Nurse's uniform dress worn by Pauline Brown Payne

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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

1944

Restrictions & Rights: No Known Copyright Restrictions; Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.

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)

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; Education; Medicine; Nursing; Women

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