Nurse's cap worn by Pauline Brown Payne

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Object Details

Issued by

Homer G. Phillips Hospital, American, 1937 - 1979

Worn by

Pauline Brown Payne, American

Description

A white nurses cap with a folded back brim. The edges of the cap fasten to the back interior with two (2) buttons. A flap covers the back of the head and folds under to meet the edges of the brim.

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pauline Brown Payne

Date

1944

Object number

2013.90.3

Restrictions & Rights

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Type

caps (headgear)

Medium

cloth, thread, plastic

Dimensions

H x W x D: 6 1/4 x 6 5/8 x 6 in. (15.9 x 16.8 x 15.2 cm)

Place used

Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification

Clothing - Fashion and Historical

Exhibition

Making a Way Out of No Way

On View

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050

Data Source

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Topic

African American

Clothing and dress

Labor

Medicine

Nursing

Women

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d23cdae2-11a1-4fbe-a2c6-0d5dac9c74ed

Record ID

nmaahc_2013.90.3