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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…

Replica of sunbonnet used by the Sisters, blue and white checked, used in a play on Loretto history, c. 1940, at the Novitiate.

One course of study during the time of the two-year Novitiate was the history of the early Sisters of Loretto and the…

Veil lining, starched stiff and worn with the habit in 1903-1952, from the Novitiate. Labeled in pen "Sr. M. Felicia."

Fluting iron, used until 1954 to make postulant caps at the Novitiate. These caps looked much like French maid caps. Base gives brand as "The Original Knox," patent July 3, 1877, reissued April 26, 1880.

Postulant cap, starched white cape worn in last half of the 19th century. This was the cap that was starched and fluted with the fluting iron to make ruffles like a French maid’s hat.

Embroidered hearts from Mother Mary Rhodes’ habit. Mother Ann Rhodes was the first elected Mother Superior and Mary, her sister, became the second Mother Superior upon Ann’s death.

White brim worn under black habit veil from 1953, from Loretto Motherhouse. The veil was pinned to the brim and held to the head by a metal band.

Doll dressed in the 1909-1952 habit of the Sisters of Loretto. Porcelain head with teeth and movable eyes; plastic arms and legs, flexible at the elbows and knees. Head hairless; capped with cardboard. "JDR 260" and "Made in Germany" engraved on back…

Plastic doll with black hair and blue eyes, dressed as a Loretto postulant wearing fluted cap as worn from 1898 until about 1953-1954. Also wearing black dress and cape, with black underskirt and white underclothes; legs and feet painted black.…