Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WEDDING GOWN

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1910

Materials

SILK, COTTON, SYNTHETIC

No. Pieces

1

Length

167.5

Width

182.5

Description

IVORY WEDDING GOWN. LONG-SLEEVED WITH HIGH COLLAR FASTENING AT THROAT; BACK CLOSURE FASTENED WITH HOOKS & EYES, AND SNAPS. CONSISTS OF NETTING LINED WITH IVORY SILK; CROCHETED INSETS AT NECK, WITH TWO BANDS APP. 7CM (W) INSET ALONG FULL LENGTH OF FRONT AND BACK OF DRESS. SAME BAND INSET ALONG OUTER LENGTH OF EACH SLEEVE. SMALL SQUARE PATCHES EMBROIDERED OVER SURFACE OF NETTING. FULL SKIRT, FLARED TOWARD BOTTOM. CROCHETED TRIM TORN FROM SEAM AT BACK, APP. 8CM. FIVE TUCKS NEAR HEM OF SILK LINING. SYNTHETIC BOW AT BACK OF WAIST (RECENT REPLACEMENT). LACE DISCOLORED IN SEVERAL PLACES.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LEILA POWER, WHO MARRIED W. T. HILL IN 1908 IN THORNTON, ONTARIO. COUPLE MOVED TO SWIFT CURRENT, THEN TO LETHBRIDGE (1909). W.T. HILL WAS IN LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY. BOTH WERE QUITE INVOLVED IN SOUTHMINSTER UNITED CHURCH. W.T. HILL WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND A LONG-TIME MEMBER OF THE EXHIBITION BOARD. SEE P19980041002-3 FOR RELATED PIECES. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A WEDDING DRESS AND HEADBAND DONATED BY CLEVE HILL. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. RICHARD “CLEVE” HILL WAS BORN IN SWIFT CURRENT, SK AND MOVED WITH HIS PARENTS TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1922. HE WAS EDUCATED IN LETHBRIDGE AND WAS A GRADUATE OF LCI. HE VOLUNTEERED FOR ACTIVE DUTY IN WORLD WAR II, JOINING THE 13TH DISTRICT COMPANY, ROYAL CANADIAN SERVICE CORPS. FOLLOWING THE WAR, CLEVE SPENT 35 YEARS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES, WORKING FOR CANADA TRUST. HE SERVED AS PARADE MARSHAL FOR 30 YEARS FOR THE WHOOP UP PARADE. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 93 ON MARCH 15, 2009. HE WAS THE SON OF WILFRED THOMAS HILL AND LEILA MARY HILL (NEE POWER). CLEVE WAS MARRIED TO EDITH MURIEL HILL, WHO PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 ON MAY 26, 2002. WILFRED THOMAS “W.T.” HILL WAS A WELL-KNOWN CIVIC LEADER. HE WAS MARRIED TO LEILA POWER IN THORNTON, ON ON JUNE 2, 1909. IN 1912, THE COUPLE MOVED TO SWIFT CURRENT, SK, THEN TO CALGARY IN AUGUST 1918, AND THEN LETHBRIDGE IN 1922. ONCE IN LETHBRIDGE, W.T. ENTERED INTO THE LIVESTOCK BUSINESS. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 ON MARCH 23, 1967. HE WAS THE SON OF RICHARD JAMES HILL. LEILA MARY HILL (NEE POWER) WAS BORN IN THORNTON, ON ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1886 AND WAS MARRIED TO WILFRED THOMAS HILL ON JUNE 2, 1909 IN THORNTON. ACCORDING TO HER OBITUARY, SHE “WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH WOMEN’S, FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE WOMEN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY.” SHE PASSED AWAY IN APRIL 1964 AT THE AGE OF 78. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION FOR THIS ITEM WAS DISCOVERED. *UPDATE* IN 2022, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT NICOLE WILKINSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF AUDITED ARTIFACTS, INCLUDING P19980041001-3-GA. DONORS DAUGHTER, BARBARA HILLMAN WAS CONTACTED AS A PART OF THIS RESEARCH. UNFORTUNATELY SHE HAD NO MEMORIES OF THE ITEMS AND COULD PROVIDE NO MORE INFORMATION. OTHER RESEARCH CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR AND THIS DONATION WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

Catalogue Number

P19980041001

Acquisition Date

1999-02

Collection

Museum

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