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Plastic doll with moveable arms, legs, and blue eyes with lashes, dressed in Loretto habit worn from 1909 to 1953. Veil with white starched lining added; for this habit, the veil was left unpinned under the chin, and the embroidered hearts were…

Plastic doll dressed in the Loretto M-veil habit, worn 1909-1953. The habit is complete, with shirtwaist and sleeves, inner sleeves, cape, collar, veil and cap, skirt, petticoat, underwear, stockings, and shoes. Includes 5-decade rosary with metal…

One of the rings designed by J. Suina, a Taos Pueblo Indian, at Packards of Santa Fe, NM, as one of the suggested designs for an official symbol of the Sisters of Loretto. No such symbol was ever decided upon. This ring is plain except for a cross in…

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 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,…

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…

Set of four sunbonnets made by Sr. Susan Swain, SL, in 2002 for the Loretto Gathering.

a) Bonnet made of gray fabric with leaf print, brim of dark gray fabric with swirly print, and ties of light gray print fabric.
b) Bonnet made of dark gray…

Porcelain doll with blue eyes and movable arms and legs, dressed in 1952 Loretto habit. Made by Our Mutual Friends Porcelain Doll Co. by Tanya Williams. Inside the attached blue booklet is a short history of the Sisters of Loretto. This was a gift of…

Gray habit (a), 2 capes, one pair of sleeves (b), one white day cap (c) of Sr. Doloretta Marie O’Connor, who wore these when she was missioned in China.

19th-century doll with china face and kid body, dressed in the Loretto habit worn from 1909 to 1953. It belonged to Sr. Martha Redmond, SL (1891-1972), who had it dressed as a Loretto Sister while she was directress at St. Mary’s Academy, Denver, CO…