Preparing for Inspection

Postcard

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Picnooga

2022.034.002 Recto: Black and white photograph postcard of a Women's Army Corp personnel shining her shoes in barracks
2022.034.002 Recto

Black and white photograph postcard of a Women's Army Corp personnel shining her shoes in barracks

Name/Title

Preparing for Inspection

Entry/Object ID

2022.034.002

Description

Real photo postcard of a WAC preparing for inspection. The photograph mounted on postcard paper, shoes a young woman shining a leather shoe. She is wearing a Women's Army Corp uniform of a skirt, button up shirt and tie. The woman is sitting on a wooden storage box with the shoe she is shining on her lap. The other shoe as well as the shoe wax container and purse are on the top of the box. A set of bunkbeds can be seen behind her, with a folded bunk roll. "Preparing for Inspection W.A.C. Training Center Fort Oglethorpe, Ga." is written on the bottom, left.

Subject Person/Organization

Women's Army Corps

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Collection

Armed Services Collection

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Women's Army Corps

Related Places

Place

* Untyped Place

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Place

* Untyped Place

Third W.A.A.C. Training Center, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

Related Events

Event

World War II

Copyright

Restrictions

Credit Chattanooga Historical Society Reproduction permitted for non-profit educational and research purposes only