PENCIL
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PENCIL EXTENSION
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- PLASTIC, WOOD
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041024
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PENCIL EXTENSION
- Date Range From
- 1960
- Date Range To
- 1970
- Materials
- PLASTIC, WOOD
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Length
- 16.2
- Diameter
- 1
- Description
- PENCIL IS YELLOW WOOD PENCIL WITH YELLOWED PLASTIC TUBE EXTENSION. PENCIL IS SHARPENED WITH THE WORDS "...OD EATING BEGINS WITH MCGAVIN'S". EXTENSION HAS RED LINE BORDER AND HAS SCRIPTURE QUOTE FROM JOHN 3:16 IN GOTHIC STYLE PRINT. A SMALL PIECE OF CLOTH IS WEDGED BETWEEN PENCIL AND EXTENSION.
- Subjects
- WRITTEN COMMUNICATION T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- PENCIL AND EXTENSION BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO) AND IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF LOIS' CONSTANT THRIFTINESS. LOIS NAKAYAMA WAS ORIGINALLY FROM JAPAN AND WAS A CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY TO THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY IN VANCOUVER WHEN SHE MET AND MARRIED G.G. NAKAYAMA IN 1926. SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF JAPAN'S KINDERGARTEN TRAINING COLLEGE AND WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH YOUNG CHILDREN IN VANCOUVER, SLOCAN AND COALDALE WHERE SHE MOVED WITH HER FAMILY IN 1945. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041024
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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