Summary
Dress - Black Wool, circa 1950. Worn by patients at a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia. These dresses were issued to female patients in mental hospitals in Victoria.
Physical Description
Black woollen material dress buttoning (3 buttons) to the waist and with a short slit at the waist, fastened by one hook and eye. It has long sleeves, a shirt-style collar, one breast pocket and loops at the waist for a belt (but belt is missing). The skirt is calf-length and straight. There are splits in the seams where stitching has given way at the top of the skirt, the waist and the sleeves.
Significance
Example of clothing worn in psychiatric hospirtals in Victoria Australia
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Medicine & Health, Public Life & Institutions, Clothing & Textiles
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Place & Date Used
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Inscriptions
SF.6 (written on tab at the neck)
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - institutional life, Clothing
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
54 cm (Length), 122 cm (Height)
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References
oral history.
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Keywords
Hospitals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Uniforms, Making History - Psych Services
