Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TROPHY

Date Range From

1970

Materials

WOOD, ALUMINUM, STEEL

No. Pieces

2

Height

46.5

Length

29.5

Width

28.8

Description

BASE IS A SQUARE BOX, MADE OF WOOD, AND PAINTED BLACK. A RECTANGULAR LABEL, MADE OF CARD, IS TACKED ON ONE SIDE, TO FRONT OF BOX; IS MISSING OTHER TACK. LABEL READS "EATON'S SOCIAL & ATHLETIC CLUB ANNUAL CURLING TROPHY", IN BLACK ON TOP OF BOX IS A MOCK, CURLING ROCK ON TOP OF A BLACK METAL PEDESTAL. ROCK IS MADE OF SILVER METAL, AND HAS A BLACK WOOD AND METAL HANDLE. EMBOSSED ONTO TOP OF ROCK IS "BUNS" ". TOP OF ROCK ALSO HAS TWO HOLES IN IT, NEAR HANDLE.

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BUSINESS

SPORTS

History

MUSEUM OBTAINED ITEMS FROM LETHBRIDGE EATON'S STORE IN 1999. DUE TO COMPANY BANKRUPTCY, EATON'S STORES ACROSS CANADA WERE CLOSED, INCLUDING THE LETHBRIDGE LOCATION IN PARK PLACE MALL. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH THE T. EATON COMPANY STORES IN LETHBRIDGE. THE FOLLOWING BRIEF HISTORY OF LETHBRIDGE'S EATON'S STORE WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM GALT ARCHIVES AND LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES FROM THE FALL OF 1988. THE T. EATON COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN TORONTO IN 1869 BY TIMOTHY EATON. THE FIRST LETHBRIDGE EATON'S 'TECO' STORE WAS OPENED IN 1927 IN THE BASEMENT OF THE DOMINION BLOCK ON THE CORNER OF 4 AVENUE AND SIXTH STREET SOUTH. AFTER A FIRE, THE BUILDING WAS RENOVATED AND COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER BY THE EATON'S STORE, WHICH OPERATED IN THAT LOCATION UNDER PERIODIC RENOVATIONS FROM 1929 UNTIL THE OPENING OF THE PARK PLACE MALL IN 1988, IN WHICH EATON'S WAS AN ANCHOR RETAILER. IN 1989 A PORTION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE ART COLLECTION WAS TEMPORARILY PUT ON DISPLAY IN THE VACANT EATON'S BUILDING, AND PROPOSALS WERE MADE TO MAKE THE INSTALLATION PERMANENT, BUT EVENTUALLY THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD AND DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A BANK OF MONTREAL BRANCH. IN 1999 THE EATON'S STORE IN PARK PLACE MALL CLOSED JUST PRIOR TO THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF THE LARGER T. EATON COMPANY LIMITED. SEE PERMANENT FILE P19930072001 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL.

Catalogue Number

P19990061034

Acquisition Date

1999-10

Collection

Museum

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