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 uniform consisting of a dress, belt. This uniform was worn by Frances Marie Wilkinson who volunteered with the American Red Cross from 1957 - 1960 while in Japan.
label: Description
content: 2018.0280.01a - dress - Light blue and white striped short sleeve dress with buttons up the center. Red Cross patch on sleeve. Red Cross symbol stitched on top pocket. American Red Cross Volunteer pin and Home Nursing pin above top pocket. BOHE name plate. Tag inside reads "MERCANTILE UNIFORMS / NEW YORK / SIZE 10"
label: Description
content: 2018.0280.01b - belt - Light blue and white striped belt with two buttons.
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
label: accession number
content: 2018.0280
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0280.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: uniform
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric; plastic; metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: dress: 121 cm x 77 cm x .9 cm; 47 5/8 in x 30 5/16 in x 11/32 in
label: Measurements
content: belt: 73 cm x 3.2 cm x .9 cm; 28 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in x 11/32 in