Cover Page

Preface

Introduction

Breeches, Blouses, and Skirts

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Bibliography

Notes

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

National Park Service Uniforms Breeches, Blouses, and Skirts 1918-1991	Number 4
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Camille Elias, c.1963. Elias is wearing the 1961 "airline stewardess" style woman's uniform. The USNPS insignia was embroidered on a piece of material, then sewn on hat. She is also wearing the Large Arrowhead patch on her coat which wasn't authorized for women until 1962. A lot of women had purchased new uniforms prior and during the new regulation period (1960-1961) and like their male counterparts, were allowed to wear them as long as they were serviceable, and since their duties were less strenuous, some lasted a very long time. Her hat is the second version (" Buffalo chip") that came out just before the uniform change in 1962. Many women updated their old hats by removing the USNPS and replacing it with the small Arrowhead patch. NPSHPC - HFC#WASO G.337A As these two images illustrate, there was very little difference in the appearance between the 1961 and 1962 uniforms, especially since both were made from the same material.

Miss Ceborowski, Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park, Philadelphia. Ceborowski is wearing the 1961 women's uniform. NPSHPC - HFC#98-17

An interpreter at Ford's Theater National Historic Site relates the tragic event that occurred there. She is wearing the 1962 version of the "airline stewardess" uniform. NPSHPC - M. Woodbridge Williams photo - HFC#98-18

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