- Collection:
- WAVES
- Title:
- WAVES Officer
- Creator:
- United States. Navy Dept.
- Publisher:
- UAI_WAVES_828_20, University Archives Photograph Collection, Georgia College, Archives and Special Collections, Milledgeville, Georgia
- Date of Original:
- 1944
- Subject:
- United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve--Officers
Georgia State College for Women
Military training camps--Georgia--Milledgeville
Women's colleges--Georgia--Milledgeville
Women--Education--Georgia--Milledgeville
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, Milledgeville, 33.08014, -83.2321
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Photograph of unknown Naval officer, taken by a U.S. Navy photographer circa 1944. The WAVES program was overseen by a commissioned female officer. Mildred H. McAfee was the first, bearing the title of Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, but male officers oversaw much of the day to day operation of the program.
- Metadata URL:
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcsuspecialcollections/3330663257
- Extent:
- image: b&w, photo; 8" x 10"
- Holding Institution:
- Russell Library. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
