Comb made of blue translucent sliver-flake plastic; has 48 teeth, two missing and two broken; comb is rectangular with a thickened extension of the spine flanking the teeth at either end.
Comb made of blue translucent sliver-flake plastic; has 48 teeth, two missing and two broken; comb is rectangular with a thickened extension of the spine flanking the teeth at either end.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Lieutenant (Nursing Sister) Miriam Hartrick during World War II.
"LUTRALITE" molded into the plastic; "MADE IN CANADA" molded into plastic on reverse.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-C3-6
Length
11.8 cm
Width
3.6 cm
Depth
0.4 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 11.8 cm x Width 3.6 cm x Depth 0.4 cm
Condition Remarks
Deposits of dirt between teeth; four teeth broken
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Website
Reference Comments
"Nursing Sisters," Canadian Encyclopedia, by Nancy Miller Chenier. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4Au-iCTdH3kJ:https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nursing-sisters&hl=en&gl=ca&strip=1&vwsrc=0
Research Facts
4480 Nursing Sisters served in World War II from Canada. Both overseas and in Canada, "they staffed more than 100 major hospital units and cared for hundreds of thousands of wounded Canadians and soldiers from other countries."