Mayor A. W. Shackleford Shocked By Microphones
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1953
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19871198000
- Physical Description
- 20.2 x 25.3 cm. Black and white copy print`
- Scope and Content
- Mayor A. W. Shackleford is frozen to two microphones by a 50 volt shock caused by improper grounding. Assisting him is CJOC Announcer Joe McCallum, (left) and City Alderman Cliff Black. Second from the right in the background is Marvin Nelson.
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 1953
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 20.2 x 25.3 cm. Black and white copy print`
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- History Biographical
- Mayor Shackleford was just about to introduce Teen Queen Donna Glock and runner-up Shirley Parkinson at a Valentine Dance, 1953, when he grabbed both microphones. Because the wires were improperly grounded the current flowed into the Mayor's body and froze his hands to the microphones until the power was turned off. The photograph, taken by F. Orville Brunelle of the Lethbridge Herald, appeared in 1300 magazines and newspapers all over the World. Brunell won the Canadian Press Picture Service "Best Picture of the Year" Award for 1953.
- Acquisition Source
- Johnston Alexander
- Scope and Content
- Mayor A. W. Shackleford is frozen to two microphones by a 50 volt shock caused by improper grounding. Assisting him is CJOC Announcer Joe McCallum, (left) and City Alderman Cliff Black. Second from the right in the background is Marvin Nelson.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19871198000
- Collection
- Archive
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