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1944rif. 218341944. Women's History Military History Photography Unidentified photographer Women's Army Corps photographs mid 1940s document female military service during World War II and provide direct visual evidence of women's roles within the U.S. Army following the formal incorporation of the Women's Army Corps in 1943. The images record administrative work training routines and social life among enlisted servicewomen situating WAC personnel within the broader wartime expansion of women's participation in military infrastructure. The archive supports research into gendered labor in the armed forces wartime mobilization and the institutional integration of women into military systems. United States including Fort Lee Virginia and Westfield Massachusetts mid 1940s. Archive of 17 silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 3.5 x 2.5 inches to 5.5 x 3.5 inches with manuscript annotations on several versos identifying locations and contexts. The photographs depict WAC servicewomen in uniform engaged in administrative duties formation drills and off duty activities. One image shows a woman seated at a desk beneath a clock with a nameplate reading "M.V. Ramsey WAC" with visible chevrons indicating rank while others show groups gathered around mess tables standing in inspection formation or marching in coordinated drills. Outdoor scenes include annotated locations such as "Flattop - Ft. Lee Va." and "Taken in Westfield a suburb of Springfield" as well as a roadside photograph showing two servicewomen beneath directional signage indicating distances to nearby Massachusetts cities. Several portraits focus on individual women posed in multiple settings near military installations suggesting personal documentation of service life. The archive situates WAC service within the broader reorganization of the U.S. military during World War II when women assumed clerical logistical and support roles essential to sustaining wartime operations. Training centers such as Fort Lee and regional encampments in Massachusetts functioned as key sites for integrating women into military systems while maintaining structured discipline and hierarchy. These photographs document both institutional expectations and informal camaraderie among servicewomen illustrating how gender roles were renegotiated within military contexts during the war. Light curling and minor surface creasing to some photographs; most remain well preserved with strong tonal clarity. Overall very good condition. A cohesive photographic record of women's military service and daily life within the Women's Army Corps during World War II. unknown books
1944rif. 218341944. Women's History Military History Photography Unidentified photographer Women's Army Corps photographs mid 1940s document female military service during World War II and provide direct visual evidence of women's roles within the U.S. Army following the formal incorporation of the Women's Army Corps in 1943. The images record administrative work training routines and social life among enlisted servicewomen situating WAC personnel within the broader wartime expansion of women's participation in military infrastructure. The archive supports research into gendered labor in the armed forces wartime mobilization and the institutional integration of women into military systems. United States including Fort Lee Virginia and Westfield Massachusetts mid 1940s. Archive of 17 silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 3.5 x 2.5 inches to 5.5 x 3.5 inches with manuscript annotations on several versos identifying locations and contexts. The photographs depict WAC servicewomen in uniform engaged in administrative duties formation drills and off duty activities. One image shows a woman seated at a desk beneath a clock with a nameplate reading "M.V. Ramsey WAC" with visible chevrons indicating rank while others show groups gathered around mess tables standing in inspection formation or marching in coordinated drills. Outdoor scenes include annotated locations such as "Flattop - Ft. Lee Va." and "Taken in Westfield a suburb of Springfield" as well as a roadside photograph showing two servicewomen beneath directional signage indicating distances to nearby Massachusetts cities. Several portraits focus on individual women posed in multiple settings near military installations suggesting personal documentation of service life. The archive situates WAC service within the broader reorganization of the U.S. military during World War II when women assumed clerical logistical and support roles essential to sustaining wartime operations. Training centers such as Fort Lee and regional encampments in Massachusetts functioned as key sites for integrating women into military systems while maintaining structured discipline and hierarchy. These photographs document both institutional expectations and informal camaraderie among servicewomen illustrating how gender roles were renegotiated within military contexts during the war. Light curling and minor surface creasing to some photographs; most remain well preserved with strong tonal clarity. Overall very good condition. A cohesive photographic record of women's military service and daily life within the Women's Army Corps during World War II. unknown
