The move to all-white uniforms for nurses—what many consider the traditional look—did not happen overnight. Historical photographs reveal that many nurses were wearing entirely white uniforms in the ...

Skirt from student nurse uniform worn by the donor's mother, Althea Lane De Camp, of Chester, New Jersey, when she trained at Passaic General Hospital, 1897-1899. De Camp was part of the first class ...

Caps may have started out being utilitarian (containing or protecting the hair), but they rapidly became symbolic. Affiliated with a specific training school, a nurse's cap conveyed not only where she ...