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Object Description

Object ID

2017.019.001

Title

Engraved Fort Langley May Queen silver bracelet that belonged to Jean McIver.

Date

13 May 1938.

Description

1 silver bracelet given to Fort Langley's 1938 May Queen, Jean McIver. The outside of the bracelet has a flower and arrow pattern engraved on the outside. The inside of the bracelet has an engraving that reads, "'Queen Jean' / May 13, 38 / Fort Langley, B.C." To the left of this is another small engraving that reads, "STERLING +W+." The bracelet is circular shaped with a gap of an open one inch gap in between to the arms.

People/Subject

May Day celebrations

Fort Langley established its May Day in 1922, and it continues to be an annual tradition (2003). In Langley, May Day refers to the 24 of May, the date of the birth of Queen Victoria. The first May Day was held in Fort Langley, then the event moved to Langley Prairie from 1923-1957. In 1958 the Langley Kinsmen gave up the event, and it returned to Fort Langley where it was organized by the Community Improvement Society and the Fort Langley Lions club, and finally a community committee. May Day celebrations include the crowning of the May Queen and the May pole dancing.

Superbase See Also: May Day Celebrations - Langley Prairie
Term Source: Warren Sommer's "From Prairie to City", p. 154.

May Queen

Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-230/1026)

Souter, Jean (nee McIver)

Jean McIver was born in East Langley in 1925 to Ellen and Kenny McIver. She was Fort Langley's May Queen in 1938. She attended Langley High School, and later married Ian Souter. The couple built and owned the Derby Drive-In in Fort Langley. She passed away in 2010.

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