RAZOR
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041478
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1930
- Date Range To
- 1940
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 4.1
- Length
- 8.1
- Width
- 2.4
- Description
- STAINLESS STEEL RAZOR WITH BLADE. HANDLE IS FLUTED WITH DIAMOND PATTERN GRIPS. STAMPED ON UNDERSIDE OF RAZOR HEAD IS "GILLETTE" LOGO WITH ARROW, "MADE IN CANADA", AND "PAT. CANADA 1932".
- Subjects
- TOILET ARTICLE
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- RAZOR BELONGED TO DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA. 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. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF PERSONAL ARTIFACTS. NO FURTHER INFORMATION FOR THIS ITEM WAS DISCOVERED.
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041478
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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