White polyester and cotton one-piece double breasted princess style short nurse's uniform consists of short sleeves with french cuffs; ladies size 12; right sleeve has a red fabric cross stitched on; open to the waist; cross over front closure with metal snaps at top shoulder and waist; buttons sho…
White polyester and cotton one-piece double breasted princess style short nurse's uniform consists of short sleeves with french cuffs; ladies size 12; right sleeve has a red fabric cross stitched on; open to the waist; cross over front closure with metal snaps at top shoulder and waist; buttons should be 2.0 cm white domed plastic shank and cotter pin style; with five button closure and five decorative buttons on opposite side; all buttons are missing; two slant inset pockets at hips; two piece inset half back belt with button closure; back sleeve gusset; measurement from center back neck to hem 86.1 cm; skirt circumference 59.1 cm.
Woven into on fabric label: "LAC-MAC // SIZE 12 // FORTREL AND COTTON"; handwritten inside: "53 // C. RAFUSE".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0007
0007 Closet A
Length
86.1 cm
Width
59.7 cm
Depth
0.3 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 86.1 cm x Width 59.7 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Websites
Reference Comments
Christine Brown
Canadian Museum of History, "Symbol of a Profession: One Hundred Years of Nurses' Caps," https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/hist/infirm/inint01e.html
"For Service to Humanity: Nursing Education at Kingston General Hospital," Museum of Health Care. https://www.museumofhealthcare.ca/explore/exhibitions/forservicetohumanity.html
Research Facts
Donor wore this uniform during her four years of student nurse's training at Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1971. Throughout the twentieth century, nurses' uniforms changed, in particular with the rising of hemlines. The nurse's uniform was generally white, and Kingston General Hospital uniforms were once known for "turkey red" hemlines. Different levels of nursing education had different uniforms, in particular different caps, as graduate nurses had black bands on their caps to indicate their level of education.