Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

PIECE WITH EMBROIDERY

Materials

COTTON, RAYON

No. Pieces

1

Length

41.6

Width

48.7

Description

BEIGE COTTON CLOTH FRAGMENT HAS RAYON EMBROIDERY. HAS TWO YELLOW, GREEN, AND BROWN BUTTERFLIES WITH SPOTS FACING INWARDS. BELOW READS IN TWO SHADES OF BROWN "LETHBRIDGE". BOTTOM CORNERS HAVE SAME PATTERNS WITH THREE FLOWERS CONNECTED BY GREEN LEAVES. TOP FLOWER IS YELLOW, CORNER IS ORANGE AND LAST IS GOLD. WAS A PATTERN, CAN SEE DYE INSIDE FLOWERS. STAIN IN BOTTOM CENTRE, FRAYED EDGES, SOME THREADS ARE LOOSE. IS WRINKLED.

Subjects

ART

Historical Association

FINE ARTS

DOMESTIC

History

SEE FILE P19940037001-GA. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING ITEMS DONATED BY LENORA DUCE. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND A FAMILY HISTORY DOCUMENT FROM THE CARDSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. LENORA ADELAIDE (LAIDA) DUCE (NEE SHEFFIELD) WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 2, 1898 AT CARDSTON, AB. SHE WAS THE ELDEST DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM W. AND LENORA HUDSON SHEFFIELD. AT THE AGE OF 17 SHE TOOK A JOB WITH AGT AND ON JUNE 1, 1916 SHE WAS APPOINTED AS AGENT CHIEF OPERATOR, A POSITION SHE HELD UNTIL HER MARRIAGE ON FEBRUARY 2, 1921 TO WILLIAM HINMAN DUCE. LENORA PASSED AWAY ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2000. WILLIAM HINMAN DUCE WAS BORN IN CARDSTON, AB ON JULY 23, 1896, THE SON OF THOMAS WILLIAM AND RHODA ADELAIDE HINMAN DUCE. HE WORKED FOR DUCE BROTHERS, A STORE WHICH SOLD SHOES, MEN’S CLOTHING, AND FURNITURE. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE R.N.C.V.R. DURING WWI, TRAINING ON THE WEST COAST AND SERVING IN HALIFAX UNTIL DECEMBER 23, 1918. WILLIAM ALSO SOLD INSURANCE FOR A FEW YEARS, WORKED AT CARDSTON MOTORS, FORD MOTORS IN TABER, INSPECTED CROPS FOR PRAIRIE FARM ASSISTANCE, AND OPERATED A FARM IMPLEMENT BUSINESS. IN 1952, WILLIAM SOLD THE FAMILY HOME IN CARDSTON AND MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. HE PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 27, 1971 AT THE AGE OF 74. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND THE CARDSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING A BIB AND SHORTS DONATED BY LENORA S. DUCE. ATTEMPTS MADE TO LOCATE NEXT-OF-KIN OR INDIVIDUALS ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL.

*UPDATE* IN 2021 TWO COLLECTIONS ASSISTANTS, RYLEY GELINAS AND O. E., CONDUCTED AN AUDIT OF THE ROLLED TEXTILE COLLECTION, INCLUDING SEVERAL TEXTILES DONATED BY LENORA S. DUCE. ON OCTOBER 26, 2021, GELINAS INTERVIEWED RHODA MAZZOCCHI, THE DONOR’S DAUGHTER, ABOUT HER MOTHER’S DONATION AND HER MEMORIES OF THE OBJECTS OF THIS DONATION. MAZZOCCHI STATED THROUGH EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE EMBROIDERED CLOTH. SEE P19940028001 FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR THE PERMANENT RECORD FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND COPY OF FAMILY HISTORY COMPILED BY MAZZOCCHI.

Catalogue Number

P19940037008

Acquisition Date

1994-07

Collection

Museum

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