Name/Title
Uniform, Military pantsEntry/Object ID
109.98.12Description
Material: textile, plastic and metal. Size: 26 3/4" waistband size x 27 1/4" L. inseam. Description: Uniform pants. Navy blue fabric - black cotton pocket lining - full length - wide pant legs - closure on left side with an 8" L. zipper and two blue plastic waistband buttons - 1 1/2" W. waistband - one deep slash pocket on each side at hipline - four belt loops - waistband label: "Authority of U.S. Navy W.A.V.E.S" - second waistband label: "W.A.V.E.S." - name label stapled to second waistband label: "Dorothy Grace Hodgkins". Entire SPAR uniform is accessioned as #109.98.5-13, 17-18) and includes a cap, a garrison cap, blouse, shirts, skirt, slacks, belt and service crests.Context
Waseca County Military - U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, SPAR. Dorothy Hodgkins was a SPAR, a member of the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard from 1943-1945. The name "SPAR" derives from S(emper) PAR (atus) or "always ready", the motto of the U.S. Coast Guard. Hodgkins worked with public health doctors and nurses in sick bay and in the dental clinic in St. Augustine, Florida at a Coast Guard training station. Later she was located in Washington, D.C. at Coast Guard headquarters. See donor gift agreement for more biographical information on Dorothy Hodgkins Gigeay.Cataloged By
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Object Name
Uniform, Military pantsClass
Clothing, OuterwearCategory
Personal ArtifactsCreate Date
January 4, 1999Update Date
November 21, 2024