Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SOUVENIR CUSHION COVER

Date Range From

1960

Date Range To

1970

Materials

VELVET, SATIN, COTTON

No. Pieces

1

Height

1.5

Length

47.5

Width

42

Description

BLACK VELVET CUSHION COVER HAS YELLOW TASSELED EDGE, PEACH COLOURED SATIN BACKING AND PAINTED SCENES ON FRONT IN RED, BLUE, WHITE AND GREEN. ACROSS TOP IN WHITE IS "WHITEHORSE" WITH "YUKON TERRITORY CANADA" IN MIDDLE. COVER SHOWS SIX SCENES FROM THE AREA - "MILES CANYON", "YUKON GOLD PANNER", "YUKON SKY SCRAPER", "SAM MCGEES CABIN", "WHITE PASS AND YUKON ROUTE" AND "THE OLD LOG CHURCH". RIGHT EDGE OF COVER IS TORN.

Subjects

HOUSEHOLD ACCESSORY

Historical Association

COMMEMORATIVE

History

CUSHION COVER WAS BROUGHT BACK TO COALDALE BY DONOR'S FATHER, REV. G.G. NAKAYAMA, WHO TRAVELLED EXTENSIVELY AS A MISSIONARY AND SPEAKER. 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

P19970041720

Acquisition Date

1997-01

Collection

Museum

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