Viola
Mariners' Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Skipjack
Year: 1904
Builder:
Location: Fairmount
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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 |  | 6/29/1895 | Viola (Barkentine : 1893). | Viola - (of Figholm) - Bgn.; 1379 | Sailing ships–Massachusetts–Boston. | Shows a starboard side view of the bow of a sailing ship moored at a pier. Stanton's notebooks contain the following information about this item: "Boston, Jun 29 '95" | MS0094/01-#1379 | |||
| 2 |  | WRITTEN ON VERSO: BRIGATINE VIOLA, BUILT AND OWNED BY CAPTAIN JOHN A. COOK, THE LAST VESSEL BUILT IN THE US FOR THE WHALING BUSINESS | BRIGATINE VIOLA | P0001.021/-#PW071 | ||||||
| 3 |   | 1910 | WRITTEN ON VERSO: THE VIOLA OUTWARDLY BOUND LEAVING NEW BEDFORD FOR THE TWO YEAR CRUISE IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH ATLANTIC. CAPTIANED BY JOHN A COOK. | BRIGATINE VIOLA | P0001.021/-#PW072 | |||||
| 4 |   | NOTES: Unusual in that has a full set of carved wooden sails. Hull has been repainted. VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: VIOLA VESSEL TYPE: WHALING BRIG VESSEL BUILT 1910 HOME PORT: New Bedford, Massachusetts BUILDER'S LOCATION: ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS DIMENSIONS: 139 tons SHIPBUILDER: TARR & JAMES CAPTAINS: John Atkins Cook and Edwin J. Reed 1910-1916, Joseph Lewis (Jose Luis) 1916-1918 SHIPOWNER: John A. Cook Whaling Company, of Portland, Maine (1910); John A. Cook Whaling Company, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1918) VESSEL HISTORY: --The Standard Times, June 2, 1910, page 12: Viola launched at 5:45 pm at the shipyard of Tarr & James. 500 people witnessed the launch which went off without a hitch. The whaler is the property of the John A. Cook company of Portland, Maine, and will be in command of Captain John A. Cook of Provincetown, who has spent nearly all of his life on the water. The whaler is named Viola after the captain's wife, who sailed with him on his whaling trips for the past 12 years. --The Standard Times, April 20, 1911, page 4: A letter from Captain Cook dated March 8th reports the Viola at Barbadoes with 950 barrels oil and 55 pounds ambergris. --The Springfield Republican, 1918, The whaling brig Viola returned to New Bedford with a cargo of sperm oil and ambergris, worth $72,000 after a ten month voyage. It passed a German raider off the River Platte. --The Ridgewood News reported on January 4, 1918 that the lump of ambergris, which weighed 121 pounds was said to be worth $37,000. And continued: Old Down East whalemen say that the Viola, which is a small vessel of only 139 tons, is one of the luckiest whale hunters that ever sailed the seas. She is only seven years old but in that time has made four voyages in which she has taken oil and ambergris worth about $342,000. --The Standard-Times, January 12, 1918, page 2: Anxiety felt for the Viola, Whaling brig, four months out, has not reached Cape Verdes--Captain had family with him. Relatives of the officers of whaling brig Viola of this port, Captain Joseph Luiz, which sailed from this port on September 10th, for the Cape Verde islands and a whaling voyage, are beginning to get anxious to hear of the arrival at St. Vincent of the trim little brig. --The Standard Times, February 4, 1918, page 2: Whaling brig Viola safe, Whaler put into Brava, CVI, instead of St. Vincent in order to keep crew from jumping. The vessel had no oil on board. --The Standard Times, March 19, 1918, page 2: There are six whaling vessels from this port (New Bedford) cruising for sperm whales somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean at the present time--the Viola is among those listed. --The Standard Times, October 18, 1918, page 16: Reports that the brig Viola, which sailed from New Bedford over a year ago has not been heard of since, it now being the firm conviction of all in marine circles that she has been lost at sea. --See The Sunday Standard, January 26, 1919, page 3 for a discussion about the legal difficulties regarding inheritance since the brig's loss. | CL11776 | |||||||
