Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

RIDING BREECHS & SKIRT SET

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

DENIM

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. RIDING BREECHES, WOMAN'S. KHAKI CANVAS/DENIM. WAIST 63.5 CM, HIPS 86.4 CM. 5 DOME FASTENERS ON LEFT SIDE. 2 RIPS IN BACK OF RIGHT LEG. SEAM IN SEAT IS RIPPED OPEN 3.2 CM. RED STAIN ON EACH KNEE AND SEAT OF PANTS. .2 SKIRT, WOMAN'S. . KHAKI CANVAS/DENIM. SIZE 14. WAIST 66 CM HIPS 86.4. SKIRT IS FASTENED AT BACK & FRONT BY BUTTONS. THERE ARE 4 BUTTONS MISSING. 15 BUTTONS. 2 SIDE POCKETS. 1 BUTTON HOLE AT BACK IS TORN. SKIRT IS SOILED AND HAS NUMEROUS STAINS ON FRONT AND BACK. 1 SMALL TEAR ON LEFT SIDE AT BACK. 4TH BUTTON HOLE ON BACK SIDE TORN OPEN. LEFT SIDE AT WAIST IS FASTENED WITH TWO SNAP FASTENERS; ONE IS MISSING.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

REF: P19750139000-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A BATHING SUIT, RIDING BREECHES, AND TWO EVENING GOWNS DONATED BY ALLENE LANIER. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. ALLENE LANIER (NEE HANNA) PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91 ON OCTOBER 24, 1981. SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN KENTUCKY, THE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND MRS. CHARLES MORTON HANNA. ALLENE WAS A GRADUATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. SHE TAUGHT FOR A FEW YEARS IN KENTUCKY BEFORE MOVING TO THE LETHBRIDGE AREA. IN MARCH 1917, ALLENE MARRIED THOMAS STRATTON LANIER, AND THE COUPLE FARMED IN THE WILSON SIDING AREA. THOMAS STRATTON “T.S.” LANIER WAS BORN IN KENTUCKY AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1909. HE PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 14, 1976 AT THE AGE OF 89. ALLENE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARTHRITIS SOCIETY, THE YWCA BOARD, A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE QUOTA CLUB, AND OF THE WHILSO WHITE COMMUNITY CLUB. IN A LETTER TO THE EDITOR, DATED JUNE 4, 1979, ALLENE WROTE: “AS AN EARLY SETTLER IN THIS AREA, WHO HAD ALREADY BEEN INVOLVED IN YWCA WORK IN KENTUCKY, I WAS ONE OF THOSE WHO SAW THE NEED FOR MORE PERMANENT ASSISTANCE FOR YOUNG GIRLS MOVING TO THE CITY THAN THAT PROVIDED BY TRAVELLER’S AID. I WELL REMEMBER CANVASSING WITH MRS. LUCY BAWDEN TO RAISE $15,000 TOWARD THE PURCHASE OF THE FIRST YWCA FACILITY.” SHE CONTINUED, SAYING THAT WHILE HER HEALTH PREVENTED HER FROM CANVASSING AGAIN, “IT IS MY FOND HOPE THAT THE RESPONSE TO THE APPEAL FOR FUNDS FOR A NEW YWCA WILL BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS OUR FIRST EFFORTS.” SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF THE BOXED TEXTILE COLLECTION. ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018, PUNDYK INTERVIEWED IKE LANIER ABOUT ARTIFACTS DONATED BY VARIOUS MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY. WHEN ASKED IF HE REMEMBERED HIS MOTHER WEARING THE ARTIFACT, “OH, I CAN’T SAY THAT ‘CAUSE BY THE TIME I WAS OLD ENOUGH, SHE HAD TERRIBLE ARTHRITIS. SHE SPENT THE LAST 20 YEARS IN A WHEEL CHAIR. NOT WHILE I WAS STILL AROUND. SHE RODE A MULE TO A LITTLE SCHOOL IN KENTUCKY. IT’S CALLED CRIPPLE CREEK. SHE RODE A MULE AND THAT PROBABLY WHERE SHE RODE MOSTLY BEFORE SHE WAS MARRIED. … SHE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT THE [ALBERTA] COUNTRY WAS GOING TO BE LIKE, HOW MUCH SHE WOULD BE RIDING. MY FATHER NEVER HAD A LOT OF CATTLE. HE DID LATER ON WHEN I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO RIDE. BUT HE WAS A FARMER, NOT A RANCHER.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651574000-GA FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW.

Catalogue Number

P19750152000

Acquisition Date

1975-08

Collection

Museum

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