Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1920

Date Range To

1930

Materials

RAYON

No. Pieces

1

Length

51.9

Width

38.5

Description

LIGHT MAUVE RAYON BLOUSE WITH A CROCHETED-LIKE MANUFACTURED WHITE EDGING AROUND COLLAR, CUFFS, AND UP BOTH SIDES OF THE 6 LIGHT BLUE PLASTIC BUTTONS ON THE FRONT. EACH CUFF IS GATHERED WITH ELASTIC AND HAS A RUFFLED CUFF WITH EDGING ATTACHED. BLOUSE HAS TWO PLEATS ON THE FRONT OF EACH SHOULDER. BLOUSE IS MISSING THE BOTTOM BUTTON AND FABRIC IS STARTING TO PULL AWAY AT THE SEAMS.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

ITEMS WERE CONTAINED IN A TRUNK BELONGING TO THE DONOR'S MOTHER, WHO WAS BORN IN 1902 AND WAS RAISED ON A DOUKHOBOR COMMUNE UNTIL SHE AND FRED EVDOKIMOFF LEFT WHEN THEY WERE 18 YEARS OLD TO GET MARRIED. MANY OF THE ITEMS DATE BACK TO THE EARLY 1900'S, WHILE OTHERS ARE MODERN AND DATE TO THE 1980'S. DONOR'S PARENTS MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1952. MRS. EVDOKIMOFF DIED IN 1986 AT THE AGE OF 84 YEARS OLD. *UPDATE* NICOLE HEMBROFF, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT, MET WITH DONOR WALLY EVDOKIMOFF IN 2010 TO DISCUSS HIS DONATION OF THE TRUNK AND ITS CONTENTS. SEE BELOW. ACCORDING TO EVDOKIMOFF HIS MOTHER, PROBABLY PURCHASED THE FABRIC AND THEN SEWED THE BLOUSE HERSELF. HE SAID, "SEWING MACHINES, THAT WAS A STAPLE." HE REMEMBERED VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING IN THEIR HOME WAS HAND MADE UNTIL HE GOT OLDER. HIS FATHER EVEN MADE FURNITURE. HE SAID SKILLS LIKE SEWING, BUILDING, COOKING, GARDENING ETC. WERE ASSETS BECAUSE "WHEN THEY WERE LIVING ON THE COLONY, THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY. ALL THE MONEY THAT WAS EARNED WENT INTO THE COMMUNE, SO YOU BASICALLY WERE TRYING TO BE SELF SUFFICIENT BUT YOU MADE THINGS 'CAUSE YOU COULDN'T PURCHASE THINGS. THAT WAS PART OF THE DISILLUSION IN MY MIND IS WHY MY DAD LEFT THE COLONY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE WORKED VERY HARD AND THEN HE HAD NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT... STILL THAT TRADITION OF MAKING YOUR OWN STUFF, VERY, VERY COMMON." SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCSSORIES, INCLUDING A TOILET SET AND JACKET DONATED BY WALLY EVDOKIMOFF. DURING A PHONE CONVERSATION WITH PUNDYK IN 2018, EVDOKIMOFF STATED HIS FAMILY LIVED IN YORKTON, SASKATCHEWAN AND BRILLIANT, BRITISH COLUMBIA. THEY WERE MOST LIKELY A PART OF THE DOUKHOBOR COMMUNITIES IN THOSE AREAS. HE CONFIRMED THAT HIS PARENTS FIRST ARRIVED IN ALBERTA IN 1952.

Catalogue Number

P19950075023

Acquisition Date

1995-04

Collection

Museum

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