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Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 12
THE GOLDEN AGE OF HOCKEY
Inspiration is found in a harness shop…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 11
RURAL LIVING
On the horse and around the hearth…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 10
INUIT CULTURE
Nivinngajuliaat: felt stories from the North…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 9
AMERICAN INFLUENCE AND AFFLUENCE
Cars, white-goods and poodle skirts…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 8
THE MILITARY
Ordnance and ornament…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 7
INDUSTRIALIZATION
Where there is steel, there is bound to be felt…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 6
FIRST NATIONS
A museum artifact tells a story of oppression and survival…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 5
A STORY OF IMMIGRATION
To the Prairies where felt is good for the sole…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 4
WINTER BOOTS
A Cold War in which felt meets rubber…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 3
WILDERNESS TIPS
Felt filters, lines and insulates…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 2
HATS
Canadian classics, and how some indigenous folks stick it to the man…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Part 1
PELTS AND FELTS
A vagary of fashion that brought prosperity to a nation but destitution to native life long before Confederation…
Beaver Hats to Hockey Pads: A Social History of Felt in Canada: Introduction
INTRODUCTION
A collection of stories that uses felt objects to illustrate aspects of Canadian history from the fur trade though popular culture…