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During the 1980s and early 1990s, Floor Staff Aides (paid staff) and Volunteers, at Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science (1939-1991), both wore white lab coats which included the Buhl insignia.

Decades earlier, male Floor Staff members wore blazers with a necktie, while female staff members were provided blouses (made of cotton material) and were required to wear stockings. Black or tan shoes were required of all Floor Staff members. Each staff member was required to launder their own uniform.

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--- On Thu, 10/20/11, Isabel Van Dyke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Isabel Van Dyke <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: What do your volunteers wear on the museum floor?
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, October 20, 2011, 7:56 PM
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> Hello Listserv Experts,
> 
> I'm in the process of accessing and potentially revamping
> our volunteer
> wardrobe, if you will, and I'd love to hear about what
> other places do to
> make their volunteers easily identifiable by visitors.
> Currently, our
> volunteers wear either a vest or a smock in a sort of dull
> teal with our
> logo as a sewn-on badge. (They also have name tags.) Many
> volunteers do not
> like these garments at all...and neither do I, truth be
> told.
> 
> I'm going to survey the volunteers to hopefully figure out
> their feelings on
> the matter (what's really wrong with the vests?), but in
> the mean time, I
> turn to you. Personally, I like the look of lab coats, but
> I recognize their
> downsides: hot in the summer, fairly expensive to get in
> bright cheery
> colors... What has worked well (or poorly) for you? Is
> there a way for
> volunteers to be easily spotted but also feel comfortable?
> (And yes, I know
> that you can't please all the people all the time,
> certainly not on a
> budget.)
> 
> Thanks!
> Isabel
> --
> Isabel Van Dyke
> Programs & Volunteer Coordinator
> ScienceWorks
> Ashland, OR
> [log in to unmask]
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