Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1939

Date Range To

1945

Materials

WOOD, SKIN, STEEL

No. Pieces

3

Height

44.5

Diameter

72.1

Description

WOOD FRAME AND COUNTERHOOP, WITH COPPER-PLATED STEEL TENSION RODS AND SCREWS. GILT TEXTURED PAINT ON FRAME. BATTER HEAD PAINTED WITH BLACK BRIGANTINE SHIP. REVERSE BRUSH-PAINTED WITH LAKE SCENE, IN GREENS AND YELLOWS. GLUE REMAINS FROM ADHESIVE, WHICH HAS BEEN REMOVED. LIGHT BULB FIXTURE INSIDE DRUM, WITH CLOTH-BOUND TWISTED POWER CORD EXTENDING FROM SIDE OF FRAME. OVAL PLATE AT CORD ATTACHMENT READS "GENUINE STIPEL GOLD LUDWIG & LUDWIG CHICAGO. U.S.A.". LARGE CRACK IN TOP COUNTERHOOP, ALONG WITH SEVERAL SCRATCHES. POWER CORD FRAYED AT END AND MISSING PLUG. 2. CASE: 2 PIECES. 45.5CM (H) X 77.3CM (D). COMPRESSED PAPER CASE, PAINTED BLACK, WITH BASE AND LID. LID HAS LIP 13CM WIDE, TO WHICH IS BOLTED THREE LEATHER STRAPS. BUCKLE AND OTHER PORTION OF STRAPS ARE BOLTED TO BASE. ALL JOINTS ON CASE ARE FORMED BY RIVETS THROUGH OVERLAPPING TABS. TOP OF CASE READS "DRUMS LETHBRIDGE", WITH TOP WORD COVERED IN GREY PAPER TAPE. CASE IS BADLY WARPED, SCRATCHED, AND TORN AT SEVERAL POINTS OF TOP AND BOTTOM SEAMS. LEATHER CARRYING HANDLE AT SIDE SEAM. CORROSION ON STEEL; LEATHER STIFFENING.

Subjects

MUSICAL T&E

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

GIVEN TO DONOR DOUGLAS PRIESTLEY BY HERBERT RANNARD MANY YEARS AGO, WHO PLAYED IN VARIOUS BANDS. DONOR PLAYED DRUMS IN MANY BANDS SINCE 1927, AND STILL PLAYS WITH "THE OLD GUYS". DONOR IS 91 YEARS OLD, AND PLAYS BANJO AND DRUMS. *UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT HERBERT RANNARD, ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS DRUM, WAS FOUND IN RANNARD'S OBITUARY FROM THE APRIL 23, 1995 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. HERBERT RANNARD WAS BORN IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND IN 1903. HE GREW UP IN LETHBRIDGE AND WORKED FOR THE CPR IN THE FREIGHT DEPARTMENT. RANNARD MOVED TO VANCOUVER TO WORK AT THE BOEING AIRCRAFT PLANT AT THE START OF WWII, TO BUILD CATALINA AMPHIBIOUS AIRCRAFT AND MITCHELL BOMBERS. AFTER THE WAR RANNARD WORKED AT THE PRECISION INSTRUMENT COMPANY IN VANCOUVER, WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN GUN-SMITHING AND FINE INSTRUMENT REPAIR. HE MOVED BACK TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952 TO MANAGE THE SPORTING GOODS DEPARTMENT OF COUNSUMER'S HARDWARE, WHERE HE WORKED UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1964. RANNARD WAS A COIN COLLECTOR, MEMBER OF THE LETHBRIDGE MASONIC LODGE, AND PLAYED IN A NUMBER OF LOCAL ORCHESTRAS. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, DOUGLAS PRIESTLEY, WAS FOUND IN LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM 1983, 1986, AND 1995. PRIESTLEY WAS BORN IN NEW HAMPTON, ENGLAND IN 1903 AND IMMIGRATED TO CANADA AT AGE 15. HE WORKED AS A TAILOR AT NICK'S MENS WEAR, AND IN HIS LATE 30S BEGAN WORKING AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, EVENTUALLY OPENING HIS OWN PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, PRIESTLEY PHOTO ARTS. PRIESTLEY WAS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN, PLAYING THE BANJO, GUITAR, AND DRUMS IN SOUTHERN ALBERTAN BANDS FOR OVER 60 YEARS, INCLUDING THE KINGS KANADIANS, THE SATELLITES, THE JACK PATEY TRIANON ORCHESTRA, PLINK, PLUNK AND THE PROFESSOR, AND THE OLD GUYS. DOUGLAS PRIESTLEY DIED ON MARCH 16, 1995. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT HERBERT RANNARD, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19910046001. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR HARDCOPIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ABOUT DOUGLAS PRIESTLEY.

Catalogue Number

P19930047001

Acquisition Date

1993-08

Collection

Museum

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