Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1940

Date Range To

1950

Materials

COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.2

Length

43

Width

41

Description

WHITE LINEN CHEMISE HAS SPAGHETTI STRAPS MADE FROM LACE AND LACE FRONT THAT HAS RAYON RIBBON TIE. THREE BUTTONS DOWN FRONT AND SECONDARY FLAP SEWN AROUND BOTTOM HEM. LACE ON STRAPS IS WORN AND LEFT EDGE OF LEFT ARM PIT IS STAINED. WHITE LABEL SEWN ON INSIDE OF FRONT RIGHT HEM HAS "DOROTHY BRAND SIZE 36" EMBROIDERED IN RED THREAD.

Subjects

CLOTHING-UNDERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

CHEMISE BELONGED TO DONOR AS A TEENAGER WHILE LIVING IN 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

P19970041599

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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