One-piece short-sleeved polyester/cotton blend nurse’s uniform dress (a) with a blue and white pin stripe pattern; two hip and one patch pockets; bust darts; princess seams on back; white standard collar; sleeves have flip-up cuffs with white border; hidden button shirt placket with nine buttonhole…
One-piece short-sleeved polyester/cotton blend nurse’s uniform dress (a) with a blue and white pin stripe pattern; two hip and one patch pockets; bust darts; princess seams on back; white standard collar; sleeves have flip-up cuffs with white border; hidden button shirt placket with nine buttonholes for full length of front closure; metal snap closure at neck; measurement from center back neck to hem 1.06 m; hem circumference 1.26 m; separate white cotton diamond shaped patch with blue machine embroidered "B G H" (b) applied to right sleeve.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - dress - Length 1.06 m x Width 62.7 cm x Depth 0.6 cm
"THE BEST IN THE LAND // IS MADE BY // BLAND" is machine embroidered into fabric label at back neck; on shoulder patch "B G H"
Permanent Location
(a) Storage Room 0007
0007 Closet A
(b) Storage Room 0010
0010-C5-3
Condition Remarks
Like new
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Websites
Reference Comments
Donor information
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
Wanda Lazure is a graduate of the Brockville General Hospital School of Nursing Class 1971. The first graduating class of Brockville General Hospital School of Nursing was in 1893. The school was closed in 1974 after instructing 1188 graduates. Gary Yeo was the last graduate who was also the first male to enter the school in 1971.
Throughout the twentieth century, nurses' uniforms changed, in particular with the rising of hemlines. The nurse's uniform was generally white. 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.