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
- 1944
- Object number
- 2013.90.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
- 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
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Clothing-Historical
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- On View
- NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Topic
- African American
- Clothing and dress
- Labor
- Medicine
- Nursing
- Women
- Record ID
- nmaahc_2013.90.3
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d23cdae2-11a1-4fbe-a2c6-0d5dac9c74ed
