Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.2

Length

33.2

Width

15.1

Description

WHITE COTTON POCKET IS OVAL IN SHAPE WITH YELLOW STITCHING ALONG CENTRAL SEAM AND ORANGE SEAM AROUND EDGE OF BACKING. GREEN HAND STITCHED PATTERN HAS PINK AND YELLOW FLOWERS.

Subjects

HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY

Historical Association

DOMESTIC

History

WALL POCKET WAS MADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER FOR USE IN THE HOUSEHOLD AT COALDALE. 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

P19970041585

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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