General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

12

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

100% wool oblong scarf is predominantly blue-green, red and gold; navy blue fringe decorates both short edges; scarf features abstract pattern of stylized maple leaves.

Dimensions

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

Length

170.0 cm

Width

49.0 cm

Height

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Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Aviation

Category

Clothing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

This uniform component worn by donor c. 2000-2005. This uniform style in use 1996- 2005.

Canada

Example of a flight attendant uniform worn by an employee of Air Canada, Canada's national airline since the mid-twentieth century. Air Canada was originally called Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) and was formed by the Canadian National Railways. The company launched its first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. On January 1, 1965, its name was changed to Air Canada. Air Canada was privatized in 1988. This uniform was introduced in early 1996. Its "blue spruce" colour was an intentional departure from the previous two Air Canada uniforms, which used navy blue as the base colour. The colour change was supposed to help create a new identity for the airline, which was privatized in 1988, but which people still perceived as being government owned. The identity revolved around professionalism and customer service. The basic components of this uniform for women were jacket and choice of pants, dress, or skirt together with blouse (available in long or short sleeve versions) and brevet. This scarf could be worn with the all-weather coat or on top of the jacket, when extra warmth was required. [Ref. 3, p. 29] This uniform belonged to Melanie Lariviere, who was hired as a flight attendant in Montreal on September 18, 2000. After completing the initial training course in November, she moved to Toronto, where she was still based at the time of this donation. [Ref. 1]

Function

To identify the wearer as an Air Canada flight attendant.

Technical

100% wool scarf could be worn with the all-weather coat or on top of the jacket, when extra warmth was required. [Ref. 3, p. 29]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"AIR CANADA" and logo- stylized maple leaf within circle- woven into both ends of scarf. "100%/ LAINE/ WOOL/ CA 31360/ NETTAYAGE A SEC/ DRY CLEAN ONLY/ FAIT AU CANADA/ MADE IN CANADA/ 1938" printed on tag sewn to scarf edge.

Missing

None.

Finish

Oblong woven scarf is predominantly blue-green, red and gold; navy blue fringe decorates both short edges; scarf features abstract pattern of stylized maple leaves.

Decoration

N/A