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COVER, PILLOW

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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
PILLOW CASE
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
COTTON
Catalogue Number
P19970041701
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Material Type
Artifact
Other Name
PILLOW CASE
Date Range From
1940
Date Range To
1950
Materials
COTTON
No. Pieces
1
Height
0.3
Length
83
Width
43
Description
RECTANGULAR COTTON PILLOW CASE IS TWO LENGTHS OF CLOTH SEWN TOGETHER. FADED LOGO STILL VISIBLE. SEVERAL STAINS.
Subjects
BEDDING
Historical Association
DOMESTIC
History
PILLOW CASE WAS MADE BY DONOR'S MOTHER, LOIS NAKAYAMA, EITHER FROM A RICE BAG OR A FLOUR BAG. 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
P19970041701
Acquisition Date
1997-01
Collection
Museum
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