When long-term Minmi resident Christina Palfreyman (nee Mitchell) (1910-1999) peered at her reflection in this powder compact mirror to apply her makeup in the 1950s, did she consider what she was about to put on her face? As she dabbed her skin with the powder, highlighted her cheeks with the rouge, and finally, painted on […]
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Made to Order
If you had visited Morisset Psychiatric Hospital in the 1930s you may have met Jean Pursehouse wearing this standard-issue nurse’s uniform—a long-sleeved, blue-denim dress, with white buttons and collar. On the long shift from sunrise to sunset, nurses like Jean rolled up the stiff sleeves of these, heavily starched, hardwearing uniforms to get on with […]