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Nursing Costumes, Uniforms and Caps

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Photo Credit: Nan Martin BCHNS Our collection consists of several caps from UBC and VGH as well as a military nursing sister’s veil. The cap shown is from UBC (c.1960s) The demise of the Nurse’s cap took place in the 1970s. You can find a wonderful online collecton of preservved caps dating from 1895 – 1983 at www.historymuseum.ca/gloriakay.
1980 Canadian Forces Naval Whites and cap
1950 Royal Jubilee Hospital student uniform plus cape
Original WW1 Red Cross nurse uniform, cape and cuff
Amelia Douglas costume 1850s (replica)
World War 11 Queen Alexandra Royal Army Nursing Corps cape – Edith Adnams

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Welcome to the BC History of Nursing Society Website

Our mission is to discover, disseminate, and preserve BC's nursing history. In 1989 interested registered nurses banded together and formed the B.C. History of Nursing Professional Practice Group under the umbrella of the Registered Nurses Association of BC. In 2008 the organization became registered under the Society Act of BC and is now known as the B.C. History of Nursing Society (BCHNS).

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P: 604-822-1714
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