Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOD, STRAW

No. Pieces

1

Height

3.5

Length

70

Width

9.5

Description

MINIATURE SIZED BROOM WITH RED WOOD HANDLE AND STRAW BRISTLES THAT HAVE PINK COTTON TIES AROUND MIDDLE. BRISTLES ARE WORN TO AN ANGLE. "MADE IN HUNGARY" IS STAMPED INTO HANDLE.

Subjects

MAINTENANCE T&E

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

DONOR RELATES THAT HER MOTHER USE THIS TOY BROOM TO CLEAN UP SMALL MESSES WHEN THE FAMILY LIVED 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. TOY BROOM IS MENTIONED IN DONOR'S BOOK "OBASAN". SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.

Catalogue Number

P19970041847

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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