Nurse's uniform dress worn by Pauline Brown Payne
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Angelica Corporation, American, founded 1904
label: Worn by
content: Pauline Brown Payne, American
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Nursing
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Clothing - Fashion and Historical
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Pauline Brown Payne
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.90.2.1
objectType: label: Type
content: dresses
label: Type
content: uniforms
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cloth, thread, plastic (organic)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Flat): 45 1/2 × 30 11/16 in. (115.6 × 78 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 13 in. (33 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (Collar): 3 1/8 × 24 in. (8 × 61 cm)