Name/Title
Nurse's DressEntry/Object ID
2024.8.2Description
Blue and white pin-striped dress with starched white collar, short sleeves, and right-hand breast pocket. Buttonholes down the front and at waist. There is a patch on the right arm with three v-shaped blue lines.Use
Worn by Virginia Olson Anderson, the donor's mother, who graduated from nursing school in 1953 and worked at the Swedish Covenant Hospital.Context
The Swedish Evangelical Covenant Church (Mission Friends) founded the Home of Mercy in Bowmanville, Chicago in 1886, operating as a hospital, orphanage, and senior home. Due to the increase of medical services needed, the Home decided to open a hospital. In 1899, a nurse training program began and in 1903 the first unit of the hospital was constructed under the name Swedish Covenant Hospital. Today, Swedish Hospital is owned by Endeavor Health and remains a teaching hospital.Acquisition
Accession
2024.8Source or Donor
Beth FertigAcquisition Method
DonationClothing/Dress/Costume Details
Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume
DressClothing Sex
FemaleTextile Details
Material
CottonFabric Pattern Name
PinstripeColor
Blue, WhiteLabel/Inscription/Signature
Type
LabelLocation
CollarTranscription
VIRGINIA M. OLSONType
StampLocation
CollarTranscription
"087"Material/Technique
StampedLexicon
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Uniforms, Nurses, Nursing, Hospitals, Medical care, Medical education, Medical schools, ImmigrantsSearch Terms
Swedish Covenant HospitalRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Virginia M. Olson, Swedish Covenant Hospital
