Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1920

Materials

SILK

No. Pieces

1

Length

59.9

Width

58.0

Description

A DICKEY OR HALF-BLOUSE. MADE OF IVORY SILK. FRONT AND BACK OF BLOUSE ARE CUT VERY SHORT. HAS A HIGH, STAND UP COLLAR. COLLAR AND FRONT AND BACK OF BLOUSE HAVE BEIGE LACE ON THEM, WITH EMBROIDERED IVORY FLOWERS. COLLAR HAS BLACK TRIM. BACK OF BLOUSE IS OPEN, AND CLOSES WITH HOOKS AND EYES. ONE SIDE OF BACK OF COLLAR HAS A PIECE OF ORANGE PLASTIC SEWN TO IT (TO STIFFEN COLLAR?); ETCHED INTO PLASTIC IS "SIZE C". BLOUSE HAS FULL LENGTH, LEG OF MUTTON SLEEVES. BOTTOM 2/3 OF SLEEVES ARE COVERED IN SAME LACE WITH EMBROIDERED FLOWERS AS ABOVE.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

PIECE OF PLASTIC SEWN ONTO COLLAR IS LIKELY NOT ORIGINAL TO PIECE. SEE P20000085001-GA FOR HISTORY. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BLOUSE DONATED BY BEV NAGATA. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. BEVERLY “BEV” NAGATA IS THE DAUGHTER OF FREDRICK I. SAUTER AND NORA JEAN SAUTER (NEE MCCOY). FREDRICK “FRED” I. SAUTER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 12, 1920, THE SON OF CHARLES SR. AND MARY SAUTER (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN). ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, HE WAS THE FIRST BABY BORN IN THE TOWN OF VAUXHALL, AB. HE OWNED AND OPERATED SAUTER’S GENERAL SUPPLIES FOR THREE TO FOUR DECADES. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88 ON NOVEMBER 9, 2008. NORA JEAN SAUTER (NEE MCCOY) WAS BORN IN PORT ALBERNI, BC ON APRIL 1, 1913, THE DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND HATTIE MCCOY (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) AND TWIN OF DAVID MCCOY. SHE WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED IN EDMONTON AND GRADUATED FROM THE EDMONTON GENERAL HOSPITAL AS A NURSE. SHE ALSO ATTENDED MCGILL UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED A DIPLOMA IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING. SHE BEGAN AS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE IN VAUXHALL, IN 1940. SHE WAS MARRIED TO FRED SAUTER ON AUGUST 20, 1942. NORA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 90 ON JULY 10, 2003. CHARLES R. SAUTER SR. WAS THE FIRST RESIDENT OF VAUXHALL AND WORKED FOR THE PIONEER LUMBER COMPANY. HE WAS ALSO REPORTEDLY THE FIRST RESIDENT OF VAUXHALL TO OWN A CAR. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 76 ON AUGUST 4, 1969. MARY SAUTER (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 83 ON FEBRUARY 3, 1978. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P20000085005

Acquisition Date

2001-07

Collection

Museum

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