1945rif. 225281945. Women History World War II WWII Women's Army Corps photo archive documenting women's military service during World War II and the expansion of women's logistical and technical roles within the United States Army. The photographs record daily activity surrounding Women's Army Corps personnel including ambulance operation vehicle maintenance military training environments and informal moments of rest and recreation. Established in 1943 Women's Army Corps enabled women to enter the Army in noncombat roles that were essential to wartime mobilization including clerical work communications mechanics and medical transport. The images document this institutional transformation through scenes of uniformed women working with military vehicles operating ambulances and participating in the broader infrastructure of wartime military camps. One photograph shows a WAC standing in full service uniform before a low administrative building while others depict women outdoors in wooded settings during moments of leisure illustrating both the disciplined and personal dimensions of wartime service. Archive of 20 gelatin photographs created during the 1940s depicting Women's Army Corps personnel military vehicles and associated Army training activities. Photographs measure approximately 3.5 x 5 inches. The photographs show WAC members in both uniform and off duty settings including outdoor portraits and camp scenes. Several images focus on military ambulances and transport vehicles bearing visible Army markings such as "U.S. ARMY 432621" and "AMB-34." Verso inscriptions provide firsthand commentary on military duties and equipment including one caption reading "This is my new AMBULANCE hope you like it sis. safe & OK" and another written beside an ambulance photograph noting "good old Baker 5 kept me from walking." Operational scenes include soldiers crouched behind sandbags with a handwritten note identifying personnel as "Eselinger Conrad Palmer Carvey Boss." Other photographs document the broader military environment surrounding WAC activity including a drill or parade ground and a large motor pool with rows of Army trucks one marked "U.S. Army 008909" positioned in front of a multi story barracks. Additional annotated images identify fellow servicemen and technical details of equipment including "Hines Gallop and myself. Gallop is a jeep driver from North Carolina" and another describing "my radio on right fender" while one photograph is labeled simply "motor pool." Women's Army Corps personnel served throughout the United States and overseas during World War II performing essential logistical and administrative work that supported Allied military operations. Ambulance drivers such as the woman referenced in the captions transported wounded soldiers during training exercises and operational deployments and were often responsible for maintaining their own vehicles in field conditions. WAC members later served across European theaters including England France and Italy after the Allied landings in 1944 contributing to the wartime medical evacuation system that moved casualties from combat zones to field hospitals and rear medical facilities. Light edge wear mild surface handling and faint silvering to some prints; overall very good condition. These photographs document both the operational infrastructure of wartime motor transport and the presence of women within that system illustrating how the mobilization of female personnel expanded the technical and logistical capacities of the U.S. Army during the global conflict. unknown books
1944rif. 207311944. Archive of two items related to the Women's Army Corps W.A.C. 1 The WAC Officer: A Guide to Successful Leadership. Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1944. A February 1945 pamphlet distributed by the War Department. 2 U.S. Women's Army Corps poster. Poster reads: US Women's Army Corps Administrative Field Special Enlistment For Iowan Women July 1st to 29th See Your Army Recruiter. 11" x 14.75". Depicts a young woman in military dress typing on a typewriter to represent the openings in the Administrative division of the Women's Army Corps. The WAC was a great source of pride for many women during WWII as it allowed them to patriotically contribute to their country's war efforts. The WAC during WWII were trained to handle auxiliary functions for the military as switchboard operators mechanics drivers stenographers armorers to maintain and repair smalls arms & heavy weapons which they unfortunately weren't allowed to use and many other war-time support operations. Uncommon. In very good condition overall. unknown books
1943rif. 220591943. Women's Army Corps service photographs dated 1943 to 1944 document the participation of enlisted women in U.S. Army support operations during World War II with particular attention to transportation training environments and stateside military life. The images identify individual service members including Hilda Goble described in captions as an "ambulance driver during War II" and Abbie E. Bachelder situating named women within the broader expansion of female labor following the establishment of the Women's Army Corps in 1942. These photographs support research into women's military service wartime labor structures and the integration of women into logistical and medical support roles essential to the functioning of the U.S. Army during the war. Archive consists of 9 original silver gelatin photographs most approximately 3 x 5 inches several with scalloped or deckled edges and period ink captions identifying subjects and dates. Two portraits show Hilda Goble in full uniform standing before a porch and saluting each inscribed "Hilda Goble Ambulance driver during War II" documenting her role in transporting injured personnel within military systems. A group photograph captioned "Ambulance Driver Team War II Hilda Goble" depicts seven uniformed women indicating coordinated service within ambulance units. Additional images include a portrait labeled "Abbie E Bachelder / June - 1944" showing a uniformed WAC posed before a landscape of barracks buildings and another dated 1943 identifying Bachelder outside a wooden structure. A photograph captioned "Oct 29 - 1944 / Reims" shows two women identified as Roberta and Abbie posed on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol indicating travel or official assignment within government contexts. Other photographs depict WAC personnel standing near a military chapel and within training or hospital environments while one image titled "Marine Corps Wives of America - Hdqtrs Chap 1" shows four women beneath an organizational banner documenting affiliated civic or support networks connected to military service. These images documents the Women's Army Corps expantion to meet wartime labor demands assigning women to clerical transportation medical and logistical roles across domestic and overseas installations. The presence of ambulance drivers within the archive demonstrates the direct involvement of women in medical transport and support infrastructure while scenes at the U.S. Capitol and organized groups indicate both official recognition and the development of social and institutional networks among servicewomen. Light edge wear and minor creasing with one photograph showing tape residue; images otherwise clear with captions legible; overall very good condition. This archive provides a concentrated visual record of named WAC personnel and their roles within the operational and social framework of the U.S. Army during World War II. unknown books
