Single-breasted box style nurse’s ‘walking out’ cream wool jacket with a notched collar; two 2.1 cm white plastic button closure; full cream polyester lining; 0.3 cm gold and red twisted piping along all edges including pockets and cuffs; ladies size 8; princess lines in front and back; cord loop f…
Single-breasted box style nurse’s ‘walking out’ cream wool jacket with a notched collar; two 2.1 cm white plastic button closure; full cream polyester lining; 0.3 cm gold and red twisted piping along all edges including pockets and cuffs; ladies size 8; princess lines in front and back; cord loop for hanging jacket; two patch pockets at hip and one at bust; applied felt patch with machine-embroidered Kingston General Hospital crest on right breast pocket; darts at waist and bust; sleeves from shoulder to cuff at finger press line 59.0 cm; bust is 1.02 m; centre back at neck to hem is 67.0 cm; width of hem is 1.08 m.
Embroidered on breast pocket: "GENERAL HOSPITAL // KINGSTON" woven into fabric label; on inside right facing: "DEACON BROTHERS // LIMITED // BELLEVILLE CANADA”
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010 Closet
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 67.0 cm x Width 53.5 cm x Depth 0.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Faint yellow stains at center front and small moth holes on right front bodice
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Book
Reference Comments
Donor information
Marilyn Boston; reference book compiled: "Information Re KGH Nursing Uniforms" to document the collection of uniforms; further references are noted within; numerous photos available at Queen's Archives, see Museum's Index
Research Facts
Trudy (Gertrude) Shaw is a graduate of the Kingston General Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1956.
Red wool jackets (blazers) were first worn by Kingston General Hospital nursing students and graduates in 1946 during informal off-duty hours when a nursing uniform was not appropriate; these were purchased voluntarily, generally when students entered their third year of study, and it was considered to be a rite of passage; the blazers were changed to white wool with red braided trim for the 1953 class; the blazer tradition continued until circa 1970.