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Ahh, the cape. Perhaps seen as a quirkier fashion choice by many today, it has been around for centuries as both a statement piece and a...

Another week of museum activities has come and gone and so today I would like to turn our attention to nightclothes! I mentioned last...

This week, Breanne, our Registrar, unboxed a whole assortment of “whites” (literally just things made out of white fabric) so that we...

Annette Augustine was very particular about where and how she acquired her clothes for special events. Most of these were custom made by...

Last week I expressed my excitement that future textile research may revolve around the lives of women in and around Thunder Bay and this...

Now that I have had opportunity to get back into the Museum and actually interact with the clothes again, something about the collection...

Who was Col. Robert A. Keane? Col. Robert (Bob) Keane was born in Fort William. As an exceptional hockey player he traveled to England in...

While I was researching for the “Solving a Canadian Militia Mystery” blog post, I came across an image that made me pause. It was...

This week the blog post is going to be about the project itself and how we are working hard to keep all of this incredible history...

When we think of the two World Wars, we think mostly of the men on the front-lines moving from location to location through barbed wire,...

There is a red jacket in the Museum’s collection. It was one of the first jackets I looked at when I began this cataloging and...

Most of the uniforms that I have been cataloging have been for men. Typically, they follow a pretty consistent style. They all tend to...

I just want to share this little thing with you about an artefact I looked at this morning (December 2, 2019). As I was working my way...

Okay folks, so it’s week one of the blog, but it is not week one of the project. To catch us up a bit, this article takes us all the way...

My name is Kate Beaulieu, you might remember me from the variety of walking tours I have run around the city for the Thunder Bay Museum...