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Williamsport Sun: March 16, 1931 – Evolution of Nurses’ Uniform Depicted in Window Display

Models representing foreign countries and various parts of the United States have arrived in this city and are and have been displayed in one of the display window at Brozman’s Women’s Shop on Pine Street, to help tell the story, “The Evolution of the Nurse’s Uniform.”

The pert, little doll nurses dressed in their quaint uniforms of centuries ago, are attracting a great deal of attention. There are 10 models. Probably the one exciting the most comment is the Chinese nurse, whose costume is so entirely different than any ever seen in this country. Her associates, a Norwegian Red Cross nurse, a Blue Cross nurse from Naples, a Cuban trained nurse, and one representing the Hospital de Beaulieu illustrate the capes, flowing headdresses, pleated aprons, and long “street sweeping” uniforms of long ago.

An interesting model is the “Henry Street Nurse,” a reproduction of the famous French painting presented by the French government to the Henry Street settlement. The model is typical of the little women who worked in the settlement district, in honor of whom the portrait was painted.

The uniforms of past ages which the dolls model are in contrast to the neat regulation uniforms which are on display for selection by the modern nurse. Beside these elaborate uniforms the 1931 nurse’s uniform is trim and smart because of its simplicity. In uniforms as well as other articles of clothing there are fashions.