Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CHILD'S JACKET

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

COTTON, RAYON

No. Pieces

1

Length

46

Width

30.2

Description

CHILD’S BROWN LEATHER SUEDE JACKET WITH FRINGED SLEEVES, BOTTOM, AND CHEST DECORATION. FRONT OF JACKET HAS TWO POCKETS AT SIDES AND SILVER ZIPPER RUNNING DOWN; JACKET LINING IS BROWN COTTON. INSIDE COLLAR OF JACKET IS YELLOW TAG WITH BLACK AND BROWN STITCHED BILINGUAL (ENGLISH AND FRENCH) TEXT “ALL WEATHER, SUEDINE JACKET, SEE SAW, COTTON COATED VINYL, DO NOT DRY CLEAN, TAIWAN”. INSIDE RIGHT WEARING SIDE IS WHITE TAG WITH BLACK TEXT “SHELL EXPANDED…COTTON BACKING, LINING: 100% RAYON”. JACKET SEAMS AND EDGING ON POCKETS AND FRINGING IS MACHINE-STITCHED WITH CREAM THREAD. JACKET HAS SCUFFS AND STAINING FROM WEAR ON FRONT, SLEEVES, AND BACK; LOOSE THREAD AT LOWER LEFT-WEARING SIDE EDGE ALONG FRINGE AND STITCHING MISSING IN PLACES ALONG LOWER LEFT WEARING EDGE; JACKET HAS SINGLE PUNCTURE HOLES AT TOPS OF BOTH SHOULDERS AND GO THROUGH BOTH SIDES OF JACKET AND LINING. OVERALL VERY GOOD CONDITION.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

ON MAY 3, 2017, COLLECTIONS TECHNICIAN KEVIN MACLEAN INTERVIEWED GARY HAMILTON REGARDING HIS DONATION OF OBJECTS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD. HAMILTON WAS RAISED IN MAGRATH, ALBERTA, AND RECALLS THE OBJECTS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA. ON THE SUEDE JACKET, HAMILTON RECALLED, “MY PARENTS GAVE IT TO ME…SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. [I REMEMBER] PLAYING IN IT… PLAYING IN THE DIRT. [THE JACKET WAS] PROBABLY MY FAVOURITE [GROWING UP].” “I LIVED IN THE COUNTRY AND EVERYBODY ELSE DRESSED THE SAME WAY, OR CLOSE TO THE SAME. [I CAME] FROM THE FARM MOVED INTO TOWN.” “[WE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE] WHEN I WAS IN GRADE FOUR.” HAMILTON ELABORATED ON HIS CHILDHOOD, NOTING, “WHEN I WAS GROWING UP IT WAS WAY DIFFERENT THAN IT IS NOW. IF YOU NEEDED A SPANKING YOU GOT A SPANKING…NOW YOU CAN’T TOUCH ANYBODY. THAT’S PART OF MY GROWING UP SO I WOULD IMAGINE EVERYBODY ELSE WAS DOING IT TOO. THEY DIDN’T THINK OF IT BY THEMSELVES.” “I WAS GONE ALL THE TIME. MY AUNT LIVED DOWN THE STREET AND I GUESS I WOULD GO VISIT HER, PUT MY HAT ON WHETHER I HAD CLOTHES ON OR NOT, GO VISIT HER. MY DAD WORKED A BLOCK AWAY. EVERYBODY KNEW ME. IT WASN’T A BIG TOWN, AND MY UNCLE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER THERE, PRINCIPAL AT THE SCHOOL. I’VE GOT LOTS OF RELATIVES OUT THERE.” “THEY’D SEND ME TO SCHOOL AND I WOULDN’T GO. RECESS I’D GO PLAY WITH THE GUYS AT RECESS AND THEN I’D TAKE OFF AGAIN, I’D GO FISHING.” “MY MOTHER [CORRINE HAMILTON] NEVER THREW ANYTHING AWAY. GAMES FROM WHEN WE WERE KIDS…JACKETS, SHOES, SKATES, SHE KEPT IT.” “MY BROTHER AND MY SISTER [WENT THROUGH MY MOTHER’S THINGS WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY TEN YEARS AGO]…[MY BROTHER CALLED] HE SAID, “DO YOU WANT YOUR JACKET BACK? AT THE TIME I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO MAKE A FRAME FOR ALL THIS STUFF AND THEN PUT IT ON MY WALL. ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER AND WE SOLD MY HOUSE, MOVED TO AN APARTMENT, [AND I] DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT.” “IT’S PART OF MY CHILDHOOD.” FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING THE FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTION, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P20170018001-GA.

Catalogue Number

P20170018002

Acquisition Date

2017-05

Collection

Museum

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