| 5 |   | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Wooden whale stamp, block painted, soft wood with round port broadside view of whaling brigantine VIOLA with letter "V." Reverse has "BG VIOLA." Right end has four round knobs, possibly for storing in a special box or other container. NOTES: Given that the Viola disappeared on a voyage in 1918 these stamps (IS 193-IS 196) may have been carried off the brig by the former captain/owner, John Atkins Cook, or another crew member. VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: VIOLA VESSEL TYPE: WHALING BRIG VESSEL BUILT 1910 HOME PORT: New Bedford, Massachusetts BUILDER'S LOCATION: ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS DIMENSIONS: 139 tons SHIPBUILDER: TARR & JAMES CAPTAINS: John Atkins Cook and Edwin J. Reed 1910-1916, Joseph Lewis (Jose Luis) 1916-1918 SHIPOWNER: John A. Cook Whaling Company, of Portland, Maine (1910); John A. Cook Whaling Company, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1918) VESSEL HISTORY: --The Standard Times, June 2, 1910, page 12: Viola launched at 5:45 pm at the shipyard of Tarr & James. 500 people witnessed the launch which went off without a hitch. The whaler is the property of the John A. Cook company of Portland, Maine, and will be in command of Captain John A. Cook of Provincetown, who has spent nearly all of his life on the water. The whaler is named Viola after the captain's wife, who sailed with him on his whaling trips for the past 12 years. --The Standard Times, April 20, 1911, page 4: A letter from Captain Cook dated March 8th reports the Viola at Barbadoes with 950 barrels oil and 55 pounds ambergris. --The Springfield Republican, 1918, The whaling brig Viola returned to New Bedford with a cargo of sperm oil and ambergris, worth $72,000 after a ten month voyage. It passed a German raider off the River Platte. --The Ridgewood News reported on January 4, 1918 that the lump of ambergris, which weighed 121 pounds was said to be worth $37,000. And continued: Old Down East whalemen say that the Viola, which is a small vessel of only 139 tons, is one of the luckiest whale hunters that ever sailed the seas. She is only seven years old but in that time has made four voyages in which she has taken oil and ambergris worth about $342,000. --The Standard-Times, January 12, 1918, page 2: Anxiety felt for the Viola, Whaling brig, four months out, has not reached Cape Verdes--Captain had family with him. Relatives of the officers of whaling brig Viola of this port, Captain Joseph Luiz, which sailed from this port on September 10th, for the Cape Verde islands and a whaling voyage, are beginning to get anxious to hear of the arrival at St. Vincent of the trim little brig. --The Standard Times, February 4, 1918, page 2: Whaling brig Viola safe, Whaler put into Brava, CVI, instead of St. Vincent in order to keep crew from jumping. The vessel had no oil on board. --The Standard Times, March 19, 1918, page 2: There are six whaling vessels from this port (New Bedford) cruising for sperm whales somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean at the present time--the Viola is among those listed. --The Standard Times, October 18, 1918, page 16: Reports that the brig Viola, which sailed from New Bedford over a year ago has not been heard of since, it now being the firm conviction of all in marine circles that she has been lost at sea. --See The Sunday Standard, January 26, 1919, page 3 for a discussion about the legal difficulties regarding inheritance since the brig's loss. | CL2136 | |||||||
