Object Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2006.01.09 |
Object Name |
Hatpin |
Date |
c.1905 |
Features |
"Lamp work" glass bead head in royal blue with contrasting gold and white. Long metal pin protrudes from the bead, slight curve at pointed end. |
Object Story |
Hatpin belonging to Florence Luella Warner, likely during young adulthood. This style of hatpin was popular between 1890 and 1914 with the beginning of World War I. Florence Luella Warner was born December 3, 1886 to parents Melissa Jane Warner (nee Garrison) and Augustus Coleman Warner. She grew up in Colebrook with one brother and five sisters though her youngest sister died as an infant. Florence married Harold George Anderson September 4, 1912 in the village of Colebrook. At the time of the wedding Harold worked as a liveryman (someone who worked or owned a stable with horses for hire) in Napanee, while Florence worked as a house keeper as well as a teacher. Sometime before 1921 the family moved to 12 Dundas Street. In 1914 they had a daughter, Doris who would go on to be Head Girl of Napanee Collegiate Institute and study Math and Physics at Queens. Harold George Anderson passed away at the age of 45 due to carbon monoxide poisoning, December 5, 1932. Florence Anderson (nee Warner) passed away Monday January 8, 1990. |
People |
Anderson, Florence Luella (nee Warner) Anderson, Harold George Anderson, Doris Warner, Melissa Jane (nee Garrison) Warner, Augustas Coleman |
Subjects |
Hatpins 1900's fashion |
Search Terms |
Colebrook Napanee Dundas Street 12 Dundas St. |