DRESS

Description: WHITE, RAYON. HAS WIDE STRAPS, AND NO SLEEVES. DRESS CONSISTS OF WHITE SATIN OVER WHICH IS WHITE LACE. OVERTOP OF THE LACE, RIBBON FORMS ROSETTES OVER ENTIRE DRESS. IN THE CENTER OF THE ROSETTES, AND BETWEEN THEM, ARE SHORT STRINGS OF WHITE BEADS. NECKLINE IS HEART SHAPED. TRIMMING NECKLINE IS WHITE RIBBON THAT IS FORMED INTO A SORT OF TIGHT ZIG-ZAG PATTERN. HAS A BACK ZIPPER CLOSURE. THERE ARE TWO TAGS SEWN INTO INSIDE BACK. ONE READS "100% RAYON" IN RED, AND THE OTHER READS "MADE IN HONG KONG" IN BLACK. DRESS IS ABOUT KNEE LENGTH. HAS YELLOWISH STAINS UNDER ARMHOLES.

History: DRESS BELONGED TO ETHEL DUNN; FRIEND AND NEIGHBOUR OF DONOR. SEE P19990087001-GA FOR HISTORY. 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.