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Images and Text: Military at Fort Vancouver
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Image 1 of 9: Post exchange
DESCRIBING: A black and white photograph.
SYNOPSIS: A horizontally-oriented black and white photograph of a group of men and women standing outside the open doorway to a building with a sign that reads "Post Exchange."
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: A group of people including five women and eleven men pose on a porch in front of a building with wooden siding and a sign reading "Post Exchange." Some are standing, some are sitting on the edge of the wooden porch. They all appear to be white. The women are all standing; two of them wear white shirtwaist blouses and dark skirts, one of them wears a long sleeve dark blouse with a lighter colored apron. Five men are standing. One man appears to be wearing a partial military uniform with trousers, gaiters, a long sleeve shirt and a hat with a brim. One man is dressed similarly but has his shirtsleeves rolled to his elbows and is not wearing a hat. One man is wearing a white collared shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a dark colored apron; his arms are crossed over his chest. One man is dressed in a dark, double-breasted suit with a fedora-style hat. Two men are dressed in civilian clothing, including trousers, white shirts and vests.
In front of the group of standing men and women, five men are sitting on the edge of the building's porch. They appear to be wearing partial US Army uniforms, including trousers, boots and long sleeve shirts. Three of the sitting men have their shirtsleeves rolled up to their elbows; one is wearing a hat. Their knees are bent as they are sitting so low to the ground, and each man's arms are resting on his legs or knees.
The men and women in the photograph look towards the photographer. One man looks slightly to the right of the photographer. Some are smiling. It is a sunny day; some are squinting in the sun. The man wearing a fedora has a shadow across his face.
CREDIT: Clark County Historical Museum
CAPTION: People pose in front of the post exchange, or store, in 1910. The “PX” system began here in 1880; now most US military posts have a PX.
Image 2 of 9: Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen pin
DESCRIBING: A color photograph of a circular metal pin.
SYNOPSIS: A circular metal pin. The pin has a colorful design in red, white, and blue. The design is framed on either side by blue evergreen trees. In the center, the blue silhouette of a World War I-era warship rests on a white ocean. The sky behind the ship is red. Over the ship flies a biplane with white wings. At the end of each wing is a blue circle with a white star inside. Across the top of the pin are the letters LLLL. Along the bottom of the pin are the words "Authorized by the Secretary of War" and a logo depicting a crossed saw and ax and the letters "US."
CAPTION: Spruce Mill workers might have worn pins of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen.
CREDIT: NPS/John F. Edwards
Image 3 of 9: Army nurses
DESCRIBING: A black and white photograph of two nurses.
SYNOPSIS: A black and white photograph of two nurses on the ground-level porch of a building on a sunny day. Both nurses are dressed in white dresses with stiffly-ironed white caps.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: One nurse is standing; she is white with blonde hair and is resting her hands on the porch railing. A dark colored cape covers her shoulders and is tied at her neck. She is smiling at the camera and squinting in the sunlight. The other nurse is sitting on the railing with her hands crossed in her lap. She is also white and has darker hair. She is smiling at the camera, but slightly turned away from the viewer. Her legs are crossed at the ankle; she is wearing stockings and dark leather shoes.
CAPTION: These two Army nurses were among the 20,000 registered nurses recruited for the war.
CREDIT: Clark County Historical Museum
Image 4 of 9: Pearson Field’s hangars
DESCRIBING: A black and white photo of airplane hangars at Pearson Field.
SYNOPSIS: Two airplane hangars sit in a grassy field. Both have checkerboard pattern roofs, and are otherwise painted white with black trim. Both hangars have windows along either side of the building, and large doors that roll open at one end. One of the hangars has its doors partially open; inside we can see only darkness and the faint outlines of windows on the other side of the building. This hangar has text painted in large dark letters above its open doors that reads, "Army Air Corps, Pearson Field."
In front of the hangers is a large group of men and women, who are standing among dark colored 1920s-style cars. They are generally looking somewhere to the north of the hangars, towards the photograph's left side and out of our view. The photograph is taken as though the viewer is a member of this crowd, looking towards the hangars rather than towards what the crowd seems to be focused on.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: The people in the crowd in the foreground of the photograph are dressed in 1920s-style clothing. Individuals are seen from the back or side. A woman in the foreground is wearing a light colored trench coat and a white cloche-style hat. Many men are wearing long jackets and fedora hats. A few people are holding umbrellas. The crowd is surrounding at least four dark early 20th century-style cars, which are parked among them.
CAPTION: In the 1920s, the Pearson Field’s hangars and landing strips replaced the Spruce Mill complex.
CREDIT: NPS / FOVA
Image 5 of 9: Collar disc pin
DESCRIBING: A color photograph of a round US Army insignia.
