TOWEL, DISH
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date
- 1960
- Materials
- COTTON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.1
- Length
- 66.5
- Width
- 31.6
- Description
- RECTANGULAR WHITE COTTON TOWEL WITH SILK SCREENED IMAGE OF A CHURCH WITH TREES AND STEEPLE. JAPANESE CHARACTERS AT TOP LEFT AND BOTTOM RIGHT. THE DATE "1960/6/5" IS ALSO AT BOTTOM RIGHT.
- Subjects
- MAINTENANCE T&E
- Historical Association
- DOMESTIC
- History
- THE TOWEL WAS A HOUSEHOLD ITEM IN DONOR'S FAMILY WHILE AT COALDALE. THE NAKAYAMA FAMILY WAS ORIGINALLY FROM VANCOUVER BUT MOVEDT O 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
- P19970041366
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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