General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic and natural fibre blend/ metal buttons

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

80.0 cm

Width

50.0 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

Eaton

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

First label 10/08/1951; second label 1946

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 belonged to Captain A.J. Tonkin. There are two identification tags sewn to uniform: The first is the standard TCA employee tag located in the inside breast pocket dated 10/08/1951 and the other was added later, outside the pocket and states that the uniform was worn from 1946 onwards.

Function

Trans-Canada Air Lines' captain uniform. Four braids at cuffs indicates the rank of captain.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

First label inside the inside right poacket reads: "THE EATON CO. LIMITED/ CANADA/ MADE TO MEASURE/ LOT NO. 1[/]Z498 [number typewritten]/ DATE 10/08/1951 [date typewritten]"/ Black mfr's label with silver and red print reads: "EATON'S/ MADE-TO-MEASURE/ CLOTHES"/ White typewritten label sewn below mfr's tag reads: "DONATED BY:/ Captain A.J. Tonkin/ Worn T.C.A. 1946"/

Missing

6 TCA buttons and the belt

Finish

Navy blue uniform/ Gold TCA buttons on upper pockets/ Four braids at cuffs

Decoration

TCA logo on buttons