1991.8.1

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Details

ID Number

1991.8.1

Category

Personal Artifacts

Sub-category

clothing - headwear

Item Name

hat

Maker

Maxine

Materials

VELVET

Description

Cloche hat, c. 1920s; brown velvet; small bow at back; a rectangular metal brooch with paste yellow and clear "stones" is sewn down above the bow; narrow brim; beige satin lining has a machine-embroidered label in centre (see Marks).

History

Hat is possibly part of the going-away outfit of Mrs. Vida (O'Gorman) Lajeunesse after her wedding to Eugene Lajeunesse October 7, 1929, at Sacred Heart Church in LaSalle. Mrs. Lajeunesse was born October 10, 1902, in LaSalle. At the time of the donation she was residing at Riverview Hospital.

Collection Name

Museum Windsor

Subject (Fre)

Y

Subjects

Costume / Costumes subject

French Canadians / Canadiens-français subject

Lajeunesse, Vida (O'Gorman) person

LaSalle (Ont.) place

Sacred Heart Church place

Weddings / Mariages subject

Women / Femmes subject