SIZE MEDIUM. ONE NECK SEAM PARTIALLY UNDONE. BROWN BROCADE LINING. TAILS EDGE HEM AND BACK YOKE. TWO LARGE BUTTONS AT FRONT CLOSING. RUSSIAN MARMOT FUR.
SIZE 10. MACHINE SEWN. WHITE COLLAR AND CUFFS WITH BLACK LACE AND VELVET RIBBON. ZIPPER DOWN BACK HOOK AND EYE AT BACK OF COLLAR (EYE MISSING). PLEATED SKIRT TUCKS IN BODICE. BLACK, WHITE, GREY. RED SMUDGES ON COLLAR (LIPSTICK?).
SHIRT AND SHORTS ATTACHED BY SIX BUTTONS AT WAIST. SHIRT IS BEIGE, WITH BLUE EMBROIDERY AROUND COLLAR. THERE IS ALSO A SAILBOAT EMBROIDERED ON BREAST OF SHIRT, IN WHITE AND BLUE. SHIRT HAS TWO WHITE PLASTIC BUTTONS. SHORTS ARE BLUE WITH WHITE SEAMS. ONE OF THE BUTTONS FOR ATTACHING SHIRT TO SHORTS IS MISSING AT THE BACK.
DONOR RECALLED HER AUNT NEVER THROWING ANYTHING AWAY INCLUDING HER CLOTHING. DONOR STATED THAT HER AUNT WAS AROUND 120LBS HAVING A NICE FIGURE UNTIL HER LATER YEARS WHEN SHE BECAME VERY SICK. ONCE HER AUNT WAS VERY ILL WITH HER LUNG CONDITION SHE WAS UNABLE TO EAT A LOT AND DROPPED TO ABOUT 85 LBS.
SEE P20030049001 FOR COMPLETE HISTORY.
WHITE THIN LINEN BLOUSE. THREE MOTHER-OF-PEARL BUTTONS AT FRONT CLOSURE; DRAWSTRING COLLAR. LONG SLEEVES WITH ELASTICIZED CUFFS, TATTED BAND, AND 4.5CM LACE TRIM. SLEEVES ARE GATHERED.
COSTUME BELONGED TO DONOR WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD (1949). LIVED IN CZECH REPUBLIC OF MORAVIA, IN TOWN CALLED PREROV. DONOR CAME TO CANADA WITH HUSBAND IN 1970. WENT TO EDMONTON FOR 3 WEEKS, THEN BROOKS FOR 1 1/2 YEARS,THEN SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR 25 YEARS. DONOR'S HUSBAND WORKED AS AN IRRIGATION SPECIALIST. COSTUME WAS HANDMADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER, AND WAS WORN ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
WHITE COTTON SLEEVELESS DRESS HAS CONICAL BODY THAT HAS GROUPS OF FOUR TINY EMBROIDERED FLOWERS. ROUND COLLAR HAS LACE EDGING. NECKLINE AND COLLAR AREA ARE TORN BADLY.
BABY DRESS WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
WHITE COTTON DRESS HAS CONICAL BODY, GATHERED NECK AND PAGODA SLEEVES. BODY OF DRESS HAS GROUPS OF FOUR EMBROIDERED CIRCLES ACROSS IT. DRESS IS TORN BENEATH BOTH ARMS.
BABY DRESS BELONGED TO DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
BLUE, RED, PINK, AND WHITE FLORAL PRINT COTTON KNEE-LENGTH PLEATED GIRL'S SKIRT. SINGLE TUCK NEAR BOTTOM HEM, WITH TWO ROWS SCALLOPED WHITE SEAM TAPE ALONG WIDTH OF SKIRT. FASTENS WITH TWO BRASS SNAPS AT SLIT AT SIDE OF WAIST.
COSTUME BELONGED TO DONOR WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD (1949). LIVED IN CZECH REPUBLIC OF MORAVIA, IN TOWN CALLED PREROV. DONOR CAME TO CANADA WITH HUSBAND IN 1970. WENT TO EDMONTON FOR 3 WEEKS, THEN BROOKS FOR 1 1/2 YEARS, THEN SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR 25 YEARS. DONOR'S HUSBAND WORKED AS AN IRRIGATION SPECIALIST. COSTUME WAS HANDMADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER, AND WAS WORN ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
GREEN UNLINED WOOL CHILD'S VEST. METALLIC GOLD BANDS SEWN ALONG LENGTH OF FRONT AND BACK; RED FLOWERS WITH BLUE AND YELLOW STEMS EMBROIDERED BETWEEN. FRONT LACED WITH RED NYLON CORD. CORD IS SNAGGED AND FRAYING IN PLACES.
COSTUME BELONGED TO DONOR WHEN SHE WAS ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD (1949). LIVED IN CZECH REPUBLIC OF MORAVIA, IN TOWN CALLED PREROV. DONOR CAME TO CANADA WITH HUSBAND IN 1970. WENT TO EDMONTON FOR 3 WEEKS, THEN BROOKS FOR 1 1/2 YEARS, THEN SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE FOR 25 YEARS. DONOR'S HUSBAND WORKED AS AN IRRIGATION SPECIALIST. COSTUME WAS HANDMADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER, AND WAS WORN ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
WHITE COTTON BIB HAS WIDE LACE EDGING AND EMBROIDERED DESIGN ON FRONT. DESIGN IS FIVE EMBROIDERED FLOWERS WITH SCALLOPED LINE ABOVE AND BELOW. APEX OF EACH SCALLOP HAS RING OF EIGHT EMBROIDERED CIRCLES. BIB IS WORN AND YELLOWED.
