Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

RAILWAY TICKET

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

LEATHER, LINEN

No. Pieces

4

Length

13.6

Width

7.5

Description

BLACK LEATHER TICKET HOLDER, STAMPED WITH GOLD LETTERING. FRONT HAS LOGO FOR THE NORTH-WEST COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS ASSOCIATION. INSIDE TOP FLAP STAMPED WITH "CANCELLATION IS THE PENALTY FOR LENDING THIS CERTIFICATE, AND FOR FAILURE TO PRESENT SAME WHEN PURCHASING TICKET, AND WHEN TENDERING TICKET TO CONDUCTOR". POUCH ON LOWER HALF OF TOP FLAP, STAMPED WITH "PLACE RAILWAY TICKET HERE". BACK FLAP ALSO HAS POUCH AT LOWER HALF, STAMPED WITH "ENGLISH MOROCCO". THREE WHITE WOVEN TICKETS INSIDE, WITH TAPERED TABS AT TOP FOR INSERTING INTO POUCH. TICKETS ARE PRINTED WITH CERTIFICATION AT TOP, AND SIGNATURE OF CANADIAN PASSENGER ASSOCIATION CHAIRPERSON. BELOW HAS OWNER'S NAME AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE TYPED, YEAR AND TICKET NUMBER STAMPED IN INK, SIGNATURES OF PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY-TREASURER OF DOMINION COUNCIL, AND DATE TYPED AT BOTTOM. FIRST TICKET CERTIFIES "MR. I.E. ANDREWS, OF TABER, ALBERTA" FOR THE YEAR 1952. TICKET NUMBER "63273", IN BLUE. STAMPED "CAN. PAC. R. LETHBRIDGE, ALTA. DEC 13 1952" AT LEFT, WITH "JANUARY 16TH, 1952" AT BOTTOM. BACK HAS CONTRACT, WITH "5673 BISHOP" HANDWRITTEN IN PENCIL AT TOP, "JAN 16 52" IN INK, AND "{63717 63721}" IN PENCIL ON BACK OF TAB. ALSO SIGNED BY OWNER. CREASED AT BOTTOM CORNERS. SECOND TICKET CERTIFIES "MR. I.E. ANDREWS OF LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA" FOR THE YEAR 1953. TICKET NUMBER "63333", IN RED. PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE IN GREEN, WITH DATE "MARCH 4TH, 1963". BACK SIGNED BY OWNER, BUT NOT DATED. TAB IS CREASED. THIRD TICKET HAS "THE NORTH WEST COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION OF CANADA AS AGENT, AND CERTIFIES "I.E. ANDREWS OF LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA" FOR THE YEAR 1957. TICKET NUMBER "49021" IN GREEN. BOTTOM IS STAMPED "CALGARY JAN 1-1957". CONTRACT ON BACK IS SIGNED BY OWNER, WITH DATE "JAN 4 57". STAMPED IN GREEN IS "THE J. R. ASHDOWN HOWE CO. LTD. RODGERS SALES MANAGER". "67321"HANDWRITTEN IN INK ON BACK OF TAB.

Subjects

EXCHANGE MEDIUM

Historical Association

TRANSPORTATION

History

DONATED IN MEMORY OF MRS. AGNES SHORT, WHO WAS A NURSE IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL C. 1970. HELPED WITH FIRST POLIO VACCINATION HERE, AND WAS PART OF THE HEALTH CLINIC FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. FATHER WAS WILLIAM H. SHORT, WHO WAS THE LAST FIRE CHIEF OF THE OLD NO.1 FIREHALL IN LETHBRIDGE. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BELT DONATED BY SHARON DEREK. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. THE DONOR, SHARON DERRICK, IS THE NIECE OF AGNES SHORT. AGNES CHRISTINA SHORT WAS BORN ON APRIL 20, 1916 TO WILLIAM H. AND BERTHA SHORT (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). SHE GRADUATED FROM LETHBRIDGE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE AND THEN ATTDNED THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR NURSING TRAINING, WHICH SHE GRADUATED FROM IN 1939. AGNES WAS THE SUPERVISOR AT THE GALT HOSPITAL FROM 1939-1945. SHE WAS IN CHARGE OF THE NURSING STAFF OF LETHBRIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT #51 FROM 1947 UNTIL 1958. SHE WAS ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF NURSING AT THE LETHBRIDGE HEALTH UNIT FROM 1964 UNTIL HER RETIREMENT. SHE RETIRED IN 1980 AFTER 42 YEARS OF NURSING. AGNES PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 78 ON OCTOBER 20, 1994. WILLIAM HENRY SHORT WAS AGNES’S FATHER. HE WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND IN 1889 AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1909. HE INITIALLY WORKED FOR THE CITY WATERWORKS DEPARTMENT IN LETHBRIDGE FOR TWO YEARS, BEFORE SPENDING 51 YEARS IN SERVICE OF THE LETHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE OVERSAW THE INTRODUCTION OF MOTORIZED FIRE ENGINES, SWITCHING FROM HORSE POWERED WAGONS, IN 1913. HE ALSO SAW THE DEPARTMENT GROW IN SIZE FROM ONLY 13 TO 49 MEN. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON NOVEMBER 18, 1974. WILLIAM’S WIFE BERTHA L. SHORT PASSED AWAY ON JULY 28, 1989. ACCORDING TO AN ARTICLE ABOUT AGNES’S LIFE, THE SHORT FAMILY LIVED IN NUMBER 1 FIRE HALL, WHERE WILLIAM WAS FIRE CHIEF. WILLIAM H. AND BERTHA ALSO HAD ANOTHER CHILD, WILLIAM D. SHORT. HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 16, 1916 AND PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 5, 1990. HE WAS MARRIED TO MYRTLE (NEE NELSON) SHORT AND THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDE THE DONOR, SHARON DERRICK. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 1 MARCH 2018 PUNDYK INTERVIEWED THE DONOR, SHARON DERRICK, ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS SHE DONATED TO THE MUSEUM. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS LEARNED ABOUT MR. I. E. ANDREWS OR HIS CONNECTION TO THE SHORT FAMILY IN THIS INTERVIEW. PLEASE PERMANENT FILE P19950037001, FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19950038007

Acquisition Date

1995-06

Collection

Museum

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