASE, ALLAN SHACKLEFORD RECALLED, “IT BELONGED TO MY MOTHER. BUT I WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU MUCH MORE.” “SHE WOULD KEEP [IT] IN A DRAWER, AND I WOULD NEVER SEE IT.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19900050001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19900050007

Acquisition Date

1990-12

Collection

Museum

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