ARMBAND
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PAIR OF ARM STRAPS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- ELASTIC, STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19990041008
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- PAIR OF ARM STRAPS
- Date Range From
- 1920
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- ELASTIC, STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 2
- Height
- 1.5
- Length
- 12.3
- Width
- 0.1
- Description
- TWO ELASTIC ARM BANDS. THEY ARE BURGUNDY WITH A YELLOW STRIPE BETWEEN TWO GREY STRIPES. THEY ARE EACH LOOPED THROUGH TWO METAL PIECES WHICH ALLOW THEM TO BE LENGTHENED AND SHORTENED. ONE END IS LOOSE (TO ALLOW FOR SIZE ADJUSTMENT); THIS END IS CAPPED WITH A PIECE OF SILVER METAL.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-ACCESSORY
- PERSONAL SYMBOL
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- A MALE FASHION ACCESSORY WORN AROUND ARMS, ALONG WITH LONG-SLEEVED SHIRTS; EARLY 20TH CENTURY. MURIEL NUGENT WAS BORN MARCH 30, 1915 IN WINNIPEG. THERE, SHE MET AND MARRIED WILLIAM T. NUGENT AND IN 1946, WITH THEIR FAMILY, THEY CAME TO LETHBRIDGE. THEY MOVED IN ORDER THAT WILLIAM COULD TAKE UP A JOB WITH WESTERN CANADIAN HARDWARE IN LETHBRIDGE. PRIOR, HE HAD SERVED WITH THE NAVAL RESERVES IN WINNIPEG DURING WORLD WAR II. MURIEL PASSED AWAY OCTOBER 8, 2002 AND WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND IN 1989. *UPDATE* IN 2016 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A PAIR OF ARMBANDS DONATED BY MURIEL NUGENT. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD. MURIEL AGNES WILSON NUGENT (NEE COLLIN) WAS BORN ON MARCH 20, 1915 IN WINNIPEG, MB. SHE LIVED THERE UNTIL MOVING TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1946. SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 87 ON OCTOBER 8, 2002. MURIEL MARRIED WILLIAM TELLUS NUGENT IN ST. JAMES, MB ON MARCH 17, 1934. WILLIAM WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1913 ON CARTER FARM, IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BROKENHEAD, MB. HE WORKED FOR MERCHANTS CONSOLIDATED LTD., AND WALTER WOODS HARDWARE IN WINNIPEG BEFORE SERVING IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE IN WINNIPEG AND NOVA SCOTIA DURING WWII. IN APRIL 1946, WILLIAM AND MURIEL MOVED WITH THEIR FAMILY TO LETHBRIDGE SO THAT WILLIAM COULD WORK FOR WESTERN CANADA HARDWARE. HE PASSED AWAY ON MAY 16, 1989. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990041008
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-10
- Collection
- Museum
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