| 6 |   | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Black stained wood whale stamp showing "flukes" of a whale in raised relief. On reverse is "V" for brig VIOLA. Right end has single knob possibly for string in some kind of container. This stamp used in logbook to indicate whale that was harpooned but escaped or sank. NOTES: Given that the Viola disappeared on a voyage in 1918 these stamps (IS 193-IS 196) may have been carried off the brig by the former captain/owner, John Atkins Cook, or another crew member. VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: VIOLA VESSEL TYPE: WHALING BRIG VESSEL BUILT 1910 HOME PORT: New Bedford, Massachusetts BUILDER'S LOCATION: ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS DIMENSIONS: 139 tons SHIPBUILDER: TARR & JAMES CAPTAINS: John Atkins Cook and Edwin J. Reed 1910-1916, Joseph Lewis (Jose Luis) 1916-1918 SHIPOWNER: John A. Cook Whaling Company, of Portland, Maine (1910); John A. Cook Whaling Company, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1918) VESSEL HISTORY: --The Standard Times, June 2, 1910, page 12: Viola launched at 5:45 pm at the shipyard of Tarr & James. 500 people witnessed the launch which went off without a hitch. The whaler is the property of the John A. Cook company of Portland, Maine, and will be in command of Captain John A. Cook of Provincetown, who has spent nearly all of his life on the water. The whaler is named Viola after the captain's wife, who sailed with him on his whaling trips for the past 12 years. --The Standard Times, April 20, 1911, page 4: A letter from Captain Cook dated March 8th reports the Viola at Barbadoes with 950 barrels oil and 55 pounds ambergris. --The Springfield Republican, 1918, The whaling brig Viola returned to New Bedford with a cargo of sperm oil and ambergris, worth $72,000 after a ten month voyage. It passed a German raider off the River Platte. --The Ridgewood News reported on January 4, 1918 that the lump of ambergris, which weighed 121 pounds was said to be worth $37,000. And continued: Old Down East whalemen say that the Viola, which is a small vessel of only 139 tons, is one of the luckiest whale hunters that ever sailed the seas. She is only seven years old but in that time has made four voyages in which she has taken oil and ambergris worth about $342,000. --The Standard-Times, January 12, 1918, page 2: Anxiety felt for the Viola, Whaling brig, four months out, has not reached Cape Verdes--Captain had family with him. Relatives of the officers of whaling brig Viola of this port, Captain Joseph Luiz, which sailed from this port on September 10th, for the Cape Verde islands and a whaling voyage, are beginning to get anxious to hear of the arrival at St. Vincent of the trim little brig. --The Standard Times, February 4, 1918, page 2: Whaling brig Viola safe, Whaler put into Brava, CVI, instead of St. Vincent in order to keep crew from jumping. The vessel had no oil on board. --The Standard Times, March 19, 1918, page 2: There are six whaling vessels from this port (New Bedford) cruising for sperm whales somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean at the present time--the Viola is among those listed. --The Standard Times, October 18, 1918, page 16: Reports that the brig Viola, which sailed from New Bedford over a year ago has not been heard of since, it now being the firm conviction of all in marine circles that she has been lost at sea. --See The Sunday Standard, January 26, 1919, page 3 for a discussion about the legal difficulties regarding inheritance since the brig's loss. | CL2134 | |||||||
