Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1980

Date Range To

1990

Materials

ALUMINUM, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

5

Length

12

Width

4.3

Description

RECTANGULAR ALUMINUM NOISEMAKER WITH TOP DECORATED WITH AN IMAGE OF A GIRL DANCING IN A BRIGHTLY COLORED COSTUME, HOLDING A TAMBORINE, AND IS SURROUNDED BY FLOWERS AND A BLUE BIRD. PRINTED IN BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER IN BLUE "MADE IN JAPAN". LOWER PORTION IS PLAIN ALUMINUM WITH A RED PLASTIC HANDLE COMING OUT OF THE BOTTOM. SURFACE IS SLIGHTLY SCRATCHED BUT OTHERWISE, IS LIKE NEW.

Subjects

TOY

Historical Association

LEISURE

History

PARTY HATS AND NOISEMAKERS BELONGED TO DONOR'S PARENTS, EARL AND MARY WAGNESS WHO HAD A GROUP OF FRIENDS WHO CELEBRATED NEW YEARS EVE TOGETHER EACH YEAR. SEE P19930009004-GA FOR FAMILY HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 MARCH 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED SISTERS SHIRLEY TUCKER AND JEAN SCMITT ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS DONATED BY TUCKER. WHEN ASKED IF THEY REMEMBERED THE ARTIFACT: SHIRLEY: “[OUR PARENTS WOULD SAVE THESE HATS EVERY YEAR, AND RE-USE THEM.] ACTUALLY, I DON’T KNOW WHERE OURS ARE NOW. WE DID THE SAME. WE’VE HAD THIS SAME KIND OF THING, TO THIS DAY, AT NEW YEAR’S, WITH OUR BUNCH. THERE WAS A BOX OF THEM FLOATING AROUND. AND, THEN WE HAD THE NOISEMAKERS. WE THOUGHT WE’D BETTER THROW THEM OUT BECAUSE THEY’D BEEN BLOWN ON BY WHO-KNOWS-WHO AFTER – BUT THAT WOULD BE THE TYPICAL KIND OF THING THAT YOU WOULD THROW IN A BOX, AND SAY, “OK, WHO IS HAVING NEW YEAR’S NEXT YEAR? HERE’S THE BOX.” AND, I THINK MOM AND DAD DID THE SAME THING WHEN THEY MOVED INTO LETHBRIDGE, AND THEN WE DID THE SAME THING.” JEAN: “YOU GOT THEM PROBABLY AS WE CLOSED UP OUR MOTHER’S HOME.” SHIRLEY: “THAT WOULD BE IN A BOX AT HER PLACE, AND THEY’D HAVE JUST KEPT THE BOX. AS I SAY, SOMEWHERE I’VE GOT A BOX, OR SOME OF MY FRIENDS HAVE GOT A BOX. …YEAH, THE KIDS WILL HAVE TO GET RID OF IT. I HAVEN’T SEEN OUR BOX FOR A LONG TIME. I MUST HAVE GONE TO SOMEBODY ELSE’S HOUSE. NO, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN A BOX, WHEN WE CLEANED UP THE HOUSE. THAT’S THE NOISEMAKER THERE, ONE OF THOSE THAT ROLLS OUT, AND ROLLS BACK. THEY ARE PRETTY MODERN, ACTUALLY.” JEAN: “BUT THEY WERE THRIFTY PEOPLE.” SHIRLEY: “YEAH. YOU DIDN’T GO AND BUY ANOTHER BUNCH FOR NEXT YEAR IF THE ELASTICS WOULD STILL COME AROUND.” JEAN: “IF IT LOOKED GOOD, YOU’D SAVE IT.” SHIRLEY: “HALF THE TIME, THE ELASTICS BROKE, SO THEN YOU’D HAVE TO REPLACE THAT. THEY PASSED THEM ON FROM YEAR TO YEAR.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19970007048

Acquisition Date

1997-02

Collection

Museum

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