Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

BABY DRESS

Date

1934

Materials

COTTON, LACE, BAKELITE, EMBROIDERY FLOSS

No. Pieces

3

Description

1. BABY DRESS: 44.5CM (L) X 45CM (W). WHITE COTTON BABY DRESS HAS LONG SLEEVES WITH CIRCULAR DESIGN LACE CUFFS, AND A ROUNDED NECK WITH THE SAME LACE TRIM. DOWN CENTRE OF NECK 5CM ARE TWO GROUPS OF TWO PARALLEL STITCHING. IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE GROUPS IS A CIRCLE WITH A LINE BELOW IN PINK FRENCH KNOT STITCHES AND BELOW THIS IS A PINK FLOWER WITH GREEN LEAVES. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE PARALLEL STITCHES ARE GREEN LEAVES WITH ONE PINK FRENCH KNOT. ABOVE HEM IN CENTRE IS AN OVAL OF PINK FRENCH KNOTS, WITH PINK FLOWERS AND GREEN LEAVES ON EITHER SIDE. ARE TWO DARTS ON FRONT LEFT AND RIGHT OF NECK. REVERSE HAS SEAM DOWN CENTRE OF BACK WHICH IS OPEN FROM NECK HALFWAY DOWN. THIS FASTENS TOGETHER WITH THREE CLEAR BAKELITE BUTTONS. LACE IS STRETCHED, FABRIC IS DISCOLOURING, IS A SMALL HOLE IN FRONT CENTRE OF DRESS, ARE SOME SMALL STAINS IN FABRIC. 2. BABY DRESS: 42.5CM (L) X 39CM (W). WHITE COTTON BABY DRESS HAS PUFFED LONG SLEEVES WITH LACE CUFF AND STRAIGHT COTTON SEAM THAT HAS OPEN STITCH ABOVE IT. HEM HAS HERRINGBONE STITCH ABOVE IT. DRESS HAS ROUNDED DOUBLE WIDTH NECK WITH SCALLOPED CIRCULAR DESIGN LACE TRIM. DIRECTLY BELOW NECK IN CENTRE IS A RECTANGULAR LACE INSERT. ARE ALSO LACE INSERTS OF THE CIRCULAR DESIGN WHICH RUN FROM MID SHOULDER DIAGONALLY TOWARDS THE CENTRE OF THE DRESS. THESE ARE GATHERED SLIGHTLY AT THE BOTTOM. BACK OF DRESS OPENS AT NECK DOWN ONE-THIRD OF DRESS AND FASTEN TOGETHER WITH TWO TINY OPAQUE BAKELITE BUTTONS. FABRIC IS YELLOWING, LACE IS STRETCHING AND TEARING IN CUFFS AND IN CENTRE INSERT. 2. BABY DRESS: 42.5CM (L) X 54CM (W). WHITE COTTON BABY DRESS HAS ROUNDED NECK WHICH IS SCALLOPED AND TRIMMED WITH A BULLION STITCH. THE CUFFS AND HEM ARE ALSO SCAOLLPED WITH BULLION STITCH TRIM. ON EITHER SHOULDER ARE SIX REVERSE DARTS, ON CENTER OF NECKLINE ARE FLOWER AND LEAF PATTERN BULLION STITCHES IN HALF CIRCLE DESIGNS. VERTICAL CHAIN STITCHES ARE IN A ROW OF NINE ON NECKLINE AND A ROW OF THREE BELOW FIRST FLORAL DESIGN. BELOW CHAIN STITCHES IS ONE FLOWER AND BELOW THIS THREE VERTICAL EMBROIDERED STITCHES. BACK OF DRESS HAS THREE REVERSE DARTS ON EITHER SHOULDER AND HAS OPENING FROM NECK TO ONE-THIRD DOWN BACK. THIS FASTENS WITH THREE CLEAR BAKELITE BUTTONS. ON INSIDE SEAM BELOW FIRST BUTTON IS FABRIC TAG WHICH READS "HAND MADE FELBROS" IN ORANGE THREAD. DRESS IS YELLOWING, IS MISSING THE BOTTOM TWO BUTTONS IN THE BACK, IS SOILED ALONG NECKLINE, AND BULLION STITCH TRIM IS TEARING OFF IN A FEW AREAS. EMBROIDERY UNDER NECKLINE IS COMING APART.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

SEE HISTORY OF P19940006001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PILLOWCASE DONATED BY PAT JOHNSTON. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND MEMORIES: NEW DAYTON & DISTRICT 1900-1978. PAT AND BILL JOHNSTON WERE CLOSE PERSONAL FRIENDS OF THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF THESE ITEMS, WALTER SINCLAIR PAGE AND HELEN HACKNEY PAGE (NEE WOOD). WALTER SINCLAIR PAGE WAS BORN IN LEEDS, ND AND MOVED TO CANADA IN 1934 WHERE HE SETTLED IN NEW DAYTON, JOINING HIS MOTHER’S BROTHERS CARROL LEE ATKINS AND RALPH ATKINS, WHO HAD SETTLED IN THE AREA IN 1907. IN 1966 THE PAGES MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE FOLLOWING WALTER’S RETIREMENT. WALTER PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 70 ON DECEMBER 28, 1978. HELEN HACKNEY PAGE (NEE WOOD) WAS BORN IN ENFIELD, IL AND WAS MARRIED TO WALTER PAGE IN 1926. HELEN MOVED FROM NEW DAYTON TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1966 AND REMAINED IN LETHBRIDGE UNTIL DECEMBER 1993 WHEN SHE MOVED TO A LONG TERM CARE FACILITY IN CANMORE, AB. HELEN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 91 ON FEBRUARY 2, 1994. WALTER AND HELEN HAD TWO SONS WHO BOTH DIED IN INFANCY. THEIR NAMES AND THEIR DATES OF BIRTH/DEATH ARE UNKNOWN AS NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND MEMORIES: NEW DAYTON & DISTRICT 1900-1978. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES, WHICH INCLUDED 5 ARTIFACTS DONATED BY PAT JOHNSTON. RESEARCH CONDUCTED FOR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

Catalogue Number

P19940006013

Acquisition Date

1994-01

Collection

Museum

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