1944rif. 240421944. Women's Army Corps photo archive documenting service and personal relationships during World War II and its immediate aftermath partially identified and captioned. Established in 1943 following its auxiliary predecessor the WAC gave women military status within the Army. These portraits and snapshots document the service life relationships friendships and recreational activities accompanying women's expanding military participation. Photo archive of 28 black and white photographs including studio portraits and vernacular snapshots with one WAC recruitment brochure circa 1944-1946. Des Moines Iowa; Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Chicago Illinois; San Diego California; and Italy. Several women recur throughout some identified en verso. 9 photos trace to a woman named Sylvia; she appears in uniformed portraits and aboard a boat during an outing captioned "Boat Trip to Provincetown June 1946" Massachusetts. Another photograph places her at Fort Devens Massachusetts in March 1946; a portrait mount bears a photographic-service sticker from Camp Edward Massachusetts. Particularly noteworthy is the stamp on the reverse of her portrait reading "Compliments / Boston / Jewish Welfare Board / Army & Navy Club" documenting a connection with Jewish military welfare services without establishing her religious identity. One photo shows a woman standing before the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego. One photo shows a woman smiling in uniform with the en verso written caption "July - 44 / me - by the lake Chicago - beforer going on duty." Another photo shows a group of WACs in a military vehicle being driven by a man in uniform signs in the distance read in Italian. Other named women include "Lorraine Montecarlo" and "Barbara Bobby Evans. Another set of photos showcase a WAC in a domestic setting with a sailor. The accompanying recruitment brochure declares "The Army needs more WACs at once!" and that "Every eligible woman is needed!" The WAC's establishment in July 1943 granted its members military status and Army pay and benefits replacing the more limited protections of auxiliary service. Their work helped sustain Army operations at home and overseas while opening military occupations to women on an unprecedented scale. Handwritten identifications and dated captions connect the portraits with particular places and social occasions. Some toning and edge wear with mounting remnants on some versos and pronounced corner wear to one print. Prints and captions remain legible and clear. Overall in very good condition. This archive preserves the intimate and active duty lives of just some of the 150000 women that served in the Women's Army Corps and its auxiliary predecessor during World War II. unknown books
1943rif. 220421943. U.S. Army issuer Special Orders documents 1943-1944 documenting the mobilization assignment and promotion of women in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. The archive illuminates a system of military recruitment training allocation and hierarchical advancement revealing how women were enlisted processed and promoted within a gender segregated military structure.These documents show the mechanisms by which the Army expanded its personnel base to include women formalizing their roles through standardized orders logistical coordination and rank progression. U.S. Army. Special Orders. Southern New York Recruiting and Induction District and APO 501 Services of Supply 1943-1944. U.S. Army's mobilization of women for wartime service documents. This archive highlighting how gender and race intersected within a segregated military structure. Five pages of typed military orders documenting the enlistment and rank advancements of dozens of women into the Women's Army Corps WAC during World War II during a critical and unprecedented phase of American military expansion. These internal "Special Orders" were issued from U.S. Army Headquarters one from the Southern New York Recruiting and Induction District dated 28 September 1943 3 pages and the other from APO 501 Services of Supply Special Troops dated 25 August 1944 2 pages. The first document-marked "RESTRICTED"-lists 161 women who have "been enlisted this date as Privates in the WAC AUS UP without delay for New York N.Y. to Daytona Beach." These orders formalize the transfer of recruits to basic training at the Second WAAC Training Center in Florida a site where both Black and white women were trained in segregated units. Typed names include "KENNEDY DOROTHY R." "RAY RITA T." "ROBERTS ROSA" and "ROSS GRACE". The document also makes note that "the QMC will issue six 6 meal tickets to one hundred and sixty one 161 WACs" revealing both the scale and logistical efforts involved in transporting and sustaining the newly enlisted women. It is signed by R.C. Burgess 1st Lt. WAC AUS WAC adjutant and includes careful routing for distribution and duplication. The second document issued nearly a year later reflects the internal promotion structure within the WAC. It includes detailed lists of women being promoted across multiple ranks-from Private to Private First Class Technician Third through Fifth Grades and up to Master Sergeant. It begins: "Upon recommendation of the Chiefs of Section. the following temporary promotions are announced in WAC Service Unit USA SOS APO 501." Among those promoted: "Sgt HELEN P. SUTTON" "T/5 HELEN E. SHROOP" "Pvt DOROTHY R. KENNEDY" again appearing from the earlier