Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1970

Materials

RUBBER, THREAD, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

3

Height

0.5

Diameter

10.0

Description

THREE CIRCULAR ELASTICS. EACH ELASTIC IS COVERED WITH TURQUOISE THREAD. THERE ARE SPECKS OF GOLD THROUGHOUT THE TURQUOISE. EACH HAS A SMALL SECTION THAT IS COVERED WITH CLEAR PLASTIC, TO HOLD BANDS TOGETHER. ONE OF THE BANDS HAS HAD SOME OF ITS ELASTIC STRETCHED OUT. THE OTHER TWO BANDS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME SIZE. SOME OF THE TURQUOISE ON ALL THREE HAS BECOME DISCOLOURED, TO A YELLOWISH COLOUR.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

BELONGED TO FRED A. EWING. A MALE CLOTHING ACCESSORY, USED IN 1800S/EARLY1900S. SEE P19990038001-GA FOR HISTORY. RELATED CATALOGUE NUMBER P19990038036-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING ARMBANDS AND A BELT DONATED BY W.F. AND JULIA EWING. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. FREDERICK ANDREW EWING WAS BORN IN KINGSTON MILLS, ON AND LIVED ACROSS CANADA AND THE US, INCLUDING: MANITOBA AT THE AGE OF 12, RIVERSIDE, CA IN 1890, ONTARIO IN 1893, AND FINALLY LETHBRIDGE IN 1898. HE WORKED FOR W.D. “CURLIE” WHITNEY FOR TWO YEARS, BEFORE BUYING LAND WEST OF LETHBRIDGE IN 1910. WITH HIS FIRST WIFE MONICA EWING (NEE MCCAUGHTERY), HE HAD TWO CHILDREN: BILL AND TOM EWING. FREDERICK PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 95 ON JULY 29, 1972. MONICA EWING (NEE MCCAUGHTERY) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 25 IN NOVEMBER 1918, SUCCUMBING TO PNEUMONIA, FOLLOWING A BOUT WITH INFLUENZA. HER SISTER, MRS. MABEL (HARRY) PATTERSON, DIED JUST A WEEK BEFORE MONICA. BILL AND TOM EWING WERE CARED FOR BY MONICA’S SISTER, EDNA FORBES, UNTIL FRED REMARRIED IN 1921. FRED’S SECOND WIFE WAS ELIZABETH EWING (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). SHE WAS BORN IN SCOTLAND AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1889 WITH HER FAMILY. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91 ON NOVEMBER 12, 1978. WILLIAM “BILL” EWING PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 94 ON DECEMBER 27, 2006. HE WAS THE SON OF FREDERICK AND MONICA EWING. HE WAS MARRIED TO JULIA SABINE EWING (NEE BOND). JULIA SABINE BOND EWING WAS BORN ON JULY 29, 1915 IN VULCAN, AB, THE THIRD OF FIVE CHILDREN BORN TO JOHN AND BLANCHE BOND. AS A CHILD, SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO HIGH RIVER, AB, WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL 1949 WHEN SHE MOVED TO A FARM NEAR CARMANGAY, AB. SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1966 AND LIVED THERE UNTIL HER PASSING AT THE AGE OF 95 ON JUNE 24, 2011. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19990038035

Acquisition Date

1999-10

Collection

Museum

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