Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CURLING TAM

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

WOOL

No. Pieces

1

Height

8.0

Diameter

26.2

Description

MADE OF A PLAID MATERIAL, INCLUDING THE COLOURS GREEN, BLUE, BLACK, RED, AND WHITE. CROWN IS FLAT AND ROUND. HAS A RED POMPOM ON CENTRE, TOP. BACK OF CAP HAS A SMALL OPENING, WHICH IS LACED UP WITH A BLACK SHOELACE. INSIDE CAP IS LINED WITH A SHINY, LIGHT BLUE MATERIAL. ZIGZAG LINES ARE SEWN ONTO LINING. STAMPED ON LINING, IN PURPLE IS "MCKENZIE". BELOW THIS IS A TAG THAT READS "THIS IS A BRILL CAP". THERE IS ANOTHER TAG ON INSIDE, SIDE OF HAT THAT READS "TAILORED BY BRILL". THERE ARE A FEW LOOSE THREADS INSIDE HAT.

Subjects

CLOTHING-HEADWEAR

Historical Association

LEISURE

PERSONAL CARE

History

USED BY A.W. SHACKLEFORD, WHO WAS A FREQUENT CURLER UNTIL CIVIC AND POLITICAL DUTIES DEMANDED MUCH OF HIS FREE TIME. 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 HAT, ALLAN SHACKLEFORD RECALLED, “THAT ONE I DO REMEMBER HIM WEARING. HE REALLY ENJOYED CURLING AND I REMEMBER HE WORE THAT HAT ALL THE TIME WHEN HE WAS CURLING. I THINK HE WORE IT WHEN HE WON THE CITY OF LETHBRIDGE SENIOR MEN’S CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP ONE YEAR.” “I WAS TOO YOUNG [TO GO CURLING WITH HIM]. I’D JUST GO OVER AND WATCH HIM…WHEN I WAS QUITE YOUNG.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19990062001 FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION AND COPIES OF ARTICLES REGARDING THE FAMILY HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19990062005

Acquisition Date

1999-11

Collection

Museum

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