Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LETHBRIDGE LADIES CURLING CLUB BADGE

Date Range From

1955

Date Range To

1965

Materials

FELT, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Diameter

16.7

Description

ROUND FELT YELLOW, GREEN, WHITE, AND ORANGE BADGE LABELED "LETHBRIDGE LADIES CURLING CLUB". HAS BRIGHT YELLOW LEAF IN THE CENTRE WITH TWO GREEN CURLING BROOMS CROSSED OVER IT, WITH A CURLING ROCK BELOW THE LEAF AND IN BETWEEN THE TWO BROOMS. WRITING WRAPS AROUND CENTRE IMAGE, AND ENTIRE BADGE HAS AN ORANGE BORDER. WHITE COTTON SEWN ON AS BACKING. BADGE IS IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH VERY LITTLE DAMAGE OR WEAR, BUT BACKING HAS MANY TINY HOLES FROM WHERE STITCHES WERE REMOVED, PROBABLY FROM FRONT OF JACKET.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

SPORTS

History

DONOR'S MOTHER JOINED THE LETHBRIDGE CURLING CLUB WHEN SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1956, AND WAS A MEMBER FOR CLOSE TO 10 YEARS. SEE P19970007001-GA AND ARCHIVES 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: JEAN: “[OUR MOTHER MARY WAGNESS] WOULD HAVE STARTED [CURLING IN BARONS], AND THEN CERTAINLY CURLED IN LETHBRIDGE, WHEN SHE HAD A GROUP HERE, TO QUITE A GOOD AGE, REALLY. THEY WERE ALL GETTING OLDER, AND THEY WERE STILL CURLING. IT WAS A REAL SOCIABLE-TYPE OUTING THAT THEY HAD.” SHIRLEY: “THERE WERE STRONG WOMEN’S LEAGUES AT THAT TIME, BUT THERE WAS NO CURLING IN MILK RIVER. THERE WAS NO CURLING RINKS IN MILK RIVER WHEN THEY LIVED THERE. …YOU ALWAYS WORE A HAT WHEN YOU CURLED, IN THAT ERA. …CERTAINLY THEY ALL WORE HATS, AND THEY ALL HAD PINS. …YEAH. THEY’D HEAD OUT, DRESSED TO GO.” JEAN: “YES. THEY WERE READY. AND, FOOTWEAR MUST HAVE BEEN QUITE DIFFERENT, A LITTLE BIT, THAN TODAY. I DON’T REMEMBER NOTICING THAT MUCH.” SHIRLEY: “I DON’T KNOW. I THINK THEY JUST WORE – OOH, THEY DID – THEY HAD A BOOT. REMEMBER IT CAME UP. IT WAS BLACK AND IT WAS MORE LIKE A SNOWBOOT. …BUT, NO GLIDERS, OR ANYTHING TRICKY.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE P19970007001.

Catalogue Number

P19960068002

Acquisition Date

1996-12

Collection

Museum

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