Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1870

Date Range To

1900

Materials

LINEN, LACE

No. Pieces

1

Length

130

Width

129

Description

WHITE LINEN DRESS HAS ROUND NECK WITH CIRCLE DESIGN LACE TRIM THAT COMES TO A SMALL POINT IN THE MIDDLE. THE YOKE IS SOLID WITH A LACE INSERT THAT IS ZIG-ZAGGED. BELOW THIS ARE DARTS. THE SLEEVES ARE TWO LAYERED WITH A SHORT GATHERED LOOSE SLEEVE OF EYELET LACE AND SCALLOPED ENDS. THE SECOND UNDER LAYER IS LONG WITH HORIZONTAL SMALL LINEN RUFFLES. THIS ENDS WITH A LACE INSERT AND THEN LACE TRIM. THE WAIST HAS TWO FITTED ROWS OF LACE INSERT THAT IS GATHERED ABOVE AND HAS DARTS BELOW. THE SKIRT FALLS WIDE AND TO THE FLOOR. ALONG THE BOTTOM IS A ZIG-ZAG LACE INSERT THAT GOES AROUND THE SKIRT WHICH IS INTERRUPTED IN THE FRONT MIDDLE WITH A LAYER OF FLORAL EYELET LACE THAT IS SCALLOPED AT THE END. ABOVE THIS PIECE OF LACE IS A LACE INSERT THAT EXTENDS THE LENGTH OF THE SECOND LAYER. THE BACK IS OPEN DOWN THE MIDDLE FROM THE NECK TO BELOW THE BUTTOCKS. IT IS SUPPOSED TO CLOSE WITH BUTTONS, BUT THEY ARE ALL MISSING. THERE ARE RUST STAINS AND SEWN REPAIRS IN RIPS OF THE FABRIC. THE LACE IS FRAYING AND TEARING, ARE SOME TEARS IN THE LINEN.

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

P19930078009

Acquisition Date

1993-12

Collection

Museum

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