SIZE 10. 9 BUTTON BACK OPENING, BUTTERFLY & SCROLL LACE INSET ON FRONT (HAND CROCHETED & EMBROIDERED). LACE-EDGED NECK & LONG SLEEVES. PLEATED SHOULDER PANEL ON FRONT AND BACK.
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 8. 11 HOOK & EYE FRONT OPENING. TOP FABRIC IS ALTERNATING HAND-CROCHETED AND MANUFACTURED STRIPS OF LACE. NET LINING. SLEEVES AND WAIST HAVE NET RUFFLE. STAND-UP COLLAR. HOLES IN LINING.
SIZE 36. TAG ON HEM "ALL HAND MADE 'THE BLOUSE THAT JACK BUILT' 36"". 6 BUTTON FRONT OPENING (1 MISSING). PLEATED SHOULDERS AND BACK PANEL. LACE EDGED COLLAR AND LONG SLEEVES. 2 BUTTON CUFFS.
VANITY FAIR LABEL IN NECKLINE. FRONT TAB CLOSING TRIMMED WITH WHITE BINDING. 2 BUTTONS DOWN FRONT, 1 SMALLER BUTTON AT COLLAR. COLLAR & POCKET TRIMMED WITH WHITE. FLOOR LENGTH. SHIRT HEM. MACHINE-MADE. SMALL, RED. RIGHT UNDERARM TORN
SIZE: 16-33. WHITE. LABEL INSIDE BACK OPENING "THE N.Y. MAKE SHIRT TRADE MARK". BACK OPENING IS 1-3 LENGTH OF SHIRT. FASTENED WITH COLLAR TABS. CUFFS OPEN UP, REQUIRE CUFF LINKS TO CLOSE. FRONT HAS DOUBLE LAYERED "DICKIE" SHAPED PATTERN SEWN ON.
SIZE: 15-35. WHITE. "FORMAL WEAR MADE BY JOHN FORSYTH" ON TAG INSIDE OPENING. 1-BUTTON BACK CLOSING. "BLENHEIM 15-35" ON FRONT. "15-35" INSIDE COLLAR. SHORT, STAND-UP STARCHED COLLAR, BIB AND CUFFS, FORMAL SHIRT. BROWN STAIN ON BIB. SPECKLED STAINS ON INSIDE OF SHIRT.
COTTON KNIT, SIZE LARGE. NAVY BLUE SUIT WITH RED & WHITE STRIPED TRIM ON UNDERARMS AND HEM OF OVERSKIRT. BADLY FADED. MOTH HOLE IN BACK HEM. 2 BUTTON SHOULDERS. TAG IN NECK: "TRADE MARK (BIRD) BLUE BIRD BRAND". NAVY BLUE, RED & WHITE. LEFT BUTTON ON RIGHT SHOULDER IS CHIPPED.
EXTENSIVELY BEADED. FLORAL PATERN BEADING ON CREPE OR COTTON NET. SILK OR RAYON LINING. FADED IN PATCHES. BLACK. FRONT IS CLOSED AND HELD WITH NARROW CLOTH TIES, AS WELL AS HOOK & EYE CLASPS. CLASPS SLIGHTLY RUSTED.
SIZE SMALL. LIGHT PINK. PIPING DESIGN DOWN FRONT & ALONG HEM. SINGLE HOOK & EYE, 7 SNAP FASTENERS CLOSING ALONG BACK. 9 BUTTONS ALONG BACK AT CLOSING. PIPING IS IN FLORAL TYPE PATTERNS. SMALL STAIN NEAR WAIST ON RIGHT HIP.
DONOR PROVIDED NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
*UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A SKIRT DONATED BY GEORGE MANN. THE DONOR WAS CONTACTED, BUT COULD PROVIDE NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
MINT GREEN COTTON CRINKLE AND SILK MOIRÉ RIBBON. KIMONO CUT. MACHINE MADE WITH SOME HAND SEWING. SILK RIBBON AT EDGES HAS BEEN GATHERED AND STEAMED IN PLACE TO CREATE A CURVED EDGE ON A STRAIGHT PIECE OF RIBBON. ADDITIONAL RIBBON ON INSIDE OF SLEEVES AND SLITS.
