Museum object · caps (headgear)
Nurse's cap worn by Pauline Brown Payne
1944
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.
A white nurses cap with a folded back brim. The edges of the cap fasten to the back interior with two (2) buttons. A flap covers the back of the head and folds under to meet the edges of the brim.
- Catalog date
- 1944
- Recorded places
- Saint Louis, Missouri, United States, North and Central America
- Recorded subjects
- African American; Clothing and dress; Labor; Medicine; Nursing; Women
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: 2013.90.3
Collection: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
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