Summary

Calico dress with blue stripes, made circa 1925. It is part of a uniform worn by female patients at a mental health hospital in Victoria in the mid 1920s. It was worn by a female patient located in ward F4 in a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1925.

Physical Description

Dress made from calico material with broadly spaced vertical deep-blue stripes. Dress is straight and wide, has waistband and darts for shape. Reinforced round neck, with a 3/4 length opening down centre of back with eyelets. Long sleeves.

Significance

Example of uniform worn by female patients in a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia

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