ROBE WAS OWNED AND WORN BY DONOR’S MOTHER MARY ELIZABETH TAYLOR.
FOR DETAILED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION RELATING TO DONOR'S FAMILY HISTORY, PLEASE SEE TO P20110012001.
WHITE LONG-SLEEVED RAYON BUTTON UP MEN'S DRESS SHIRT. SIX MOTHER-OF-PEARL BUTTONS AT FRONT CLOSURE; ONE ALSO ON EACH SLEEVE CUFF. SHINY FLORAL PATTERN WOVEN INTO FABRIC THROUGHOUT. ONE LEFT OUTER BREAST POCKET. TAG INSIDE COLLAR READS "THE ASTORIA SHIRT RAYON".
SHIRT BELONGED TO DONOR'S HUSBAND'S UNCLE, JOHN KOSKOSKI. KOSKOSKI IMMIGRATED TO CANADA FROM THE UKRAINE IN THE 1920S. MOVED TO HARDIEVILLE, THEN TO LETHBRIDGE. WORKED IN LETHBRIDGE COAL MINES UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. DONOR CLAIMS SHIRT IS FROM 1920S (LATER??) AND WAS JOHN KOSKOSKI'S SUNDAY BEST.
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.
BLACK LINEN KIMONO WITH REPEATING PATTERN OF LIGHT BLUE/GREY SQUARES. SQUARES ARE MADE UP OF MULTIPLE LINES CRISS-CROSSED TO FORM SQUARES. KIMONO HAS LARGE SQUARE SLEEVES AND WHITE LINEN LINING. KIMONO ALSO HAS FOLDED AND SEWN LAPELS DOWN TO WAIST.
KIMONO BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. LIKELY FROM JAPAN. 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.
BLACK VELVET OPERA COAT HAS CREAM SILK LINING AND CREAM RABBIT FUR COLLAR. COAT IS LONG AND TRAPEZE DRESS SHAPE. IT FLARES TOWARDS BOTTOM AND HAS NO WAIST TIES. COLLAR FOLDS OVER AND CUT TO "V" AT CHEST. SLEEVES ARE SHIRRED AT TOP WITH ENDS STICKING UP, THEN FALLS IN VERY LOOSE AND PUFFY LIKE A BISHOP SLEEVE UNTIL THE BOTTOM. CUFF IS FITTED AND VERY LONG (TO ABOUT MID-FOREARM). IT HAS 7 VELVET BUTTONS AND BUTTON HOOKS. HAS SILK PATCH POCKET ON RIGHT INSIDE. ON BACK OF NECK IS TAG THAT READS ""GORDON" MURPHY GAMBLE LIMITED OTTAWA". ARE MINOR SPOTS OF WEAR ON VELVET. SILK IS TORN IN MANY PLACES ESPECIALLY ALONG HEM, ARM OPENINGS, AND NECKLINE. FUR SPLIT AT SEAMS. COLLAR IS PULLING AWAY FROM JACKET IN NUMEROUS SPOTS. LEFT ARM OPENING IS BADLY TORN.
BURGUNDY COLOURED FULL LENGTH ROBE WITH SQUARE SLEEVES AND WIDE BAND COLLAR. PATTERN ON FABRIC IS REPEATING GRID PATTERN WITH YELLOWISH CROSSES AT EVERY OTHER CORNER. KIMONO HAS WHITE LINEN LINING IN UPPER PART AND PURPLE LINING AROUND BOTTOM HEM.
KIMONO LIKELY BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. DONOR RELATES THAT ALTHOUGH HER PARENTS HAD SEVERAL KIMONOS THEY DID NOT WEAR THEM MUCH. 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.