Uniform
- Object Name:
- Uniform
- Object ID:
- 1996.049.02
- Date:
- 1944
- Description:
- U.S. Army nurse's uniform, Eisenhower-style, worn by Mary McDonnell during WWII. Consists of jacket (A) and skirt (B).
A Jacket. Olive green wool, fully lined. Waist length, long sleeves. Four, front-button closure with sewn in waist belt. Two breast pockets with hidden button closures. All buttons are olive green plastic. Epaulets with button closure. Two emblems on left sleeve: oval shoulder patch (identical to patch on right shoulder of .1, European Theater of Operations), and rectangular patch on forearm with two embroidered gold bars (same as .1). Two-button cuff closures. Handwritten on inside back "McD 3096".
B Skirt. Matching olive wool. Printed label sewn inside waist "SKIRTS, WOOL, O.D., Wms. / SIZE 10 R / PRICE'S TAILORS LTD. / CONTRACT/ECH 1100 1944". Left side four-button closure. Skirt hanging loops present. Woman's size 10. - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Plastic - Provenance:
- U.S. Army nurse's uniform worn by Mary McDonnell during WWII. Mary McDonnell is from Concord, NH, and served in the European Theater (E.T.O.) during WWII.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mary McDonnell
- People:
- McDonnell, Mary
- Subjects:
- Uniforms
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