SYNOPSIS: A round, brass collar disc pin. The outer edge of the pin has a raised rim and the interior is patterned. In the center of the pin are the large letters US and the number 7. There are some slight light brown patches of oxidation.
CAPTION: A soldier in the 7th Infantry would have worn this collar disc (pin).
CREDIT: NPS / FOVA
Image 6 of 9: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) patch
DESCRIBING: A color photograph of a shield-shaped patch.
SYNOPSIS: A color photograph of a shield-shaped, embroidered felt patch. The patch is embroidered on red felt. The shield shape is outlined in green. At the top, the letters "C.C.C." are embroidered in yellow thread with a green line underneath. Below these letters, the shield is divided into two sections by a green embroidered line. On the left half of the design is a surveyor's level embroidered in yellow thread. On the right half of the design is an evergreen tree embroidered in green thread.
CREDIT: NPS / FOVA
Image 7 of 9: Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) participants
DESCRIBING: A black and white photo of a group of young men.
SYNOPSIS: A black and white photo of a group of nine young men wearing Civilian Conservation Corps uniforms. All of the men are fair skinned. Five of the men are standing in a row; four are sitting in a row in front of them. The sitting man on the far right is holding a white dog in his lap.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: The standing men are of varying heights and look at the photographer with unsmiling expressions. Three have their hands folded behind their backs. They are wearing long sleeved shirts, fully buttoned, with dark colored neckties tucked into the shirt buttons.
The sitting men are relaxed. One man has his hands in his pockets; two others have their hands crossed in their laps. The man on the far right of the photo is cradling a small, long-haired white dog in his lap, holding its paws. One of the sitting men smiles good-naturedly at the photographer; he is the only one of the men with his tie untucked. The man holding the dog looks as though he might be about to laugh, or to lose his grip on the dog.
Behind the men is a wooden building with windows.
CAPTION: Participants in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a job program of the Great Depression, came here for training to work in the national forests.
CREDIT: NPS / FOVA
Image 8 of 9: Female historic reenactors
DESCRIBING: A color photograph of two historic reenactors.
SYNOPSIS: A color photograph of two historic reenactors sitting in the front seat of a World War II-era Army jeep. Both reenactors are white women. One is dressed as a Women's Army Nurse Corps officer; the other is dressed as a shipyard worker. Behind them it is sunset in the orchard in front of the reconstructed Fort Vancouver at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site. White tents can be seen over the shipyard worker's shoulder, a further part of the special event they are participating in.
IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION: The photographer is standing close to the women. They fill the frame; the photograph only shows the olive green seat back, steering wheel, and gear shift of the Army jeep in which they are sitting.
The reenactor dressed as the Women's Army Nurse Corps officer is wearing a light khaki-colored blouse and tie, with the end of the tie tucked into the shirt's buttons. She is wearing an olive green skirt and is leaning casually with one elbow on the jeep's steering wheel. She wears an olive green military cap with a brass eagle insignia pinned to its front. She has strawberry blonde hair pulled into a bun at the back of her neck. She is wearing red lipstick and smiling at the camera.
The reenactor dressed as a shipyard worker sits in the jeep seat to the right of the other woman. She is dressed in an olive green drab jumpsuit that is loose-fitting and buttons to a V in the middle of her chest. Her blonde hair is tucked under a light-colored, patterned kerchief. She is wearing red lipstick and smiling at the camera.
CAPTION: Fort Vancouver bustled with soldiers and civilian workers during World War II. These historic reenactors portray two roles of women during this period—“Wendy the Welder,” who assembled ships, and an Army nurse.
CREDIT: Monroe Photography/Cassie and David Monroe
Image 9 of 9: Garrison flag
DESCRIBING: A color photograph of national park rangers raising a flag on a flagpole.
SYNOPSIS: A color photograph showing two rows of several national park rangers working together to raise an enormous garrison flag on the Parade Ground flagpole, located in a grassy field. The group of fifteen national park rangers includes men and women wearing National Park Service uniforms consisting of olive green pants, gray shirts, and wide brimmed straw hats. The garrison flag is a extremely large sized American flag. It is attached to a large white flagpole, nearly as wide across as the ranger standing nearest to it, and is in the process of being raised. Some national park rangers hold on to the far end of the flag to prevent it touching the ground. In the background are a group of members of the public gathered to watch the event. Green evergreen trees grow not far in the background. The sky is overcast and cloudy.
CAPTION: May 29, 2017, park rangers raise a garrison flag in the same place where one flew in the 1800s. Flown for ceremonies and some holidays, this flag can be seen for miles.
CREDIT: NPS/Junelle Lawry
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