Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION, 1925

Date

1925

Materials

SATIN, TIN, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.4

Length

19.5

Width

9.0

Description

RED ROSETTE. IN MIDDLE OF ROSETTE IS A WHITE BUTTON WITH BLACK PRINT, THAT READS "LETHBRIDGE 1925 EXHIBITION". TWO RED TAILS HANG FROM THE ROSETTE, ONE IS LONGER THAN THE OTHER. THE LONGER TAIL HAS "FIRST PRIZE" ON IT IN GOLD. THE BACK OF THE ROSETTE HAS A STIFF BLACK MATERIAL ON IT. A WIRE IS FOLDED IN TWO, AND THEN BENT TO FORM A HOOK ON THE BACK.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

COLLECTION WAS DONATED IN MEMORY OF DONOR'S FATHER, FRED A. EWING, WHOM THE PIECES BELONGED TO. PRIZE RIBBONS P19990038001-29-GA WERE WON BY FRED EWING FOR EXHIBITING STALLIONS, ETC. AT LETHBRIDGE EXHIBITION. BEST EXAMPLES OF RIBBONS WERE KEPT BY DONOR'S DAUGHTER. DONOR'S GRANDFATHER, W.T. MCCAUGHERTY, CAME TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1884. FOR ADDITIONAL MCCAUGHERTY HISTORY, SEE P19990035153-GA. FRED EWING WAS BORN IN 1877, AND RAISED IN KINGSTON ONTARIO. AT THE AGE OF 12 HE WENT TO MANITOBA, AND FROM THERE TO RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA IN 1890. HE MOVED BACK TO ONTARIO IN 1893 AND THEN CAME WEST TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1898. HE WORKED FOR W.D. (CURLIE) WHITNEY IN HIS LIVERY STABLE FOR TWO YEARS, THEN TOOK OVER SOME CATTLE AND HORSES AND A LIVERY STABLE ON A SHARE BASIS. IN 1910 HE BOUGHT AND FARMED A SECTION OF LAND WEST OF LETHBRIDGE, AND RANCHED IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF SOUTHERN ALBERTA UNTIL 1947. AT THIS TIME HE BOUGHT A SMALL PIECE OF LAND JUST EAST OF LETHBRIDGE AND SEMI-RETIRED. IN 1953 HE SOLD OUT AND RETIRED TO LETHBRIDGE, WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL HIS PASSING IN 1972. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE OLD LETHBRIDGE BOARD OF TRADE, A MEMBER OF THE PEMMICAN CLUB (AND A PAST PRESIDENT), PAST MEMBER OF THE COALDALE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, THE READYMADE SCHOOL BOARD, AND WAS WELL KNOWN AS A SQUARE DANCE CALLER. BEING A HORSE LOVER HE PARTICIPATED IN MANY HORSE SHOWS, AND WON MANY RIBBONS. HE WON THE SILVER CUP FOR HIS SHOW HORSE DURING THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS OF 1912. HE AND HIS WIFE ELIZABETH HAD TWO CHILDREN, 14 GRANDCHILDREN, AND 29 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SEE P19860118000-120-GA FOR PREVIOUS W.F. EWING DONATIONS.

Catalogue Number

P19990038001

Acquisition Date

1999-10

Collection

Museum

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