Name/Title
Red Cross Volunteer Nurse's Aide Uniform Cap, after 1944, before 2020Entry/Object ID
2020.70.2Description
Accession No: 20.70.2 A & B
Subject: Red Cross
Dates: 1944
Object Type: Volunteer Nurse's Aide Cap
Description:
Red Cross Head covering (2), consisting of a piece of blue and tapering white striped cotton forming a T, and a piece of white cotton attached to the bar of the T, with two buttons attached to either end, to be attached to the stem through button holes forming the back. A Red Cross emblem is sewn onto the middle of the white cotton.
Size: L 6" X W 14"
B. has a label: 99% SHRUNK ; ANOC Quality First ; A.S.W. GRUNDY; DOCTORS & NURSES OUTFITTING CO. 1214 SUTTER ST. SAN FRANCISCO.
History/Provenance: Red Cross Nurse's Aide Uniform Cap, of a style prescribed after 1944. Donor unknown, but likely part of the donation of the Red Cross Charter when they sold the old Charter House.
Donor:
The Alameda Branch of the Red Cross.
Accession Date: 11/15/2020
