Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

TUBING

Materials

WOOL

No. Pieces

3

Description

1. LEGGING: 24.2CM (L) X 12CM (W). OFF-WHITE WOOL(?) KNIT LEGGING HAS TIGHTLY AND SMALL KNIT ENDS THAT ARE GATHERED BY A THREAD AT EDGE. IN CENTRE HAS SOFTER AND LARGER KNIT. IS THE SAME ALL THE WAY AROUND. HAS SMALL HOLES IN FABRIC, MAY BE INSECT DAMAGE. EDGES ARE WORN. 2. IDENTICAL TO #1, EXCEPT MORE INSECT DAMAGE. 3. TUBING: 34.1CM (L) X 30.5CM (W). SAME MATERIAL AS #1. HAS SMALL AND TIGHTLY KNIT ENDS, ARE ALMOST RIBBED. EDGES ARE KNIT FINISHED. ONE END IS SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN THE OTHER. MIDDLE SECTION IS A LOOSER, SOFTER KNIT. IS TWO KNIT PIECES SEWN TOGETHER, ARE SEAMS DOWN EITHER SIDE. IS A BIT SOILED. HAS MANY HOLES FROM INSECT DAMAGE. EDGES ARE WORN.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

CLOTHING-UNDERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

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. ALTHOUGH MAZZOCCHI STATED THROUGH EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE LEGGINGS, SHE DID MENTION HER MOTHER MAKING GARTERS WHICH WOULD HAVE HELD UP STOCKINGS OR SIMILAR GARMENTS IN THE INTERVIEW WITH GELINAS: “THE SUGAR SACKS, THE FLOUR SACKS, EVERYTHING, BECAME TABLE-CLOTHS, OR PILLOW CASES, OR DISH TOWELS, OR SOMETHING… I REMEMBER SHE USED TO MAKE A SPECIAL SORT OF – SHE CALLED IT MY PANTYWAIST, BUT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE A VEST, AND IT HAD GARTERS, LONG GARTERS, ON IT, TO HOLD UP MY LONG BROWN STOCKINGS, IN THE WINTERTIME, BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE THINGS LIKE LEOTARDS, AND TIGHTS, AND THINGS FOR GIRLS TO WEAR, TO KEEP THEIR LEGS WARM, SO WE ALL HAD TO WEAR THESE LONG GARTERS. I HATED THEM, AND WAS SO GLAD WHEN SPRING CAME, AND I DIDN’T HAVE TO WEAR THEM ANYMORE! BUT, SHE MADE THEM OUT OF FLOUR SACKS, AND THEY WERE SOFT, AND NOT UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THEY WERE ALL USED. EVERYTHING WAS USED!” SEE P19940028001 FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR THE PERMANENT RECORD FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND COPY OF FAMILY HISTORY COMPILED BY MAZZOCCHI.

Catalogue Number

P19940037002

Acquisition Date

1994-07

Collection

Museum

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