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Metadata
Object ID # |
2012.085.006 |
Object Name |
Uniform |
Title |
Official Boy Scout Uniform Shirt |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Date |
20th-century |
Made |
Boy Scouts Association |
Place of Origin |
Ottawa, Ontario |
Description |
Light-brown, khaki cotton Boy Scout uniform shirt. Its woven label reads: "Official Design / From / THE STORES DEPARTMENT / THE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION / OTTAWA-CANADA". The shirt is pull-over-style, with a front placket that fastens with three convex, brown plastic (possibly Bakelite) buttons. They are moulded with a fleur-de-lis pattern. The buttons have metal loop shanks, and their backs are moulded with "RICHTER / CANADA". There are similar buttons on the two chest pockets, and at the cuffs and shoulder straps. There are two machine-embroidered emblem patches appliqued onto the wearer's left side. "BOY SCOUTS - CANADA" is machine-embroidered in red on a rectangular patch above the wearer's right chest pocket. There is a cream-coloured, woven tape piece appliqued to the left chest pocket. |
Makers mark |
Woven label on the interior: "Official Design / From / THE STORES DEPARTMENT / THE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION / OTTAWA-CANADA". The backs of the buttons are moulded with "RICHTER / CANADA". |
Provenance |
Manufacturer unknown, but made in Ottawa, Ontario. Dates to the 20th-century. Belonged to William "Bill" L. Brusso, who was a long-time Clerk-Treasurer of Normanby Township, Grey County. He died in 1988 and his wife, Verna Brusso (née Becker), succeeded him as Clerk. Last owned by Verna Brusso of Ayton, Grey County. |
Collection |
Organizational/Government Collection |
Material |
Cotton/Thread/Thread, embroidery/Plastic or Bakelite/Metal/Dye |
Found |
Ayton, Municipality of West Grey, Grey County |
People |
Brusso, Verna Brusso, William (Bill) |
Subjects |
Normanby Township |