Contributed by Bangor Public Library
Description
A group of newly arrived WACs pose outside the Dow Field Exchange and Beauty Shop, which was preparing to open its doors. From left to right: Pvt. Mary S. Starbird, Pvt. Cohaig Asadourian, Pvt. Grace E. Martin, 1st Sgt. Leah E. Mitchell, 1st Lieut. Madeline Proctor, Pvt. Helen L. Carhart, and Pvt. Helen N. Splann.
About This Item
- Title: New WACs look over beauty shop at Dow Field, Bangor, 1944
- Creator: Signal Section Dow Field
- Creation Date: 1944-07-18
- Subject Date: 1944-07-18
- Location: Dow Field, 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
- Dow Field Hospital (Me.)
- Beauty shops
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps
- World War, 1939-1945--Military personnel
- Dow Air Force Base (Me.)
- Women--Military service
People
- Assadorien, Cohaig
- Carhart, Helen L.
- Martin, Grace E.
- Mitchell, Leah E.
- Proctor, Madelene
- Splann, Helen N.
- Starbird, Mary S.
Other Keywords
- Air Force
- Army Air Corps
- Aviation
- Bangor
- Dow Air Force Base
- Dow Field
- Military
- Portrait photographs
- WAC
- Women's Army Corps
- World War Two
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