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Red Cross Nurse Uniform, WWII

Red Cross Nurse Uniform, WWII - Uniform
Accession #: 3960.1
Title: Red Cross Nurse Uniform, WWII
Object Type: Uniform
Participants:
Physical Description: Dark grey wool gabardine WWII era Red Cross nurse's uniform consists of jacket, skirt and hat. Jacket = (a) (currently jacket is not located for cataloging); (b) = skirt with 1.5" waistband and side zipper and button closure; (c) = hat of same dark grey fabric with a glossy, enameled Red Cross pin at the proper left of center of the brim of the hat. Hat is lined with black fabric.
Category: Textiles
Related Objects:
3960.1A (American Red Cross, Uniform; Jacket, Red Cross Nurse Uniform Jacket, 1945)
3960.1C (American Red Cross, Hat, WWII Red Cross Nurse Uniform Hat, 1945)
3960.2 (American Red Cross, Card, Identification; Tag, Dog, WWII Red Cross Nurse Identification, Betty Black, 1945)
3960.3 (American Red Cross, Record, Military, WW II American Red Cross Certificate of Service and Letter, Betty Black, 1946)
3960.4 (American Red Cross, Pin, Insignia, WW II American Red Cross Service and Identification Pins, Betty Black, 1946)
Subjects/Topics/Concepts:
World War II (Military & Warfare->War), Uniform (Personal Artifact), Nursing (Industry->Medicine), Women (Women)
Dimensions:
length, center back 25 1/2" A
length, center back 28" B
head circumference 21 1/2" C
Materials/Techniques:
wool (textile) (Material)
Credit Line: Gift of JoAnne Black Brockway in memory of Betty Black Schoen, 2000

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