enlistment list and "Sgt MARGARET H. STERLING" named Master Sergeant. The appearance of some of these women in both documents indicates successful progression within the ranks underscoring the opportunities for women-albeit within a racially stratified command-for advancement and formal recognition. Edges of the paper show chipping and creasing Minor staining to the lower half of the 1944 document. All text remains fully legible. Overall very good condition. A compelling and tangible record of women's military service during World War II. These documents record the expansion and institutionalization of women's military service during World War II when the WAC became a central component of U.S. Army personnel strategy. The inclusion of detailed enlistment lists and promotion orders demonstrates how women were incorporated into existing military systems while operating within segregated units shaped by prevailing racial policies. The progression of individuals across documents illustrates continuity of service and advancement opportunities within constrained structures. Edge wear chipping and creasing with minor staining to the 1944 document; text fully legible; overall very good condition. A concentrated administrative record of women's wartime service and the operational systems governing their roles. unknown books
1946rif. 236311946. Large Women's Army Corps photo album depicting the overseas enlistment of an American servicewoman stationed in Egypt during the transition from wartime operations to postwar occupation 1946 to 1947. Pictured in combat training with rifles at leisure among identified companions and both wartime facilities and tourist institutions the album records the WAC servicewoman "Alma" serving abroad with uncommon continuity. The photographs document troop transport military facilities friendships archaeological excursions and encounters with Egyptian civilian life. The album also documents the conditions in Giza Egypt and abroad one photograph captioned "Prisoners working in chains. Nile Valley. Egypt. Feb. 1946" preserves a stark record of Egyptian penal labor within an album otherwise centered on 'Women's military service travel and postwar life. Photo album of approximately 130 silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 3 x 5 to 6 x 8 inches many in Egypt with additional views of the Atlantic crossing Persia and the United States 1946 to 1947. Most photographs have captions identifying or partially identifying 12 individuals and 17 distinct locations with dates scattered throughout. The album begins with pre-departure images in Long Beach California followed by the inscription "Myself aboard U.S.A.T. Thomas H. Barry. April '46" and "One cold day in the Atlantic. April 1946" documenting the voyage overseas. The album follows the creator through Heliopolis Cairo Payne Field Camp Huckstep the American Red Cross Club AMET N.A.A.F.I. Giza Memphis Alexandria the Nile Barrage Wadi Saloum and Abadan Persia. Informal portraits identify companions including Joyce Sheila Wollaston Johnnie Wollaston Peggy Cynthia Wendy Alma Tommy Mrs. Wollaston and "our N.I. friend with Woolly." Military life appears alongside moments of leisure rooftop gatherings athletic poses weddings camel riding and portraits of fellow American servicemen and WAC personnel. The photographs include training scenes of WAC personnel handling rifles during military instruction a reminder that women serving overseas were expected to maintain basic weapons proficiency despite their primarily noncombat assignments. The creator photographed Queen Farida's residence in Heliopolis street scenes labeled "Market Place" Sharia Ibrahim Egyptian children local families a native boy in Heliopolis village architecture at Giza archaeological remains at Memphis the Step Pyramid the supposed Tomb of Queen Nefertiti excavations captioned "Part of city excavated 6000 years old" and a striking image captioned "Prisoners working in chains. Nile Valley. Egypt. Feb. 1946." The album is distinguished by its female perspective on an overseas theater typically documented through the experiences of male soldiers. Rather than combat operations it records the work and daily lives of American servicewomen showing rifle instruction military compounds troop transport friendships organized recreation and independent travel through Egypt and Persia as experienced by a WAC member. That combination places gender at the center of the archive documenting how women occupied and navigated the American military presence abroad during the immediate postwar period. Light surface wear consistent with use; photographs well preserved and firmly mounted in the original red cord-bound album. Overall in very good condition. A sustained photographic record of an American Women's Army Corps member experiencing military service overseas travel and everyday life across the eastern Mediterranean during the closing chapter of the Second World War with most photographs retaining contemporary manuscript captions identifying locations dates and individuals throughout. unknown books
1944rif. 240421944. Women's Army Corps photo archive documenting service and personal relationships during World War II and its immediate aftermath partially identified and captioned. Established in 1943 following its auxiliary predecessor the WAC gave women military status within the Army. These portraits and snapshots document the service life relationships friendships and recreational activities accompanying women's expanding military participation. Photo archive of 28 black and white photographs including studio portraits and vernacular snapshots with one WAC recruitment brochure circa 1944-1946. Des Moines Iowa; Philadelphia Pennsylvania; Chicago Illinois; San Diego California; and Italy. Several women recur throughout some identified en verso. 