Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CHILD'S

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

COTTON, LACE

No. Pieces

1

Length

47.0

Width

57.0

Description

COTTON VOILE, A-LINE DRESS. SCALLOPED HEM W/MACHINE LACE. GATHERED SLEEVE W/CASING FOR ELASTIC. MACHINE LACE ON SLEEVES & NECK LINE. MACHINE STITCHED FRENCH SEAMS. STAINED FRONT & BACK.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

WORN BY DONOR, INFANT TO 3 YRS. OLD. BORN 1921. *UPDATE* IN 2010 NICOLE HEMBROFF TALKED WITH THE DONOR, DORIS SCHEIBNER, WITH REGARD TO HER DONATIONS. SEE BELOW. SCHEIBNER USED THE DRESS IN SEDGEWICK, AB AT TWO YEARS OF AGE, IN 1923. SHE ONLY USED IT FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE SHE GREW OUT OF IT. HER MOTHER PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MADE THE DRESS. SHE WOULD HAVE PURCHASED THE MATERIAL AT SEDGWICK’S LOCAL STORE, WHICH SOLD A VARIETY OF GOODS. “I DON’T THINK THEY WOULD BE EVERYDAY DRESSES,” SHE SAID. IT WAS LIKELY THIS WAS A SUNDAY DRESS. SCHEIBNER SAID, “SUNDAY WAS A DAY TO BE BETTER DRESSED AFTER THE SATURDAY NIGHT BATH. I WAS THE ONLY GIRL IN THE FAMILY SO MY MOTHER PROBABLY LIKED TO DRESS ME UP A LITTLE BIT.” SUNDAY WAS THE DAY HER FATHER GROUND THE GRAIN FOR THE PIGS. HER MOTHER TRIED TO KEEP THE DAY SPECIAL BY SERVING DIFFERENT MEALS OR SOMETIMES HAVING VISITORS. NOBODY ELSE EVER USED THE DRESS. AFTER SCHEIBNER GREW OUT OF IT HER MOTHER PUT IT ON A SHELF SOMEWHERE UPSTAIRS. SCHEIBNER INHERITED THE DRESS WHEN SHE WAS MARRIED. IT HUNG IN THE CLOSET UNTIL SHE GAVE IT TO THE GALT MUSEUM. SHE DONATED IT BECAUSE IT WAS OLD. SEE P19880059010 FOR FAMILY HISTORY. *UPDATE* ON OCTOBER 19, 2022 THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GALT MUSEUM & ARCHIVES APPROVED A MOTION TO DEACCESSION 195 PERSONAL ARTIFACTS FROM ITS PERMANENT COLLECTION. THIS ARTIFACT AND ITS RELATED PIECES WAS ONE OF THE OBJECTS DEACCESSIONED. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE RATIONALE BEHIND THE DEACCESSION, OTHER ARTIFACTS DEACCESSIONED AT THE SAME TIME, AND THE FORESEEN DISPOSAL OF THE DEACCESSIONED OBJECTS, PLEASE REFERENCE THIS OBJECT'S PERMANENT FILE. *UPDATE* ON NOVEMBER 30, 2022, THE GALT MUSEUM TRANSFERRED TITLE OF THE DEACCESSIONED ARTIFACT TO THE SEDGEWICK HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN SEDGEWICK, ALBERTA. FOR DOCUMENTATION OF THE TRANSFER INCLUDING RECEIPT FOR DEACCESSIONED ARTIFACTS, TRANSFER QUESTIONNAIRE, AND TRANSPORT DETAILS, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE.

Catalogue Number

P19880059003

Acquisition Date

1988-08

Collection

Museum

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