Material Type

Artifact

Date

1943

Materials

LEATHERETTE, VELVET, BRASS

No. Pieces

2

Height

2.7

Length

13.7

Width

7.6

Description

1. CASE - DIMENSIONS ABOVE. BLACK LEATHERETTE. INSIDE IS LINED WITH A DARK BLUE MATERIAL. PIN SITS ON DARK BLUE VELVET. HAS A HOOK MADE OF LEATHERETTE FOR ATTACHING PIN TO. SIDES FOLD INWARDS, AND TOP AND BOTTOM FOLD OVER TOP OF THESE, AND HAVE A BUTTON TO CLOSE. SOMETHING WAS ONCE STAMPED ON INSIDE OF TOP FLAP, IN WHITE, BUT IS NOW VERY FADED. 2. PIN - 0.4CM(H) X 10.3CM(L) X 4.6CM (W) AT THE TOP IS A DECORATIVE, GOLD BAR ETCHED WITH "YORK LODGE NO119". ON THE BACK OF THIS IS A PIN AND CATCH. THIS TOP PIECE IS ATTACHED TO A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF SHINY, BLUE RIBBON. RIBBON HAS HORIZONTAL RIDGES ON IT. ATTACHED TO BOTTOM OF RIBBON IS A DECORATIVE GOLD PIECE, ETCHED WITH "G.R.A.". DANGLING FROM THIS PIECE IS A GOLD, HALF DIAMOND. ONE SIDE OF THE HALF DIAMOND LOOKS LIKE A RULER, THE OTHER SIDE IS INSET WITH A DECORATIVE GOLD DESIGN. DANGLING FROM BETWEEN THE HALF DIAMOND IS A GOLD RECTANGLE WITH A Y-SHAPED IMAGE WITHIN IT. ETCHED ON BACK OF HALF DIAMOND IS "A.W.SHACKLEFORD W.M.1943".

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

ASSOCIATIONS

History

BELONGED TO A.W. SHACKLEFORD, WHO WAS A LONG-TIME MEMBER AND PAST MASTER OF THE YORK LODGE. DONOR IS A.W. SHACKLEFORD'S SON. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING A PORTRAIT OF ALFRED WILLIAM SHACKLEFORD (P20060025001-GA), OWNER OF THE SHACKLEFORD THEATRES. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHY OF MAYOR SHACKLEFORD WAS DEVELOPED WITH INFORMATION FROM ARCHIVES CANADA ONLINE AND A LETHBRIDGE HERALD TRIBUTE ARTICLE FROM MAY 31, 1992. A.W. SHACKLEFORD WAS BORN IN ESSEX, ENGLAND IN 1899 AND CAME TO CALGARY WITH HIS PARENTS IN 1909. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL HE TRAINED AS A DRAFTSMAN BUT WAS EMPLOYED BY THE FILM EXCHANGE AND FOX FILMS. IN 1921 HE WAS HIRED TO MANAGED THE KING'S THEATRE IN LETHBRIDGE AND BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH MARK ROGERS, A LETHBRIDGE BUSINESSMAN WHO OWNED THREE LOCAL MOVIE THEATRES. SHACKLEFORD ALSO BECAME PARTNER IN THE AMUSEMENT COMPANY THAT OPENED THE HENDERSON LAKE PAVILLION IN 1924. BY 1925 HE WAS PART-OWNER OF THE FORMER EMPRESS THEATRE ON 5TH AVENUE SOUTH, RENAMING IT THE ROXY. HE THEN TEAMED UP WITH THE FAMOUS PLAYERS COMPANY TO REMODEL THE FORMER PALACE THEATRE AND RENAME IT THE CAPITOL. SHACKLEFORD ALSO OPENED THE THEATRE IN THE FORMER COLLEGE MALL, BUILT THE 960-SEAT PARAMOUNT THEATRE ON 4TH AVENUE SOUTH, AND TOOK OVER OPERATION OF THE DIRVE-IN THEATRE AT THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. SHACKLEFORD WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN CIVIC LIFE, ACTIVE IN GROUPS INCLUDING THE CANADIAN CANCER SOCIETY, THE GYRO CLUB, UNITED WAY, LETHBRIDGE & DISTRICT EXHIBITION BOARD, BOARD OF TRADE, ST. AUGUSTINE'S CHURCH, AND THE ALBERTA THEATRE OPERATORS ASSOCIATION. HE AND HIS WIFE ADA HAD TWO SONS, ROBERT AND DOUGLAS. AFTER SEVERAL TERMS AS ALDERMAN STARTING IN 1939, SHACKLEFORD FIRST SERVED AS MAYOR FROM 1944 - 1947, AND FOR TWO MORE TERMS FROM 1952 - 1955 AND 1957 - 1961. HE WORKED FOR 68 YEARS IN THE MOVIE BUSINESS, RETIRING AT AGE 90. W.A. SHACKLEFORD DIED IN LETHBRIDGE ON MAY 30, 1992. SEE PERMANENT FILE P20060025001 FOR HARDCOPIES OF SOURCE MATERIAL. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS INTERN KIRSTAN SCHAMUHN CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. ON 30 OCTOBER 2018, SCHAMUHN INTERVIEWED ALLAN SHACKLEFORD, THE THIRD SON OF ADA AND A.W. SHACKLEFORD, REGARDING HIS FAMILY’S PRIOR DONATIONS. THE INFORMATION BELOW HAS BEEN EXTRACTED FROM THAT INTERVIEW: WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS MEMORIES OF THE PIN, ALLAN SHACKLEFORD RECALLED, “MY FATHER WAS INVOLVED WITH THE MASONS IN LETHBRIDGE [WHEN I WAS GROWING UP].” “HE NEVER TALKED ABOUT [THE MASONS], AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AT THE TIME IT WAS A [SEMI] SECRET ORGANIZATION…IF YOU WEREN’T A MASON THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT THEM.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19990062001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19990062002

Acquisition Date

1999-11

Collection

Museum

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