belt
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.35.108
- Description
- belt, Girl Guides; brown leather belt with adjustable silver metal buckle; buckle is square with medal clasp; trefoil "G G" logo in medal centre, "GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION / BE PREPARED" around medal centre opening; at two points on the belt, a metal ring is inserted for attaching implements; a silver metal leash hook is attached to each ring.
- Object History
- Note from donor: Grace Young (married name Dawkins) was patrol leader for the 1st
Vancouver Girl Guide Co. from Christ Church Cathedral. Phyllis Mortimer was her second. Phyllis Mortimer later joint the Vancouver Police Department, where she served with Graces' husband, Albert Clayton Dawkins. Grace and Albert married in 1936 at St. Nicholas Church in Burnaby. Grace was the person who suggested the name Burnaby Royal Area when the Girl Guides were looking for a new name for that area.
- Category
- 03. Personal Artifacts
- Classification
- Clothing
- Clothing - - Clothing Accessories
- Subjects
- Organizations - Girls' Societies and Clubs
- Clothing - Uniforms
- Clothing - Accessory
- Names
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Young, Grace
Less detail
