Name/Title
Red Wool Red Cross entertainer's coat with WWII military patches, 1944Entry/Object ID
2020.42.1Description
Acc. No. 20.42.1
Subject Category: Red Cross; WW-II
Date or Period: 1944
Object: Coat
Description:
A red wool coat covered in military multi-colored, embroidered, military patches, sewn on by hand. Label in neck has machine-embroidered name: 'Dorothy Malloch'.
History of Object: Red Cross Woman's jacket of Dorothy Mary Malloch, a longtime Alameda resident, who performed as an entertainer in soldier shows in Europe around 1944.
For more information see reverse / Research Notes.
Acquired From:
Dorothy Malloch Karvasales (Vicki Elliot, daughter)
Donated: 6/22/2020
Cataloged: 9/11/2020
