Green and black wool blanket with a black stripe across the top and bottom ends; date machine-embroidered in bottom black stripe.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Returned to the Kingston General Hospital chaplain in 2000 with an anonymous note stating that the donor had stolen it 29 years earlier.
Maker
Horn Brothers
Dates
1960
1962
circa 1960-1962
Date Remarks
Based on date embroidered on blanket.
Material
fabric: black, green, pink
Inscriptions
Stitched in pink thread: "9 / 11/ 62"; printed on sewn on fabric patch: "CANADIAN MADE // H. B. // HORN BROS. // PURE WOOL".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-CLOSET
Temporary Location
On exhibit: "For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General Hospital," Nov. 13, 2008 (in restored room 1016).
Dimension Notes
Length 1.92 m x Width 1.52 m x Depth 0.5 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor discolouration and slight fuzzing of wool surface.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
JPG
Reference Comments
CD #2
Research Facts
Upon return, item had the follow note written in blue pen on a post-it note attached: "To Whom It May Concern - I stoled this blanket 29 years ago, The Lord told I must return it to-day. Please forgive me."