Pillowcase
- Object Name:
- Pillowcase
- Object ID:
- 2018.021.05.1
- Date:
- 1937
- Description:
- Pair of pillowcases. Machine-woven white cotton with crocheted fringe. Part of matching set with sheet 2018.021.04.1.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-21.75 L-35 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set of bed linens given as a wedding present to Everett J. Gagnon (1900-1994), an auto mechanic born in Concord, NH, and Juliette Niquette (1908-1979), a shoe worker born in Manchester, who were married on September 6, 1937. They lived at 34 Beacon Street, Concord, eventually buying and moving to their own home at 120 Rumford Street in 1943. Everett "Hank" Gagnon worked as a mechanic maintaining vehicles for the State of New Hampshire Highway Division and Juliette Gagnon worked as a mailer for the Rumford Press and a bookkeeper at the Concord National Bank. Their daughter, Rita, was born April 1, 1939. She attended Sacred Heart Grammar School and graduated from Concord High School in 1958. She then moved to Manchester and married.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Everett and Juliette Gagnon family
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