- On View
- Making a Way Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Making a Way Out of No Way
- Manufactured by
- Sears, Roebuck & Co., American, founded 1893
- Owned by
- Carter, Amanda Carey, American, 1909 - 2007
- Date
- 1960s - 1980s
- Medium
- cotton and synthetic fiber cloth with plastic
- Dimensions
- Length x Width (at shoulder): 41 x 14 in. (104.1 x 35.6 cm)
- Waist: 13 in. (33 cm)
- Description
- A white midwife's uniform overdress worn by Amanda Carey Carter. The white dress has a front closure of plastic buttons (top) and steel snaps (bottom). It has a rounded collar, a stitched design on the front, and a pleated skirt. The fabric appears to be a cotton-polyester blend. A tag at the neck reads "SEARS fashions / Machine Wash Medium / SEARS, ROEBUCK, / AND CO., U.S.A."
- Place used
- Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Clothing - Fashion and Historical
- Type
- uniforms
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
- Object number
- 2011.75.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




