Ask any ‘lifer’ nurse about ‘the early days’ and they’ll inevitably begin to reminisce about their uniform – especially the nursing cap! Take a trip down memory lane and flip through this gallery of nursing caps through the years.
c. 1885-1910
White capped nurse holding an infant. Photographed in Tallahassee, Florida.
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c. 1895 – 1905
Portrait of a nurse in white, holding twin babies.
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c. 1880-1923
Young Girl in Red Cross Uniform.
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c. 1900-1920
Nurses of the Elliot City Hospital in Keene, New Hampshire.
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c. 1900-1920
Nurses and Physicians of the Elliot City Hospital in Keene, New Hampshire.
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c. 1910 – 1915
Young nurse in white uniform.
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