Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1895

Date Range To

1905

Materials

WOOD, METAL, CLOTH

No. Pieces

4

Height

182.7

Length

139.5

Width

61.0

Description

.1 WOOD CABINET & FRAME C/W ENTABLATURE. MAHOGANY FINISH. EXTENSIVE SCROLL WORK. 73 KEYS, SIMULATED IVORY. 14 VOICE VALVES, EACH LABELLED FOR FUNCTION. 2 PEDALS "DOHERTHY" ON LEFT & "ORGAN" ON RIGHT PEDAL. FABRIC BACKING FOR PEDAL & MUSIC STAND SECTION. .2 ENTABLATURE. 135CM (L) X 35.5CM (H). POSSIBLY POSSESSED MIRROR AT CENTRE. CYLINDER AT TOP CENTRE IS REMOVABLE. .3 CIRCULAR MOUNTS (2). PERHAPS USED FOR CANDLEABRAS.

Subjects

MUSICAL T&E

Historical Association

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History

ORGAN BELONGED TO JOB REED, AN EARLY RESIDENT OF LETHBRIDGE WHO ESTABLISHED A MARKET GARDEN ON S.W. CORNER OF PRESENT DAY 6 AVE & 13 ST SO. (5 1/4 ACRES). WIFE MARY GAVE ORGAN MUSIC LESSONS. ORGAN SHIPPED TO THE OKANAGAN BY HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, MRS. ANNIE MCCORMICK. LATER DONATED TO THE KELOWNA MUSEUM BY FAMILY MEMBER AFTER ANNIE MCCORMICK DIED. JOB REED DIED APRIL 21 1906. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE ALSO OWNED THE EDGEHILL FARM ON SIX MILE COULEE, WHICH HE ACQUIRED FROM REV. G.J.C. WHITE. REED PROVIDED FARM & MARKET GARDEN PRODUCE & EQUIPMENT TO LETHBRIDGE. HE ALSO PROVIDED POULTRY, EGGS & DAIRY PRODUCTS. REED WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, NOV. 12 1841. HE HAD 7 CHILDREN & WAS ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS & BELONGED TO NUMEROUS ORGANIZATIONS. BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO CANADA HE WAS A CERTIFIED TEACHER IN ENGLAND. HE IMMIGRATED 1ST TO TEXAS, BUT NOT FINDING THE CLIMATE HEALTHY, RETURNED TO ENGLAND, THEN IMMIGRATED TO CANADA, EVENTUALLY, AFTER WORKING FOR THE C.P.R. ARRIVING IN LETHBRIDGE TO SETTLE IN 1887. HIS RESIDENCE ON 6 AVE., A STONE BUILDING., IS STILL IN USE TODAY. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REED FAMILY. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF JOB REED WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM AN ARTICLE ON THE REED FAMILY AND FARM FROM THE DECEMBER 30, 1985 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD, REED'S DEATH ANNOUNCEMENT FROM 1906, AND THE GALT ARCHIVES. JOB REED WAS BORN IN SOMERSETSHIRE, ENGLAND ON NOVEMBER 12, 1841. WHEN HE WAS 14, HIS FATHER DIED, LEAVING JOB THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PROVIDING FOR HIMSELF AND HIS WIDOWED MOTHER. HE WORKED FOR THE BRITISH POSTAL SERVICE AND COMPLETED HIS TEACHING CERTIFICATION. HE MARRIED MARY ELIZABETH HOBBS IN 1869, AND IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1873, MOVING FROM NEW ORLEANS TO TEXAS AND THEN PENNSYLVANIA, WHERE REED OBTAINED A DEGREE IN MEDICINE. THE COUPLE RETURNED TO ENGLAND, BUT REED'S MEDICAL TRAINING WAS NOT RECOGNIZED THERE, AND IN 1882 THEY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC AGAIN, MOVING WEST ACROSS CANADA IN STAGES, FINALLY ARRIVING IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1886. THE FAMILY HAD SEVEN CHILDREN: RICHARD, HENRY, ELIZABETH (WHO MARRIED GEORGE HERBERT WATSON), JOB JUNIOR (KNOWN AS BUDD), GEORGE, ANNIE, AND ELLA. REED PURCHASED TWO LOTS ON WHAT IS NOW 6TH AVENUE SOUTH. THE FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED A MARKET GARDEN ON THE PROPERY, AND BUILT A STONE DUPLEX THAT STILL STANDS ON THE 1200 BLOCK OF 6TH AVENUE. REED WORKED AS A COAL MINER TO EARN MORE MONEY TOWARDS INVESTING IN FURTHER LAND, AND RAISED PIGS WITH SCRAP FOOD FROM THE NEARBY RCMP BARRACKS. IN 1901, REED PURCHASED 2.5 SECTIONS OF LAND NEAR PRESENT-DAY GRANUM WITH HIS FOUR SONS AND ONE SON-IN-LAW; HIS SON BILLY LATER TOOK OVER THIS RANCH. REED WAS A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN LETHBRIDGE AND A MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD. IN EARLY 1906, HE PURCHASED EDGEHILL FARM, NEAR SIX MILE COULEE, BUT HE DIED LATER THAT YEAR ON APRIL 25. MARY REED LIVED AT THE FARM FOR YEARS AFTERWARD, AND DIED IN KELOWNA, B.C. IN 1932 AT HOME OF ONE OF HER SONS. BOTH JOB AND MARY REED ARE BURIED IN MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY IN LETHBRIDGE. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19980031006 FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, AND PERMANENT FILE P19920001001 FOR RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY AIMEE VIEL FOR A GALT MUSUEM EXHIBIT ON THE REED FAMILY..

Catalogue Number

P19920001001

Acquisition Date

1991-02

Collection

Museum

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