Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PLUS 4'S TROUSERS (MANS')

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

LINEN

No. Pieces

1

Length

88.0

Width

36.5

Description

SIZE M. 71.0 CM WAIST. WHITE LINEN "PLUS 4'S" OR KNICKERS, HAS RUST STAINS ON SEAT PLUS 3 DARNS. KNICKERS ARE TORN AT LEG OPENINGS, THE STRAPS TO PULL LEG OPENINGS TIGHT HAVE BUCKLES MISSING & ONE LOOP IS TORN IN HALF. WHITE. 6 BUTTON FLY, 5 POCKETS. MARKED "SUPER-TEN KNICKERS KNEE-SHAPT".

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

"SUPER-TEN KNICKERS KNEE-SHAPT REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." SEE P19750139000-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY. *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 THE ARTIFACT, “THEY WOULD BE MY MOTHER’S. WOULD THEY BE STYLISH NOW, NOT QUITE? I DON’T REMEMBER HER WEARING PANTS. PERIOD. WE DIDN’T DO A LOT OF HIKING. I REMEMBER WE WENT FOR A FISHING TRIP UP IN THE PASS AND THE FIRST TIME, I THINK THE ONLY TIME MOTHER WENT, I PROBABLY WAS A LITTLE CHILD, 10 OR TWELVE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR YOUNGER. MY MOTHER NEVER WENT AGAIN BECAUSE SHE FOUND THAT ALL SHE DID WAS COOK. MY DAD MADE A BIT OF A MISTAKE THERE.” PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19651574000-GA FOR THE FULL INTERVIEW.

Catalogue Number

P19750156000

Acquisition Date

1975-08

Collection

Museum

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