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[1999.267.24] nurse's cap
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CD2001-68
S2000-8118
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nurse's cap
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| Accession Number |
1999.267 |
| Catalogue Number |
1999.267.24 |
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CMH |
| Collection |
The Gloria Barwell Kay Nurses' Caps Collection
Canadian Nursing History Collection
Collection Search
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| Person / School / Hospital |
Associated institution, St. Joseph's Hospital
Associated party, Sutherland, Mary Christene
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| Place of Use |
Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province - Nova Scotia, Municipality - Glace Bay
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| Measurements |
Height 12.6 cm, Length 16.1 cm, Width 17.7 cm |
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| Caption |
St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing, Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Mary Christene Sutherland, graduated 1951 |
| Additional Information |
Some hospitals chose for their uniforms the current fashions worn by domestic servants, including cap and bibbed apron. The maid's cap was made tiny and its gathered caul sometimes raised into a tall mound or point at the top. Excerpt from exhibition text: Symbol of a Profession: A Century of Nurses' Caps, February 2001 to January 2003 |
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