KIT, NEEDLEWORK

Description: .1) TIN. RECTANGULAR TIN HAS CUT CORNERS AND PAINTED SCENE OF NIAGRA FALLS ON LID. "RILEY'S TOFFEE" IS PRINTED ON SIDE OF TIN. PAINT IS WORN AND CHIPPED. .2) GLOVE. 23.8CM X 8.7CM X 0.8CM LEATHER GLOVE WITH BROWN PLASTIC BUTTONS AT WRIST. BUTTONS HAVE CLOVER LOGO WITH "PERRIN" RAISED ON THEM IN RELIEF. .3) TRACING WHEEL. 14.8CM X 2.0CM (D) TRACER WHEEL HAS WOOD HANDLE, TWO PIECE STEEL FRAME AND SERRATED WHEEL. .4) SCISSORS. 12.0CM X 4.5CM X 0.4CM STEEL SCISSORS WITH RED PAINTED HANDLES. .5) MEASURING TAPE. 152.5CM X 1.4CM YELLOW CLOTH MEASURING TAPE. MEASURES IN INCHES. .6) BUTTONS. THREE SMALL AND ONE LARGE BUTTON ON WHITE PAPER BACKING LABELLED "LADY FASHION". .7) HOOKS & EYES. RED AND BLUE PAPER PACKAGE READS "NEWEY'S ALL BRITISH 'WORLD FAMED' HOOKS & EYES". CONTAINS 9 PAIR OF HOOKS AND EYES. END OF PACKAGE IS TORN. .8) YARN. 16.0CM LONG PACKAGE OF GREEN YARN. BLACK LABEL READS "ANCHOR STRANDED COTTON". .9) SIX STRAND FLOSS. 15.5CM LONG PACKAGE OF PURPLE FLOSS MADE BY "J.&P. COATS".

History: SEWING KIT BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA (NEE MASUI YAO). LOIS 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.