General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

Synthetic and natural fibre blend/ plastic buttons/ metal zipper/

Dimensions

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

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

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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

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

see other part numbers

Missing

N/A

Finish

Navy blue 2 piece suit (jacket and skirt) with one off-white stripe on sleeves

Decoration

Women's three button jacket and skirt