| 7 |   | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Wooden whale stamp from brig VIOLA, black painted soft wood with raised sperm whale design on front, initial "V" inscribed on reverse. Right end has three round knobs, probably for storing in a special box or other container. NOTES: Given that the Viola disappeared on a voyage in 1918 these stamps (IS 193-IS 196) may have been carried off the brig by the former captain/owner, John Atkins Cook, or another crew member. VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: VIOLA VESSEL TYPE: WHALING BRIG VESSEL BUILT 1910 HOME PORT: New Bedford, Massachusetts BUILDER'S LOCATION: ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS DIMENSIONS: 139 tons SHIPBUILDER: TARR & JAMES CAPTAINS: John Atkins Cook and Edwin J. Reed 1910-1916, Joseph Lewis (Jose Luis) 1916-1918 SHIPOWNER: John A. Cook Whaling Company, of Portland, Maine (1910); John A. Cook Whaling Company, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1918) VESSEL HISTORY: --The Standard Times, June 2, 1910, page 12: Viola launched at 5:45 pm at the shipyard of Tarr & James. 500 people witnessed the launch which went off without a hitch. The whaler is the property of the John A. Cook company of Portland, Maine, and will be in command of Captain John A. Cook of Provincetown, who has spent nearly all of his life on the water. The whaler is named Viola after the captain's wife, who sailed with him on his whaling trips for the past 12 years. --The Standard Times, April 20, 1911, page 4: A letter from Captain Cook dated March 8th reports the Viola at Barbadoes with 950 barrels oil and 55 pounds ambergris. --The Springfield Republican, 1918, The whaling brig Viola returned to New Bedford with a cargo of sperm oil and ambergris, worth $72,000 after a ten month voyage. It passed a German raider off the River Platte. --The Ridgewood News reported on January 4, 1918 that the lump of ambergris, which weighed 121 pounds was said to be worth $37,000. And continued: Old Down East whalemen say that the Viola, which is a small vessel of only 139 tons, is one of the luckiest whale hunters that ever sailed the seas. She is only seven years old but in that time has made four voyages in which she has taken oil and ambergris worth about $342,000. --The Standard-Times, January 12, 1918, page 2: Anxiety felt for the Viola, Whaling brig, four months out, has not reached Cape Verdes--Captain had family with him. Relatives of the officers of whaling brig Viola of this port, Captain Joseph Luiz, which sailed from this port on September 10th, for the Cape Verde islands and a whaling voyage, are beginning to get anxious to hear of the arrival at St. Vincent of the trim little brig. --The Standard Times, February 4, 1918, page 2: Whaling brig Viola safe, Whaler put into Brava, CVI, instead of St. Vincent in order to keep crew from jumping. The vessel had no oil on board. --The Standard Times, March 19, 1918, page 2: There are six whaling vessels from this port (New Bedford) cruising for sperm whales somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean at the present time--the Viola is among those listed. --The Standard Times, October 18, 1918, page 16: Reports that the brig Viola, which sailed from New Bedford over a year ago has not been heard of since, it now being the firm conviction of all in marine circles that she has been lost at sea. --See The Sunday Standard, January 26, 1919, page 3 for a discussion about the legal difficulties regarding inheritance since the brig's loss. | CL2133 | |||||||
| 8 |  | inscribed on recto: LADY VIOLA THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TATTOOED WOMAN IN THE WORLD. | Full standing portrait of Viola showing her facing the camera and with back turned. Lady Viola was another circus sideshow attraction. The Bowery/Coney Island/Brooklyn tattoo artist Frank Graf inked her in the 1920s. During an interview in 1989, Bob Shaw recalls the first time he saw Lady Viola in St. Louis, MO. (Bob Shaw tattooed for over 50 years before leaving for a better place. Bob helped pass & set the standards on Tattooing & the Technique on sterilization back in the 60’s. Bob was also the President of the Worlds Largest Tattoo Association - National Tattoo Association when he passed away on Mar. 17, 1993) “The fellow who did Lady Viola’s work was way ahead of his time. If you ever can get one of those photos and blow it up, you’ll see all those little flower designs have heads in ‘em, that’s the popular people of the time, like Charlie Chaplin and Tom