1980.10.2.13

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Details

ID Number

1980.10.2.13

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - outerwear

Item Type

suit

Item Name

coat

Maker

The Greenwood Company

Materials

TEXTILE, WOOL TEXTILE, SILK METAL, UNKNOWN

Description

Navy blue wool lined with black silk; five gold stripes on left arm; gold-coloured metal buttons (see Marks): 3 on front, 2 on cuffs; gold embroidered name on each side of collar (see Marks); one breast pocket, 2 hip pockets; back vent; two watch pockets.

History

From the estate of Dorothy Graisbery Graham (nee d'Avignon), 567 Church Street, Windsor. She was born November 4, 1897, and married Percy Crichton Graham June 4, 1927. This coat belonged to Daniel Revell, who is listed as a conductor in the following directories: 1875 Great Western Railway, 1891- 1897 Grand Trunk Railway; 1899-1903 Wabash RR. This coat was worn on the Wabash line

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

d'Avignon, Graham person

Costume / Costumes subject

Grand Trunk Railway / Chemin de fer Grand Trunk organization

Great Western Railway / Chemin de fer Great Western organization

Revell, Daniel person

Textiles subject

Transportation / Transport subject

Wabash Railway / Chemin de fer Wabash organization

Windsor (Ont.) place