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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 | ![]() | 9/25/1944 | United States. Army. Camp Patrick Henry (Va.). Service Club C. | H-10130 - Mrs. Hazel J. Langston, Jr., 763 41st St., Newsome Park, Newport News, Va., Hostess at the Service Club C, CPH, is shown operating electric sewing machine while Mrs. Eula M. Shelton, Assot. Mgr. (Cafeteria_ 1453 Jefferson Ave., Newport News, Va., uses needle in Service Club C. sering room. Enlisted men may leave clothing and have stripes, shoulder patches or buttons sewed on their clothing. 9-25-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. | Women in war–Virginia–Newport News.; African Americans in war–Virginia–Newport News.; Civilians in war–Virginia–Newport News.; Sewing machines–Virginia–Newport News. | Two women are seated together at two tables, sewing. One uses alarge black industrial sewing machine, the other sews by hand. | P0003/01-#H-10130 | |||
| 2 | ![]() | 7/14/1944 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). | O8732 - The completely clean vehicle is shown as its motor is "killed", carbon burned out, and with all movable sections of the motor removed and wrapped separately. All serial numbers, identification, etc, is being taped. Shown in the act of taping is Nellie Gallagher, removing motor part, Eula Craig, and standing by the running board, Dolly Ship. Pvt. M. P. Laflin holds the spray gun. 7-14-1944 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. | Vehicles, Military–Virginia–Newport News.; Civilians in war–Virginia–Newport News.; Packing for shipment. | Two women and a man, all in civilian clothes, process a truck. One woman tales something on the hood, the other takes the air filter cover. The man in a pit under the truck wears a raincoat and rain hat with a respirator. This is part of the process to ready it for shipping. | P0003/01-#O-8732 | |||
| 3 | NOTES: The scene is of the old pier in Hilton Village. The model is John L. Ficklen. John L. Ficklen was born September 19, 1887 and served in WWI as a Private First Class in Battery B, 1st Virginia Field Artillery of the Virginia National Guard from June 1916 until July 1917. He married Eula West Ficklen and they had one daughter, Lucy, and one son, William. John went on to work at the naval shipyard as secretary to the cashier in 1920 and then as a clerk by 1930. He died on March 15, 1938 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. | CL28195 | ||||||||
| 4 | ![]() | 4/19/1945 | United States. Army–Officers.; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.; United States. Army–Medical personnel. | Photograph of WAC Medical Detachment, Station, Hospital, Camp Patrick Henry, Va. (Refer to caption sheet for list of names.) | Group portrait of 33 WACs. The 8x10 print reads: Front row (seated, left to right): Pfc. Jean O. Barton, A-409248, 800 S. Madison St., Vicksburg, Miss.; Pfc. Doris M. Yatagan, A-210944, 50 Shepard Ave., Saranac Lake, N.Y.; Pfc. Elsie W. Naidus, A-320526, 3815 Falls Rd., Baltimore, Md.; Pfc. Eula R. Plott, A-315650, 2204 48th St., Newport News, V.; Pfc. Daisy M. Mackay, A-105462, 98 Bridge St., Manchester, N.H.; 1st Lt. Jean T. Wagenseil, L-900019, Brookfield Center, Conn.; Pfc. Leora L. Hall, A-307606, 182 Peelor St., Johnstown, Pa.; Pfc. Kay Rubin, A-318678, 2020 S. Third St., Philadelphia, Pa.; T/5 Elaine M. Galati, A-701561, 5209 E. 6th St., Kansas City, Mo.; Pfc. Nell O Willis, A-302043, Lawndale, N.C.; and PVt. Lee E. Bland, A-411335, Reddick, Fla. Second Row (standing left to right): Pvt. Hildegarde V. Wirtz, A-600442, Sheboygan, Wis.; Pfc. Elizabeth Bourne, A-100138, North Street, Kennebunkport, Me.; T/4 Maurine I. McDowell, A-804263, 1701 Washington St., Commerce, Tex.; Pvt. Frances C. Kane, A-313350, 1219 Mural St., Pittsburgh, Pa.; Pfc. Helen M. Greene, A-700456, 3613 St. Louis Ave., St. Louis, Mo.; Pfc. Mary G. Mack, A-703775, Lincoln, Neb.; Pfc. Carrie Herbert, A-813108, Basile, La.; Pfc. Helen K. Sikon, A-313301, 220 Maple St., Everson, Pa.; Pfc. Gladys L. Nash, A-300876, Fairchance, Pa.; Pfc. Thelma E. Willow, A-317059, 1288 S. Oyler Road, Harrisburg, Pa. Third Row (standing, left to right): Pvt. Elizabeth A. Mooney, A-319155, Parrish Place, Philadelphia, Pa.; Pfc. Stella H. Halady, A-217789, 607 Fulton St., Buffalo, New York; Pfc. Dorothy Hedegaard, A-602737, 203 Western Ave., Janesville, Wis.; T/5 Irene M. Meicht, A-605328, 604 W. Prospect St., Marshall, Mich.; T/3 Doris L. Memefee, A-807501, George West, Tex.; Pfc. Bernice L. Horner, A-912551, 587 Highland Ave., Helena, Montana; Pfc. Alice M. Loiselle, A-609860, Cornell, Wis.; Pfc. Katherine M. Bosh, A-312749, Baden, Pa.; Pfc. Elsie P. Lanard, A-120489, 234 Martin St., East Providence, R.I.; Pvt. Katherine Y. Lucas, A-314256, Rockingham, Va.; Pfc. Marjorie Flenniken, A-301306, Allison Park, Pa.; and Pfc. Margaret L. Martz, A-303085, Bluemont, Va. | P0003/01-#E-13697 | ||||
| 5 | ![]() ![]() | NOTES: Carved wood block with coastal image. The scene is of the old pier in Hilton Village with a man in a hat holding a long pole with a net attached. His sleeves are rolled up. The model is John L. Ficklen. Object file states this was carved on July 16, 1928 and the wood is cherry. A paper is adhered to the reverse side of the wood block showing the imprinted image. It is stamped on one end with 566 and written on the other end with the same number. Julius John Lankes was a well known wood cut artist born in Buffalo, NY. Over the years he worked as an engraver, illustrator, woodcut print artist, author, lecturer, costume and scenery designer, and college professor. He worked for, and at one time directed, the technical illustrating section of NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, which eventually became NASA. He lived in Hilton Village from about 1925 until moving to Durham, NC around 1950. According to his obituary, his work appeared in the publications of longtime friend Robert Frost, Lizette Reese, and Robert Coffin, as well as in the collections of the Library of Congress, the British Metropolitan Museum, the Biblioteque Nationale in Paris, and the Toronto Art Gallery. He died at age 75 in 1960. John L. Ficklen was born September 19, 1887 and served in WWI as a Private First Class in Battery B, 1st Virginia Field Artillery of the Virginia National Guard from June 1916 until July 1917. He married Eula West Ficklen and they had one daughter, Lucy, and one son, William. John went on to work at the naval shipyard as secretary to the cashier in 1920 and then as a clerk by 1930. He died on March 15, 1938 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. | CL22382 | |||||||
| 6 | No image URL. | Warships–United States–Pictorial works.; Cargo ships–Pictorial works.; World War, 1939-1945.; Warships–Japan–Pictorial works.; Tankers–Pictorial works.; Barges–Pictorial works. | Don E. Gammon Collection | MS0168 |
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