Mix. He was the first person I saw really do portraits; he did presidents Wilson, Washington and Lincoln across her chest. You looked at them and immediately knew who it was.” Lady Viola did have a very special suit of tattoos, often being billed as “The Most Beautiful Tattooed Woman in the World.” Along with popular tattoo figures of the time, she had the United States Capitol on her back and the Statue of Liberty and Rock of Ages on her legs. During the outdoor season she worked with the likes of the Ringling Bros. Circus (1932) and the winter months found her in dime museums like Gorman’s in Philadelphia (1930s). Lady Viola spent decades in the show business world and was still working with the Thomas Joyland Show at the age of 73! Although Lady Viola made her name as a tattoo attraction, she like many other female attractions (including Betty Broadbent) also did some tattooing. | P0001.001/01-#P237 | ||||||
| 9 |   | SHORT DESCRIPTION: Whale stamp from brig VIOLA black painted soft wood with blue or humpback whale carved with raised relief on front, intial "V" on reverse. Two knobs protrude from right end, possibly for string in special box or other container. NOTES: Given that the Viola disappeared on a voyage in 1918 these stamps (IS 193-IS 196) may have been carried off the brig by the former captain/owner, John Atkins Cook, or another crew member. VESSEL INFORMATION: VESSEL NAME: VIOLA VESSEL TYPE: WHALING BRIG VESSEL BUILT 1910 HOME PORT: New Bedford, Massachusetts BUILDER'S LOCATION: ESSEX, MASSACHUSETTS DIMENSIONS: 139 tons SHIPBUILDER: TARR & JAMES CAPTAINS: John Atkins Cook and Edwin J. Reed 1910-1916, Joseph Lewis (Jose Luis) 1916-1918 SHIPOWNER: John A. Cook Whaling Company, of Portland, Maine (1910); John A. Cook Whaling Company, Provincetown, Massachusetts (1918) VESSEL HISTORY: --The Standard Times, June 2, 1910, page 12: Viola launched at 5:45 pm at the shipyard of Tarr & James. 500 people witnessed the launch which went off without a hitch. The whaler is the property of the John A. Cook company of Portland, Maine, and will be in command of Captain John A. Cook of Provincetown, who has spent nearly all of his life on the water. The whaler is named Viola after the captain's wife, who sailed with him on his whaling trips for the past 12 years. --The Standard Times, April 20, 1911, page 4: A letter from Captain Cook dated March 8th reports the Viola at Barbadoes with 950 barrels oil and 55 pounds ambergris. --The Springfield Republican, 1918, The whaling brig Viola returned to New Bedford with a cargo of sperm oil and ambergris, worth $72,000 after a ten month voyage. It passed a German raider off the River Platte. --The Ridgewood News reported on January 4, 1918 that the lump of ambergris, which weighed 121 pounds was said to be worth $37,000. And continued: Old Down East whalemen say that the Viola, which is a small vessel of only 139 tons, is one of the luckiest whale hunters that ever sailed the seas. She is only seven years old but in that time has made four voyages in which she has taken oil and ambergris worth about $342,000. --The Standard-Times, January 12, 1918, page 2: Anxiety felt for the Viola, Whaling brig, four months out, has not reached Cape Verdes--Captain had family with him. Relatives of the officers of whaling brig Viola of this port, Captain Joseph Luiz, which sailed from this port on September 10th, for the Cape Verde islands and a whaling voyage, are beginning to get anxious to hear of the arrival at St. Vincent of the trim little brig. --The Standard Times, February 4, 1918, page 2: Whaling brig Viola safe, Whaler put into Brava, CVI, instead of St. Vincent in order to keep crew from jumping. The vessel had no oil on board. --The Standard Times, March 19, 1918, page 2: There are six whaling vessels from this port (New Bedford) cruising for sperm whales somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean at the present time--the Viola is among those listed. --The Standard Times, October 18, 1918, page 16: Reports that the brig Viola, which sailed from New Bedford over a year ago has not been heard of since, it now being the firm conviction of all in marine circles that she has been lost at sea. --See The Sunday Standard, January 26, 1919, page 3 for a discussion about the legal difficulties regarding inheritance since the brig's loss. | CL2137 | |||||||
