Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CALGARY STAMPEDE

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

FELT

No. Pieces

1

Length

58.5

Width

20.0

Description

WHITE LETTERING ON PURPLE BACKGROUND. STENCILLED LETTERING & DESIGN OF BRONCO & RIDER. "CANADA" & "CALGARY STAMPEDE" PURPLE TABS & WHITE TRIM.

Subjects

DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

NO HISTORY PROVIDED. PENNANTS OF THIS TYPE WERE COMMONPLACE THROUGH THE 1950'S & EARLY '60'S. *UPDATE 2021* IN 2021, TWO COLLECTIONS RESEARCH ASSISTANT INTERNS CONDUCTED AN AUDIT ON THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION. THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BARBARA STEWART—THE DAUGHTER OF VIOLET CUELL—WAS CONTACTED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR DONATIONS MADE BY HER MOTHER IN 1992. THE FOLLOWING DIALOGUE HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 INTERVIEW WITH BARBARA. WHEN ASKED IF THE DONATED ITEMS WERE IN HER MOTHER’S HOME BEFORE THEY WERE DONATED TO THE MUSEUM, BARBARA RESPONDED: “THEY WERE [IN HER HOME PRIOR TO DONATION], SHE DIED IN 1992.” BARBARA ELABORATED ON WHICH HOUSE THE OBJECTS WERE IN BEFORE BEING DONATED: “I IMAGINE SHE’S HAD [THE DONATED OBJECTS] FOR QUITE A WHILE… WE LIVED AT 316-15TH STREET SOUTH IN A DUPLEX. SO WE LIVED THERE FIRST AND THEN MY FATHER BUILT A HOUSE AT 619-18TH STREET IN 1951, [OR] ’52. SO ALL OF THESE [DONATED OBJECTS] WOULD HAVE COME FROM THE HOUSE ON 15TH STREET.” BARBARA SPECULATED ON THE ORIGIN OF THE CALGARY STAMPEDE PENNANT: “…I IMAGINE MY SISTER, DOROTHY…[WHO] LIVED IN CALGARY…PROBABLY BROUGHT THIS DOWN…” “[THE PENNANTS] COULD BE [FROM IN THE 1950S]…” BARBARA DESCRIBED WHERE SHE SAW THE PENNANTS: “…I DON’T KNOW HOW OLD THEY ARE, BUT I REMEMBER SEEING THEM WHEN I WAS QUITE YOUNG… THEY WEREN’T ON DISPLAY BUT THEY WERE IN A BOX IN THE LIVING ROOM WHERE YOU COULD TAKE THEM OUT AND LOOK AT THEM.” “…IN THE LIVING ROOM WE HAD A BOOKCASE, A FIREPLACE AND A BOOKCASE, AND THEY WERE IN THERE…” FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR TO VIEW THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE SEE THE DONATION’S PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19920033003

Acquisition Date

1992-07

Collection

Museum

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