Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1930

Materials

VELVET, SATIN, BENGALINE(?)

No. Pieces

2

Length

138

Width

72.5

Description

1. DRESS: PURPLE VELVET DRESS HAS ROUND NECK AND FITTED WAIST WHICH IS GATHERED ABOVE. SLEEVES ARE STRAIGHT AND ABOVE THE ELBOW WITH BLACK BRAIDED TRIM ON SHOULDER SEAM AND AT ENDS. THE SKIRT FALLS TO THE FLOOR FAIRLY STRAIGHT WITH TWO SEAMS DOWN THE MIDDLE. BACK HAS V NECK AND OPENS DOWN MIDDLE FROM THE WAIST DOWN AND FASTENS TOGETHER WITH METAL HOOK AND EYES. FROM THE WAIST UP IT FOLDS OVER EACH OTHER WITH ONLY ONE HOOK AND EYE AT THE TOP. THE INSIDE IS LINED WITH YELLOWING COTTON IN THE BODICE AND HAS NO LINING IN THE SKIRT. VELVET IS WORN OFF IN PLACES, AND IS FRAYING ALONG BOTTOM. IS TEARING AT WAIST. IS MISSING HOOK AND EYES. BRAIDED TRIM IS ALSO FRAYING IN AREAS. 2. JACKET: PURPLE VELVET JACKET HAS BLACK BRAIDED TRIM LAPELS AND STRAIGHT SLEEVES WITH BRAIDED TRIM IN A ZIG-ZAG AT THE ENDS, TRIM IS ALSO AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE COAT. THE JACKET CLOSES IN THE FRONT WITH ONE LARGE BLACK BUTTON THAT HAS THREE LOOPS ATTACHED TO IT, AND A BALLED BUTTON ON THE OTHER SIDE FITS INTO THESE BUTTON LOOPS. THE BACK HAS BLACK BRAIDED TRIM AS A COLLAR THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE VELVET. THE BACK HAS TWO SEAMS THAT STICK OUT, AND GATHERED SLEEVES AT THE TOP OF THE SHOULDERS. INSIDE OF JACKET AND UNDERSIDE OF LAPELS ARE LINED WITH PINK SATIN. SATIN IS BADLY STAINED, SOME SEAMS ARE COMING LOOSE, VELVET IS WORN IN PLACES, BRAIDED TRIM IN CHECKED AND LEAF EMBROIDERY PATTERN IS LOOSE AND FRAYING IN MOST PLACES.

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

P19930078008

Acquisition Date

1993-12

Collection

Museum

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