Material Type

Artifact

Materials

WOOL, COTTON, PLASTIC

No. Pieces

1

Length

34.3

Width

29.1

Description

BROWN WOOL BIB IS FUZZY WITH NO LINING AND OFF-WHITE COTTON TRIM AND TIES. HAS ROUND NECK AND IS SLEEVELESS AND SIDELESS. BOTTOM IS ROUNDED, BOTH PIECES OF MATERIAL FOR FRONT AND BACK ARE CUT THE SAME. AT ONE SHOULDER THEY ARE SEWN TOGETHER, AND OTHER THEY FASTEN WITH TWO PLASTIC BUTTONS THAT APPEAR OPAL. AT EACH BOTTOM CORNER IS COTTON TIE STRING. BOTTOM BACK INSIDE IS TAG THAT READS IN BLACK "WARRANTED PURE WOOL JAEGER TRIMMINGS EXCEPTED PATENT UNSHRINKABLE PROCESS BRITISH". ONE CORNER IS BADLY TORN. HAS INSECT DAMAGE IN OTHER AREAS, ANOTHER CORNER HAS LARGE HOLE. WOOL IS WORN.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

UNKNOWN. *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 BIB. SEE P19940028001 FOR MORE INFORMATION, OR THE PERMANENT RECORD FOR FULL INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT AND COPY OF FAMILY HISTORY COMPILED BY MAZZOCCHI.

Catalogue Number

P19940037001

Acquisition Date

1994-07

Collection

Museum

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