Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

HOSPITAL WRISTBAND

Date

1968

Materials

PLASTIC, PAPER, STEEL

No. Pieces

1

Height

0.2

Length

11.3

Width

2.3

Description

CLEAR PLASTIC WRISTBAND WITH STEEL SNAP THAT HAS BEEN CUT OPEN. WHITE PAPER LABEL INSIDE WRIST BAND HAS HAND WRITTEN INFORMATION IN BLUE INK WHICH IS SLIGHTLY BLED. LABEL READS "NAKAYAMA, MR. GORDON AGE 68 YRS" AND "DEC. 30/68 DR. J. OSHIRO. #757".

Subjects

CLOTHING-ACCESSORY

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

WRISTBAND WAS KEPT BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, AFTER A STAY IN THE HOSPITAL IN 1968. REASON FOR STAY IN HOSPITAL UNKNOWN. 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

P19970041621

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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