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
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
F4S . K. HALL
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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
64 cm (Length), 110.5 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Hospitals, Psychiatric Services, Making History - Psych Services