Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BANK BAG

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

COTTON CANVAS

No. Pieces

1

Length

51.0

Width

35.2

Description

COTTON CANVAS BAG STENCILLED IN BLACK INK "AGENT BANK OF CANADA CALGARY" & ON OPPOSITE SIDE "CENTS $ 60". BAG IS SOILED & STAINED. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.

Subjects

MERCHANDISING T&E

Historical Association

CURRENCY/MAUNDY

History

DONOR STATES THAT BAG WAS USED TO SHIP COINS BETWEEN THE CALGARY BANK OF CANADA AGENT & REGULAR BANKS. THIS BAG WOULD HAVE CONTAINED 6000 PENNIES($60.00). THIS TYPE OF BAG & METHOD OF TRANSFER WERE PHASED OUT BY ABOUT 1960. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BANK DEPOSIT BAG DONATED BY AUDREY SWEDISH. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. AUDREY SUSAN SWEDISH (NEE CHISWICK) WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE, AB ON JUNE 6, 1921 THE OLDEST OF TWO DAUGHTERS BORN TO GEORGE AND SUSAN CHISWICK (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). ON MAY 10, 1946 AUDREY MARRIED RALPH IRWIN BAINES, SON OF CHARLES DOUGLAS AND ETHEL IRINE BAINES (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). AUDREY AND RALPH HAD A SON NAMED DOUGLAS, WHO WAS BORN IN 1950, AND DIVORCED IN JANUARY 1965. IN 1982 AUDREY WAS REMARRIED TO GEORGE ANDREW SWEDISH. AUDREY PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93 ON AUGUST 30, 2014. DURING WWII AUDREY WORKED AS A SECRETARY TO THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE LETHBRIDGE RCMP AND “HER JOB WAS CLOAKED IN SECRECY, AS SHE HANDLED SENSITIVE CORRESPONDING TO THE SECURITY ISSUES OF THE DAY. TO THIS DAY, SHE HESITATES TO TALK IN DETAIL ABOUT HER WORK WITH THE MOUNTIES, OTHER THAN ‘THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THOSE FIVE YEARS.’” (LETHBRIDGE HERALD, OCTOBER 25, 2003 “AUDREY WROTE THE BOOK ON THE CITY’S PUBLIC SCHOOLS). FOLLOWING THE WAR, AUDREY WAS OFFERED A POSITION AS SECRETARY FOR AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. SHE CONTINUED AS A SECRETARY WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR 25 YEARS, EVENTUALLY WORKING AS SECRETARY FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT. GEORGE CHISWICK AS BORN ON MARCH 15, 1884 IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1906 WITH HIS MOTHER. SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL, HE STARTED WORKING FOR SICKS’ LETHBRIDGE BREWERY AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1946. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 67 IN SEPTEMBER 1951. SUSAN CHISWICK WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1920, SETTLING IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 85 ON OCTOBER 15, 1973. AUDREY’S FIRST HUSBAND RALPH IRWIN BAINES WAS BORN, RAISED, AND EDUCATED IN LETHBRIDGE. HE SERVED OVERSEAS IN WWII, THEN WORKED FOR THE POST OFFICE IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1966, FOLLOWING HIS DIVORCE, HE MOVED TO CRANBROOK, BC, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR THE POST OFFICE UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1985. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 71 ON OCTOBER 30, 1992. AUDREY AND RALPH’S SON DOUGLAS BAINES WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON JANUARY 12, 1950. HE PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY 2007 IN VICTORIA, BC. AUDREY’S SECOND HUSBAND GEORGE ANDREW SWEDISH WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 10, 1911, THE FIFTH SON OF SAM AND ANNA SWEDISH (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). WITH HIS FIRST WIFE, CATHERINE, GEORGE HAD TWO DAUGHTERS: DIANNE AND GEORGIA. CATHERINE SWEDISH (NEE HOMINUK) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 38 ON JULY 15, 1953. GEORGE WORKED AS AN ACCOUNTANT: FIVE YEARS AT WATERTON NATIONAL PARK AND 36 YEARS WITH THE ALBERTA SUGAR COMPANY, WHERE HE RETIRED AS OFFICE MANAGER IN 1976. GEORGE PASSED AWAY ON APRIL 19, 1997. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19910063000

Acquisition Date

1991-07

Collection

Museum

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