Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BABY'S ROBE, BOOTIES & TOQUE SET

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1960

Materials

WOOL, CARDBOARD, RIBBON

No. Pieces

7

Height

4.3

Length

41.2

Width

27.8

Description

1. BOX. ABOVE DIMENSIONS. 2 PIECE. BOTTOM OF BOX IS WHITE, LID IS LIGHT PINK AND BLUE. ON LID IS THE IMAGE OF A BABY AND A SHEEP AND SOME CHICKS. READS "IDEAL ROBE FOR BABY CHIC AND WARM". SIDE OF LID GIVES PRODUCT INFO.; THERE IS ALSO A STICKER ON SIDE THAT READS "TESTED AND COMMENDED BY PARENTS' MAGAZINE CONSUMER SERVICE BUREAU". 2. ROBE. 49.5(L) X 56.5(W). LIGHT BLUE WOOL. HAS A WIDE TURNED DOWN COLLAR. COLLAR AND ARMS ARE TRIMMED WITH LIGHT BLUE SATIN RIBBON. THERE ARE ALSO TWO PIECES OF SAME RIBBON ON FRONT, JUST BELOW COLLAR, TO TIE ROBE. A LIGHT BLUE ROPE BELT, WITH FRAYED ENDS, IS LOOPED THROUGH TWO BELT LOOPS AND TIES IN FRONT. 3. BOOTIES. 10.5(L) X 8.5(W). 2 IDENTICAL PIECES. LIGHT BLUE WOOL. TOP OF BOOTIES ARE TURNED DOWN AND TRIMMED WITH LIGHT BLUE PIPING. EACH BOOTY IS A SINGLE PIECE OF FABRIC (EXCLUDING TRIM) SEWN WITH ONE CONTINUOUS SEAM. 4. TOQUE. 15.5(L) X 12.5(W). LIGHT BLUE KNIT CAP. HAS NO SEAMS. BOTTOM IS TURNED UP. TOQUE IS GATHERED AT THE TOP AND ATTACHES TO A SMALL POMPOM, MADE OF SAME WOOL AS REST OF TOQUE. 5. GREETING CARD. 14.7(L) X 12.2(W). SINGLE SHEET OF PAPER FOLDED IN QUARTERS. ON FRONT IS A HEART MADE OF PINK ROSES WITH A BLUE BIRD SITTING ON A BRANCH, AND A BLUE RIBBON. INSIDE HEART IS THE IMAGE OF A BABY. FRONT READS "GOOD WISHES TO ALL OF YOU". INSIDE IS A BLUE RIBBON, PINK RATTLE, AND ROSE. INSIDE HAS A PRINTED MESSAGE AS WELL AS A PERSONAL MESSAGE WRITTEN IN PEN. SIGNED BY "THE SHERMANS". BACK COVER READS "FINISHED IN CANADA".

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S (WALT) MOTHER & FATHER, ADA MAY HOLT AND HERBERT HOLT. SOME ITEMS ALSO BELONGED TO HOLT CHILDREN: GORD, RALPH AND WALT. ADA PRODUCED MUCH OF THE HANDIWORK IN COLLECTION. ALL ITEMS WERE USED IN LETHBRIDGE. HERBERT HOLT, WAS BORN IN NORTH WALES AND SERVED IN THE KING'S LIVERPOOL REGIMENT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. HE CAME TO CANADA IN 1922 AND IN JANUARY 1923 JOINED THE STAFF OF THE FORT SASKATCHEWAN PROVINCIAL JAIL AS A GUARD. HE BECAME DEPUTY WARDEN THERE IN NOVEMBER 1936, AND SERVED IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL HIS PROMOTION TO WARDEN AT THE LETHBRIDGE JAIL IN 1940. HERB'S VISION OF REHABILITATION INCLUDED "MEANINGFUL" WORK FOR PRISONERS, RESULTING IN FIELD WORK GROWING VEGETABLE CROPS AND WHEAT, RAISING CATTLE AND HOGS, AS WELL AS WORKING IN THE PRISON BUTCHER SHOP, BAKERY, CANNERY, AND CREAMERY. IN ADDITION, PRISONERS BEAUTIFIED THE GROUNDS BY WORKING ON FLOWER BEDS AND BUILDING STONE FENCES, CREATING AN ATTRACTIVE PARK IN THE "FRONT YARD" OF THE JAIL. HERB WAS MADE AN HONOURARY CHIEF BY THE PEIGAN NATION IN 1949 FOR HIS EFFORTS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL WORK TO NATIVE INMATES. HERB WAS APPOINTED MAGISTRATE IN AND FOR THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA IN AUGUST 1950, AND HELD THIS POST UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1959. ADA HOLT (NEE MOYER) WAS BORN IN ONTARIO IN 1907; HER PARENTS MOVED OUTSIDE FORT SASKATCHEWAN IN 1909 WHERE THEY HOMESTEADED ON A FARM. AS A YOUNG WOMAN ADA WORKED FOR FIVE YEARS AT THE GENERAL STORE. ADA MET HERB IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN, AND THEY MARRIED IN 1935. ADA CONTINUED TO CALL LETHBRIDGE HER HOME AFTER HER HUSBAND'S DEATH UNTIL 1998 WHEN SHE SUFFERED A STROKE. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE BEVERLY CENTRE IN JANUARY OF 2000. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY ON FAMILY AND LETHBRIDGE GAOL.

*UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING OTHER ARTIFACTS WITHIN THIS COLLECTION. RESEARCH CONDUCTED LED TO CONTACT WITH THE DONOR AND/OR NEXT OF KIN, HOWEVER, NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THE ARTIFACT WAS PROVIDED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE, SEE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P20000038031

Acquisition Date

2002-11

Collection

Museum

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