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. 79.Board of Commissioners Papers, series I, box 2, file R.R.Jamieson, 1909, n-z,CCA.80.Clipping, n.d., n.a., M2160/41, GMA.81.Ernie Richardson to J.M.Mackie, 3 August 1909, Board of CommissionersPapers, series I, box 2, file R.R.Jamieson, CCA.82.Ernie Richardson to Mayor R.R.Jamieson, 3 August 1909, Board of Commis-sioners Papers, series I, box 2, file R.R.Jamieson, CCA.83.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 35.84.Morning Albertan, 6 July 1908.85.Ibid., 2 July 1908.86.Lounsberry, Wild West Shows, 146.87.Tolton, Dreams of a Showman, 39; Guy Weadick, Origin of the CalgaryStampede, Alberta Historical Review 14, no.4 (Autumn 1966): 21.88.CESF, M2160a, series I, 17 April 1912, GMA; Guy Weadick, letter to editor,High River Times, 8 February 1940; CESF, M2160/41, Newsclippings file,1940 1941, GMA.McMullen and Ad Day (Addison P.Day), the arena director,were each due 25% of the net profits.As this number shrunk to $15,000 andthe Big Four had promised $5,000 to the Hospital Fund, they demanded thatMcMullen forfeit $2,500 of his share: Tolton, Dreams of a Showman, 43 44.Guy Weadick was adamant about the role of H.C.McMullen in organizing the1912 parade, as Cappy Smart, who had been in on so many Calgary parades, wasstarting to get the credit by 1940: Guy Weadick, letter to the editor, High RiverTimes, 8 February 1940, CESF, M2160/41, Newsclippings file, 1940 1941, GMA.89.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 38.90.Calgary Daily Herald, 25 May 1901.91.Albertan, 13 August 1902.92.Calgary Daily Herald, 25 May 1905.93.Daily Herald, 1 July 1908. 110 CALGARY S PARADING CULTURE BEFORE 191294.James Gray notes that Smart was chairman of the parade committee and grandmarshal from 1903 until two weeks before his death in 1939.Gray, Brand of ItsOwn, 109.95.Calgary Daily Herald, 9 September 1912.96.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 37.McDougall received $390 for his services, but itis unclear if this was to cover expenses or a personal payment.97.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.98.Ibid.99.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 37; Guy Weadick, Origin of the Calgary Stampede, Alberta Historical Review 14, no.4 (Autumn 1966): 23.Weadick, Calgary DailyHerald, 3 September 1912.100.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.101.Calgary News-Telegram, 3 September 1912.102.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.103.Morning Albertan, 2 September 1911.104.Tolton, Dreams of a Showman, 43.105.Daily Herald, 3 September 1912; Morning Albertan, 2 September 1912.Theunions for the 1911 Labour Day Parade included the Leatherworkers, Machinists,Allied Printing Trades, Bricklayers and Masons, Stonecutters, Brotherhood ofCarpenters, Lathers, Amalgamated Carpenters, Plumbers and Steamfitters,Electricians 348, Metal Workers, Barbers, Plasterers, Railway Carmen, Painters,Bakers, Horseshoers, Electricians 416, and Brewery Workers.106.Guy Weadick, letter to editor, High River Times, 8 February 1940, CESF,M2160/41, Newsclippings file, 1940 1941, GMA.107.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.108.Bright, Limits of Labour. CHAPTER 5Midway to Respectability:Carnivals at the Calgary StampedeFiona Angus111 112 MIDWAY TO RESPECTABILITY: CARNIVALS AT THE CALGARY STAMPEDEBeckoning the crowds to enter the grounds of the Calgary Stampede,the carnival midway rides act as highly visible markers of the presence andthe promise of excitement for Stampede participants.Curiously, however,despite this visibility, carnivals at the Stampede have been largely neglectedin historical records and sociological analysis.For example, in James H.Gray s comprehensive history of the Calgary Stampede, A Brand of Its1Own: The 100 Year History of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, variouswider cultural and economic influences are expertly interwoven with his-torical facts to demonstrate the remarkable evolution of the Stampede from arelatively small agricultural exposition to the multi-faceted and internation-ally renowned event that is seen today.However, interspersed among Gray shistorical facts are only a few tantalizing but rather brief references to thecarnivals that have played at the Stampede over the past century.One mightbe left with the erroneous impression that this component of the Stampedeis, indeed, marginal and only incidental in the grander scope of the annualCalgary spectacle.A strong case could be made that the midway at the Stampede is, in manyways, peripheral to the central themes of the Stampede.The midway hasrarely reflected the same contradictory, albeit highly successful, guiding prin-ciples as those of the Stampede: the vision of a retrospective (and historically FIONA ANGUS 113inaccurate) glorification of the myth of the Wild West, combined withcontemporary notions of what constitutes social and technological progress.Despite its ideologically segregated status at the Stampede, however, thehistory of the midway and its many carnival occupants is an equally evolv-ing phenomenon, one that reflects broader cultural beliefs and practicesthat largely focus on issues of morality and respectability [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. 