Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1965

Date Range To

1975

Materials

POLYESTER, SYNTHETIC MATERIAL, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

2

Length

139.0

Width

79.5

Description

FULL LENGTH DRESS. BODICE IS PLAIN BLACK. HAS LONG SLEEVES. HAS LOW, NARROW, STAND UP COLLAR. BACK OF BODICE OPENS, HAS A ZIPPER FOR A CLOSURE. FRONT AND BACK OF BODICE EACH HAVE 2 PLEATS RUNNING FROM VERTICAL CENTER TO WAISTLINE. LEFT SIDE OF BODICE HAS A LOOP OF THREAD (FOR USE AS A BELT LOOP). SKIRT IS PINK AND ORANGE, AND IS QUILTED. SKIRT HAS AN A-LINE CUT; IS SLIGHTLY GATHERED AT WAIST. A TAG INSIDE OF DRESS READS "MARJORIE HAMILTON VANCOUVER". DRESS HAS A TIE BELT MADE FROM 2 SECTIONS OF MATERIAL THAT BODICE IS MADE OF.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

ORIGINALLY ACQUIRED BY DONOR IN LETHBRIDGE, AROUND THE LATE 1960S OR EARLY 1970S, FOR LEISURE WEAR. 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

P20010082004

Acquisition Date

2001-12

Collection

Museum

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