9 photos trace to a woman named Sylvia; she appears in uniformed portraits and aboard a boat during an outing captioned "Boat Trip to Provincetown June 1946" Massachusetts. Another photograph places her at Fort Devens Massachusetts in March 1946; a portrait mount bears a photographic-service sticker from Camp Edward Massachusetts. Particularly noteworthy is the stamp on the reverse of her portrait reading "Compliments / Boston / Jewish Welfare Board / Army & Navy Club" documenting a connection with Jewish military welfare services without establishing her religious identity. One photo shows a woman standing before the U.S. Grant Hotel in San Diego. One photo shows a woman smiling in uniform with the en verso written caption "July - 44 / me - by the lake Chicago - beforer going on duty." Another photo shows a group of WACs in a military vehicle being driven by a man in uniform signs in the distance read in Italian. Other named women include "Lorraine Montecarlo" and "Barbara Bobby Evans. Another set of photos showcase a WAC in a domestic setting with a sailor. The accompanying recruitment brochure declares "The Army needs more WACs at once!" and that "Every eligible woman is needed!" The WAC's establishment in July 1943 granted its members military status and Army pay and benefits replacing the more limited protections of auxiliary service. Their work helped sustain Army operations at home and overseas while opening military occupations to women on an unprecedented scale. Handwritten identifications and dated captions connect the portraits with particular places and social occasions. Some toning and edge wear with mounting remnants on some versos and pronounced corner wear to one print. Prints and captions remain legible and clear. Overall in very good condition. This archive preserves the intimate and active duty lives of just some of the 150000 women that served in the Women's Army Corps and its auxiliary predecessor during World War II. unknown
1944rif. 207311944. Archive of two items related to the Women's Army Corps W.A.C. 1 The WAC Officer: A Guide to Successful Leadership. Washington: United States Government Printing Office 1944. A February 1945 pamphlet distributed by the War Department. 2 U.S. Women's Army Corps poster. Poster reads: US Women's Army Corps Administrative Field Special Enlistment For Iowan Women July 1st to 29th See Your Army Recruiter. 11" x 14.75". Depicts a young woman in military dress typing on a typewriter to represent the openings in the Administrative division of the Women's Army Corps. The WAC was a great source of pride for many women during WWII as it allowed them to patriotically contribute to their country's war efforts. The WAC during WWII were trained to handle auxiliary functions for the military as switchboard operators mechanics drivers stenographers armorers to maintain and repair smalls arms & heavy weapons which they unfortunately weren't allowed to use and many other war-time support operations. Uncommon. In very good condition overall. unknown
1946rif. 236311946. Large Women's Army Corps photo album depicting the overseas enlistment of an American servicewoman stationed in Egypt during the transition from wartime operations to postwar occupation 1946 to 1947. Pictured in combat training with rifles at leisure among identified companions and both wartime facilities and tourist institutions the album records the WAC servicewoman "Alma" serving abroad with uncommon continuity. The photographs document troop transport military facilities friendships archaeological excursions and encounters with Egyptian civilian life. The album also documents the conditions in Giza Egypt and abroad one photograph captioned "Prisoners working in chains. Nile Valley. Egypt. Feb. 1946" preserves a stark record of Egyptian penal labor within an album otherwise centered on 'Women's military service travel and postwar life. Photo album of approximately 130 silver gelatin photographs ranging from approximately 3 x 5 to 6 x 8 inches many in Egypt with additional views of the Atlantic crossing Persia and the United States 1946 to 1947. Most photographs have captions identifying or partially identifying 12 individuals and 17 distinct locations with dates scattered throughout. The album begins with pre-departure images in Long Beach California followed by the inscription "Myself aboard U.S.A.T. Thomas H. Barry. April '46" and "One cold day in the Atlantic. April 1946" documenting the voyage overseas. The album follows the creator through Heliopolis Cairo Payne Field Camp Huckstep the American Red Cross Club AMET N.A.A.F.I. Giza Memphis Alexandria the Nile Barrage Wadi Saloum and Abadan Persia. Informal portraits identify companions including Joyce Sheila Wollaston Johnnie Wollaston Peggy Cynthia Wendy Alma Tommy Mrs. Wollaston and "our N.I. friend with Woolly." Military life appears alongside moments of leisure rooftop gatherings athletic poses weddings camel riding and portraits of fellow American servicemen and WAC personnel. The photographs include training scenes of WAC personnel handling rifles during military instruction a reminder that women serving overseas were expected to maintain basic weapons proficiency despite their primarily noncombat assignments. The creator photographed Queen Farida's residence in Heliopolis street scenes labeled "Market Place" Sharia Ibrahim Egyptian children local families a native boy in Heliopolis village architecture at Giza archaeological remains at Memphis the Step Pyramid the supposed Tomb of Queen Nefertiti excavations captioned "Part of city excavated 6000 years old" and a striking image captioned "Prisoners working in chains. Nile Valley. Egypt. Feb. 1946." The album is distinguished by its female perspective on an overseas theater typically documented through the experiences of male soldiers. Rather than combat operations it records the work and daily lives of American servicewomen showing rifle instruction military compounds troop transport friendships organized recreation and independent travel through Egypt and Persia as experienced by a WAC member. That combination places gender at the center of the archive documenting how women occupied and navigated the American military presence abroad during the immediate postwar period. Light surface wear consistent with use; photographs well preserved and firmly mounted in the original red cord-bound album. Overall in very good condition. A sustained photographic record of an American Women's Army Corps member experiencing military service overseas travel and everyday life across the eastern Mediterranean during the closing chapter of the Second World War with most photographs retaining contemporary manuscript captions identifying locations dates and individuals throughout. unknown
