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Nurse's uniform dress worn by Pauline Brown Payne

African American Museum

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    Object Details

    Manufactured by

    Angelica Corporation, American, founded 1904

    Worn by

    Pauline Brown Payne, American

    Description

    A blue-and-white striped nurse's uniform worn by Pauline Brown Payne. The dress has a button-up front and detachable white collar and sleeve cuffs. The collar is attached to the neck of the dress with one button at the nape and the collars are attached with two buttons on the outside of the sleeve. The sleeves have the manufacturer's information stamped in black ink on the inside and the collar there are two names written in freehand. The dress is an A-line silhouette with a pocket at the PL breast and one on the PR hip. The stripes of the dress are vertical, except at the waist, where there is a horizontally cut band. There are white buttons above and below as well as at the waist. There is a manufacturer's and a personal tag sewn to the inside nape of the neck.

    Credit Line

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

    Date

    1944

    Object number

    2013.90.2.1

    Restrictions & Rights

    No Known Copyright Restrictions
    Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

    Type

    dresses
    uniforms

    Medium

    cloth, thread, plastic (organic)

    Dimensions

    H x W (Flat): 45 1/2 × 30 11/16 in. (115.6 × 78 cm)
    Waist: 13 in. (33 cm)
    H x W (Collar): 3 1/8 × 24 in. (8 × 61 cm)

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    National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

    Classification

    Clothing - Fashion and Historical

    Data Source

    National Museum of African American History and Culture

    Topic

    African American
    Clothing and dress
    Education
    Medicine
    Nursing
    Women

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a1f1c53d-dacb-4bc9-a795-8c3e3311e3b4

    Record ID

    nmaahc_2013.90.2.1

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