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PURSE

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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1960
Date Range To
1970
Materials
STEEL, LEATHERETTE
Catalogue Number
P19970041329
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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1960
Date Range To
1970
Materials
STEEL, LEATHERETTE
No. Pieces
1
Height
1.4
Length
20.2
Width
15.9
Diameter
8
Description
RECTANGULAR RED LEATHERETTE PURSE WITH SIDES THAT TAPER SLIGHTLY INWARDS AND STEEL BRACKET AROUND MOUTH. TRIANGULAR CLASP IS ON TOP. INSIDE IS LINED WITH BURGUNDY COLORED NYLON AND THERE ARE TWO SMALL POCKETS. LEATHERETTE ON FOLDS AND CORNERS IS WORN.
Subjects
PERSONAL GEAR
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
PURSE BELONGED TO DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS, WHILE LIVING AT COALDALE. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVED TO COALDALE FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR WHEN THEY WERE INTERNED AT SLOCAN CITY IN THE INTERIOR OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BY THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT. THE DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WAS AN ANGLICAN MINISTER IN VANCOUVER, AND THEN ESTABLISHED THE CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION IN COALDALE IN 1945 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL 1970. SEE RECORD P19970041001 FOR EXPANDED BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND PERMANENT FILE FOR FURTHER HISTORY.
Catalogue Number
P19970041329
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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