PATTERN

Description: 10 PIECES OF HEAVY BROWN PAPER, EACH CUT TO A DIFFERENT SIZE AND SHAPE. 1: 37.9 X 15.4. READS "M-520/40 SIDE PANEL" IS STAMPED WITH "KNIT". 2: 32.3 X 14.3. READS "M-520/40"; IS STAMPED WITH "UNDER COLLAR" AND "KNIT". 3: 33.4 X 15.0. READS "M-520/40 TOP COLLAR"; IS STAMPED WITH "KNIT". 4: 52.9 X 9.2. READS "M-520/40 BORDER"; IS STAMPED WITH "KNIT". 5: 30.8 X 17.9. READS "M-520/40 CUFF"; IS STAMPED WITH "KNIT". 6: 56.5 X 28.5. READS "M-520/40 BACK". 7: 42.3 X 16.5. READS "M-520/40 BACK"; IS STAMPED WITH "UNDER SLEEVE" AND "KNIT". 8: 81.0 X 15.0. READS "M-520/40 ZIPPER"; IS STAMPED WITH "KNIT". 9: 61.8 X 21.0. READS "M-520/40"; HAS A TRIANGLE DRAWN ON IT WITH BLUE INK. 10: 64.8 X 24.7. READS "M-520/40"; IS STAMPED WITH "CENTER BACK". EACH PATTERN PIECE HAS A HOLE AT ONE END; ALL ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH AN ORANGE PIECE OF TWINE.

History: ITEMS RECOVERED FROM MCLEAY BUILDING AT 514 3RD AVENUE, SOUTH BEFORE IT'S DEMOLITION. DONOR PURCHASED BUILDING SHORTLY BEFORE ITS DESTRUCTION AND THESE ITEMS WERE LEFT BY PREVIOUS TENANTS/OWNERS. NEW YORK FURS ORIGINATED IN LETHBRIDGE AROUND 1939, WHEN IT WAS OPENED BY A.I. CALMAN AS NEW YORK FURRIERS AND DRESS SHOP, AT 604 3RD AVENUE, SOUTH. THE BUSINESS REMAINED IN THE SAME LOCATION FOR APPROXIMATELY 43 YEARS; ITS NAME UNDERWENT MINOR CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, FROM NEW YORK FURS & DRESS SHOP TO NEW YORK FURRIERS, AND FINALLY ENDING UP AS NEW YORK FURS. IN 1982/83 THE BUSINESS MOVED TO THE MCLEAY BUILDING UNDER ITS PROPRIETOR, HYMAN CALMAN WHO HAD TAKEN OVER BY THE 1950S. THE BUSINESS REMAINED IN THE MCLEAY BUILDING UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1989. PRIOR TO BEING OCCUPIED BY NEW YORK FURS, THE MCLEAY BUILDING WAS HOME TO LETHBRIDGE FURRIERS FOR MANY YEARS. THE MCLEAY BUILDING WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE EARLY 1900S (1901?) BY JESSIE MCLEAY AND HER SISTER ALEXANDREA, WHO WERE EXPANDING THEIR MILLINERY BUSINESS, WHICH THEY RAN IN MEDICINE HAT. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS ADDED ONTO IN 1910, MAKING IT 2 STORIES (RATHER THAN 1) AND ADDING TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING.