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DRESS

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
GRANNY DRESS
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
COTTON
Catalogue Number
P19970041376
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
GRANNY DRESS
Date Range From
1950
Date Range To
1960
Materials
COTTON
No. Pieces
1
Height
0.5
Length
67
Width
85
Description
WHITE COTTON FULL LENGTH DRESS WITH PUFFY SLEEVES, LACE COLLAR AND THREE HORIZONAL LACED BANDS AROUND BODY INCLUDING HEM. MATERIAL IS GATHERED AROUND BREAST AND SLEEVES. COLLAR LACE RUNS AROUND NECK AND DOWN OVER FRONT ON EITHER SIDE OF NECK. DRESS IS YELLOWED.
Subjects
CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR
Historical Association
PERSONAL CARE
History
DRESS BELONGED TO DONOR AS A YOUNG GIRL. 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
P19970041376
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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