TOWEL, HAND
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact10054
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- COTTON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041779
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1970
- Date Range To
- 1980
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.3
- Length
- 95
- Width
- 45.5
- Description
- RECTANGULAR COTTON TOWEL WITH WOVEN FLORAL AND DIAMOND PATTERNS SET IN COLOURED HORIZONTAL BANDS OF PINK, PURPLE AND ORANGE. ORANGE BANDS ARE TWICE AS WIDE AS OTHERS. COTTON TAG READS "MADE IN CHINA" AND "100% COTTON CA00350"
- Subjects
- TOILET ARTICLE
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- TOWEL IS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM USED BY DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE LIVING AT COALDALE. 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
- P19970041779
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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