Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

WEDDING GOWN

Date Range From

1955

Date Range To

1965

Materials

SATIN, LACE, RAYON?

No. Pieces

1

Length

116.5

Width

60.5

Description

OFF-WHITE, SATIN, CALF LENGTH. TOP OF BODICE, SHOULDERS, AND SLEEVES ARE MADE OUT OF LIGHT BROWN RAYON, COVERED WITH WHITE LACE. SLEEVES ARE SHORT, AND CUFFS ARE TRIMMED WITH OFF-WHITE SATIN. LACE IS ATTACHED TO SATIN ON BODICE IN A HEART-SHAPED LINE. TWO PLEATS GO DOWN CENTRE FRONT AND CENTRE BACK OF DRESS. SKIRT IS VERY FLARED. HAS A SIDE ZIPPER CLOSURE, WITH A HOOK AND LOOP OF THREAD AT ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE ZIPPER. HAS A FEW SMALL,YELLOWISH STAINS ON BODICE.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

WEDDING DRESS BELONGED TO ETHEL DUNN. ETHEL WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, AND LIVED IN EDMONTON, AND LATER MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE WHEN SHE MARRIED DAVID RODIN. ETHEL SANG PROFESSIONALLY IN EDMONTON AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE LETHBRIDGE SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION. TOGETHER, ETHEL AND HER HUSBAND OPERATED STORES IN DOWNTOWN LETHBRIDGE - A CHILDREN'S CLOTHING STORE AND BYE-RITE MEN'S WEAR. THEY WERE BOTH VERY ACTIVE IN THE LETHBRIDGE JEWISH COMMUNITY. ETHEL AND DAVE WERE FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS OF DONOR'S. ETHEL PASSED AWAY 10 YEARS AGO; DONOR ENDED UP WITH ITEMS. SEE P19930055001-6-GA FOR PREVIOUS DONATIONS. *UPDATE* IN 2017 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT RUTHANN LABLANCE CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF CLOTHING, INCLUDING A DRESS DONATED BY FRANCES MCHARDY. RUTHANN ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE FAMILY OF ETHEL RODIN FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SPOKE WITH ETHEL'S NIECE, DEBORAH GREEN. SHE WAS UNABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT DID PROVIDE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE DUNN FAMILY. THE FOLLOWING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WAS COMPILED USING ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD AND RESEARCH FROM THE ALBERTA GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, EDMONTON BRANCH. ETHEL RODIN (NEE DUNN) WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1907 IN LONDON, ENGLAND AND MOVED WITH HER FAMILY TO CANADA, WHERE THEY SETTLED IN EDMONTON. SHE REMAINED IN EDMONTON, UNTIL HER MARRIAGE TO DAVE RODIN. THE COUPLE MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE IN 1929 WHERE DAVE OPERATED THE BUY-RITE GROCERY STORE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. ETHEL PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 82 ON JULY 9, 1990. DAVE RODIN WAS BORN IN RUSSIA AND MOVED TO EDMONTON IN THE 1920S. HE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 74 ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1977. SEE PERMANENT FILE FOR COPIES OF THE ARTICLES FROM THE LETHBRIDGE HERALD.

Catalogue Number

P19990087001

Acquisition Date

1999-12

Collection

Museum

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