CAP, SERVICE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOMEN'S POLICE PEAK CAP
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- COTTON, NICKEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112022
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- WOMEN'S POLICE PEAK CAP
- Date Range From
- 1980
- Date Range To
- 1990
- Materials
- COTTON, NICKEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 11.1
- Length
- 22
- Width
- 19
- Description
- DARK NAVY BLUE COTTON WOMEN'S SERVICE CAP, WITH RED TWILL BAND. SIDES AND BACK OF RIM FOLDED UP. SLIGHTLY QUILTED LINING. SILVER CAP BADGE WITH "POLICE LETHBRIDGE" ON FRONT OF CAP. ADHESIVE NYLON LABEL INSIDE RED SYNTHETIC LINING OF CAP, READS "EST 1875 THE MUIR BRAND MUIR CAP & REGALIA LTD. SCARBOROUGH (TORONTO) CANADA". SIZE STICKER BELOW "6 7/8 55".
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-HEADWEAR
- Historical Association
- SAFETY SERVICES
- History
- BETWEEN 2008 AND 2009, RET. LETHBRIDGE POLICE CHIEF TERRY WAUTERS CLAIMED THAT THE CAP WAS THE FIRST STYLE WORN BY MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE. FIRST FEMALE MEMBERS INCLUDED DARCIE JAMES AND PAULETTE DECOSTE. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING SOME DONATED BY THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES. FOR A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE LETHBRIDGE POLICE COLLECTION, SEE RECORD P19960112001. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE POLICE SERVICES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF INTERVIEWS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH CURRENT AND FORMER LETHBRIDGE POLICE, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19960112000. *2015 UPDATE* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT AND INTERVIEWS WITH THE FIRST TWO POLICEWOMEN IN LETHBRIDGE, PAULETTE DECOSTE AND DARCIE JAMES, SEE RECORD P20140008001.
- Catalogue Number
- P19960112022
- Acquisition Date
- 1996-12
- Collection
- Museum
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