PAJAMAS

Description: .1) SHIRT. 64.0CM X 45.0CM NAVY BLUE LONG SLEEVED SHIRT MADE OUT OF NYLON. SHIRT HAS WHITE V-NECK COLLAR AND WHITE CUFFS. BOTTOM HEM HAS COME LOOSE IN PLACES. .2) PANTS. 90.0CM X 40.0CM NAVY BLUE NYLON PANTS WITH ELASTIC WASTE AND OPEN FLAP FLY.

History: PAJAMAS BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WORE THEM MOSTLY WHEN HE TRAVELLED AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER. 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.