NAMEPLATE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLAQUE
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19960094000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PLAQUE
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.9
- Length
- 61
- Width
- 5.1
- Description
- NAMEPLATE STATES IN RAISED GOLD COLOURED LETTERS "SICKS' BREWERIES LIMITED" ON FRONT. ON BACK TWO THREADED BRASS BOLTS SET INTO THE PLAQUE ARE USED TO MOUNT. FRONT HAS BEVELLED EDGES. LETTERS HAVE MANY SMALL SCRATCHES ON SURFACE.
- Subjects
- BUILDING COMPONENT
- Historical Association
- COMMEMORATIVE
- INDUSTRY
- History
- PLAQUE WAS MOUNTED ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE HEAD OFFICE OF THE OF THE BREWERY IN CALGARY UNTIL MOLSON BOUGHT THE COMPANY IN 1958-59. DONOR'S FATHER, WILLIAM MCROBERTS, WAS SECRETARY-TREASURER OF SICK'S BREWERIES. IN 1942 THE FAMILY OF LIVED IN REGINA UNTIL THEY MOVED TO CALGARY IN 1945/46. AFTER THE BREWERY WAS PURCHASED BY MOLSONS, HE CONTINUED TO WORK FOR THE COMPANY. THE BUILDING WAS LOCATED ON 11TH AVENUE SOUTHWEST IN CALGARY, BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND STREET. THE BUILDING IS NO LONGER THERE, AND IS NOW A PARKING LOT.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960094000
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-02
- Collection
- Museum
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