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Yeoman (F) Navy Dep't., White House grounds, Washington, D.C., Feby. 1919 – Antique Wall Art

Yeoman (F) Navy Dep't., White House grounds, Washington, D.C., Feby. 1919, 1919 February. — historic photograph
Yeoman (F) Navy Dep't., White House grounds, Washington, D.C., Feby. 1919, 1919 February.. Historic photograph from the White House collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures Yeoman (F) Navy Dep't., White House grounds, Washington, D.C., Feby. 1919 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Yeoman (F) Navy Dep't., White House grounds, Washington, D.C., Feby. 1919

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A long panoramic print shows a line of Navy yeomen (F) posed on the White House grounds in February 1919. The yeomen (F) were women who enlisted in the Navy during the First World War to fill clerical and administrative jobs, freeing men for sea duty. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, whose collection holds this print, was a strong advocate of their service. About 11,000 women served in the rating before the Navy discharged them after the war. The photographer's Washington studio on 7th Street Northeast made the print, and its wide format lets viewers take in the whole row.

Created / published1919 February.
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver ; 7.5 x 44.5 in.
GenrePortrait photographs.Group portraits.Panoramic photographs.Gelatin silver prints.
NotesTransfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1948. Photographer's address: 731-733 7th St. N.E., Washington, D.C. Forms part of Josephus Daniels collection.
SubjectsWomen--Military service. Military personnel. United States.--Navy--People.United States--District of Columbia--Washington (D.C.)
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,266 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-209766

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