American Red Cross uniform, ca 1957 - 1960
date: label: date used
content: ca 1957 - 1960
notes: label: Description
content: One (1) woman's American Red Cross hat. This uniform was worn by Frances Marie Wilkinson who volunteered with the American Red Cross from 1957 - 1960 while in Japan.
label: Description
content: Light blue and white striped cap with two buttons on back. Red Cross symbol stitched on front.
label: Description
content: This uniform was worn by Frances Marie (Wilkinson) Bohe as a volunteer with the American Red Cross in Yokohama, Japan, where she lived from 1957 to 1960 while her husband Stanley Alma Bohe was stationed there with the U.S. Army.
label: Description
content: Frances had been born in Arkansas in 1925 and received a teaching degree from the University of Arkansas. She taught first through fourth graders for a year before marrying Stanley in 1944. Over the years, the Bohes were stationed in Florida, Germany, and Japan. In Yokohama, the family, including a son and daughter, lived in a house off the Army base and employed a Japanese woman named Kiyoko as a maid.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: Japan
label: place made
content: United States: New York
label: Associated Place
content: China
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gail Wollin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0280.01.4
label: accession number
content: 2018.0280
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0280.01.4
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric; plastic; metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 34.5 cm x 12.2 cm x 5 cm; 13 19/32 in x 4 13/16 in x 1 31/32 in