Doctor's Cape

Name/Title

Doctor's Cape

Entry/Object ID

2006.019.007

Description

Heavy navyblue wool doctor/nurse cape. Gold wool lining, velvet collar and double knot loop at neck to close. Worn by Dr. Louise Hector. She was one of the first women to graduate from medical school (1904 UCSF). Practised in Berkeley with her husband Dr. Robert Hector.

Made/Created

Date made

1904 - 1940

Notes

Date: 1904-1940

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Cape

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Outerwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Dimensions

Length

31 in

Location

Other

E1-1