Skirt, uniform
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- OBJECT TYPE
- airline/flight attendant
- DATE
- 1944
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0290.003
- MANUFACTURER
- Tip Top Tailors Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 3
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Synthetic and natural fibre blend/ plastic button/ metal zipper
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 65.0 cm
- Width
- 32.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Clothing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Tip Top
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- February 14, 1944 - Used between 1944 - 1947 (See S.I.)
- Canada
-
Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. This particular uniform was the second uniform issued by TCA, and was worn between 1939 and perhaps up to 1949. The military style uniform was made of a navy-blue serge for winter and a grey serge for summer. There were one or two stripes at the sleeve depending on the flight attendant's rank, the jacket had three metal buttons, a handkerchief in the pocket, a wide collar blue? blouse, a TCA pin worn on the lapel and a grey or navy blue wedge cap. This particular uniform belonged to Mrs. Rita (Meyer) Spencer. She wore this uniform from 1944 to 1947, flew the Atlantic routes, and was based in Winnipeg. (see S.I.) - Function
-
Trans-Canada Air Lines' flight attendant's uniform. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White Air Canada label, sown inside at waist reads: "Mr iss [above] R. MEYERS/ WINNIPEG/ No. B5993 Date FEB 14 44/ TIP TOP TAILORS/ Trade Mark Reg./ CANADA'S HIGH CLASS TAILORS"/ Hand sewn label beside, red print reads: "R. MEYER"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Navy blue skirt
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tip Top Tailors Ltd., Skirt, uniform, circa 1944, Artifact no. 2003.0290, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0290.003/
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