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BAG, DOCTOR'S

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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1930
Date Range To
1940
Materials
LEATHER, STEEL
Catalogue Number
P19970041466
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Material Type
Artifact
Date Range From
1930
Date Range To
1940
Materials
LEATHER, STEEL
No. Pieces
1
Height
24
Length
40
Width
20
Description
BROWN LEATHER DOCTOR'S BAG IS EXTREMELY WORN. STEEL HINGED MOUTH IS VISIBLE BENEATH TORN LEATHER. TWO LEATHER HANDLES ARE SEWN TO TOP EDGES. BOTTOM HAS FIVE SEMI-SPHERICAL STEEL FEET. LEATHER ON BOTTOM IS STAMPED WITH DIAMOND SHAPED LOGO WHICH READS "GENUINE WARRANTED COWHIDE". STAMPED INTO LEATHER ON LEFT SIDE OF LOGO IS "16" AND ON RIGHT SIDE IS "X212W". BAG IS TORN IS SEVERAL PLACES AND GENERALLY MISHAPEN.
Subjects
PERSONAL GEAR
Historical Association
LEISURE
History
DOCTOR'S BAG WAS USED BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, TO CARRY HIS PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM MAKING EQUIPMENT. ONE OF REV. NAKAYAMA'S HOBBIES AND PASSIONS WAS PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILM MAKING. 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
P19970041466
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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