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PURSE, CHANGE

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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
LEATHER, BRASS
Catalogue Number
P19970041358
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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
LEATHER, BRASS
No. Pieces
1
Height
1.2
Length
13.4
Width
8.1
Description
RECTANGULAR BLACK LEATHER CHANGE PURSE WITH BRASS BRACKETED MOUTH. INSIDE IS LEATHER DIVIDER, ALSO WITH BRASS BRACKET EDGE WHICH HAS COME LOOSE. LEATHEr IS WORN AND CRACKING.
Subjects
PERSONAL GEAR
Historical Association
PERSONAL CARE
History
CHANGE PURSE BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. CANON G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO WAS AN ANGLICAN PRIEST IN VANCOUVER, SLOCAN CITY AND 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
P19970041358
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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