DRESS
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MINIDRESS
- Date Range From
- 1965
- Date Range To
- 1975
- Materials
- WOOL, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P20010082002
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- MINIDRESS
- Date Range From
- 1965
- Date Range To
- 1975
- Materials
- WOOL, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 89.5
- Width
- 47.0
- Description
- DRESS IS NAVY BLUE AND WHITE. MATERIAL HAS A FILIGREE PATTERN. DRESS HAS LONG SLEEVES WITH WHITE CUFFS. EACH CUFF HAS AN ORNAMENTAL PURPLE, PLASTIC BUTTON ON IT. DRESS HAS A WHITE TURN DOWN COLLAR, WITH ROUNDED ENDS. FRONT OF DRESS OPENS FROM NECK TO HEMLINE. HAS 11 PURPLE BUTTONS FOR CLOSURES. DRESS HAS NO REAL WAISTLINE, EXCEPT SKIRT IS SLIGHTLY FLARED TOWARD BOTTOM. SKIRT HAS TWO INVERTED PLEATS IN FRONT. TAG INSIDE DRESS READS "CINDA ORIGINALS LTD. MONTREAL CA00636".
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED BY DONOR IN LETHBRIDGE, AROUND THE LATE 1960S OR EARLY 1970S, FROM A STORE KITTY CORNER TO THE YORK HOTEL (POSSIBLY LA KAY'S LADIES WEAR LTD., LOCATED AT 312 13TH STREET, NORTH DURING THIS TIME). 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P20010082002
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-12
- Collection
- Museum
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