Wedding dress

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Title

Wedding dress

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This wedding dress was made from Second World War Japanese parachute silk and was worn by bride Carol Thomas (nee Gifford) when she married Owen Thomas after he was discharged from the New Zealand Army in 1946. Owen was part of J-Force and spent some months in Japan on his way back from Europe. He was involved in reconstruction type work near the Nagasaki bomb zone. He noted finding useful objects in a small diary, including parachutes. On Monday 15 April 1946, he wrote: 'went over to big ins...

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Format

Image

Date created

1946

Creator

Gifford Family

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1156646

Related subjects

Women / silk / wedding dresses / sewing / Parachutes / War / World War, 1939-1945 / New Zealand / Carol Thomas

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