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Object Name

Hat

Title

United Airlines uniform | winter suit

Maker

Chicago, Illinois

Dates

Date-Fix, 1945 - 1946, Catherine Brooks was an airline stewardess in 1945 and 1946.

Description

2009.2.1.C is a United Airlines stewardess's winter suit cap manufactured from gray "British tropical worsted wool", and lined with stiff buchrum to "cushion" the wearer's head from overhead luggage compartments.

Used

uniform

Catharine Brooks

United Airlines

Denver (Colo.)

Inscription

Manufacturer's label inside the waistband: "De Jean | CHICAGO | 22 1/4". Typed on that label: "Spitler".

Object ID

2009.2.1.C

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