Collection Highlights
The Puritan
1899
1946.253
Dark brown/ black patinated bronze
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Blouse
Object name
Blouse
Date
1942-1946
Medium
Cotton, mother of pearl
Dimensions
Overall: 1 1/2 x 16 x 26 in. ( 3.8 x 40.6 x 66 cm )
Description
Light blue cotton women's blouse; double collar; 4 mother of pearl buttons down the front; open sleeves with false cuffs, 1 button at each wrist; yoke across the back at the shoulders, on panel on the back.
Credit Line
Gift of Alice Johnson
Object Number
1946.91c
Marks
printed: on label inside neck: "Alice Johnson"
embroidered: on label inside neck: "MADE & SOLD UNDER / AUTHORITY OF U.S. NAVY / U.S. WOMEN'S / NAVAL RESERVE"
embroidered: on label inside, by bottom buttonhole: "AN EXCLUSIVE / BOZART / 12 / CUSTOM MADE BLOUSE"
printed: on label inside, by bottom buttonhole: "WOMEN'S NAVAL RESERVE / Name / Rate"
Gallery Label
This blouse is part of a uniform worn by Alice Johnson while she served as a "Spar" with the U.S. Coast Guard during World War II. A "Spar" was a member of the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
