CARRIAGE, DOLL
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact7454
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DOLL STROLLER
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STEEL, COTTON, RUBBER
- Catalogue Number
- P19970040000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- DOLL STROLLER
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- STEEL, COTTON, RUBBER
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 64.2
- Length
- 36
- Width
- 29
- Description
- STEEL FRAMED BABY BUGGY MARKED ON THE FRONT "GENDRON", "TORONTO CANADA", WITH A WHITE, BLUE, RED AND YELLOW PLAID CLOTH MATERIAL SEWN TO MAKE THE SEAT, SUN SHADE, AND STORAGE BAG HANGING OFF THE BACK. HAS FOUR STEEL WHEELS WITH A RUBBER TREAD ON EACH. SUN SHADE IS ADJUSTABLE, AND THE STROLLER IS COLLAPSABLE. A SMALL BRAKE IS ATTACHED TO THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL. FABRIC AND SURFACE IS SOILED, THE FABRIC IS TORN IN VARIOUS SPOTS, AND THE FRONT OF THE SEAT IS PINNED TOGETHER WITH A SAFETY PIN.
- Subjects
- TOY
- Historical Association
- LEISURE
- History
- ACCORDING TO DONOR ITEM WAS PURCHASED AT THE EATONS STORE IN LETHBRIDGE APPROX. 1955 WHEN SHE WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS OLD. DONOR LIVED ON 13TH STREET NORTH AND SHE REMEMBERED BEING THE ONLY LITTLE GIRL ON THE BLOCK. HER MOTHER WAS BORN IN LETHBRIDGE, AND HER FATHER CAME TO CANADA FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA AT FIVE YEARS OF AGE, AND LATER FARMED AT SUNNYSIDE UNTIL HE MOVED TO HOUSE ON THE NORTH SIDE WHEN THEY MARRIED. PARENTS NAME IS CHOLLIAK. DONOR IS NOT SURE BUT ALSO SAID IT MAY HAVE BELONGED TO HER MOTHER AS A CHILD IN LETHBRIDGE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970040000
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-11
- Collection
- Museum
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