1945rif. 225281945. Women History World War II WWII Women's Army Corps photo archive documenting women's military service during World War II and the expansion of women's logistical and technical roles within the United States Army. The photographs record daily activity surrounding Women's Army Corps personnel including ambulance operation vehicle maintenance military training environments and informal moments of rest and recreation. Established in 1943 Women's Army Corps enabled women to enter the Army in noncombat roles that were essential to wartime mobilization including clerical work communications mechanics and medical transport. The images document this institutional transformation through scenes of uniformed women working with military vehicles operating ambulances and participating in the broader infrastructure of wartime military camps. One photograph shows a WAC standing in full service uniform before a low administrative building while others depict women outdoors in wooded settings during moments of leisure illustrating both the disciplined and personal dimensions of wartime service. Archive of 20 gelatin photographs created during the 1940s depicting Women's Army Corps personnel military vehicles and associated Army training activities. Photographs measure approximately 3.5 x 5 inches. The photographs show WAC members in both uniform and off duty settings including outdoor portraits and camp scenes. Several images focus on military ambulances and transport vehicles bearing visible Army markings such as "U.S. ARMY 432621" and "AMB-34." Verso inscriptions provide firsthand commentary on military duties and equipment including one caption reading "This is my new AMBULANCE hope you like it sis. safe & OK" and another written beside an ambulance photograph noting "good old Baker 5 kept me from walking." Operational scenes include soldiers crouched behind sandbags with a handwritten note identifying personnel as "Eselinger Conrad Palmer Carvey Boss." Other photographs document the broader military environment surrounding WAC activity including a drill or parade ground and a large motor pool with rows of Army trucks one marked "U.S. Army 008909" positioned in front of a multi story barracks. Additional annotated images identify fellow servicemen and technical details of equipment including "Hines Gallop and myself. Gallop is a jeep driver from North Carolina" and another describing "my radio on right fender" while one photograph is labeled simply "motor pool." Women's Army Corps personnel served throughout the United States and overseas during World War II performing essential logistical and administrative work that supported Allied military operations. Ambulance drivers such as the woman referenced in the captions transported wounded soldiers during training exercises and operational deployments and were often responsible for maintaining their own vehicles in field conditions. WAC members later served across European theaters including England France and Italy after the Allied landings in 1944 contributing to the wartime medical evacuation system that moved casualties from combat zones to field hospitals and rear medical facilities. Light edge wear mild surface handling and faint silvering to some prints; overall very good condition. These photographs document both the operational infrastructure of wartime motor transport and the presence of women within that system illustrating how the mobilization of female personnel expanded the technical and logistical capacities of the U.S. Army during the global conflict. unknown
1943rif. 220591943. Women's Army Corps service photographs dated 1943 to 1944 document the participation of enlisted women in U.S. Army support operations during World War II with particular attention to transportation training environments and stateside military life. The images identify individual service members including Hilda Goble described in captions as an "ambulance driver during War II" and Abbie E. Bachelder situating named women within the broader expansion of female labor following the establishment of the Women's Army Corps in 1942. These photographs support research into women's military service wartime labor structures and the integration of women into logistical and medical support roles essential to the functioning of the U.S. Army during the war. Archive consists of 9 original silver gelatin photographs most approximately 3 x 5 inches several with scalloped or deckled edges and period ink captions identifying subjects and dates. Two portraits show Hilda Goble in full uniform standing before a porch and saluting each inscribed "Hilda Goble Ambulance driver during War II" documenting her role in transporting injured personnel within military systems. A group photograph captioned "Ambulance Driver Team War II Hilda Goble" depicts seven uniformed women indicating coordinated service within ambulance units. Additional images include a portrait labeled "Abbie E Bachelder / June - 1944" showing a uniformed WAC posed before a landscape of barracks buildings and another dated 1943 identifying Bachelder outside a wooden structure. A photograph captioned "Oct 29 - 1944 / Reims" shows two women identified as Roberta and Abbie posed on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol indicating travel or official assignment within government contexts. Other photographs depict WAC personnel standing near a military chapel and within training or hospital environments while one image titled "Marine Corps Wives of America - Hdqtrs Chap 1" shows four women beneath an organizational banner documenting affiliated civic or support networks connected to military service. These images documents the Women's Army Corps expantion to meet wartime labor demands assigning women to clerical transportation medical and logistical roles across domestic and overseas installations. The presence of ambulance drivers within the archive demonstrates the direct involvement of women in medical transport and support infrastructure while scenes at the U.S. Capitol and organized groups indicate both official recognition and the development of social and institutional networks among servicewomen. Light edge wear and minor creasing with one photograph showing tape residue; images otherwise clear with captions legible; overall very good condition. This archive provides a concentrated visual record of named WAC personnel and their roles within the operational and social framework of the U.S. Army during World War II. unknown
