Collection Highlights
The Rail Candidate
Date:
1860
Object Number:
PR.010.1860.Rail
Medium:
Lithograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Officer's jacket
Object Number:
1946.57a
Date:
1942-1946
Medium:
Gabardine, metal, porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. ( 6.4 x 43.8 x 70.5 cm )
Marks:
embroidered: on label inside, on right breast pocket: "MADE AND SOLD UNDER / AUTHORITY OF U.S. NAVY / U.S. WOMEN'S NAVAL RESERVE"
stamped: on label inside, on right breast pocket: "U.S. WOMEN'S NAVAL RESERVE / NAME / RATE"
handwritten: on label inside
Description:
Cream-colored gabardine Naval Ensign's single-breasted jacket with double collar and short lapels, with 4 metal buttons down the front cast with an eagle clutching an anchor, with porcelain on the reverse; insignia on each lapel, with anchor in front of a propeller; a false pocket on each breast; closed sleeves (no cuffs) with 1 stripe of dark blue lacing around each wrist; 3 panels across the back; horizontal slit pockets inside on each breast.
Gallery Label:
This jacket is part of a W.A.V.E.S. uniform worn by Naval Ensign Mary Jane Natto. "W.A.V.E.S." stands for "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service." The branch was formed for the Navy during World War II, around 1942. The Society owns the remaining items to this uniform, as well as an additional complete W.A.V.E.S. uniform.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Mary Jane Natto
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
