Copyright: The Salvation Army Central Territory Historical Museum; Origformat: Artifact
Name/Title
Dress
Entry/Object ID
2017.1.26
Description
Navy blue wool dress. Closes over left shoulder, down front left side, and down left hip with snaps. Partly attached matching fabric belt at waist. Long sleeves end in pointed fold over cuffs that are trimmed with black woven tape. Collar edge is also bound with the same woven tape. Neck also features snaps (three in total, one missing at front) which are sewn to the dress and allow for a collar to be attached. Dress features red Salvation Army officer epaulets which look like they may have been added after the dress was produced. The seam at the top of the armseye has been either opened to allow for epaulet to be added or was left open to allow for proper positioning of epaulet. The thread that sews the epaulet into the seam and closes the seam is similarly colored to other sewing thread used in this dress, but is of a different weight. The buttons which normally adorn the pointed ends of the epaulet are missing. Interior seam bears a small white tag which reads "B. Emilson." This stands for Bergliot Emilson, who was commissioned as a Salvation Army officer in June 1948.
Acquisition
Accession
2017.1
Source or Donor
Central Territory Museum
Acquisition Method
Found in Collection
Made/Created
Date made
1940 - 1949
Notes
Date: c, 1940s
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Uniform, Occupational
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Uniform
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Dress
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Status Symbols
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Main Garments
Nomenclature Class
Personal Symbols
Nomenclature Class
Clothing
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 03: Personal Objects
Material
Wool
Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Strand, Bergliot "Bergie" (Emilsen)
Provenance
Notes
Last Owner: Strand, Bergliot (nee. Emilson)
Dress found in collection.
Found with a Major's collar which does not really fit the dress. It is quite possible that the collar either belonged to Bergliot Emilson Strand and was worn with another uniform or the collar may be completely unrelated to this dress and person.
