Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Blouse |
Catalog Number |
1989.23.05 |
Date |
ca. 1944 |
Material(s) |
Cotton |
Dimensions |
H-23 inches |
Description |
This is a blouse from the W.A.C. This khaki cotton shirt has two breast pockets and five button front. |
Notes |
This uniform belonged to Grace Blair Skaggs Kelley (1901-1982). Grace rose to the rank of Sergeant in the Womens Auxiliary Corps, the women's branch of the United States Army, during World War II. Born in Edmonson County to Caperna Dossey and Jessie Sylvester Blair, Grace was working as a clerk and living in Louisville at the start of the war. She enlisted in Cincinnati in 1942. Grace was the sister of the donor, Arnold Raymond "Ray" Blair. |
Collection |
A. Raymond Blair Collection |
People |
Kelley, Grace Blair Skaggs |
Subjects |
Shirts Uniforms Military uniforms Military personnel |
Search Terms |
United States Army US Army Women's Army Corps (WAC) World War II World War Two World War, 1939-1945 |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |