Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

1954 POLIO PIONEER PIN

Date

1954

Materials

STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.5

Diameter

2.6

Description

CIRCULAR STEEL PIN HAS WHITE FACE WITH RED IMAGE OF A MAN LOOKING IN A MICROSCROPE AND LAB EQUIPMENT. "POLIO PIONEER 1954" IS ACROSS TOP OF PIN WITH "THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS" ACROSS BOTTOM. FACE OF PIN HAS LARGE DENT.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

ASSOCIATIONS

History

PIN BELONGED TO ONE OF DONOR'S PARENTS. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041628

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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