BAG, SHOPPING

Description: BAG, PAPER. FADED BLUE BAG MARKED, "MARIE-LOUISE" EXCLUSIVE MILLINERY... 504-3RD AVE. S. LETHBRIDGE". BAG IS WRINKLED THROUGHOUT. LARGE TEAR THROUGH MARKED AREA OF BAG. SMALL TEAR ON BACK OF BAG, NEAR TOP WHERE TWO ENDS OF PAPER OVERLAP.

History: ACCORDING TO THE DONOR, MARY ROBERTS, ALL OF HER HATS WERE PURCHASED FROM A LOCAL STORE CALLED "MARIE-LOUISE". ROBERTS SAID, "THE MARIE LOISE STORE WAS A SMALL STORE. THERE WERE HATS ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT WAS SUCH A FUN PLACE TO GO. I DON'T REMEMBER SHOPPING FOR HATS ANYWHERE ELSE. I AM SURE YOU COULD BUY HATS AT SEARS OR SOMETHING BUT I ONLY REMEMBER MARIE LOUISE'S PLACE." WHEN ASKED WHAT SOMEONE WOULD HAVE PAID FOR FANCY HATS, ROBERTS COULD NOT RECALL A PRICE POINT. ACCORDING TO ROBERTS, "THE STORE HAD LOTS OF HATS ON DISPLAY. MANY PRETTY ONES. IT WAS FUN TO GO AND TRY THEM ON. WOMEN TYPICALLY BOUGHT A NEW HAT EVERY YEAR, USUALLY FOR EASTER. YOU WOULD USUALLY HAVE A NEW HAT FOR EASTER SUNDAY. YOU MIGHT ALSO BUY ONE FOR A WEDDING." SHE PICKED OUT HATS BASED ON, "WHAT LOOKED GOOD ON YOU, WHAT SEASON IT WAS, WHAT EVENT YOU WERE GOING TO AND WHAT YOU WERE WEARING. SOMETIMES YOUR AGE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT TOO. HATS WERE REALLY PART OF THE STYLE. THEY WERE THE SIGNATURE OF YOUR INDIVIDUAL STYLE. BASED ON WHAT YOU CHOSE AND HOW YOU WORE THEM."