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Lethbridge's Golden Jubilee Celebration

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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
1936
Description Level
Item
Accession No.
19754439001
Physical Description
20.3 cm x 15.2 cm black and white photograph
Scope and Content
Photograph of buffalo, purchased from the Banff herd for Lethbridge's Golden Jubilee Celebration. Left to right: Lou Bonnell, James R. Rose, John T. Watson, George Watson and Billy Lamb who are looking at two buffalo on the Lethbridge and District Exhibition Grounds.
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Material Type
Photograph
Date Range
1936
Description Level
Item
Physical Description
20.3 cm x 15.2 cm black and white photograph
Physical Condition
Good
History Biographical
The buffalo, purchased from the Banff herd in July 1935, were used to promote Lethbridge's 1935 Jubilee Celebrations. At the end of the celebrations, the animals were slaughtered and the meat was sold to the T. Eaton Company. The heads were mounted and raffled off. The winner, Tom Niven, hung them in his meat market until it was demolished. The heads were later displayed in the clubrooms of the Pioneer Pemmican Club. Their present whereabouts are not known.
Acquisition Source
Westbrooks Mrs R
Scope and Content
Photograph of buffalo, purchased from the Banff herd for Lethbridge's Golden Jubilee Celebration. Left to right: Lou Bonnell, James R. Rose, John T. Watson, George Watson and Billy Lamb who are looking at two buffalo on the Lethbridge and District Exhibition Grounds.
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