Skip header and navigation
Galt Museum and Archives Collections
  • Search
  • Help
  • Selections 0
Print
P19970041500.side thumbnail
Toggle Detail View

BRUSH

https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/artifact9533
Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
DENTURE BRUSH
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
PLASTIC
Catalogue Number
P19970041500
More detail
2 images
Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
DENTURE BRUSH
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
PLASTIC
No. Pieces
1
Height
3.4
Length
12.9
Width
3
Description
YELLOWED PLASTIC BRUSH WITH DOUBLE SIDED BLACK BRISTLE BRUSHES. RAISED ON HANDLE IS "FULLER".
Subjects
MULTIPLE USE ARTIFACT
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
PERSONAL CARE
History
THIS BRUSH WAS USED BY DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS, WHO NOT ONLY USED IT TO CLEAN HER DENTURES BUT ALSO TO CLEAN MANY OTHER HOUSEHOLD OBJECTS. 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
P19970041500
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
Images
P19970041500.side thumbnail
P19970041500.top thumbnail
Less detail
  • Share
    Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter LinkedIn LinkedIn Pinterest Pinterest
  • Feedback
  • More like this
  • Permalink
  • Home
  • Search
  • Help

Galt Museum and Archives
502 1 Street South
Lethbridge, AB

Phone: 403.320.3954
info@galtmuseum.com

© 2025 Galt Museum and Archives