Uniform

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Swedish American Museum

2017.26.2C_Front

Name/Title

Uniform

Entry/Object ID

2017.26.2C

Description

Nurse's dress part of an Augustana Student Nurse Uniform. The dress is composed of white and blue-gray horizontal and vertical stripes with an area of beige at the lower end of each sleeve and an attached beige apron with six vertical seams, four horizontal seams, and the inscription, "Miss E. Christensen" written in black letters.

Context

Augustana School of Nursing opened in 1894 at 480 Cleveland Avenue to train nurses of Scandinavian descent. The school first admitted non-Scandinavian students to the training program in 1905. By the time it closed in 1989, Augustana graduated over 3,000 nurses.

Acquisition

Accession

2017.26

Source or Donor

Mr. Jon R. Lind

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen Van Ostrand

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Color

Blue, White

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Nursing, Uniforms

Search Terms

Augustana Hospital School of Nursing

Dimensions

Width

12-1/2 in

Depth

4-7/8 in

Length

45-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Augustana Hospital School of Nursing

Reproductions

Notes

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