Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

V.O.N. NURSES CAP

Date

1955

Materials

FELT, RIBBON

No. Pieces

1

Height

6.7

Diameter

15.2

Description

SIZE: 22. LABEL INSIDE BACK OF HAT READS "LADY BILTMORE". NAVY BLUE IN COLOR WITH A NAVY BLUE RIBBON BAND. V.O.N. CREST IN CENTER OUTSIDE FRONT OF HAT. CIRCULAR IN SHAPE. STITCHING ON OUTSIDE OF BRIM COMING APART. NAVY BLUE SWEAT BAND ON INSIDE ON HAT. TOP AND OUTSIDE OF HAT ARE STAINED.

Subjects

CLOTHING-OUTERWEAR

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

SEE HISTORY P19790006000-GA. DONORS FIRST VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES HAT, FIRST WORN IN 1955. HAT WAS CHANGED TO A NEW STYLE AFTER SEVERAL YEARS. DONOR RETIRED IN 1965 FROM V.O.N. *UPDATE* AN ARTIFACT IN THIS DONATION WAS PART OF THE 2018 COLLECTIONS SURVEY CONDUCTED BY COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK. NO FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIFACTS WAS MADE AVAILABLE AS A RESULT OF THE AUDIT WORK, DESPITE CONTACT WITH NEXT-OF-KIN. FOR MORE INFORMATION INCLUDING LETHBRIDGE HERALD CLIPPINGS ABOUT THOMAS AND EURETTA HAMBLIN AND PHOTOGRAPHS, PLEASE SEE THE PERMANENT FILE P19790006000-GA.

Catalogue Number

P19790012000

Acquisition Date

1978-11

Collection

Museum

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