COAT
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CHILD'S JACKET
- Date Range From
- 1965
- Date Range To
- 1975
- Materials
- COTTON, NYLON, PLASTIC
- Catalogue Number
- P20010082005
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- CHILD'S JACKET
- Date Range From
- 1965
- Date Range To
- 1975
- Materials
- COTTON, NYLON, PLASTIC
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Length
- 60.0
- Width
- 45.0
- Description
- JACKET IS RED; HAS A RED NYLON LINING. THERE ARE TWO FLAPPED, PATCH POCKETS ON WAIST. JACKET HAS A HOOD WITH A DRAWSTRING THROUGH IT. FRONT OF COAT IS OPEN, HAS 3 RED, PLASTIC BUTTONS FOR CLOSURES. ON EACH SIDE OF FRONT OPENING, RUNNING FROM SHOULDER TO WAISTLINE, ARE FOUR GROMMETS. HAS A BELT, MADE OF SAME MATERIAL AS EXTERIOR OF JACKET, WITH 2 D-RINGS ON ONE END. BELT IS SEWN TO SIDE OF JACKET. TAG INSIDE JACKET READS "COMFY LIL ANGEL KIDDIE KORNER".
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- COAT WAS GIVEN TO DONOR'S CHILDREN, FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE. DONOR'S DAUGHTER KIM ABREY, AND GRANDDAUGHTER, DARCEE ABREY, WORE IT AT THE AGE OF 4 (CIRCA 1973 AND 1990, RESPECTIVELY). CHILDREN ALSO USED IT ON A LIFE SIZE WALKING DOLL. DONOR ALSO USED COAT FOR DOLLS IN HER PERSONAL COLLECTION. 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
- P20010082005
- Acquisition Date
- 2001-12
- Collection
- Museum
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