This page features still more views of World War II era WAVES' leisure time activities.
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Photo #: 80-G-K-14392 (Color) "She loves me? ... She loves me not?" Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class Jackie Welsh depetals a flower to settle an ageless question of romance, as Signalman 2nd Class Harold Howey records the event on film. Witnesses are Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Anna Welsh (left) and Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Evalyne Olsen. All four are stationed at Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana. The photograph was taken prior to December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 108KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-14393 (Color) "A Sunny Afternoon Stroll" Personnel from Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, on liberty in a Public Park. They are (from left to right): Signalman 2nd Class Harold Howey; Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Evalyne Olsen; Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Anna Welsh; and Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class Jackie Welsh. Photographed prior to December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-14387 (Color) "Sailors' Holiday" Sailors and WAVES from Naval Air Station, New Orleans, Louisiana, enjoy a boat ride while on leave. It appears that the girls are doing all the work. WAVES are (left to right): Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Evalyne Olsen and Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Anna Welsh. Passengers are (l-r): Signalman 2nd Class Harold Howey and Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class Jackie Welsh. The photograph was taken prior to December 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-4167 (Color) "A Date under the Palm" A Sailor and a WAVE gaze out over the beach at a Gulf Coast Naval Air Station, circa 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 94KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-14458 (Color) WAVE Seaman Reads a letter from home, circa 1943-45. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 48KB; 490 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-14451 (Color) "WAVES play Santa" WAVES of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts help wrap Christmas presents for Navy and Marine Corps convalescents at the Bethesda Naval Hospital, Maryland, circa 1944. Admiring a package is Yeoman 2nd Class Ann G. Fee. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-14242 (Color) WAVES from the Cedar Falls, Iowa, yeoman school Take a meal break in an Iowa seed corn field, while helping de-tassel corn stalks during a critical rural labor shortage, circa 1944. More than 150 WAVES helped out during the operation. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-K-14241 (Color) Seaman 2nd Class Sally Kaufman, USNR(W) De-tasseling corn stalks in an Iowa state seed corn field, during a period of critical labor shortages in rural areas, circa 1944. She was one of the WAVE trainees from the Cedar Falls, Iowa, yeoman school who helped out on the farms at the time. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 73KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For more images of World War II era WAVES' leisure time activities, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions. |
Page made 18 February 2001