Diefenbaker : Artifact : Light Brown Suede Leather Correspondence Portfolio. FN Motif. [90.2.8]

Light Brown Suede Leather Correspondence Portfolio. FN Motif.

Artifact

Accession Number:

90.2.8

Date

1940

Materials

Leather, metal, suede

Measurements

15.2 cm (width) 21 cm (length) 0.5 cm (height)

Description

Light brown suede leather correspondence portfolio. Front of portfolio features painted on profile view of a First Nation's chief wearing a headdress and image of two teepees, trees, and a canoe below. Inside portfolio features 6 slip pouches. Snap button close. A gift to John G. Diefenbaker from his brother Elmer C. Diefenbaker dated 1940.

Made in Vancouver B.C.

Marks/Labels

Front:
"Correspondence
Vancouver
B.C."

Inside:
"From
Elmer"

Back:
"J.G. Diefenbaker K.C., M.P.
1940"

Accession number inside right hand side flap in black.
"