Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1880

Date Range To

1910

Materials

LINEN, RIBBON, PEARLS, METAL

No. Pieces

2

Length

129

Width

110

Description

WHITE LINEN DRESS HAS A BOX NECK OF SQUARE PATTERNED LACE. SLEEVES WOULD LOOSELY REACH TO ABOUT ELBOWS WITH TWO LINEN RUFFLES AND A WIDE CUFF. LACE INSERT ACROSS BREASTS IS SCALLOPED WITH A LACE RUFFLE BELOW IT. WAISTLINE IS GATHERED AND SKIRT FLARES TOWARDS BOTTOM. SCALLOPED LACE INSERT WITH LACE RUFFLE BELOW IS ONE-THIRD THE WAY BETWEEN THE HEM AND THE WAIST. ARE TWO WIDE LINEN RUFFLES AS ON SLEEVES AT BOTTOM OF SKIRT WITH A WIDE HEM. BACK IS SAME EXCEPT MIDDLE FASTENS WITH EIGHT PEARL BUTTONS, TWO METAL HOOKS AND EYES, AND THREE SNAPS OVER BUTTOCKS. PINK RIBBON SASH IS 204CM LONG X 3.6CM WIDE. THIS IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE DRESS. DRESS IS YELLOWING UNDER THE ARMS. RIBBON HAS MINOR FRAYING AT THE ENDS, LACE ALSO HAS MINOR FRAYING AND A FEW MINOR TEARS. ARE MINOR STAINS ON DRESS (ONE ON THE SKIRT IN THE MIDDLE ABOVE THE LINEN RUFFLES). IS SMALL TEARS ON LINEN WHERE SNAPS ARE ATTACHED.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

SEE HISTORY OF P19930078001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PETTICOAT DONATED BY STAN GREGORY. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. STANLEY J. GREGORY WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1923 IN CALGARY, THE SON OF ARTHUR AND MARGARET GREGORY (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) AND HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS ON THE FAMILY RANCH NEAR IRRICANE. IN 1941 STAN JOINED THE RCAF AND SERVED IN NOVA SCOTIA, OPERATING RADAR AND WIRELESS UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. FOLLOWING THE WAR, HE MARRIED HIS CHILDHOOD SWEETHEART CHARLOTTE LINTON. STAN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA AND RECEIVED HIS DOCTORATE IN MEDICINE IN 1954. THE COUPLE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1956, WHERE STAN WORKED AT THE BIGELOW FOWLER CLINIC UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1988. STAN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 79 ON APRIL 16, 2002. CHARLOTTE GEORGINA HELEN GREGORY (NEE LINTON) WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 3, 1923 IN CALGARY, WHERE SHE WAS RAISED AND EDUCATED. CHARLOTTE RECEIVED HER REGISTERED NURSING DEGREE AT THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS MARRIED TO STAN GREGORY ON NOVEMBER 4, 1945. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS WARWICK LINTON (DIED IN 1924) AND CHARLOTTE “CHADDY” LINTON (NEE THOMSON) (DIED IN 1982). CHARLOTTE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 68 ON APRIL 1, 1992. CHARLOTTE “CHADDY” LINTON WAS BORN IN GALT, ON AND MOVED TO PARKLAND, AB IN 1904 WITH HER PARENTS WHERE THE FAMILY TOOK UP A HOMESTEAD. SHE GRADUATED FROM NURSING FROM THE CALGARY GENERAL HOSPITAL IN 1917 AND WAS MARRIED TO WARWICK I. LINTON IN 1921. SHE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1973. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 ON MARCH 29, 1982. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19930078007

Acquisition Date

1993-12

Collection

Museum

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