DOLL

Description: PLASTIC DOLL BRIDE WEARING A WHITE PAPER DRESS WITH SILVER STARS WITH A CLEAR PLASTIC LAYER OVER THE SKIRT. DOLL IS HOLDING A BOUQUET MADE OF A PURPLE, YELLOW, PINK, AND BLUE PAPER FLOWERS. DOLL HAS BROWN HAIR, WITH A WIRE MESH VEIL ATTACHED TO THE HEAD. PLASIC SKIRT IS VERY FRAGILE, AND PAPER IS TURNED UP IN SOME AREAS, BUT OVERALL IS IN GOOD CONDITION.

History: ITEM IS A SET WITH THE GROOM (P19970054011-GA), AND IS POSSIBLY A CAKE TOPPER. ITEMS BELONGED TO DONOR'S AUNT, PHYLLIS MARY (WHITTON) MCDONELL, WHO CAME TO CANADA IN 1903 AT THE AGE OF 3 AND SETTLED IN LETHBRIDGE. IN 1938 SHE MARRIED WILLIAM MCDONELL, WHO WAS A RANCHER AND A FARMER WHO WORKED FOR JOHN DEERE, BUT ALSO INVENTED AND BUILT CONASTOGA MOTOR HOMES. PHYLLIS WORKED AT CITY HALL AS A RECEPTIONIST, AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE SOUTHMINSTER CHURCH. THE COUPLE REMAINED IN LETHBRIDGE, AND DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN. PHYLLIS PASSED AWAY IN THE 1990S. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES INCLUDING A ROBE, TWO PURSES, AND A HATPIN DONATED BY MCDONALD. A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD STATED PHYLLIS MCDONELL PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 13TH, 1997. ACCORDING TO THE MCDONELL'S HEADSTONE IN THE SAINT PATRICK CEMETERY (LETHBRIDGE), SHE WAS BORN IN 1903. PLEASE SEE PERMANENT FILE P19970033013 FOR COPIES OF RESEARCH SOURCES USED.