[Invitation] The First Oil Well In Western Canada, Mr. & Mrs. G.H. Stafford, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, w/ Envelope and TWO Photographs
Name/Title
[Invitation] The First Oil Well In Western Canada, Mr. & Mrs. G.H. Stafford, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, w/ Envelope and TWO PhotographsEntry/Object ID
2024.0.268Tags
1960s, Invitation, Photograph, Envelope, Oil, Oil Industry, Canada, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern DevelopmentDescription
An invitation accompanied by an addressed envelope and two photographs. The invitation is addressed to Mr. & Mrs. G.H. Stafford, for the unavailing of a monument commemorating The First Oil Well in Western Canada, on Thursday 10 October 1968, Oil City Site, Akamina Highway, Waterton Lakes National Park. The invitation has a printed script in black ink and a gold emblem, with English on one side and French on the other. The envelope has a typewritten address and "Canada Postage Paid" stamp on the front, and on the reverse "CANADA; DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS AND NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT; MINISTÈRE DES AFFAIRES INDIENNES ET DU NORD CANADIEN" printed in black on the envelope flap. Also on the reverse is written "340" in pencil. Accompanying the invitation is also a pair of photographs, assumedly from the event. The first is a small portrait-orientated, woven-texture matte, image of the monument (a stylised oil derrick) with a man posted beside it (brown jacket and checkered pants). The second is a small landscape-orientated, glossy, white-bordered, image of TWO men posed beside a commemorative plaque for the First Oil Well in Western Canada.Collection
Orphan Objects CollectionCataloged By
Danielle P. LaneCategory
Invitations, Menus, and Programmes, Photographs, Envelope
Paper Ephemera, Multimedia