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Title
[Women soldiers in training]
Creator
Dobbin, Hamilton Henry, 1856-1930
Date Created and/or Issued
1916
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
V1p265a
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 265 top.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text written under photo: "These are soldierettes 'In Training' at Presidio. It is not yet known if they reached the trenches." Shows a view from a roof of a formation of female military personnel. Male military personnel and a number of adult civilians and children are watching. A man to the left has a camera set up on a tripod.
Soldierettes were at the Presidio attending National Service School, a program set up by the Women's Section of the Navy League to increase the preparedness of women for war. The course included first aid, elementary hygiene, home care of the sick, marching and drilling. Students were being trained to support the Armed Forces.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photoprint ; 7 1/4 x 9 3/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001380824CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4081
Subject
Military personnel--California--San Francisco
Women--California--San Francisco
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)

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