CHAIR, ROCKING

Description: CHILD'S WICKER ROCKING CHAIR WITH A DUSTY ROSE PADDED SEAT COVER STAPLED TO FRONT OF CHAIR. CHAIR BACKING HAS A STRIPE AROUND THE CENTRE WITH A LARGER WEAVED PATTERN. SEAT OF CHAIR IS A PIECE OF TIN NAILED INTO THE BASE OF THE WICKER SIDES AND BACK. LEGS ARE MADE OF WOOD THAT HAS BEEN CARVED IN A RIBBED PATTERN. THE PINK FABRIC ON CHAIR IS NYLON, IS PINNED TOGETHER, AND MAY HAVE BEEN SEWN OVER TOP OF THE ORIGINAL FLORAL FABRIC THAT IS LINED WITH WHITE WOOL LINING. COVER IS ROUGHLY SEWN AND VERY SOILED. BODY OF CHAIR IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH A FEW BROKEN STRANDS OF WICKER IN VARIOUS SPOTS ON THE CHAIR. HAND-WRITTEN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TIN SEAT IS "410 80".

History: ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S AUNT, PATRICIA (MACLEAN) SMITH, AS A CHILD. PATRICIA WAS BORN IN 1944 IN MEDICINE HAT WHILE THE FAMILY LIVED IN TABER. IN 1949-50 THE FAMILY MOVED TO 822-16TH STREET IN LETHBRIDGE. IN THE 1950, HER FATHER CHARLES MACLEAN PASSED AWAY, AND IN 1951 PATRICIA'S MOTHER MARRIED JACK MURRAY, A LIVESTOCK DEALER IN THE CATTLE INDUSTRY. ACCORDING TO OWNER, THE STROLLER AND DOLL WERE GIVEN TO HER BY FAMILY FRIENDS/ BUSINESS ASSOCIATES WHO WERE VISITORS TO HER HOME IN LETHBRIDGE, AND THE DOLL MAY HAVE BEEN MADE BY BETTY BROWER OF PINCHER CREEK. **UPDATE: COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK INTERVIEWED OBJECT DONOR KEVIN MACLEAN ON SEPT 13, 2018 AS PART OF HER 2017-2019 RELEVANCY AUDIT ASSIGNMENT. MACLEAN MADE NEW COMMENTS ON PERSONAL DONATIONS MADE BETWEEN 1995 AND 2002, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, HIS MEMORIES OF HIS DONATED BUTTONS, LEGION SERVICE MATERIAL, AND MILLENNIUM (YEAR 2000) NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION OBJECTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE ITEMS AND OTHERS, INCLUDING A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW, SEE THIS RECORD'S PERMANENT FILE.