PANTS

Description: KHAKI WOOL POLICE UNIFORM BREECHES WITH 3 FRONT & 2 REAR POCKETS. METAL ZIPPER & BUTTON FASTEN FLY. PANTS HAVE A NARROW RED WOOL STRIPE DOWN OUTSIDE SEAM OF PANTS, FROM WAISTBAND TO THE CUFF. WAISTBAND HAS BUTTONS AROUND INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TO FASTEN SUSPENDERS. HIPS ARE FLARED WITH NARROW CALVES THAT FASTEN WITH A METAL ZIPPER AT THE BOTTOM. INSIDE OF CALVES & REAR HAVE AN EXTRA PANEL OF FABRIC SEWN ON. LABEL ON INSIDE OF WAISTBAND MARKED "TAILORED ESPECIALLY FOR D. DEJONG FEB/59 ORDER NO. 83661 POLICE KHAKI, EDMONTON, ALTA." PANTS ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, WITH LITTLE DAMAGE OR WEAR EVIDENT.

History: ACCORDING TO ONE OFFICER, IN 1961 WHEN THE MOTORCYCLE TRAFFIC DIVISION WAS INTRODUCED, SGT. WEST REQUESTED THEY WEAR DIFFERENT COLOURED UNIFORMS W/ BOOTS & BREECHES. THESE PANTS WERE BORROWED FROM THE CITY OF EDMONTON AS AN EXAMPLE AND IN 1961 THE PANTS TAILOR MADE BY LEO SINGER IN LETHBRIDGE. SEE P19960112001-GA FOR MORE HISTORY ON MOTORCYCLE CORPS. *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.