Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library

Yeomanettes
1918
Maker not marked
Place made not marked
Photograph on paper on card
sheet: 7-1/2"h x 9-3/4"w; overall: 12"h x 14"w
Gift of Kitty Stayskal
2016.061.4

Photograph of 3 lines of women dressed at Yeomanettes (back two rows standing, front row kneeling), with long dark skirts and jackets, white blouses with large collars, loose scarves around coat collar; dark wide-brimed hats with ribbons stating "U S NAVY". Man in Naval uniform on either side, kneeling. In background a wharf and building. Reverse: hand written "US SUBMARINE BASE / NEW LONDON, CONN. / YEOMAN 1ST CLASS U. S, NAVY / "YEOMANETTES" / RUTH A. STYFFE PAULL / 25 HEROULT RD / WORCESTER, MASS / 01606 / 853-1840' Upper corner "1918"

For further information, blog post: https://nationalheritagemuseum.typepad.com/library_and_archives/yeomanette/