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Air Cadets Canada Pin

Object is a Air Cadets of Canada lapel pin, one piece stample gold eagle with its wings spread out surmounted by a maple leaf; light blue enamel band below the eagle with gold letter capitualized text "AIR CADETS CANADA". The fastener is a screw back.

Social Credit Pins

Objects are two Social Credit Party of Canada pins.

  • RNT-ob-0150a, pin includes a 0.8 cm in diametre circle with the Social Credit logo in enamel situated on top of a gold plated maple leaf. The logo is a green plus sign within a circle outlined in green. The background is white. The logo's edge are outlined in gold. The pin is missing the screw back.
  • RNT-ob-0150b, circular screw back pin of the Social Credit logo in enamel. he logo is a green plus sign within a circle outlined in green. The background is white. The logo's edge are outlined in gold.

Patent of Registration of the Arms of Robert Norman Thompson

Object is a framed patent of registration of the arms of Robert Norman Thompson in a goldish brown wooden diploma style frame. The patent is written in both english and french and features the Robert Norman Thompson coat of arms in colour in the centre with text on either side. At the bottom centre is the seal of The Heraldic Authority Canada and signed in black by Robert D. Watt. The meaning of the coat of arms is described in the text.

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Social Credit Political Posters

This subseries consists of political posters from Robert N. Thompson’s time as leader of The Social Credit Party of Canada. These posters focus on the elections that took place for the Social Credit Party to vote Robert N. Thompson as a member of parliament for the district of Red Deer Alberta. These elections took place in 1962, 1963 and 1965. The Progressive Conservative political poster comes from Robert N. Thompson leaving the Social Credit Party and joining the Progressive Conservative Party after he crossed the floor of Parliament.

Bob Thompson , I Presume?

Item is a political cartoon depicting Robert N. Thompson walking in front of a forest. In front of Thompson is a racist caricature of an Indigenous person. The racist caricature says “Bob Thompson, I Presume?” Thompson is wearing a boy’s scout uniform. He has on a hat with a maple leaf attached to the top of it. He is wearing a bag pack with some utensils and a fly swatter attached to it. He has a camera in front of him attached to a strap. On his belt he has a compass, Swiss army knife, hunting knife, whistle, a pump and a can. In his hand by his side, he has a suitcase labeled “VOTE SOCRED.”

Road to ECONOMIC RECOVERY FOR ALL CLASSES political poster.

Item is a political cartoon showing two cars driving down two roads side by side. The car on the left is driving down a brand-new road. The car on the right is driving down a uneven dirt road. The car on the left is driving fast and it is a brand new 1960s car. The side of the car says, “Social Credit and Alberta.” The bow trailing along the back of the car says, “Newly Married“. The car on the right is old and is falling apart. It is a 1905 car that is missing its tires on the right side. The front left tire has been popped by a nail. The car is knocking loudly and has nuts and blots flying out of it. There are four large sacks in the back of the car weighing it down. These sacks are labeled War, Poverty, Private Profit and Sabotage. On top of the sacks is a dog labeled Hired Propaganda barking loudly. There is a plank dragging along the right side of the car labeled Sound Money. The driver is dressed in a black suit and top hat. The drivers’ leg is labeled Professional Politics. There is a arrow in front of both cars that says "Road to Economic Recovery For All Classes".

OH, Who's Afraid

Item is a political cartoon depicting John Diefenbaker, Robert N. Thompson and Tommy Douglas. Diefenbaker is peaking through two large doors while whistling and looking down on two individuals sitting on the sidewalk in front of the doors. These two people are Thompson and Douglas. Douglas is wearing a wolf costume and holds the costume head on his lap. Thompson is sitting beside Douglas and wears a black suit and tie. A newspaper on the ground in front of Thompson says “H. A. Olson Threat” and next to that newspaper is a brief case directly in front of Thompson that says “R. Thompson SOCREDS.” Both doors have large ring knockers and the door on the right says “HOUSE.” Which refers to the Canadian house of commons.

WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER

Item is a political cartoon depicting Robert N. Thompson and other unidentified politicians gathered at the front entrance of the Canadian parliament building watching an individual who has flown out of the parliament up towards the sky. The individual flying has a monk robe on, angel wings, and wears a halo. They hold a rolled-up paper with a $100 dollar label on the front of it. Thompson is holding a case that says "Thompson". The person next to Thompson is holding a case that says "Leboe" and the individual next to him is holding a sign that says "Pension Vote". The group of politicians including Thompson all wear black suits with white shirts and ties. These political figures all have demon horns, a pointed tail and hooved feet. Behind them is smoke and fire. The arch above the door they are standing at says “All Hope Abandon Ye Who Enter Here.”

Humanities unjust systems

Item is a political cartoon of large cauldron over a fire at a beach. The fire is labeled“ Barbarous Economic System.” The large cauldron is labeled “Scarcity Amongst Abundance,” “Invention for Private Profit,” and “Credit Control by a Few.” An arrow pointing down into the cauldron says “HUMANITY”, “All Ages, Races and kindreds both sexes” The smoke rising off the cauldron is labeled “Rich Promised Profits” A very overweight person sits on the beach looking at the cauldron. This person is black and is labeled “Private Monopoly.” The person has a ring in their nose and a bone in the hair. There are bones scattered in front of the cauldron. In the background are coconut trees and bushes on the beach.

"Canada's Lifeguard"

Item is a political cartoon depicting Robert N. Thompson, Lester Pearson, John Diefenbaker and Tommy Douglas at the beach. Thompson is the lifeguard seated is a lifeguard chair watching the three men in the ocean through a telescope. An umbrella over Thompson reads “Lifeguard” above him. Diefenbaker and Douglas are standing in the water as Pearson is running into the water.

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