1943rif. 220421943. U.S. Army issuer Special Orders documents 1943-1944 documenting the mobilization assignment and promotion of women in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. The archive illuminates a system of military recruitment training allocation and hierarchical advancement revealing how women were enlisted processed and promoted within a gender segregated military structure.These documents show the mechanisms by which the Army expanded its personnel base to include women formalizing their roles through standardized orders logistical coordination and rank progression. U.S. Army. Special Orders. Southern New York Recruiting and Induction District and APO 501 Services of Supply 1943-1944. U.S. Army's mobilization of women for wartime service documents. This archive highlighting how gender and race intersected within a segregated military structure. Five pages of typed military orders documenting the enlistment and rank advancements of dozens of women into the Women's Army Corps WAC during World War II during a critical and unprecedented phase of American military expansion. These internal "Special Orders" were issued from U.S. Army Headquarters one from the Southern New York Recruiting and Induction District dated 28 September 1943 3 pages and the other from APO 501 Services of Supply Special Troops dated 25 August 1944 2 pages. The first document-marked "RESTRICTED"-lists 161 women who have "been enlisted this date as Privates in the WAC AUS UP without delay for New York N.Y. to Daytona Beach." These orders formalize the transfer of recruits to basic training at the Second WAAC Training Center in Florida a site where both Black and white women were trained in segregated units. Typed names include "KENNEDY DOROTHY R." "RAY RITA T." "ROBERTS ROSA" and "ROSS GRACE". The document also makes note that "the QMC will issue six 6 meal tickets to one hundred and sixty one 161 WACs" revealing both the scale and logistical efforts involved in transporting and sustaining the newly enlisted women. It is signed by R.C. Burgess 1st Lt. WAC AUS WAC adjutant and includes careful routing for distribution and duplication. The second document issued nearly a year later reflects the internal promotion structure within the WAC. It includes detailed lists of women being promoted across multiple ranks-from Private to Private First Class Technician Third through Fifth Grades and up to Master Sergeant. It begins: "Upon recommendation of the Chiefs of Section. the following temporary promotions are announced in WAC Service Unit USA SOS APO 501." Among those promoted: "Sgt HELEN P. SUTTON" "T/5 HELEN E. SHROOP" "Pvt DOROTHY R. KENNEDY" again appearing from the earlier enlistment list and "Sgt MARGARET H. STERLING" named Master Sergeant. The appearance of some of these women in both documents indicates successful progression within the ranks underscoring the opportunities for women-albeit within a racially stratified command-for advancement and formal recognition. Edges of the paper show chipping and creasing Minor staining to the lower half of the 1944 document. All text remains fully legible. Overall very good condition. A compelling and tangible record of women's military service during World War II. These documents record the expansion and institutionalization of women's military service during World War II when the WAC became a central component of U.S. Army personnel strategy. The inclusion of detailed enlistment lists and promotion orders demonstrates how women were incorporated into existing military systems while operating within segregated units shaped by prevailing racial policies. The progression of individuals across documents illustrates continuity of service and advancement opportunities within constrained structures. Edge wear chipping and creasing with minor staining to the 1944 document; text fully legible; overall very good condition. A concentrated administrative record of women's wartime service and the operational systems governing their roles. unknown
19908vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
1942rif. 238741942. World War II era photo album documenting men and women in military service civilian labor and domestic life from the early 1940s through 1961 centered on a network of relatives and friends identified through contemporary inscriptions. The strongest photographs date from the American mobilization of World War II placing Army and Navy service within the family relationships maintained by wives children parents and extended kin during wartime separation. A 1944 sequence from Frederick County Virginia extends the record beyond military service to men engaged in civilian construction work while later photographs follow the family into the postwar decades. Photo album containing approximately 160 silver gelatin photographs varying in size from 2 x 2 inches to 5 x 5.5 inches United States chiefly 1940s but ranging approximately from the 1930s to 1961. Named subjects include Wesley Stewart Mrs. Annie Stewart Mrs. Alice Stewart Esther Stewart Mae Orr Mary Orr Natalie Powell Daisy Neff and Frances and Dick Beard the latter identified in Texas. Several generations appear in yards beside houses and automobiles holding infants visiting relatives and posing in couples and family groups. Wartime photographs show men in U.S. Navy uniforms a man in Army uniform with a woman in civilian