79.Board of Commissioners Papers, series I, box 2, file R.R.Jamieson, 1909, n-z,CCA.80.Clipping, n.d., n.a., M2160/41, GMA.81.Ernie Richardson to J.M.Mackie, 3 August 1909, Board of CommissionersPapers, series I, box 2, file R.R.Jamieson, CCA.82.Ernie Richardson to Mayor R.R.Jamieson, 3 August 1909, Board of Commis-sioners Papers, series I, box 2, file R.R.Jamieson, CCA.83.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 35.84.Morning Albertan, 6 July 1908.85.Ibid., 2 July 1908.86.Lounsberry, Wild West Shows, 146.87.Tolton, Dreams of a Showman, 39; Guy Weadick, Origin of the CalgaryStampede, Alberta Historical Review 14, no.4 (Autumn 1966): 21.88.CESF, M2160a, series I, 17 April 1912, GMA; Guy Weadick, letter to editor,High River Times, 8 February 1940; CESF, M2160/41, Newsclippings file,1940 1941, GMA.McMullen and Ad Day (Addison P.Day), the arena director,were each due 25% of the net profits.As this number shrunk to $15,000 andthe Big Four had promised $5,000 to the Hospital Fund, they demanded thatMcMullen forfeit $2,500 of his share: Tolton, Dreams of a Showman, 43 44.Guy Weadick was adamant about the role of H.C.McMullen in organizing the1912 parade, as Cappy Smart, who had been in on so many Calgary parades, wasstarting to get the credit by 1940: Guy Weadick, letter to the editor, High RiverTimes, 8 February 1940, CESF, M2160/41, Newsclippings file, 1940 1941, GMA.89.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 38.90.Calgary Daily Herald, 25 May 1901.91.Albertan, 13 August 1902.92.Calgary Daily Herald, 25 May 1905.93.Daily Herald, 1 July 1908. 110 CALGARY S PARADING CULTURE BEFORE 191294.James Gray notes that Smart was chairman of the parade committee and grandmarshal from 1903 until two weeks before his death in 1939.Gray, Brand of ItsOwn, 109.95.Calgary Daily Herald, 9 September 1912.96.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 37.McDougall received $390 for his services, but itis unclear if this was to cover expenses or a personal payment.97.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.98.Ibid.99.Gray, Brand of Its Own, 37; Guy Weadick, Origin of the Calgary Stampede, Alberta Historical Review 14, no.4 (Autumn 1966): 23.Weadick, Calgary DailyHerald, 3 September 1912.100.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.101.Calgary News-Telegram, 3 September 1912.102.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.103.Morning Albertan, 2 September 1911.104.Tolton, Dreams of a Showman, 43.105.Daily Herald, 3 September 1912; Morning Albertan, 2 September 1912.Theunions for the 1911 Labour Day Parade included the Leatherworkers, Machinists,Allied Printing Trades, Bricklayers and Masons, Stonecutters, Brotherhood ofCarpenters, Lathers, Amalgamated Carpenters, Plumbers and Steamfitters,Electricians 348, Metal Workers, Barbers, Plasterers, Railway Carmen, Painters,Bakers, Horseshoers, Electricians 416, and Brewery Workers.106.Guy Weadick, letter to editor, High River Times, 8 February 1940, CESF,M2160/41, Newsclippings file, 1940 1941, GMA.107.Calgary Daily Herald, 3 September 1912.108.Bright, Limits of Labour. CHAPTER 5Midway to Respectability:Carnivals at the Calgary StampedeFiona Angus111 112 MIDWAY TO RESPECTABILITY: CARNIVALS AT THE CALGARY STAMPEDEBeckoning the crowds to enter the grounds of the Calgary Stampede,the carnival midway rides act as highly visible markers of the presence andthe promise of excitement for Stampede participants.Curiously, however,despite this visibility, carnivals at the Stampede have been largely neglectedin historical records and sociological analysis.For example, in James H.Gray s comprehensive history of the Calgary Stampede, A Brand of Its1Own: The 100 Year History of the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, variouswider cultural and economic influences are expertly interwoven with his-torical facts to demonstrate the remarkable evolution of the Stampede from arelatively small agricultural exposition to the multi-faceted and internation-ally renowned event that is seen today.However, interspersed among Gray shistorical facts are only a few tantalizing but rather brief references to thecarnivals that have played at the Stampede over the past century.One mightbe left with the erroneous impression that this component of the Stampedeis, indeed, marginal and only incidental in the grander scope of the annualCalgary spectacle.A strong case could be made that the midway at the Stampede is, in manyways, peripheral to the central themes of the Stampede.The midway hasrarely reflected the same contradictory, albeit highly successful, guiding prin-ciples as those of the Stampede: the vision of a retrospective (and historically FIONA ANGUS 113inaccurate) glorification of the myth of the Wild West, combined withcontemporary notions of what constitutes social and technological progress.Despite its ideologically segregated status at the Stampede, however, thehistory of the midway and its many carnival occupants is an equally evolv-ing phenomenon, one that reflects broader cultural beliefs and practicesthat largely focus on issues of morality and respectability [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]