Name/Title
Grey seersucker Red Cross Uniform Dress of Alice Mclain, c. 1943Entry/Object ID
1998.209.1Description
ACC. NO. 98.209.1 A, B, C
SUBJECT CATEGORY: AMERICAN RED CROSS
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1943
OBJECT: UNIFORM
DESCRIPTION:
A. UNIFORM DRESS, ONE-PIECE, OF GREY-COLORED SEERSUCKER.
THE BODICE HAS A POCKET WITH AN APPLIQUED EMBLEM OF A RED CROSS IN SILK EMBROIDERY ON A WHITE-COLORED BACKGROUND. IT ALSO HAS TWO LOWER POCKETS AND IS LONG SLEEVE. EIGHT WHITE-COLORED GLASS BUTTONS ADORN THE FRONT OF THE GARMENT; BUTTONS ARE REPEATED ON SLEEVE CUFFS.
B. DRESS HAS A DETACHABLE BELT OF CORRESPONDING FABRIC, WITH WHITE-COLORED GLASS BUTTONS, SECURED BY BUTTON HOLES.
C. HAT CONSISTS OF A CURVED PANEL OF WHITE-COLORED COTTON, WITH AN APPLIQUED EMBLEM OF THE RED CROSS. BACK OF HAT IS IN MATCHING GREY-COLORED SEERSUCKER.
HISTORY OF OBJECTS:
UNIFORM WORN BY ALICE MCLAIN, WHO ESTABLISHED HER HOME IN ALAMEDA IN 1943. SHE WAS A GREY LADY DURING WW-II, AND WORKED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE ALAMEDA BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. HER DUTY STATION WAS @ THE US NAVAL HOSPITAL, OAK KNOLL, OAKLAND, CA.
DONOR:
VIRGINIA PRATT, DAUGHTER OF ALICE MCLAIN
DATE: MAY 9, 1998
