Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1950

Materials

FUR, COTTON

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. 41CM (L) X 14CM (W). HALF OF FUR COLLAR HAS BLACK COARSE HAIR (BEAR?) WITH BROWN HIGHLIGHTS. IS RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE WITH BLACK COTTON LINING ON BOTTOM. IN MIDDLE IS GREYISH COLOURED COTTON PADDING WHICH IS VISIBLE ON ONE SIDE WHICH IS FOLDED OVER AND NOT SEWN TOGETHER. MATERIAL IS FRAYING ON THIS SIDE, AND INTERIOR UNPROCESSED COTTON IS WEARING. SMALL HOLES IN BLACK COTTON COVER. FUR SHOWS SIGNS OF WEAR ON SIDE WHICH IS FOLDED, THERE LEATHER IS HARDENED. 2. 39CM (L) X 14CM (W). IDENTICAL TO #1 EXCEPT BROWN HIGHLIGHTS ARE NOT AS PREVALENT. IS ALSO SHORTER.

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

SEE FILE P19950049001-GA FOR FAMILY HISTORY. ALL FURS BELONGED TO ESTELLA, BUT LEVI TRAPPED SO MAY HAVE BEEN A RESULT OF HIS WORK. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING PARTS OF SEVERAL ITEMS DONATED BY CLAIRE DAHLQUIST. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. LEVI MACDONALD PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88 ON OCTOBER 6, 1977. HE WAS BORN IN WEST TILBURY TOWNSHIP, ESSEX COUNTY, ON ON JULY 30, 1889, THE SON OF HIRAM AND ALICE (MAIDEN NAME UNKNOWN) MACDONALD. IN 1914, LEVI MARRIED ESTELLA AGNES CHALMERS. IN 1918, THEY LIVED IN BURDETT AND THEN IN TABER IN 1921. ACCORDING TO HIS OBITUARY, “HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ALBERTA FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE, THE MOOSE LODGE, THE CANADIAN LEGION, AND THE ELKS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE REORGANIZED CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. ESTELLA AGNES MACDONALD (NEE CHALMERS) WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ONTARIO. ESTELLA PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 84 ON MAY 11, 1981. LEA HIRAM MACDONALD WAS BORN IN LOWBANKS, ON ON MARCH 11, 1928 AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM IN TABER. HE MARRIED BEVERLY AYERS IN GREAT FALLS, MT ON MARCH 10, 1958. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 79 ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2007. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING FIFTEEN ARTIFACTS DONATED BY CLAIRE DAHLQUIST. ATTEMPTS MADE TO CONTACT THE DONOR TO SPEAK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC ARTIFACTS AND THEIR USE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

Catalogue Number

P19950049012

Acquisition Date

1995-09

Collection

Museum

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