SIZE 2. HANDMADE. WHITE CROCHET ON NECK & SLEEVE EDGES & ON BORDER IN SKIRT & SLEEVE FRONT & BACK YOKE EDGE DECORATED WITH PEARL BUTTONS. HOOK & EYE FASTENING IN 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 12 MOS. LACE IN FLORAL, DIAMOND & EYELET PATTERNS FORM BORDER DESIGN. YOKE & SLEEVES HAVE INSETS OF EYLET & LACE. BACK OPENING FOR PART OF SEAM, TIES MISSING. HANDMADE WITH MACHINE STITCHING.
FOUR SATIN APPLIQUES TO RESEMBLE FLOWERS SEWN ONTO MATERIAL IN ONE CORNER. BORDERED WITH GOLD METALLIC THREAD. GOLD/BLACK TASSEL STITCHED TO EACH CORNER. MACHINE SEWN, COLOURS: BLACK, PINK, BLUE, GREEN, MAUVE.
SIZE 36. GREEN. HOLE IN BACK. "MAN ON BRONCO. PITCH-RIDERS REGISTERD" TAG ON BACK YOKE. "PITCH RIDER" BUTTON ON ZIPPER FLY. "SBG"ON POCKET STUDS. SEVERAL HOLES & STAINS ON KNEES. SEAMS WORN.
BLUE & WHITE FLORAL/FOLIAGE PATTERN. HAND MADE & HAND CROCHETED LACE EDGING. LONG SKIRT, NO FASTENERS. PART OF A 2 PCE. SET. FRONT RIGHT SIDE HAS A WHITE PIECE OF CLOTH BUNCHED AND SEWN ON. LACE ON HEM IS SOILED SLIGHTLY.
SIZE 10. CLOSES DOWN FRONT WITH HOOKS. "NICHOLL'S" STAMPED ON HOOK. SIDE OF CAPE DONE IN BLACK GEOMETRIC BEADWORK ON BLACK NET. LACE TRIM AROUND BOTTOM EDGE, COLLAR AND FRONT OPENING. BEADED BALLS HAND MADE ON LOWER EDGE. ONE BALL OF BEADS MISSING ON BACK. BEADS ARE WHITENING.
BLUE & WHITE FLORAL/FOLIAGE PATTERN. HAND MADE LACE TRIM. 8 WHITE BUTTONS SASS FROM 2 SIDE SEAMS. MEND ON LEFT ARM. C/W SHOULDER PADS. PART OF A 2 PCE SET. BOW ON BACK. LACE ON CUFFS & COLLAR IS WEARING & STAINED. 1 TEAR AND 2 REPAIRS ON BACK.
SHAWL, GOSSAMER BLACK SILK FABRIC WITH BLUE SILK BANDS OF 1.5 CM WIDTH SPACED EVENLY ACROSS. HANDMADE BLACK SILK FRINGE ON ALL 4 EDGES. SEVERAL SMALL HOLES, ONE LARGER HOLE 12 CM IN DIAMETER.
GRISELLA (IRETON) DAVIES PICTURED WEARING SHAWL IN PHOTOGRAPH IN PERMANENT RECORD. GRISELLA DAVIES IS DONOR'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, SEE P20090007001 AND PERMANENT RECORD.
KHAKI. SIZE MEDIUM. 86 CM WAIST. KHAKI BREECHES HAVE RUST STAINS ON RIGHT SIDE OF SEAT AND ON CROTCH AREA. 5 BUTTON-FLY CLOSURE. 3 BELT LOOPS & 6 BUTTONS FOR SUSPENDERS. 2 FRONT POCKETS & 1 BACK. LEG OPENINGS LACE TIGHT BELOW KNEE. REINFORCED INNER CALF FOR WEARABILITY. SMALL DARN ON EACH SEAT. DISCOLOURED. MEN'S WEAR. SOILED & SOME SMALL HOLES.
BLACK SILK BLOUSE WITH MODIFIED RAGLAN SLEEVES. COLLAR AND CUFFS TRIMMED WITH ECRU-COLOURED EMBROIDERED LACE. SMALL BLACK BUTTONS ASYMMETRICALLY SITUATED ON RIGHT-SIDE PROPER. REDDISH-BROWN STAINS ALONG COLLAR AND CUFFS. SMALL HOLES AND TEARS IN BLOUSE THROUGHOUT.
*UPDATE* SUMMER 2011 - SHREDDING OF SILK ON SHOULDERS IS NOW SEVERE. THIS ITEM SHOULD NOT BE HUNG.
BROWN. JACKET OR SHIRT WELL WORN. SEVERAL STITCHED TEARS. FRINGE ALONG YOKE AND SHOULDERS. BLUE COTTON CLOTH NECK LINING. SEVERAL HOLES ON BACK. THREE BREAST BUTTON HOLES, TWO DIFFERENT BUTTONS. TWO SLEEVE BUTTONS. ALL BUTTONS DIFFER. STAINED PROFUSELY. GREEN AND GREASE STAINS.
DONOR IS DAUGHTER OF R.A. MCKAY, WHO WAS HIGH LEVEL BRIDGE CONTRACTOR. JACKET APPARENTLY ACQUIRED DURING PERIOD OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION OR SHORTLY AFTER.
