Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1970

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.4

Length

39.5

Width

40.1

Description

RECTANGULAR ORANGE COTTON TOWEL FIVE EMBROIDERED LOGOS WHICH ARE SQUARE WITH CURVED WEDGE IN MIDDLE THAT HAD A TRIANGULAR CUT INSEAM. BOTTOM EDGE OF TOWEL IS FRAYED AND LOOSE.

Subjects

TOILET ARTICLE

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

COMMEMORATIVE

History

TOWEL IS POSSIBLY A SOUVENIR OF A TRIP TAKEN BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER. LOGO EMBROIDERED ON TOWEL IS THE C.P.R. LOGO. 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.

Catalogue Number

P19970041778

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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