DRESS

Description: SALMON PINK MINIDRESS. MATERIAL HAS AN EMBOSSED TEXTURE. HAS A TURNED DOWN COLLAR. DRESS IS SLEEVELESS. HAS A LOW-SLUNG WAISTLINE. BELOW WAISTLINE, SKIRT IS SLIGHTLY FLARED. SKIRT HAS MULTIPLE VERTICAL SEAMS RUNNING FROM WAISTLINE TO HEMLINE, MAKING SKIRT APPEAR PLEATED. DRESS HAS A PINK ZIPPER ON CENTER FRONT, RUNNING ALMOST TO WAISTLINE. ATTACHED TO ZIPPER PULL IS AN ORNAMENT MADE OF 3 STEEL RINGS. THERE IS PINK MATERIAL LINING TOP OF BODICE. A TAG INSIDE DRESS READS "JASU MADE IN JAPAN 16".

History: ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED BY DONOR IN LETHBRIDGE, AROUND THE LATE 1960S OR EARLY 1970S, FROM A STORE ACROSS FROM THE DALLAS HOTEL (CURRENTLY THE COAL BANKS INN) - 312 5TH STREET SOUTH. THERE WERE 3 WOMEN'S CLOTHING STORES IN THIS AREA AT THIS TIME: MAYFAIR-VOGUE LTD.; MODERN FASHIONS; AND TRACY'S SMART APPAREL. DONOR WAS BORN IN MAPLE CREEK, SASKATCHEWAN IN 1933. HER FATHER HOMESTEADED IN CYPRESS HILLS. IN 1949 DONOR CAME TO TABER, WHERE SHE HAD 3 OF HER 6 CHILDREN. THE OTHER 3 WERE BORN IN LETHBRIDGE - DONOR LIVED IN LETHBRIDGE IN 1967 AND 1969. DONOR MOVED TO COALDALE PERMANENTLY IN 1980.