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Title
[Female recruits reading instructions]
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
V1p265c
In PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. I, page 265 center right.
This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."
Text written under photo: "Reading paper "on how to boil water without burning it." Photo shows a line of female recruits sitting and reading what is probably an instruction paper. Two men are seen on the porch of the building in the background.
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 ; 3 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001380826CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-4083
Subject
Military personnel--California--San Francisco
Women--California--San Francisco
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Group portraits
Place
California
San Francisco
Presidio of San Francisco (Calif.)
San Francisco (Calif.)

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