Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

EVENING DRESS

Date Range From

1910

Date Range To

1920

Materials

CREPE CHIFFON, SATIN

No. Pieces

1

Length

112

Description

SIZE: LARGE (14). PINK AND PURPLE LONG EVENING DRESS (IN 2 PARTS). OUTER DRESS IS A SHEER PINK CREPE CHIFFON DECORATED WITH SILVER AND WHITE TINY BEADS THREADED IN A FLORAL AND VINE DESIGN COVERING ENTIRE DRESS. ON EITHER SIDE AROUND THE HIPS ARE TWO ROSE EFFECT CLUMPS OF CLOTH WITH THE SAME MATERIAL FLOWING DOWN FROM THE BASE OF THE ROSE. ON THE RIGHT SHOULDER ARE THREE SILVER SNAPS. SLEEVES ARE 1/4 LENGTH; ROUND COLLAR. INNER PORTION CONSISTS OF A PURPLE SHIFT MADE OF SATIN.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

SEE P19800055000-GA FOR DONOR HISTORY *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILES AND ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING THIS DRESS DONATED BY MRS. H. LAWFORD. RESEARCH USING THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARCHIVES AND ONLINE OBITUARIES FOUND THE DONOR’S FULL NAME TO BE EDITH MILDRED LAWFORD (NEE GIBSON). LAWFORD PASSED AWAY IN TORONTO ON 18 FEBRUARY 2005. THIS DRESS IS RECORDED TO HAVE BELONGED TO CLARA FEDILIA GIBSON (NEE WAY). GIBSON WAS BORN IN 1892 AND CAME TO ALBERTA WHEN HER FATHER, DANIEL HERBERT GIBSON (1848-1917), WHO WAS A BUTCHER IN ROCKLAND, ONT., MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE. SHE WAS THE SECOND YOUNGEST OF HER PARENTS’ 11 CHILDREN. THE FAMILY LIVED ON 8TH AVENUE NORTH. THE FOLLOWING EXCERPT COMES FROM AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD IN 1991 THAT WAS CELEBRATING GIBSON’S 100TH BIRTHDAY: “[GIBSON’S] HAPPY WITH THE WAY LETHBRIDGE HAS DEVELOPED SINCE SHE ARRIVED WITH HER PARENTS... ‘IT WAS LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD,’ SAYS CLARA, RECALLING THE FLEDGING DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY… ‘WE WERE HERE TO HELP BUILD IT UP,’ SHE LAUGHS, ‘WE WATCHED IT GROW AND IT’S GROWN INTO A NICE CITY.’” GIBSON MARRIED DR. MILTON JOHN GIBSON (B. 1886), WHO WAS A PIONEER LETHBRIDGE DENTIST. THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, DONOR EDITH LAWFORD. DR. GIBSON PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON 11 APRIL 1969 AT THE AGE OF 83 YEARS. CLARA GIBSON PASSED AWAY IN LETHBRIDGE ON 15 MARCH 1993. RESEARCH TO CONTACT THE DONOR’S NEXT-OF-KIN WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE FOR MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLES.

Catalogue Number

P19800057000

Acquisition Date

1979-08

Collection

Museum

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