JACKET
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NAVAL UNIFORM
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- CANVAS, BRASS
- Catalogue Number
- P19990041020
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Other Name
- NAVAL UNIFORM
- Date Range From
- 1940
- Date Range To
- 1950
- Materials
- CANVAS, BRASS
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 3.7
- Length
- 76.2
- Width
- 58.0
- Description
- WHITE, CANVAS, MAN'S NAVAL JACKET. FOUR BUTTON FRONT CLOSURE. BUTTONS ARE GOLD WITH AN ANCHOR ON THEM, AND "CANADA" ACROSS THE ANCHOR. HAS TWO BREAST POCKETS. SEWN ON EACH SHOULDER IS A WHITE RECTANGLE, WITH "CANADA" EMBROIDERED IN IT IN BLUE. ON THE UPPER PART OF ONE ARM, A WHITE CIRCLE IS SEWN ON WITH AN EMBROIDERED BLUE STAR IN IT. AN UPRIGHT COLLAR CLOSES WITH TWO SILVER HOOKS AND EYES. BEHIND THESE IS AN EXTRA PIECE OF WHITE CANVAS.
- Subjects
- CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR
- Historical Association
- MILITARY
- History
- NAVAL UNIFORM BELONGED TO WILLIAM T. NUGENT, DONOR'S HUSBAND. WILLIAM WAS IN THE NAVAL RESERVES IN WINNIPEG DURING WWII. RELATED CATALOGUE NUMBERS P19990041019-21-GA. 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.
- Catalogue Number
- P19990041020
- Acquisition Date
- 1999-10
- Collection
- Museum
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