| 10 |  | 7/6/1943 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). Pier 6.; United States. Army–Nurses. | "L3118 - Lt. Viola Ruff, Army nurse, boarding ship at pier 6 for service overseas. 7-6-43 Official photograph U.S.Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va."; stamped in red "Secret" | Embarkation (Military science). | Front view of Army nurse Lieutenant Viola Ruff walking up a gangplank. | P0003/01-#L-3118 | |||
| 11 |  | VESSEL INFORMATION - VESSEL NAME: ALICE P. EGBERT ALL SHIP'S NAMES: (1) VIOLA (1882-1889); (2) ALICE P. EGBERT (1890-1910). VESSEL BUILT: 1882 BUILDER LOCATION: BALTIMORE, MARYLAND VESSEL HISTORY: Built as the VIOLA and operated in Baltimore, Maryland and operated in that port until about 1888 when her name was changed to ALICE P. EGBERT. Her home ports were Newark and New York throughout the rest of her career. | CL4637 | |||||||
| 12 | No image URL. | Seafaring life.; Voyages and travels. | Maps on lining-papers. | LB16427 | ||||||
| 13 |  | 11/25/1942 | Oberon (Cargo ship : AK-56).; Calvert (Transport : AP-65).; United States. Army Nurse Corps–Nurses. | "Medical Officer and army nurses of the hospital train waiting to meet the wounded soldiers from North Africa. Photo was taken at HRPE Newport News, Va. 11-25-42 Official photograph USArmy Signal Corps HRPE Newport News, Va."; stamped in black "Confidential" | Portraits, Group–Virginia–Newport News.; Piers–Virginia–Newport News. | Portrait of Major Martin J. Rosenthal, Commander of a hospital train, with four nurses: Lt. Kathleen Williams, Lt. Marjorie E. Mattson, Lt. Viola B. Heydens, and Lt. Veronica J. Janis. They are standing on a pier with the Oberon (AK-56) and the Calvert (AP-65) in the background. | P0003/01-#L-841 | |||
| 14 | No image URL. | National Archives (U.S.) | Includes index. | LB7279 | ||||||
| 15 | No image URL. | America–Discovery and exploration–Spanish–Exhibitions.; America–History–To 1810–Exhibitions. | Indians of North America–First contact with Europeans–Exhibitions. | Seeds of change : __a quincentennial commemoration __edited by Herman J. Viola and Carolyn Margolis | LB8534 | |||||
| 16 |  | 10/24/1944 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). Kecoughtan Station Hospital.; United States. Army. Women's Army Corps–Officers. | F-10501 - A group of nurses of the Kecoughtan Hospital are shown. Photo taken at Kecoughtan, Va. 10-24-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. | Portraits, Group–Virginia–Newport News. | Two rows of Army nurses in WAC uniforms standing outdoors, posing in two rows for a group portrait in front of a tree. | P0003/01-#F-10501 | |||
| 17 |  | 11/28/1944 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). Kecoughtan Station Hospital.; United States. Army. Officers. | E-11001 - Group photograph of officers of Kecoughtan Officers, Kecoughtan, HRPE, Newport News, Va. Photo taken for Historical purposes. 11-28-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. | Portraits, Group–Virginia–Newport News. | Shows officers in uniform posing in several rows for a group portrait. Marked as the HRPE Gym in the index. | P0003/01-#E-11001 | |||
| 18 | No image URL. | Scotland–Emigration and immigration; United States–Genealogy–Sources; United States–History–Sources–Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 | Scots–United States | Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 : __copied from a loose bundle of Treasury papers in the Public Record Office, London, England __compiled and indexed in the London Office of Viola Root Cameron | LB25604 | |||||
