JAR, COSMETIC

Description: CIRCULAR CARDBOARD DISH WITH COLOR SKETCH OF TWO WOMEN, ONE SITTING AT TABLE WITH MIRROR IN HAND AND OTHER STANDING BEHIND THE FIRST AND WORKING ON THE FIRST'S HAIR. LID IS TOO SMALL FOR BASE AND HAS COLORFUL FLORAL BORDER. BOTTOM HAS GOLD COLORED BODY AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR "ROSE CASHEL CASHMERE BOUQUET". REMNANTS OF COSMETIC POWDER ARE INSIDE.

History: DONOR RELATES THAT POWDER DISH BELONGED TO HER MOTHER, LOIS, WHO WAS VERY CONSCIOUS OF HER APPEARANCE. DISH IS CLEARLY COMBINED PORTIONS OF TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF DISHES. 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.