Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID # |
1977.047.067 |
Object Name |
Cover, Diaper |
Title |
Diaper Cover |
Lexicon category |
3: Personal Artifacts |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Infant's white cotton diaper cover, with lace cuffs, open back, and no fastenings. |
Provenance |
Maker unknown. Likely Margaret Bishop. Belonged to the William Avery Bishop family of Owen Sound, Grey County. Margaret Bishop (neé Greene) was the mother of three children. Reginald Worth Bishop, born 18__, William Avery Bishop Jr. (Billy Bishop), born 1894, and Margaret Louise Bishop, born 18__. She was usually known as Louise. Last owned by Fred W. MacKay Jr., who inherited it from his mother, Louise MacKay (neé Bishop). This is likely a late 19th-century item. |
Collection |
Textiles, 20th-c Clothing Collection, Baby Unisex/Unknown |
Material |
Cotton/Lace/Thread |
Dimensions |
W-22.2 L-23.2 inches |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
MacKay, Louise Bishop, Worth Bishop, William Avery Bishop, William A. (Billy) |
Subjects |
Babies |
Search Terms |
Mulholland Street Victorian |