TIE, STRING

Description: BLACK RAYON KENTUCKY STYLE STRING TIE. HAS 2.4CM WIDE STRIP OF RAYON TIED IN A BOW WITH 15.5CM TIE ENDS. LEFT TIE HAS "LETHBRIDGE" STENCILED IN YELLOW PAINT AND RIGHT TIE HAS "FAIR & RODEO" IS SAME YELLOW PAINT. BEHIND BOW IS STAINLESS STEEL TIE CLIP WITH TWO ARMS. IN LEFT ARM IS ETCHED "GRIP TITE" AND IN RIGHT ARM IS ETCHED "RUST RESIST". BACK OF BOW IS STITCHED WITH SIMPLE TIED STITCHING BLACK THREAD.

History: SEE P19950001001-GA *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS INCLUDING SOME DONATIONS MADE BY JEAN JOHNSTONE (NEE POTTS). AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ORIGINAL DONOR JEAN JOHNSTONE WAS CONDUCTED. WHEN ASKED IF SHE REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT SHE STATED, “WELL MY FATHER WAS A NUMISMATIST AND HE WOULD GO TO ALL THESE FAIRS AND THINGS AND HE WOULD SELL HIS COINS… IT WAS A HUGE THING BUT THIS COULD BE FROM ONE OF THOSE SHOWS OR IT COULD BE THAT, HE WORE IT IF HE WAS A SHRINER. YOU WOULD THINK IT WOULD HAVE A SHRINE THING ON IT BUT HE WAS A LOCAL SHRINER AND THEY WOULD BE IN THE PARADE. THEY WOULD DO ALL THESE THINGS AND SELL TICKETS AND THINGS AT THE FAIRS SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT PERIOD. I DON’T KNOW WHETHER THAT WAS THAT INSTANCE OR IF IT WAS THE COINS.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN PERMANENT FILE P20000011001.