Contributed by Bangor Public Library
Description
Mrs. James A. Cook, owner of a newly-opened beauty shop for WACs at Dow Field adds the finishing touches to the hair of Pvt. Maxine Burch. Designed to be affordable and accessable, a shampoo and set cost 85 cents and a perm four dollars.
About This Item
- Title: Waving the WACS! Dow Air Field, Bangor, 1945
- Creator: Signal Section Dow Field
- Creation Date: circa 1944
- Subject Date: circa 1944
- Location: Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 10 cm
- Local Code: 974.131 .D752a v.1
- Collection: Dow Field Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
- Hairdressing
- Dow Field Hospital (Me.)
- World War, 1939-1945--War work
- Beauty shops--Maine
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel
- Dow Air Force Base (Me.)--Facilities
- Women--Military service
People
Other Keywords
- Air Force
- Army Air Corps
- Aviation
- Bangor
- Dow Air Force Base
- Dow Field
- Military
- W.A.C.
- WAC
- Women's Army Corps
- World War Two
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