Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
2016.056.008 |
Object Name |
Hanger, Clothes |
Other Name |
Rod, Clothing |
Title |
Clothes Hanger Spindle Used at McKay Bros. Ltd. |
Year Range to |
1989 |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Toronto, Ontario?/Owen Sound, Grey County |
Description |
Metal, wall-mounted clothes hanger spindle formerly used at the McKay Bros. drygoods store. It has a round, bevelled, three-holed attachment end. The metal has a darkish copper wash or plating on it. No maker's mark observed. |
Provenance |
Manufacturer unknown. Dates to the 20th-century. Belonged to McKay Brothers Limited, a drygoods department store in Owen Sound, Grey County. The building was designed in 1905 by Forster and Clark of Owen Sound, for the Ryan Brothers drygoods business. It was located at 942 2nd Avenue East. In 1924, it was acquired by the McKay Brothers business, which had a previous location on main street. Last owned by Tim Cotter of Owen Sound. He worked at the department store, starting as an errand boy and eventually becoming assistant manager. The store closed in June of 1989. |
Collection |
Commercial Equipment Collection |
Material |
Steel/Copper |
Dimensions |
W-6.5 L-28 Dia-6.5 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
McKay, James B. McKay, Tom McKay Brothers |
Subjects |
Stores & shops Dry goods stores |
Search Terms |
Owen Sound Businesses McKay Brothers Dry Goods |
Function |
A factory-made store fixture item, formerly used at an Owen Sound drygoods and clothing store called McKay Bros. Limited. It was wall-mounted and could hold clothes hangers and clothing. |