Midwife uniform overdress worn by Amanda Carey Carter
date: label: Date
content: 1960s - 1980s
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Sears, Roebuck & Co., American, founded 1893
label: Owned by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A white midwife's uniform overdress worn by Amanda Carey Carter. The white dress has a front closure of plastic buttons (top) and steel snaps (bottom). It has a rounded collar, a stitched design on the front, and a pleated skirt. The fabric appears to be a cotton-polyester blend. A tag at the neck reads "SEARS fashions / Machine Wash Medium / SEARS, ROEBUCK, / AND CO., U.S.A."
place: label: Place used
content: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Clothing and dress
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
label: Topic
content: Rural life
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
label: Exhibition
content: Making a Way Out of No Way
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Community/Third Floor, 3 050
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.75.9
objectType: 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: cotton and synthetic fiber cloth with plastic
label: Dimensions
content: Length x Width (at shoulder): 41 x 14 in. (104.1 x 35.6 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Waist: 13 in. (33 cm)