dress and a young woman repeatedly photographed in an enlisted Women's Army Corps uniform including with two young girls and informally with a child. The album also contains young women carrying books outside a brick institutional building a graduation portrait and a 1944 Frederick County sequence in which men work among heavy timbers at an active construction site. Later photographs record automobiles children and relatives through the 1950s and into 1961. Handwritten inscriptions establish relationships among the subjects and preserve the language through which photographs circulated within the family including "your wife Mae Orr" "Mrs. Annie Stewart" and "Esther Stewart." The photographs of the uniformed woman belong to the first generation of American women admitted to Army service on a mass scale. Congress created the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in May 1942 and converted it into the Women's Army Corps in 1943 bringing women into the Army itself; approximately 210000 women served in the WAC during World War II at home and overseas. WAC personnel filled clerical communications transportation technical administrative and other noncombat assignments while the album's photographs of young women with books and at graduation record education as another route into the expanding public and professional lives of wartime women. The family's presence in Frederick County situates part of the album in Virginia's northern Shenandoah Valley an agricultural and market region centered on Winchester whose wartime labor demands drew civilian workers and late in the war German prisoners of war into its important orchard economy. The album continues after demobilization through graduation marriage children automobiles travel and domestic life into 1961. Moderate wear throughout including water staining and discoloration fading occasional creasing and cracking surface wear and wear to the album covers and mounts; individual photographs vary in preservation. Overall in fair to good condition. unknown books
2000rif. 1325730PN. New. 2000. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1982rif. 766900PN. New. 1982. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1942rif. 238741942. World War II era photo album documenting men and women in military service civilian labor and domestic life from the early 1940s through 1961 centered on a network of relatives and friends identified through contemporary inscriptions. The strongest photographs date from the American mobilization of World War II placing Army and Navy service within the family relationships maintained by wives children parents and extended kin during wartime separation. A 1944 sequence from Frederick County Virginia extends the record beyond military service to men engaged in civilian construction work while later photographs follow the family into the postwar decades. Photo album containing approximately 160 silver gelatin photographs varying in size from 2 x 2 inches to 5 x 5.5 inches United States chiefly 1940s but ranging approximately from the 1930s to 1961. Named subjects include Wesley Stewart Mrs. Annie Stewart Mrs. Alice Stewart Esther Stewart Mae Orr Mary Orr Natalie Powell Daisy Neff and Frances and Dick Beard the latter identified in Texas. Several generations appear in yards beside houses and automobiles holding infants visiting relatives and posing in couples and family groups. Wartime photographs show men in U.S. Navy uniforms a man in Army uniform with a woman in civilian dress and a young woman repeatedly photographed in an enlisted Women's Army Corps uniform including with two young girls and informally with a child. The album also contains young women carrying books outside a brick institutional building a graduation portrait and a 1944 Frederick County sequence in which men work among heavy timbers at an active construction site. Later photographs record automobiles children and relatives through the 1950s and into 1961. Handwritten inscriptions establish relationships among the subjects and preserve the language through which photographs circulated within the family including "your wife Mae Orr" "Mrs. Annie Stewart" and "Esther Stewart." The photographs of the uniformed woman belong to the first generation of American women admitted to Army service on a mass scale. Congress created the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in May 1942 and converted it into the Women's Army Corps in 1943 bringing women into the Army itself; approximately 210000 women served in the WAC during World War II at home and overseas. WAC personnel filled clerical communications transportation technical administrative and other noncombat assignments while the album's photographs of young women with books and at graduation record education as another route into the expanding public and professional lives of wartime women. The family's presence in Frederick County situates part of the album in Virginia's northern Shenandoah Valley an agricultural and market region centered on Winchester whose wartime labor demands drew civilian workers and late in the war German prisoners of war into its important orchard economy. The album continues after demobilization through graduation marriage children automobiles travel and domestic life into 1961. Moderate wear throughout including water staining and discoloration fading occasional creasing and cracking surface wear and wear to the album covers and mounts; individual photographs vary in preservation. Overall in fair to good condition. unknown
1977rif. 755473PN. New. 1977. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition. . PN paperback
1977rif. MILI1204(Boulder, Col., Paladin Press 1977). 106 S., mit zahlr. Abb., ill. OKart., Titellage lose, geringe Gebrauchsspuren.
1987Spine slant. Foxing to top of textblock. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; 320 pages
2002rif. 31142Augsburg : Bechtermünz, 2002. 235 S. Gr.-8° , Pappeinband , Gutes Exemplar
2000rif. 42471KeÌ?trzyn : Wydawn. Kengraf, 2000. 240 S. : zahlr. Ill., Kt. ; 23 cm broschiert
2000rif. 37572Ketrzyn: Wydawnictwo, 2000. 240 S., Ill. kart., broschiert.
