Material Type

Artifact

Date Range From

1950

Date Range To

1960

Materials

NYLON, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

1

Length

92.5

Width

36

Description

SLEEVELESS NYLON DRESS WITH GREEN, LIGHT GREEN AND GREY CHECKERED PATTERN WHICH HAS GOLD COLORED STITCHING BETWEEN CHECKS. SIMPLE GATHERED SKIRT AND BUTTON DOWN OPENING AT BACK. ROUNDED PETER PAN COLLAR.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

PERSONAL CARE

History

DRESS BELONGED TO DONOR AS A YOUNG WOMAN. DONOR REMEMBERS WEARING IT CA. 1957. 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

P19970041712

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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