Object Record

Metadata

Catalog Number

96.52.10

Object Name

RACK, HAT

Description

Wooden pillar hat rack with bevelled square body and four legs in at "x" configuration. Four metal hooks affixed to each side near top; two lower opposite each other and two higher opposite each other. Pale ochre paint finish.

Provenance

The donor, Dr. Lukas' daughter, "Cenie," remembers that the striped linen bag always hung from a hook on the coat rack. John "Jack" Lukas attended dental college in Minnesota between 1930 and 1933. Following graduation he returned to the Fraser Valley with his wife, Mabel and daughter, Ecenith, and opened his first practice in the family's tiny home in Agassiz. In 1935 the family moved to Abbotsford. They rented a house and Jack practiced out of an office on the south side of Essendene, mid-block between Pauline and Montrose. In 1938 the family bought property at 2517 Montvue and had a combined home and office built. Dr. Lukas practiced dentistry from this office until his death in 1993. The entire collection came from his office. The collection was appraised by J.F. Gillard Enterprises Ltd. at $55,100.

Source

LUKAS, ECENITH

Year Range from

1933

Year Range to

1993