BABY BIB WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
WHITE COTTON SLEEVELESS DRESS HAS CONICAL BODY AND SCALLOPED EDGING AROUND ARM HOLES AND NECKLINE. EMBROIDERED WHITE FLOWER PATTERNS ARE ON FRONT AT CHEST AREA AND AT FRONT HEM.
BABY DRESS WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
WHITE COTTON DRESS WITH PUFFY SLEEVES AND ROUND COLLAR THAT HAVE LACE EDGING. DRESS IS GATHERED AROUND BREAST AND HAS TWO HORIZONTAL STITCHED LINES AROUND MIDDLE OF BODY. SEVERAL HOLES IN FRONT OF DRESS.
DRESS BELONGED TO DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
PEACH/PINK COLORED RAYON DRESS WITH PUFFY SLEEVES AND SPLIT PETER PAN COLLAR THAT HAS WHITE EMBROIDERED FLOWERS ON THEM. DRESS IS GATHERED AROUND CHEST. BACK SIDE OF DRESS HAS NUMEROUS RUST SPOTS.
BABY DRESS WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A BABY.THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
WHITE COTTON DRESS HAS CONICAL BODY, PUFFY SLEEVES AND SCALLOPED HEM WITH LACE EDGING. LACE WAIST LINE RUNS HORIZONATLLY AROUND BODY OF DRESS ABOUT ONE THIRD WAY UP FROM HEM. NECKLINE AND SLEEVE CUFFS HAVE LACED EDGING AS WELL.
BABY DRESS WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
WHITE COTTON SLEEVELESS DRESS HAS CONICAL BODY AND SCALLOPED HEM WITH LACE EDGING. LACE WAIST LINE RUNS HORIZONATLLY AROUND BODY OF DRESS ABOUT ONE THIRD WAY UP FROM HEM. NECKLINE AND ARM HOLES HAVE LACE EDGING AS WELL.
BABY DRESS WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
WHITE COTTON DRESS HAS CONICAL BODY WITH ROUND BLUE COLLAR AND PUFFY SLEEVES WITH BLUE EDGING AS WELL. FRONT HAS TWO SQUARE BLUE POCKETS AND EMBROIDERED DIAMOND DESIGN. EMBROIDERED DESIGN ON COLLAR AND SLEEVE EDGING IS WHITE DIAMOND PATTERNS. STITCHING ON HEM IS MISSING.
BABY DRESS BELONGED TO DONOR AS A BABY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
WHITE FLANNEL DRESS WITH PINK FLANNEL COLLAR AND CUFFS. COLLAR AND CUFFS HAVE WHITE AND YELLOW DOGS AND BALLS. EDGING OF HEM AND SIDES HAVE PINK COTTON STITCHING. PINK RAYON TIE ON LEFT LAPEL IS MISSING.
DRESS WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A CHILD WHEN THE FAMILY LIVED IN VANCOUVER. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
SPANISH SHAWL OR PIANO SHAWL. JACQUARD. HAS A GREY BACKGROUND, WITH A COLOURED SATIN WEAVE. OVERALL DESIGN IS PINK, BLUE, AND GOLD FLORAL. PATTERN IS REVERSED ON OPPOSITE SIDE. HAS TASSELS ON EACH SIDE WHICH ARE GROUPED AND KNOTTED TOGETHER, THEN CRISSCROSSED OVER EACHOTHER AND KNOTTED AGAIN. CENTER OF SHAWL IS VERY FADED. THERE ARE A FEW HOLES IN SHAWL FROM WEAR.
DONOR IS A HIGH SCHOOL PHYS. ED. TEACHER. SHE DID DRAMA IN SCHOOLS AND LOCAL THEATRE, AND ENTIRE COLLECTION WAS GIVEN TO HER BY LOCAL PEOPLE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON DONOR GAIL HOLLAND’S ACQUISITION, STEWARDSHIP AND GENERAL USE OF HER 1999-DONATED COLLECTION PLEASE REFER TO RECORD P19990053001.
***UPDATE: ARTIFACT INSIGHT BELOW SUBMITTED BY DONOR AND COLLECTIONS VOLUNTEER GAIL HOLLAND ON 19 APRIL 2011.
“SHAWL USED AS A SET DECORATION PIECE AS A TABLE COVERING IN LETHBRIDGE MUSICAL THEATRE’S PRODUCTION OF “THE MUSIC MAN” 1982.”
.1) DRESS. 52.0CM X 48.5CM SHINY BLUE RAYON DRESS WITH CHECKED AND CROSSED LINED PATTERN MATERIAL. SLEEVES ARE PUFFY WITH LIME GREEN EMBROIDERED LACE BANDS. DRESS IS GATHERED ACROSS FRONT CHEST WITH LIME GREEN STITCHING. DRESS IS STAINED AND DIRTY.
.2) PANTS. 50.5CM X 28.5CM SHINY BLUE RAYON PANTS WITH CHECKED AND CROSSED LINED PATTERN MATTERIAL. PANTS ARE EXTRA WIDE AND HAVE YELLOW/GREEN STITCHING AROUND CUFFS OF LEGS.
BABY CLOTHES ENSEMBLE WAS WORN BY DONOR AS A CHILD. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
BEIGE AND ORANGE KIMONO IS SMALL ROBE WITH SQUARE SLEEVES. DESIGN IS ORANGE AND GREEN FLORAL PATTERN ON BEIGE BODY. ORANGE EDGING RUNS FROM ONE SIDE OF FRONT OVER COLLAR AND BACK DOWN OTHER SIDE. EDGING HAS GREEN SPIRAL AND TRIANGLE DESIGNS. KIMONO HAS NUMEROUS WORN SPOTS AND A NUMBER OF REPAIRS.
KIMONO WAS WORN BY DONOR AS AN INFANT. KIMONO WAS BROUGHT TO COALDALE FROM VANCOUVER VIA SLOCAN CITY. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970.
SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.