| 19 |   | 5/29/1943 | United States. Army–Nurses. | "Army nurses standing in front of Medical Department Hospital Ward Car, USA 8906, which was waiting for disembarkation of 204 American soldiers from Tunisia. (left to right) Kathleen A. Williams, N-731532; Veronica J. Janis, N-731430; Marjorie E. Mattson, N-731433; Viola B. Haydens, N-731527. 5-29-43 Official photograph U.S.Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Virginia"; stamped in black "Secret" | Hospital trains–Virginia–Newport News. | Four Army nurses standing in and in front of the hospital train car. There is a man standing to the far left of them. | P0003/01-#E-2425 | |||
| 20 |  | 7/29/1944 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). Pier 4. | W9080 - Maj. A.V. Larson, 0-483030, (right) C.O. os 1311th Casual Transportation Service Unit is shown on wounded to Mc Guire General Hosp. He is piectured with his adjutant, Capt. William Colerdine, 0-1543154 and Lt. Viola Heydens, N-73152 of Kecoughtan Hospital. 7-29-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "SECRET Authority WD Cir 346 October 15, 1942 Initials WCS Date 16 MAR 1944" stamped in red ink. | Embarkation (Military science).; Medicine, Military–Virginia–Newport News. | A soldier lies on a cot in a train. Beside him are three officers, two in Army uniforms, one in a nurse's dress with the Lieutenant's bar. | P0003/01-#W-9080 | |||
| 21 |  | 4/14/1945 | Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). Chapel.; United States. Army–Chaplains. | Wedding ceremony performed in the HRPE Chapel by Chaplain Raphael Weisenback, 0522298, home, Cincinnati, Ohio. Left to right: Sgt. George Considine, 33738332, home, Washington, D.C., Best Man; Sgt. Joe Sammon, 31228170, home, Malden, Mass., groom; Pfc. Edith Zorn, A-313309, home, Pittsburgh, Pa., bride; and Maid of Honor, Pfc. Viola Kolas, A-800424, home, Yoacum, Texas. Photo taken at HRPE, Newport News, Va., for the Port Paper and Historical records. | Military weddings–Virginia–Newport News.; Army spouses–Virginia–Newport News. | Shows the wedding party standing before the minister. He is addressing them as he raises his hand. | P0003/01-#E-13536 | |||
| 22 | No image URL. | Maps on lining papers. Includes index. | LB16582 | |||||||
| 23 |  | 8/20/1945 | United States. Army–Food service. | Inspecting Bacon for type, grade, and soundness at the Gwaltney Plant, Smithfield, Va. Left to right: Capt. J.B. Richter, O-332768, Acting Port Veterinarian, Philadelphia, Pa., S/Sgt. Percy H. Verrier, 3818139, Food Inspector, Butte, Mont., Mrs. Viola Hostetter, Hilton Village, Va. Photo taken at HRPE, Newport News, Va., and surrounding area. | Veterinarians–Virginia–Smithfield.; World War, 1939-1945–Veterinary service.; Food inspectors–Virginia–Smithfield.; Food adulteration and inspection–Virginia–Smithfield.; Bacon–Virginia–Smithfield. | Shows two men and one women at work inspecting slabs of bacon. They are in a room full of meat products. | P0003/01-#F-15386 | |||
| 24 | No image URL. | United States. Coast Guard–Lists of vessels; United States. Coast Guard–History–World War, 1939-1945. | Government vessels–United States. | Photocopy of typescript. "For Doctor Herman Viola, LIC 896, Independent Study, The Catholic University of America, August 9, 1977." | LB5090 | |||||
| 25 |   | 5/29/1943 | United States. Army–Nurses.; United States. Army–Transport of sick and wounded. | "Pfc. W.A. Green, Jr. 32066551, on litter waiting to enter hospital war car, able to walk with crutch. Wounded in right foot on April 3, 1943, in bombing raid in attack on Regimental Headquarters of 47th Infantry, 9th Division, received fracture of toes, laceration of ribs, This wounded man was placed on hospital ward car on Pier 5, and taken to Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa. 5-29-43 Official photograph U.S.Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Virginia"; stamped in black "Secret" | World War, 1939-1945–Casualties–United States.; Litters–Virginia–Newport News. | Private First Class W. A. Green, Jr. on a stretcher with a crutch. Nurses and other men stand around him. | P0003/01-#E-2429 | |||
