Object Record
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Metadata
Collection |
Waterloo Region Museum |
Object ID |
1997.532.004 |
Object Name |
Material, Worked |
Description |
This is an unfinished block of wood shaped like half an oval. There are two holes for pegs. Its use is unknown (possibly part of a hat block or hat stretcher). |
Date |
1940 |
Date |
1950 |
Dimensions |
W-5 L-18.5 D-2.5 cm |
History |
According to the donor, Hanka (Henrietta) Braun worked as a milliner in Europe, including Paris, before moving to Kitchener in the 1940's. She and her husband Joseph lived on Karn St. for a time. Hanka worked for Miss Elizabeth E. Berlet's Exclusive Millinery (17 Queen St. S.), and for Miss Eva Wesley at Wesley Millinery (26 Queen St. N.). She then opened Henriette's Hats, sometime between 1945 and 1956. Her shop was situated at 123 1/2 Frederick St., and later at 74 Queen St. S. All three milliners closed by 1970. |
Search Terms |
Henriette's Hats Elizabeth E. Berlet's Exclusive Millinery Wesley Millinery |
People |
Braun, Hanka (Henriette) Wesley, Eva Berlet, Elizabeth Edith Braun, Joseph |