SIGN
Geography
Prince Edward Island
Dimensions0.3 x 41.5 x 18 cm
Object numberHF.09.11.2
DescriptionA rectangular clear plexiglass business sign for "Adella's Millinery". Written in two different fonts, the business name is printed in fold with a black and white border. A section of chain is attached on one side at the back. Narrative
Back when business was still a man's world, Adella's Millinery blazed a trail for women entrepreneurs.
Adella's was run by Mary Adele MacLellan, who worked in Montreal and New York before returning to Charlottetown. Mary ran a millinery shop - first on Grafton Street and after a fire wiped her out, she started again on lower Queen Street. She partnered with milliner Ella Connolly, and they combined their names - Adele and Ella - to come up with "Adella's".
The millinery was a fixture in downtown Charlottetown, operating from the early 1950s until the mid 1970s, providing fashionable hats and accessories to Island women.
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