General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

predom. cloth (possibly wool); plastic buttons; leather headband; synthetic fabric & plastic lining inside crown

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

28.5 cm

Width

23.5 cm

Height

13.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Stokes

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

name: Air Canada adopted at beginning of 1965

Canada

Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. This uniform was turquoise blue and made from tyrelene and a wool basket weave blend. The jacket had a roll collar, and one button with a deep V-neckline. It was almost hip length with ¾ sleeves. The dress was a sleeveless skimmer with a modified A-line skirt and a deep scoop front and back neckline. It was worn on top of a short sleeve white blouse tied with an ascot. As for the accessories, the uniform was worn with short white gloves, black patent leather shoes and handbag. The uniform was described in the Air Canada's newsletter as having a white straw pillbox-style hat with upturned brim, sitting on the back of the head. A turquoise blue, square peaked, high crowned hat replaced the straw hat in 1967. A low crown, small brimmed hat was either added, or replaced, the high crown version later in 1967 or in 1968. The uniform was designed by Michel Robichaud of Montreal and manufactured by D'Allairds. The jacket and dress belonged to Miss. V. Phipps. The coat belonged to E.M. Gilmour. The straw hat belonged to Miss A. Johnson.

Function

worn with Pilot's uniform

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

raised lettering on cap badge reads: "AIR CANADA"; lettering on label inside crown reads: "Stokes/CAP & REGALIA LTD./TORONTO ONTARIO"

Missing

N/A

Finish

predom. dark blue; gold buttons

Decoration

Air Canada logo (maple leaf inside circle) on buttons