Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LOTTO

Date

1940

Materials

PAPER

No. Pieces

24

Description

1. GAME CARD: 17.8CM (L) X 14.1CM (W). HEAVY BROWN PAPER CARD HAS YELLOW BACKGROUND FRONT. BACKGROUND IS PICTURES OF TOYS AND READS "BINGO-ARITHMETIC". TOP READS IN BLACK "ARITHMETIC BINGO ADDITION - MADE BY SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS & SPECIALTIES LTD. COPYRIGHT 1940". HAS FOUR ROWS OF SQUARES ACROSS AND FOUR VERTICAL WITH NUMBERS IN THEM. FOUR CORNERS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND TOP TO BOTTOM ARE "7 13 10 6". EDGES AND CORNERS ARE WORN SLIGHTLY. 2. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "11 3 4 13". 3. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "10 18 1 12". 4. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "0 11 17 1". 5. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "2 1 10 3". 6. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "11 0 14 5". 7. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "5 2 1 4". 8. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "5 9 17 0". 9. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "3 6 15 9". 10. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "13 9 2 0". 11. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "2 9 7 14". 12. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "13 6 16 4". 13. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "2 0 10 1". 14. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "10 18 1 15". 15. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "17 8 4 7". 16. SAME AS #1 EXCEPT NUMBERS ARE "9 6 4 10". 17. INSTRUCTIONS: 22.6CM (L) X 15.2CM (W). YELLOWING PAPER HAS PICTURE OF BINGO BOARD ON FRONT TOP LEFT. ON TOP RIGHT READS "INSTRUCTIONS TO THE TEACHER". ON BOTTOM HALF WRITING IS ACROSS ALL OF PAPER. ON BACK LEFT ONE-THIRD OF PAPER IS BOXES WITH ADDITION EQUATIONS ON THEM. ON RIGHT HAS TWO SECTIONS OF WRITING. TOP ONE IS LABELED "BINGO" AND BOTTOM "PENALTY". CORNERS ARE CREASED, BOTTOM IS TORN AND FOLDED. HAS CREASE ACROSS MIDDLE WHICH IS TORN ON ENDS. HAS SMALL TEARS ALONG SIDES. 18. BAG: 24.3CM (L) X 16.5CM (W). BROWN PAPER IS CORRUGATED VERY SMALL. HAS FLAP WITH STICKY SUBSTANCE UNDERSIDE TO SEAL ENVELOPE ON TOP. ON BACK IS A SQUARE WHICH HAS ADVERTISING AND PRICES FOR OTHER "ARITHMETIC BINGO" GAMES. AT BOTTOM READS "SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS & SPECIALTIES LTD. HAMILTON - SASKATOON" IN BLACK. ON FRONT READS IN GREEN "ARITHMETIC BINGO 100 ADDITION FACTS DEVISED BY JOYCE PRIDMORE SASKATCHEWAN SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF". THEN IN A SQUARE READS "INSTRUCTIONS - BOYS AND GIRLS: "WITH A "NOTE TO TEACHER" AT BOTTOM. LISTS PUBLISHER BELOW SQUARE. FLAP IS BADLY TORN AND FOLDED. EDGES ARE WEARING AND WRINKLING. BOTTOM FLAP AND MIDDLE SEAM ON BACK ARE LIFTING IN PLACES. 19. GAME PIECES: 21.9CM (L) X 13.4CM (W). THICK PIECE OF BROWN PAPER HAS FIVE SQUARES DOWN AND FOUR ACROSS. THE BOTTOM ROW IS EMPTY, AND THE REST HAVE ADDITION EQUATIONS IN THEM. THE TOP LEFT IS "4+0=4" (WRITTEN VERTICALLY). TOP CORNERS ARE CREASED, EDGES ARE WORN. CREASE ACROSS MIDDLE. 20. SAME AS #19 EXCEPT BOTTOM IS NOT DIVIDED INTO SQUARES AND READS "NOTE TO TEACHER: CUT APART THESE COMBINATION CARDS ON THE RULED LINES AND GATHERED CARDS INTO A PACK.". TOP LEFT EQUATION IS "8+6=14". 21. SAME AS #19 EXCEPT BOTTOM ROW HAS EQUATIONS AND TOP ONE IS "1+9=10". 22. GAME PIECES: 17.7CM (L) X 13.4CM (W). SAME AS #19 EXCEPT CARD IS ONLY DIVIDED INTO FOUR ROWS ACROSS AND UP AND DOWN. ARE NO CREASES AND CORNERS ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. TOP LEFT EQUATION IS "4+4=8". 23. SAME AS #22 EXCEPT EQUATION IS "4+8=12". 24. SAME AS #22 EXCEPT EQUATION IS "9+6=15".

Subjects

GAME

Historical Association

EDUCATION

LEISURE

History

SEE FILE P19940037001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING ITEMS DONATED BY LENORA DUCE. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND A FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENT FROM THE CARDSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. LENORA ADELAIDE (LAIDA) DUCE (NEE SHEFFIELD) WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 2, 1898 AT CARDSTON, AB. SHE WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM W. AND LENORA HUDSON SHEFFIELD. AT THE AGE OF 17 SHE TOOK A JOB WITH AGT AND ON JUNE 1, 1916 SHE WAS APPOINTED AS AGENT CHIEF OPERATOR, A POSITION SHE HELD UNTIL HER MARRIAGE ON FEBRUARY 2, 1921 TO WILLIAM HINMAN DUCE. LENORA PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2000. WILLIAM HINMAN DUCE WAS BORN IN CARDSTON, AB ON JULY 23, 1896, THE SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM AND RHODA ADELAIDE HINMAN DUCE. HE WORKED FOR DUCE BROTHERS, A STORE WHICH SOLD SHOES, MEN’S CLOTHING, AND FURNITURE. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE R.N.C.V.R. DURING WWI, TRAINING ON THE WEST COAST AND SERVING IN HALIFAX UNTIL DECEMBER 23, 1918. WILLIAM ALSO SOLD INSURANCE FOR A FEW YEARS, WORKED AT CARDSTON MOTORS, FORD MOTORS IN TABER, INSPECTED CROPS FOR PRAIRIE FARM ASSISTANCE, AND OPERATED A FARM IMPLEMENT BUSINESS. IN 1952, WILLIAM SOLD THE FAMILY HOME IN CARDSTON AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. HE PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 27, 1971 AT THE AGE OF 74. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND THE CARDSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A BIB AND SHORTS DONATED BY LENORA S. DUCE. ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE NEXT-OF-KIN OR INDIVIDUALS ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.

*UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING SEVERAL TEXTILES DONATED BY LENORA S. DUCE. ON OCTOBER 26, 2021, GELINAS INTERVIEWED RHODA MAZZOCCHI, THE DONOR’S DAUGHTER, ABOUT HER MOTHER’S DONATION AND HER MEMORIES OF THE OBJECTS OF THIS DONATION. MAZZOCCHI STATED THROUGH EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE BINGO GAME. SEE P19940028001 FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR THE PERMANENT RECORD FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND COPY OF FAMILY HISTORY COMPILED BY MAZZOCCHI.

Catalogue Number

P19940037010

Acquisition Date

1994-07

Collection

Museum

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