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Arced metal band, used in the 1953 veil of the Loretto habit.

Pair of embroidered habit hearts for the pre-1909 Loretto habit, depicting Loretto's founding devotions to the Sufferings of Jesus and the Sorrows of Mary. This pair was given by Sr. Angelina Fetter, SL (1873-1918), to Sr. John Fitzpatrick, SL…

Sunbonnet, white fabric with printed blue floral pattern. Made by Sr. Susan Swain, SL (1945-2012), to use as part of teaching Loretto history. The earliest headcoverings worn by Sisters of Loretto were sunbonnets. During her teaching career, Susan…

Plastic doll dressed in a Loretto habit with the style of veil worn after 1952; clothing held together with safety pins. Black habit with olive green bodice, black mesh undersleeves, black and white veil, olive green underskirt, white underwear,…

Plastic doll, brown hair, dressed in a Loretto postulant outfit. Black fabric blouse, separate white and black collar, black skirt with snap in back, black underskirt, white underwear, black stockings and high heel shoes. Olive green fabric scrap…

Plastic nun doll, eyes open and close, dressed in modified Loretto habit worn after Vatican II. Sr. Rosemary Keegan’s collection.

Plastic nun doll, dressed in habit of professed Sister of Loretto; eyes open and close. Sr. Rosemary Keegan’s collection.

Plastic nun doll, eyes open and close, dressed in the oldest Loretto habit with two hearts embroidered on front (for the doll, paper pasted on the fabric). Sr. Rosemary Keegan’s collection.

Plastic nun doll, dressed in a Loretto novice habit; eyes open and close; stand included. Sr. Rosemary Keegan’s collection.

Plastic nun doll, eyes open and close, veil and arms detached, not completed; needle and thread still attached. Habit is of Loretto professed with the modified veil(?); doll is also wearing an underskirt and knickers. Includes rosary with metal…