APRON

Description: WHITE KID LEATHER APRON WITH BLUE SATIN TRIM. TRIANGULAR FLAP AT TOP FRONT, ALSO TRIMMED WITH BLUE SATIN RIBBON. BLUE WOVEN STRAP (106.2 CM) WITH METAL ENDS AND HOOK IN SHAPE OF SNAKE. RIBBON HANGING FROM UNDER TOP FLAP ON EITHER SIDE OF POIN TWITH SILVER-PLATED DECORATIONS AT ENDS, PATTERNED LIKE TASSELS. CIRCULAR RIBBONS FOLDED FAN-STYLE AT BOTTOM CORNERS, AND AT CENTRE OF TOP FLAP. SINGLE BUTTON IN CENTRE OF EACH BEARING FREE MASONS SYMBOL. BACK OF APRON IS DYED ROYAL BLUE. INSIDE TOP FLAP STAMPED IN INK WITH "FROM AMBROSE, KENT & SON, LIMITED REGALIA MANFRS 186 YOUNG ST. TORONTO". LEATHER WORN AT BACK ALONG CREASE MARKS.

History: BELONGED TO MR. HERBERT RANNARD, WHO PASSED AWAY APRIL 20, 1995. INITIATED OCTOBER 16, 1929. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH HERBERT RANNARD. RANNARD'S OBITUARY FROM THE APRIL 23, 1995 ISSUE OF THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. 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. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19910046001.