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Identifier
20055298
Description
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (W. A. V. E. S.) en route to New York City, New York, are (left to right) Miss Durelle Shipley, Miss Willette Williams, Mrs. Elvis Sunday, Mrs. Margaret Powell, Miss Arthurene Pate, Miss Virginia Wells and Miss Mildred Cross. The group of women are shown standing in the doorway of a train, waving goodbye and smiling. They are leaving for primary training at Hunter College. At the bottom left is a train worker.
Archival Date
1943-03-22
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-1713
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Purses; Trains; Coats; Dresses; Eyeglasses; Hats
Names
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (W. A. V. E. S.); Shipley, Durelle; Williams, Willette; Sunday, Elvis (Mrs.); Powell, Margaret (Mrs.); Pate, Arthurene; Wells, Virginia; Cross, Mildred; Hunter College (New York)
Subjects
Purses; Trains; Coats; Dresses; Eyeglasses; Hats