WOOL FLANNEL WITH HIGH NECK & SHORT SLEEVES FINISHED IN A WIDE CUFF. PINK EMBROIDERY & STITCH WORK, PINK RIBBON TIES. GATHERED & PLEATED AROUND CHEST. COTTON LINING ACROSS SHOULDERS & NECK. HANDMADE.
DONOR'S FAMILY WAS GIVEN THIS FOR THEIR CHILDREN FROM RELATIVES IN FRANCE. PREDATES W.W. I, BUT BELIEVED TO MADE IN FIRST YEARS OF THE CENTURY. DONOR HAS BEEN IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE THE 1960'S.
SIZE 18 MOS. HANDMADE. SLEEVES EDGED WITH COTTON LACE. OPEN DOWN THE BACK. RIBBON TIE & SNAP FASTENER AT BACK OPENING. "BABY PLETELL" MARKED IN INK ON BACK FACING.
*UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING THIS INFANT ROBE DONATED BY D. M. PLETELL. RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, ARTIFACT, AND NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.
RECTANGULAR; VERY LONG; BLACK LACE. ALL EDGES ARE SCALLOPED AND HAVE TINY LOOPS OF THREAD AS FRINGE. LACE HAS A LARGE FLORAL PATTERN THROUGHOUT. HAS FEW LOOSE THREADS, BUT OTHERWISE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION.
SEE P19920058006-GA FOR HISTORY.
*UPDATE* IN 2015 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF ART OBJECTS, INCLUDING ONE DONATED BY MARJORIE WELCH'S MOTHER, NORA EVERSON. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHERLOCK/MACLEOD FAMILY, SEE RECORDS P19960108000 AND P19740093000.
SMALL MAN'S CLOTHING SIZE. PONCHO IS MACHINE SEWN AND LACED VERTICALLY WITH LEATHER CROSS LACES. COLLAR, HAND OPENINGS AND BUTTON LOOPS OF DARK CHROME-TANNED LEATHER. PONCHO IS UNLINED, MADE OF SUEDE LEATHER. 3 PLASTIC BUTTONS ARE REPLACEMENTS NOT ORIGINAL
DONOR CLAIMS PONCHO WORN BY MAJOR A.B. ROGERS, DISCOVERER OF ROGERS PASS B.C. DONOR CLAIMS SHE SAW ROGERS WITH PONCHO STANDING IN SNOW WITH MEN IN ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN A SMALL PHOTO ON DISPLAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN A MUSEUM. DONOR ACQUIRED PONCHO 3 YEARS AGO, BUT COULD NOT VERIFY ACQUISITION CIRCUMSTANCES NOR PROVENANCE. NOTE ALSO CORRESPONDENCE ON FILE.
SINGLE PIECE OF LEATHER CUT NARROWER AT 1 END. 2 LEATHER STRAPS & BUCKLES & METAL CLIP USE TO TIGHTEN & KEEP LEGGINGS IN PLACE. SEVERAL NUMBERS STAMPED INSIDE IN BLACK INK: "104", "12", "6266". DARK BROWN EXTERIOR.
DONOR UNSURE OF DATE BUT BELIEVES CAME FROM KENTUCKY WHEN LANIER BROTHERS IMMIGRATED TO ALBERTA IN EARLY 1900'S.
*UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED IKE LANIER ABOUT ARTIFACTS DONATED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.
SINGLE PIECE OF LEATHER CUT NARROWER AT 1 END. 2 LEATHER STRAPS & BUCKLES & METAL CLIP USE TO TIGHTEN & KEEP LEGGINGS IN PLACE. SEVERAL NUMBERS STAMPED INSIDE IN BLACK INK. 1 CLIP FASTENER BROKEN
DONOR UNSURE OF DATE BUT BELIEVES CAME FROM KENTUCKY WHEN LANIER BROTHERS IMMIGRATED TO ALBERTA IN EARLY 1900'S.
*UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED IKE LANIER ABOUT ARTIFACTS DONATED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY.
SILK DRESS WITH LARGE EMBROIDERED SILK, COTTON LINED COLLAR. COLLAR HAS A SCALLOPED EDGE FINISH. DRESS HAS SHORT SLEEVES WITH WIDE CUFFS, SCALLOP FINISH TO MATCH COLLAR. DRESS FASTENS AT BACK WITH 4 BUTTONS. LEAF & VINE EMBROIDERY DESIGN ON COLLAR WHICH EXTENDS 1/3 LENGTH OF DRESS. BOTTOM OF DRESS IS FINISHED WITH 3 ROWS OF PLEATING. DRESS IS LINED WITH SILK SLIP. HANDMADE. SEE CONSERVATION REPORT.
DONOR'S FAMILY WAS GIVEN THIS FOR THEIR CHILDREN FROM RELATIVES IN FRANCE. PREDATES W.W. I, BUT BELIEVED TO MADE IN FIRST YEARS OF THE CENTURY. DONOR HAS BEEN IN LETHBRIDGE SINCE THE 1960'S.