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Button - Fourty nine buttons consisting of four pearlescent plastic buttons, four plastic buttons connected with a metal piece between them threaded between the metal loops, six larger mother of pearl buttons with a loop of metal to thread them through each other, and thirty five smaller white buttons with metal loops to thread to other buttons; three have a metal attachment and two of these buttons are attached with a gold colored metal clasp. Buttons used to close dental hygiene uniforms owned by Jackline Myers.

ca. 1950s

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Cap, Nurse's - White nurse's cap that once belonged to Jackline Myers. Three pronged hat with two pointed triangular portions surrounded by a squared-off central area; two vertical holes and one horizontal hole on each section respectively. Eight pronged comb sewed to center of hat with 6 stitches of white thread. Purple felt trim at bottom of hat with two attached bobby pins. "Kay's Cap Needs Nustarch" company label stamped in upper right corner.

ca. 1950s

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Coat, Laboratory - White dental laboratory coat owned by Jackline Myers and used during her time as a dental hygienist. Coat is open and has holes on both sides to allow for buttons to be threaded through. Kuttnauer Manufacturing Co. label affixed to inside collar in orange font; Sanforized anti-shrinkage material label underneath. Myers' signature visible in black ink above labels.

ca. 1950s

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Invitation - Handwritten invitation to School of Dentistry Capping Ceremony from Virginia Parker to Jackline Myers on Sunday, March 15, 1953. Note written in cursive font in greenish blue ink. Note folded horizontally with top and back sides of document blank.

03/15/1953

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Model, Anatomical - Set of 7 plastic Columbia Dentoform Corporation teeth models enclosed in original box. Set comprised of an incisor, canine, premolar, and four molars. Box subdivided into seven compartments by six small pieces of cardboard making compartments for each model. Box has decorative patterns reminescent of wings or teeth shapes on sides; stamped with Columbia Dentoform Corporation, 331 E. 23rd St., New York in center on top of box. Jackline Myers' name and Seat 30 written in pen in upper right corner.

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Negative - Hard, Dorothy Kelsey, Charles

This negative depicts University of Michigan School of Dentistry Dental Hygiene director, Dr. Dorothy Hard, sitting at a wooden desk in the front of a classroom or office. She is talking to five young female students who are seated in chairs in front and next to her. The young women are holding binders and are listening intently.

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Photograph

This black-and-white photo is one of a set of fifty photos that was removed from an album given to the Sindecuse Museum in May of 1998 from Robert Lorey, DDS Biological Material Sciences faculty. It depicts six young women dressed in dental hygiene uniforms with caps but two are wearing white skirts and the other four white pants. They are all posed on a set of steps and are smiling at the camera. A caption in the album that referred to this imag...

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Small black and white photograph of Jackline Myers (at right) standing with three unidentified women in dental hygiene uniforms consisting of a long, button-up white dress with long sleeves and high collar, white surgical hat, and white stockings and shoes (not shown in photograph). Woman partially visible in profile at left in image.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Black and white photograph of dental hygiene students in white uniforms in auditorium with children seated in fold-up chairs. Stage with curtains and a piano visible in background. Horizontal row of chairs with children waiting and a man standing with back to camera in a cap and long-sleeved plaid shirt in foreground. Photograph taken from above and railing partially visible along bottom edge of image. Back of photograph stamped with "Michigan De...

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Black and white photograph of Jackline Myers seated at desk in dental hygiene uniform and glasses. Left edge of photograph is blurred; lamp partially visible in upper right corner. Photograph edges cut with scalloped craft scissors.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Black and white photograph of Jackline Myers working on teeth model at desk in a high-collared white dental hygiene uniform and holding instrument with her right hand. Book case with photographs visible behind her and to the left in image. "Fall 1951" written in black pen along bottom edge. Edges of photo cut with crimped, scalloped-edge craft scissors.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Black and white photograph of Jackline Myers standing in room in white, high-collared, long-sleeved button-up dental uniform and black rimmed glasses. Photograph appears to be taken in a [living room] with a table with a large star shaped doilie tablecloth in lower right corner with a lamp above it; curio cabinet with photographs and books to the left. "Fall 1951" written in dark pen along bottom edge near lower left corner. Edges of photograph c...

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Small black and white photograph of Jackline Myers in white dental hygiene button-up uniform, cap, stockings, shoes, and black rimmed glasses shown seated in white cushioned armchair. Wall with crosshatched decoration in background; table to the right with white lamp and lampshade.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Small black and white photograph of Jackline Myers and an unidentified woman in dental hygiene uniforms consisting of a long, button-up white dress with long sleeves, white caps, stockings, and white shown. Both are shown standing; women with backs to camera wearing uniforms as well.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Black and white photograph of Jackline Myers in dental hygiene button-down collared dress uniform and cap shown standing with another female student. Other dental hygiene students visible in background with backs to camera.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Black and white photograph of dental hygiene students in uniforms. Women visible in foreground of photograph with backs to camera; man in suit partially visible in front of curtained window in background. Two folding chairs in foreground of photograph.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie

Jackline Myers with 40 dental hygiene students and man on front steps of Dental Building; woman in back right corner not wearing the dental hygiene white coat, cap, shoes, and stockings. Man in upper left corner in a suit and tie. University of Michigan Dental School doorway visible in background.

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Print, Photographic - Myers, Jackline Marie Virta, Shirley Ann

Black and white photograph of University of Michigan School of Dentistry dental hygiene student, Shirley Ann Virta, shown in a white dental hygiene button-up, high collared white uniform on front steps of Dental School building. Photograph taken at left of entrance to building; tree partially visible in upper left corner.

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