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nice pair! I think they are a young man's pair of boots, c. 1895-1900 is probably right. There was a fad for very pointed shoes right around then, and again in the c. 1918 - 1923 period, then 1957-1964 period, then 1982-1986.... it keeps coming back over and over... THat type of wool spat is...

Weirdest print I have ever seen from that era... the ass and elephant suggest it is making an American political statement but ZIpp is a German manufacturer, the label says its Italian and the sizing is European, so its obviously European, not American.

I think someone sewed that label into that shawl. This is not the sort of thing Dior, or Miss Dior, was doing in the 1970s.

There are directions for crocheting these types of things in 1910s women's magazines like Ladies Home Journal. I have one in the collection that came with a positive date of 1916 - it was a Christmas gift from a daughter to her mother. There are earlier, Victorian versions too, but they aren't...

I'll take it for the museum. Some day there will be an exhibit done on medical fashion....

That's why it took me so long to find any information about it because I assumed it was a red cross on its side, or angled... I only found what it was when I took a stab at the cypher on the veil. I figured the St. was for Saint, and that one of the A's was for ambulance and the C for Corps...

Isn't that weird that it is St. Patrick's cross not St. Andrew's...

I think it was just sentimental. Her granddaughter said it was the only thing they had that predated their arrival in Canada. All the other clothing dated from the mid 50s to the early 70s.

You're right Melanie - it is postwar. They send photos first and I thought it must be a WWI nursing outfit because it seemed too long for WWII, but if it was from the late 40s that would make sense.

Apparently she will be loaning the Lucile to a museum in Guelph, near the FHM. They are mounting a show about her next year (Lucile grew up in Guelph.)

I just figured it out... the red cross isn't THE red cross, its St. Andrew's cross... the cross that appears on the UK flag. So its for the St. Andrew's Ambulance Corps.

I received this nurse’s uniform for the Fashion History Museum collection yesterday. It is complete but for the collar, shoes, and stockings. The original wearer had been a nurse during both world wars (born about 1898) and immigrated to Canada in 1954 with her children (I think her husband died...

An interesting video that shows some of the garments in the collection: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/collectors/segments/s2975970.htm

It won't play in Canada....

I don't think the blue dress is a nightgown - it looks to me like mid 70s bridesmaid dress

So hard to date because they are made in a traditional style that didn't change for a century. We had several pairs at the museum that all looked identical to yours but sources dated them everywhere from the 1880s to the 1950s.

They are extremely fine quality ladies riding boots - probably 1920s when women had switched to jodhpurs and tweeds for riding rather than side saddle. The label for the manufacturer would have been on the trees, which are missing, which is too bad, but they are high end top quality construction...

It's a Scottish Paisley made in the style of a Kashmiri shawl (Kashmir referring to the place where they were made). The Kashmiri shawls are pieced together, the Paisley's loomed in one piece. I would have thought 1860s-1870s on this one. Paisley is the place in Scotland where they were made...

Nu-Mode was a manufacturer out of Toronto. They were around from c. 1946 to the early 1990s

I think its 20s - the fagotting decoration is typical, and that coral colour. Probably c. 1929-1930ish - maybe a teen's dress?

It looks early 70s to me - great style -- is it labelled Gassy Jack by any chance?

I suspect it was being carried by someone who was into vintage in 1984. I think of these bags as usually being from the 1930s or 1940s, although I am sure they were made well after the war too.

Nope, those are my photos. They have guidelines about how they want the photos placed (ie: square shaped image, no background...)

I am okay now, but it really pissed me off at the time!

PS: I forgot to answer your quesiton about how we keep track. The museum collection is okay - EVERYTHING has a basic registration - a one line description with an associated number, and tagged with a paper label. But that isn't a fully catalogued item - only a way of maintaining an inventory...

Lynne - To be perfectly honest, I don't know the actual count of artifacts in the collection because not everything is registered and catalogued. There are 1, 397 artifacts registered and numbered in the museum collection, and 756 artifacts in the founder's collection, which I own (because I...

http://www.therecord.com/living-story/5837444-fashion-a-window-to-history-at-cambridge-museum/

It is probably the name for a line of shoes, made by a shoe manufacturer for a specific department store or chain store. They are American made, and this shows up fairly often on department or chain store brands. I have examples in the collection like 'Canadian Girl', 'Spring Step', 'Evening in...

That colour combo is not as common as black/white or blue/white, and size 11 or 11.5 in vintage is like looking for a unicorn. I would go with a repro. There are several places that make repro saddle shoes - just search online.