Teacher's Smock for Classroom

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Teacher's Smock for Classroom

Entry/Object ID

2024.249.1

Description

Cotton button down smock for classroom use that belonged to Lorraine Jess. Mostly white with red collar and four pockets of blue, yellow, red, and green. For more more information about Lorraine Jess' time as a teacher in a one room school, see exhibit poster in this entry.

Context

Worn by Lorraine Wahoske (m. Jess) for her first teaching job. Photograph in archive, c 1950, showing the donor wearing the coat. Donor related story about how, in the photo, she thought she was pregnant but was not. Women, at that time, were not allowed to teach if pregnant. Family folder 2007.0353

Acquisition

Accession

2024.249

Source or Donor

Lorraine Jess

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1950

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Coat

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Overcoat

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Outerwear

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects