Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION

Date

1997

Materials

BRASS, PAPER

No. Pieces

3

Height

1

Length

15

Width

10.7

Description

BRONZE RECTANGULAR SHAPED PIN MARKED "LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION 1897-1997". PIN IS ATTACHED TO A WHITE PAPER FOLDING CARD MARKED ON THE COVER "LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT EXHIBITION SINCE 1897", "BE A PART OF HISTORY". INSIDE HAS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 1912 FAIR WHICH IS ALSO THE IMAGE DEPICTED ON THE PIN. ABOVE THE PIN IS MARKED "PLEASE ACCEPT THIS LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE PIN AS A MEMENTO OF OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY". NEW WHEN DONATED.

Subjects

ADORNMENT

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

ISSUED TO COMMEMORATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LETHBRIDGE AND DISTRICT EXHIBITION IN 1997. **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.

Catalogue Number

P19970078002

Acquisition Date

1997-08

Collection

Museum

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