| 26 |  | 1/15/1944 | United States. Army. Norfolk Army Base (Va.). Service Club. | J5994 - Left to right, Mrs. V. R. Skeeter, Mrs P.B. Young Sr. Mrs A. D. Dinkings, Mrs. G. D. Collins, Kneeling, Lt. H. K. Kelland, Major, J. H. Corman, BN Commander, 515 Port Bn., Mrs Alyce Christopher, Hostess, Chaplain Thomas, Miss Celestine Cattlett, hostess. 1-15-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. | African American soldiers.; Soldiers–Recreation–Virginia–Norfolk.; African Americans–Segregation–Virginia–Norfolk. | Several older, dignified women, in long evening dresses (one looks like it is velvet)are are seated by a wall in the NAB Service Club below a large window and a lattice of crepe paper streamers. They are being addressed by three officers and two of the hostesses. Research for authorities on the women show that they were married to, or widows of, men who worked at the shipyards. | P0003/01-#J-5994 | |||
| 27 |  | 11/19/1944 | United States. Army. | J-10887 - Group shot of military and civilian personnel of HRPE, during the dinner held at the Casino Club, Newport News, Va. on the Eve of the Sixth War Loan Drive. 11-19-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. "RESTRICTED" stamped in red ink front and back. | Dinners and dining–Virginia–Newport News.; Fund raising–Virginia–Newport News.; Civilians in war–Virginia–Newport News. | A group of people, men and women in uniforms and civilian clothes, are seated at a table laid with a white cloth and various beverages. | P0003/01-#J-10887 | |||
| 28 |  | 5/20/1944 | United States. Army. Women's Army Corps.; Port of Embarkation, Hampton Roads, Va. (U.S.). | E7918 - General view of Phorostat section, HRPE. 5-20-44 Official Photograph, U. S. Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Va. | Photostat–Virginia–Newport News. | A woman in a uniform operates the photostat machine. Another woman in the background uses a paper guillotine, and a man operates another piece of machinery. | P0003/01-#E-7918 | |||
| 29 |  | 5/29/1943 | United States. Army–Nurses.; United States. Army–Transport of sick and wounded. | "Interior of Medical Department Hospital Ward Car, on Pier 5, HRPE, Newport News, as wounded are being placed in berths. A.N. Veronica Haydens, N-731527, tucking in Pvt. N. J. Jubinville, 31081846, Lowell, Mass. 62 Engineer Company, who was wounded 40 kilometers from Bizerte, on April 17th, 1943, by land mine, and necessitating the amputation of his right hand. AN Marjorie E. Mattson, N721433, with Pvt. W.A. Short, 34253767, 1st Armored Regimnet, 1st Division, Mt. Airy, N.C. Right leg broken in collision of 2 motor cars. These wounded were taken on this hospital car to the Valley Forge General Hospital, Phoenixville, Pa. 5-29-43 Official photograph U.S.Army Signal Corps, HRPE, Newport News, Virginia"; stamped in black "Secret" | World War, 1939-1945–Casualties–United States.; Hospital trains–Virginia–Newport News. | Two nurses helping two wounded soldiers into berths on the Medical Department Hospital Ward car. There are other men standing in the background. | P0003/01-#E-2428 | |||
| 30 | No image URL. | Polynesia–Description and travel. | The schooner __ __translated from the French by Viola G. Garvin | LB8385 | ||||||
| 31 |  | 5/8/1943 | Nea Hellas (Turbo steamship : 1939).; United States. Army. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. | "21 WAACs aboard the HR 190 (SS Neo Helas) sailing for service overseas HRPE Newport News, Va. 5-8-43. Official photograph USArmy Signal Corps HRPE Newport News, Va."; stamped in black "Confidential" | Portraits, Group–Virginia–Newport News. | A group portrait of 21 WAACs aboard the Nea Hellas. | P0003/01-#L-2092 |
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