Object Record
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Metadata
Accession # |
1987.63.10 |
Item Name |
Ribbon, Prize |
Description |
Red satin-covered metal button with long wire hook backed by red, white and blue rosette, with red, white and blue streamers. Ribbon was won at an agricultural fair in Erin in 1935. |
Date |
1935 EQUALS |
Provenance |
Ribbons are from the Griffin family, of Erin Township, 5th line, Concession 6, Lot 11. Smith Griffin Sr. (1870-1969), son Harold (1895-1981) and Smith R. Griffin (1924-1987) entered and exhibited at many fall fairs including the first Royal Winter Fair in Toronto in 1922. In 1915 the Griffin shorthorn herd was established and in 1937, the griffins received a government award for growing certified seed grain. They also had a prize flock of Suffolk sheep. Smith R. Griffin (1924 - 1987) was the donor's nephew. Donor is Marjorie D. (Reid) Landsborough. |
Person \ Organization |
Erin Fall Fair Griffin, Smith E. Griffin, Harold Griffin, Smith R. |
Place |
Erin Twp. |