Navy Nurse Corps Indoor Uniform

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Uniform, Navy Nurse Corps
Uniform, Navy Nurse Corps
Uniform, Navy Nurse Corps
Uniform, Navy Nurse Corps
Cape, front.
Cape, back.

Object Details

Description

Navy Nurse Corps cape worn as part of the indoor uniform during World War I. Navy blue wool cape with red lining. Button closure at front with several buttons lining the top and bottom of each arm hole. Two pockets with button closure at front. Blue wool belt with button attachments at waist.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of the Navy Department through The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

date made

ca. 1917

associated date

1917 - 1918

ID Number

1998.0165.83.01

accession number

1998.0165

catalog number

1998.0165.83.01

Object Name

Cape

Other Terms

Cape; Woman; Navy; Nurse Corps; Officer; Service

Physical Description

wool (overall material)

Measurements

overall (padded and folded): 40 in x 33 in x 4 in; 101.6 cm x 83.82 cm x 10.16 cm

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Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval

Health & Medicine

Military

Modern Medicine and the Great War

Data Source

National Museum of American History

related event

World War I

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a2-a802-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_460926