Collar - Nurse, White Cotton, circa 1900

Detachable white cotton nurses collar, circa 1900. Worn by a nurse at a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia. Possibly worn by Nurse Muir.

Detachable nurse's uniform collar of white cotton. Long strip, minutely curved with ends tapering in at top.

Example of uniforms worn in Victorian mental health hospitals

More Information

Collection Names

Psychiatric Services Collection
Collecting Areas

Medicine & Health, Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles
Acquisition Information

Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
Place & Date Used

Victoria, Australia, circa 1900
Inscriptions

MUIR written in black ink along top edge.
Classification

Medicine & health, Mental health - institutional life, Clothing
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

History
Type of item

Object
Overall Dimensions

8 cm (Length), 47 cm (Height)
Keywords

Nursing, Psychiatric Hospitals, Uniforms, Making History - Psych Services