DRESS

Description: ABOUT MID-CALF LENGTH. MATERIAL HAS AN ORANGE BACKGROUND, OVERLAID WITH PURPLE AND BROWN BONSAI TREES?, BROWN DIAMONDS WITH YELLOW FLOWERS INSIDE, AND BROWN AND BEIGE RECTANGLES WITH BAMBOO PLANTS INSIDE. DRESS HAS SHORT SLEEVES. HAS A LOW, NARROW, STAND UP COLLAR. FRONT OF DRESS HAS A SLIT AT TOP OF BODICE, WHICH IS HELD CLOSED WITH 3 LENGTHS OF DARK BROWN CORD, FORMED INTO 3 LOOPS ON EACH SIDE OF SLIT (SIMULATE FROG CLOSURES). BACK OF DRESS IS OPEN TO WAISTLINE, AND HAS AN ORANGE ZIPPER FOR A CLOSURE. BACK OF DRESS HAS TWO NARROW PLEATS IN THE VERTICAL CENTER. TAG INSIDE DRESS READS "LATE MAT STYLE QUEEN MONTREAL CANADA". A TAG BENEATH THIS READS "REG. #CA-00826".

History: PURCHASED IN LETHBRIDGE BY DONOR, FOR ATTENDANCE AT A WEDDING, 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.