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[1999.267.53] nurse's cap
Image Number: 1050615
Nurse's Cap, 1999.267.53, Toronto East General and Orthopaedic Hospital
CD2001-60
S2001-21
nurse's cap
Accession Number 1999.267
Catalogue Number 1999.267.53
Museum CMH
Collection The Gloria Barwell Kay Nurses' Caps Collection
Canadian Nursing History Collection
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Person / School / Hospital Associated institution, Toronto East General and Orthopaedic Hospital
Associated party, Kay (née Barwell) , B.SC., B.A., M.S.C.N., Mrs. Gloria Violet
Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province - Ontario, Municipality - Toronto, Township / District - York, County of
Measurements Height 12.5 cm, Length 14.3 cm, Width 23.0 cm

Caption Toronto East General and Orthopaedic Hospital School of Nursing, Toronto, Ontario, Gloria (Barwell) Kay, Graduated 1951
Additional Information Until the 1970s, trained nurses were instantly recognized by their caps. Each school and hospital had its own cap design and means of indicating the level of training. Today this symbol of knowledge and caring has all but disappeared. Gloria Kay, a retired nurse, believed that the caps should be preserved, and in 1974 began a collection of caps, which nurses all across Canada sent to her. Excerpt from exhibition text: Symbol of a Profession: A Century of Nurses' Caps, February 2001 to January 2003
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Image Number: 1050618
CD2001-60
S2001-22
Image Number: 5172272
Gloria (Barwell) Kay, 1951
CD2008-0094
IMG2008-0067-0043-Dm
Image Number: 5172321
"The Importance of a Nurse's Cap" by Gloria (Barwell) Kay
CD2008-0095
IMG2008-0067-0074-Dm