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Photo #: NH 52969

Navy Nurse Uniforms


Modeled by Betty Mayer, who was Assistant Superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1923-1930. Her cap bears the two gold stripes of her position.
Seen here is the white indoor duty uniform and blue knit sweater, authorized 22 January 1923.
Probably photographed prior to 1929.

Courtesy of the Nursing Division, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, September 1962.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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21 January 2000