Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

WICKER, STEEL, WOOD

No. Pieces

1

Height

112.0

Length

111.0

Width

34.6

Diameter

30.5

Description

STEEL FRAME, PAINTED YELLOW. WOODEN WHEELS. WICKER BODY AND HOOD, LINED IN YELLOW CORDUROY. FOOT REST IN BOTTOM OF BODY, SLIDING COVER, ADJUSTABLE BACK, REMOVABLE BODY LINER. REMOVABLE HOOD. LABEL ON BOTTOM PARTIALLY TORN OFF "TORONTO...ENDRON...CANADA...RADE MARK...REG." WHEEL CAP MISSING FROM TWO WHEELS. CONDENSED RUBBER WHEELS; CRACKED, WORN, BENT. DOWEL MISSING FROM BACK REST. CORDUROY STAINED AND COMING OFF IN PLACES.

Subjects

LAND TRANSPORTATION-HUMAN-POWERED

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

USED BY THE VAN HORNE FAMILY OF LETHBRIDGE. *20 SEPTEMBER 2013 UPDATE: ON 14 AUGUST 2012, TECH KEVIN MACLEAN VISITED THE HOME OF MRS. MIRIAM SMITH (NEE CRIGHTON) TO PROGRESS HER INTENT TO OFFER A CHILDHOOD BABY CARRIAGE TO THE MUSEUM. SMITH IS THE DAUGHTER OF MRS. “RENE” CHRISTIANA CRIGHTON (D. 2004) WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF LATE 1890S LETHBRIDGE-REGION PIONEER FAMILY CHARLES AND MARGARET VAN HORNE. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL CHARLES VAN HORNE SUPPLIED WATER AND ICE FOR MANY YEARS TO THE INHABITANTS OF LETHBRIDGE. THREE (3) MUSEUM DONATIONS WERE MADE BY CHRISTIANA “RENE” CRIGHTON ON BEHALF OF THE VAN HORNE FAMILY IN THE 1960S. LATER CRIGHTON MADE A FURTHER THREE (3) PERSONAL DONATIONS. IN 2012, MIRIAM SMITH WAS ASKED ABOUT HOW VAN HORNE AND CRIGHTON FAMILY HEIRLOOMS SURVIVED TO BE DONATED TO WHICH SHE REPLIED, “MY MOTHER (CRIGHTON) WAS A GREAT ONE FOR OLD THINGS … OLD THINGS WERE VERY IMPORTANT TO HER.” THE 2012 DOLL CARRIAGE OFFER (UNACCEPTED), FOR EXAMPLE, SURVIVED BECAUSE, “IF SHE (CRIGHTON) HADN’T PUT IT AWAY, I PROBABLY WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD IT … IT WAS HER THAT PUT IT AWAY, AND THEN I INHERITED IT AGAIN.” ACCORDING TO SMITH, THE VAN HORNES (GRANDPARENTS) LIVED ON THE CORNER OF 5TH AVENUE AND 7TH STREET. SHE RECALLED A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AS BEING LOCATED “RIGHT NEXT TO THE OLD VAN HORNE HOUSE” GROWING UP, SAYING, “IT WAS “A BIG, BRICK HOUSE … AND THAT’S WHERE THEY LIVED”. SHE CALLED THEM MOTHER VAN HORNE AND DADDY VAN HORNE HER GRANDPARENTS “LETHBRIDGE ICE HOUSE” WAS WHERE THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING IS, ACROSS FROM THE HUDSON’S BAY. AS KIDS, SHE REMEMBERED GOING DOWN TO THE RIVER WHEN THEY WERE CUTTING ICE. “I REMEMBER US SKATING ON THE OLDMAN RIVER WHEN THEY WERE PUTTING UP ICE” SHE SAID, “WE JUST ALWAYS HAD LOTS OF FUN AS KIDS.” FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE VAN HORNE FAMILY, PLEASE SEE THE ELECTRONIC AND PERMANENT FILES OF DONATIONS P19672878000 AND P19651981000. REFERENCED FILES INCLUDE A TRANSCRIPTION OF AN ORAL INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY THE VAN HORNE’S GRANDDAUGHTER MIRIAM SMITH IN 2012. **UPDATE 7 APRIL 2020: GALT COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A RELEVANCY AUDIT OF THE MUSEUM’S ASHTRAY COLLECTION, INCL. AN EXAMPLE DONATED BY RENE CRIGHTON (NEE VAN HORNE). THE AUDIT LED PUNDYK TO INTERVIEW MS. MIRIAM SMITH, RENE CRIGHTON’S DAUGHTER, ON 11 OCTOBER 2018 TO LEARN IF SHE HAD SPECIFIC MEMORIES OF THE ASHTRAY AS WELL AS SEVERAL OTHER OBJECTS DONATED BY RENE ON HER MATERNAL FAMILY’S BEHALF. WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE ARTIFACT, MIRIAM SMITH SAID, “OH, YEAH. I REMEMBER THAT ONE. I KNOW IT WAS [DONATED BY MY MOM]. I REMEMBER THAT ONE BECAUSE I CAN SEE MY BROTHER, BOBBY, IN IT. … I’M SURE THAT BOBBY WAS [PUSHED IN IT]. MAYBE NOT THIS ONE, BUT I KNOW MY OLDEST BROTHER AND I WERE. …WELL, SEE, I WAS BORN IN ’31. I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF SHE HAD A BUGGY THEN. I REMEMBER SEEING A WICKER BUGGY. MY MOTHER WAS GREAT FOR KEEPING THINGS FOR A LONG TIME. …MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN 1905, I THINK. I ONLY KNOW I REMEMBER SEEING IT, AS A KID, GROWING UP.” “I WAS THE OLDEST, AND THEN THERE WAS MY BROTHER, BILL, THAT WAS IN THE BUTCHER SHOP. AND, THERE WAS 15 MONTHS BETWEEN HIM AND I, AND THEN I HAD ANOTHER BROTHER, WHOSE NAME WAS RONNIE, AND HE WAS BORN… ’37 OR ’38. … I DON’T THINK [ALL FOUR OF US WERE PUSHED IN IT]. I CAN REMEMBER MY MOM PUSHING RONNIE. THERE WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS, I THINK, BETWEEN RONNIE, AND BOBBY, BECAUSE BOBBY’S GOING TO BE 76-77. I CAN SEE MOTHER – THE BABY AT THE TOP, AND THE OTHER ONE AT THE FOOT OF THE THING.” THE INTERVIEW AND A FULL TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW CAN BE FOUND IN THE PERMANENT FILE P19672867000.

Catalogue Number

P19672879000

Acquisition Date

1967-09

Collection

Museum

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