Dress

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dress

Entry/Object ID

1973.27.4a-b

Description

White nurse's long-sleeved uniform dress or smock with long, wide collar. The dress buttons up the center front with white plastic buttons, hidden beneath a placket, from the upper thigh to the neckline. The waist of the dress is not shaped, but held with a wide belt that runs through belt loops at the sides and secures with two white plastic buttons at the center front. Fullness is added to the hips at either side by gathers just beneath the belt loops. There are two large patch pockets on either side of the hips.

Context

Worn by Ruby Grace Stone, who trained as a nurse in Burlington, Vermont, during WWI.

Acquisition

Accession

1973.27

Source or Donor

Stone, Lillian Templeton

Acquisition Method

Gift

Clothing/Dress/Costume Details

Article of Clothing/Dress/Costume

Dress

Clothing Sex

Female

Textile Details

Material

Cotton

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Uniform, Occupational

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Uniform

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dress

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Status Symbols

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Main Garments

Nomenclature Class

Personal Symbols

Nomenclature Class

Clothing

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Stone, Ruby Grace (1886-1924)

Related Places

Place

Town

Northfield

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Place

City

Burlington

County

Chittenden County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Related Events

Event

World War I