WRISTWATCH
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, PLASTIC, NYLON
- Catalogue Number
- P19970041611
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1950
- Date Range To
- 1960
- Materials
- STAINLESS STEEL, PLASTIC, NYLON
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Height
- 0.8
- Length
- 9
- Width
- 2.9
- Description
- WRISTWATCH IS SQUARE FACED STAINLESS STEEL BODY WITH BLACK ELASTIC WRIST BAND WHICH HAS BEEN CRUDELY STITCHED IN PLACE. PLASTIC FACE COVER HAS YELLOWED. FACE OF WATCH HAS REGULAR NUMBERS AND "NOVORIS" AT MIDDLE. FACE IS BADLY CRACKED AND PEELING.
- Subjects
- TIMEKEEPING T&E
- Historical Association
- PERSONAL CARE
- History
- WATCH BELONGED TO DONOR AS A YOUNG GIRL. DONOR RELATES THAT SHE PURCHASED IT THROUGH A REBATE OFFER FROM A POPSICLE COMPANY. 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
- P19970041611
- Acquisition Date
- 1997-01
- Collection
- Museum
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