This design dates to circa 1921, just before McCall’s patented the printed pattern. Twenties-era patterns for nurse’s uniforms always seem to include the cap. Image: Local History & Archives, Hamilton Public Library. Ballinahinch Relief Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, ca. This archival photo shows a local Hamilton estate, Ballinahinch, that was donated for conversion to a hospital during the pandemic. Nurses wore similar protective wear during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918-19. (For more, see Patterns for the Great War.) McCall Special R and S (1917) Operating gown and helmet. This illustration shows a nurse dressed for surgery in the gown, McCall Special R, and helmet Special S. Image: Emery, A History of the Paper Pattern Industry. “The Nurse Fitted with Her Uniform and Apron”: nurse uniform pattern McCall 7845 with apron and cap pattern McCall 7847 in McCall’s, July 1917.įew of these antique patterns seem to have survived, but the Commercial Pattern Archive has the unisex Red Cross operating gown: McCall Special R (1917) Red Cross Surgeon’s and Nurse’s Operating Gown in Two Lengths. Image: Vogue Archive.ĭuring the First World War, McCall’s sold commercial patterns for war work, including nurse’s uniforms, as well as official Red Cross patterns. Detail, McCall Special R & S Red Cross operating gown and helmet in McCall’s, July 1917.Īs a salute to our health care workers, this post is dedicated to vintage patterns for nurse’s uniforms.ġ910s Red Cross nurse with Red Cross worker, Vogue, July 1918.
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