Uniform
Object number2019.1.1
Manufacturer
Vanderbilt Shirt Company, Inc.
Date1972-1974
MediumPolyester; Cotton; Metal
Credit LineGift of Alice Nestor
DescriptionWhite short-sleeve A-line dress with collar.DimensionsHeight x Width (Width along bottom of dress): 38.625 × 24.375 in. (98.1 × 61.9 cm)Width (Sleeve to sleeve measurement ): 33.188 in. (84.3 cm)
InscriptionsHandwritten text along back of neck; Mostly faded; "A ...[ ILLEGIBLE]..MBK [ILLEGIBLE]...11-4-41 [ILLEGIBLE]"
MarksLabel sewed along neck: "14 / SHORT / 8410-177-4916"
Label sewed in right side of dress: "DRESS, WOMAN'S, / HOSPITAL DUTY UNIFORM / DSA 100-72-C-0028 / WARP: 100% POLYESTER / FILLING: 65% POLYESTER 35% COTTON / VANDERBILT SHIRT CO., INC."
Historical NotesWomen’s Army dental hygienist uniform. Aliquippa native Alice Ambrose (Nestor) enlisted in the Army at the age of 18 after graduating from Hopewell High School in 1972. After basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama she was stationed in Fort Sam, Houston where she trained as a dental assistant. She was honorably discharged from the Meddac Unit 18 Airborne Corp in 1974 and returned to Aliquippa where she became one of the first group of women who worked on the floor at J&L in Aliquippa. She worked in the Seamless Tube department that produced the Alaska pipeline. She retired from the mill in 1979 to take a job with the United States Post Office in Warrendale.
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